Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-07
MARCH OF PROGRESS
CATTLE BREEDING ADVANCE TYP.
lcAL OF THE TREND OF
PRESENT AGE.

| Davis County Stockmen, Experienced
In Raising Aberdeen Angus Cattle,
VIII Hold Big Combination Sale At
Bloomfield, April q.
| Announcement is made on another
page of this paper of the combination
sale of Aberdeen Angus cattle, to be
held at Bloomfield, April 27. At this
sale, which is to be the second annual
event given under the same manage
ment, the herds of H. H. Trimble and
Harvey & Clelland will furnish sixty
splendid animalsA all well bred, pedi-
greed and registered stock, every one
living Endorsement of the plan now
| followed by the modern American far
mer-the plan of progress.
| A visit to the farms where the cat
tie which will go into the sale are
kept cannot fail to impress one favor
ably. An up-to-date stock farm, stock
ed with cattle whose worth is appar-
ent even at a glance, presents to the
farmer sight that causes admiration
and sometimes envy, to the urban
resident it brings a realization that
the country life is progressing with
rapid strides
1t is true that the life of the farmer
has advanced during even the past
few years. He has secured rural free
mail delivery, rural telephones, new
harvesting machinery, and hardly a
year passes but some radical improve
ment is made in some of the equip
ment used. A part of this progress
and very prominent one in south
ern Iowa and northern Missouri, is
the growth of the ideas employed in
growing stock for the market.
Not many years ago the average
farmer kept few cattle, pastured
them, MIXED them, tended them in a
half hearted manner, stabbed them in
a shed with bog for a floor and paid
little attention to the development of
the animal. Meanwhile there were
some, more progressive than the 9TH
ers, who studied the different breeds,
experiemnted in feeding, tending and
breeding the stock, and soon produced
cattle that surpassed the average ami
NAL in weight, size, build and on the
market. The greatest breed of the
age is the Aberdeen Angus, coal
black, stocllily built animal which pos.
sesses the ability to put on flesh at
any age and with the use of less feed
than the average animal takes under
the most favorable circumstances. All
the good points have been preserved
and the drawbacks have been elimin-
ated in breeding this stock and the
farmer of the present day is able to
get the advantage of these early ex-
periments and their present day tri-
umphs by stocking his farm with the
modern cattle.
For several years the farms of H.
H. Trimble and Harvey & Clelland,
located a few miles from Bloomfield
| in the prettiest and most fertile part
of Davis county, have been given over
largely to the keeping of stock. The
Aberdeen Angus breed was taken by
both as the best to be obtained and
the results Of their breeding in the
past few years has demonstrated the
wisdom Of their choice.
The Trimble farm, over which o. D.
Wray, cashier of the Bloomfield State
bank. has supervision, is one Of the
greatest eXpanses Of model farming
land in Davis county. Embracing some
500 acres rolling country, well water
ed and well drained, it is a model
stock farm. The splendid Angus herd
| owned by Mr.. Trimble is kept in a
monster barn erected during the past
year. The building is in the form of
a rectangle open at one end and allows
a maximum Of room with minimum
Of darkness and dampness A TWEEN.
| ty-foot hay loft allows the storing of
tons Of hay to be used for feeding.
Much hay, as well as oats, corn, ETC.,
is raised on tho Trimble farm and only
the most modern methods are used in
tending and harvesting the crops.
The stalls in the big barn are arrang.
ed with a view to giving the animals
plenty Of room, air and light One
side is given over to the male animals
the other to the females, and in the
connecting line Of stalls the calves are
stabbed Every COW in the herd that
is to be offered for sale on April 27
both from the Trimb1e stables and
from the Harvey & Cielland stables
either has calf at foot or is well set
tied in calf. Every one of the young
animals produced on the two farms
this spring is a healthy little animal
coal black, well formed and frisky
One of the characteristics Of the Aber
deem Angus breed is the combined gen
tleness and gaiety Of style. The old
er animals are splendid examples oi
the breed, with their long, full bodies
straight backs, deep heart girth and
wide shoulders. The small amount ot
offal in dressing In the Angus breed is
one of the strongest characteristics
and can be easily understood after ar
examination of the animals.
On the Harvey & Clelland farm
where the second Of the two herds tc
be drawn from the combination sale
Of April 81 is kept. the animals have