The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-08-15

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THE VALUE OF BREEDING IN
CATTLE.
By w. g. Harding, General Live Stock
Agent of the M. & o. Railway.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the
Southern Live Stock Association:
Being raised in the vicinity of the
blue grass farms and stock raising
establishments which were all hand
ling the pure breeds of stock, and be-
ing brought up to believe they were
highly profitable property to own 1t
did not occur to me that any one
would handle scrub stock in any way,
shape or form unless they were SO
| unfortunately fixed as to prevent them
having any other kind. 1t was not
until reached out into the broader
fields of life that discovered the many
varieties, grades and qualities of scrub
and inferior stock.
1 don't remember when the first
question was put to me in regard to
pure bred cattle, but I always asserted
! that the good cattle were the best
to raise before could find data to
convince people that was right. The
| iact Is that 1t is not easy to prove
| the superiority of b1ooded stock espe-
cially to those who have succeeded
In making money with the inferior
| Kind and who are inclined to let well
enough alone.
II we can get certain grade Of high
| class cattle on the one hand and a lot
OF distinctly common cattle on the
| other. then we can handle them under
similar conditions and find out which
pays the best; but cattle such as are
| needed for experimental purposes are
not easy to find. and It is only at the
Government Experiment Stations that
the work can be done, and all the de-
tails which are necessary can be looked
after and accorded.
Only one experiment of the kind
I mention has been conducted to my
knowledge for the distinct purpose of
ascertaining the difference in value
between the blooded animal and the
scrub and done with car lots of cat
tie, and without the result of that
experiment I would not be we'll for
titled in speaking on this subject to-
day.
The experiment in cattle feeding
which refer was conducted q short
time ago in the state of Illinois for the
express purpose of ascertaining how
much difference tAAere existed from a
feeding standpoint between common
cattle on the one hand and choice to
fancy beef cattle on the other.
They wished to determine If we'll
graded cattle would do better than
cattle of no particular breeding, which
could be picked up almost anywhere.
What were considered choice and
fancy cattle were such as can be pro-
duced by two or three crosses on
Shorthorn. Hereford or Aberdeen-A Angus
blood on the common cattle of the
country. And what were classed as
common were the real thing without
any grading or character except that
they were ordinary steer cattle. Sc
lected because they did not show any
sign Of good breeding.
In the summary of the test the ex-
perimenters said more rapid and much
larger gains may be secured on the
better than the more common grades"
In looking over the features Of the
experiment we read that they fed corn
calculated at So per bushel; cotton.
seed meal at $24.50 per ton; old pro.
cess linseed meal at $500 per ton;
clover hay at $500 per ton: alfalfa at
$1,000 per ton; timothy hay at $1,000
per ton; and corn slower at $500 per
ton. Whether these prices were high
cattle were treated alike as to the
amount and cost of the ration and what
1t consisted Af.
We find on fair basis Of calculation
that the choice to fancy steers made
a gain of pounds and "A hundredths
of a pound OF beef for every bushel of
corn consumed; whereas the common
cattle made a gain of pounds and
81 hundredths of pound of beef for
every bushel of corn fed.
There were other constituents in the
ration but the operation is calculated
to show all difference in the corn.
Some pork was produced also but is
not considered necessary in this calcu-
lation.
When they came to sell the cattle
on the market the choice cattle sold
at $40 per hundred pounds, and the
common cattle, being fat and therefore
| no longer common sold at $3.50 per 100
pounds.
The two pounds and IS hundredths of
| a pound of choice beef, which the COM
mon cattle did not produce was worth
IL 1-2 cents in all, and this was the
| value of blood over the scrub on eyerv
bushel of corn fed.
| Allowing that all other feed pro-
dcued equal results in each bunch NJ
cattle. so far as corn was concerned
the highly bred cattle realized 46 >
cents per bushel for the corn fed and
the low-bred cattle realized the AZ
cents per bushel for corn which was
fed.
Texas Profit In Dairy Cows.
w. ID. Grand in Farm and Ranch
notice in your valuable panar &,
number of articles on Dairy FARMING
If you will allow me space l Will give
my experience for one year-includine
January 1, 1904. 1 was living on n
200-acre johnson grass farm ono
chance for cotton) and depending an
a hay crop with what little feed stuff
could raise. AS 1t happened to be n
| vary dry wear nv Cron WAC olr,oa+ .