Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-13

i part OF men to invest in livestock
| when the prices are high and to re-
| fran from investing when they are
| relatively low. Many persons were de-
srious of feeding mutton the past sea-
SOD while there was a great tendency
| to refrain from purchasing cattle for
| feeding. We cannot but think that
| the reverse process would have been
| the correct one. and so we advised.
| The chances for making good money
on cattle by feeding them even now
are better than on sheep. The pol
| icy is good that leads to purchasing
when animals sell cheaply and to re-
| frain from purchasing when they have
reached high water mark.
Notes.
The breeders OF live stock. particu-
| lary those OF the west, are clamoring
for a live stock census to be taken
every year. One strong reason urged
for such census Ia found In the fact
that without approximately accurate
/ knowledge every year as to the num-
Der of animals on hand the relations
between buyer and seller and bankers
also cannot be properly adjusted. It
the facts were known with reference
to numbers the trade could be so regu-
lated that feast and famine or sur
plus and shortage would not follow
each other SO quickly and certainly as
they have done during the recent
past. A census Is regularly taken for
the cotton crop. Why should not the
stock raisers be accorded the same at
| tention?
In shoeing colts they should be shod
| l~.A< r1x11 3~S
them to 60. If for the road. shoe with
plate shoe with a little heel calk on
the hind shoes. no toe calk, says C. w.
Broadhead In the Pennsylvania Report.
II the feet are crooked build up q
thick sided shoe, so as to bring the
feet MS level as possible. III the colt ID
to be shod for draft purposes and
needs calles shoe with as low calks as
possible, always setting the toe calk
back from the edge Of the shoe some
distance. that will cause the colt to
set his foot down on the ground square
to pull, and he will learn that in the
start and never climb on his toes as a
horse will do II he has the toe calk
out on the extreme edge OF the shoe.
as Is the habit of most shoers today.
The shortage In certain lines Of
live stock, as for instance sheep, win
have its influence in time on the price
Of beef. 1t cannot be otherwise. We
do not mean to affirm that without
doubt beef will be dear next spring,
but we do think that the chances are
about as good for beef being dear as
for mutton. II our surrnise be correct.
the men who feed cattle the present
winter will come out better relatively
/ than the men who feed sheep. The
relation between the buying and SELL
ing price Of stock that is fed cannot
be studied too closely.
The question as to whether horses
shall be sold at home or to dealers
comes up now and then for discussion.
There is room for difference Of opin-
| ion with reference to 1t. II dealers
can be found and retained who pur-
chase honorably and do business on
| the square 1t will be more convenient
for the grower to sell to these. Usu-
ally animals thus grown can be dis
posed of to greater advantage sold
singly or In small lots when disposed
of at home 1t saves the expense OF
freigllts and railroad fares in going to
distant markets.
The gap in prices paid for prime
beef and the common and Inferior
sorts is very great We do not say
that 'the gap is too great. but we do
say that 1t is unfortunate that there
should be room for such a difference
In prices paid for meat when one
class of meat sells in the neighbour
hood Of 81 per cwt. and another
class in the neighborhood OF 81 per
cwt. 1t seems unfortunate that there
should be any meat put on the mar
ket that would sell for a price so low.
Surely 1t would pay better to keep
animals on the farm In that condition
that would bring a higher price, no
matter what the class OF the animal.
! Experiments by Professor c. A.
! Zavitz at the Ontario Station in sow
| ing different quantities OF seed OF
winter wheat for six successive years
gave results as follows: 1.-THE aver
age yields less the amount OF seed
used from sowing bushel, IN BUSH
els and bushels Of each Of two va
rieties Of winter wheat per acre have
been 1877 bus, 42.3 bus. and 42.4 bus.
per acre.
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