The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-02-02

| poor luck in the show ring that he
would be considered poor authority,
but he had observed a great deal IN
his travels. He said that a show
animal should never lose it's calf
flesh, and one of the best WAYS to
preserve it is not to feed heavy and
coarse grain at the start, to let the
flesh come on slowly, using principal
ly succulent foods, such as milk.
meal, roots, etc., and after ageing
some to add Il little coarse grain.
He said 1T was the mistaken idea
with nine out OF ten men toget their
cattle fat without regard to the ma
ture of the food, and this is easily
discovered 'ay the Judges In the show
ring. He said that when an animal
was ripe it should never be over
ripened. Mr.. Nichols, a Scotchman.
was called upon for a few remarks,
and he talked much along the same
line as did Mr.. Chamberlain.
81. A. Rodee, of Foretsburg, pre-
sented an interesting paper on
"Ideals for Pure Bred Stock Breed
lers.' Mr. Rodee spoke substantially
as follows:
l am a firm believer in the value OF
of ideals; an ideal is Il mental image
of the thing a man is trying TO ac-
complish OF attain unto. A man
without an ideal is gust exactly like
a marksman without a ta1get-he
has nothing to aim at. No matter
to what vocation in life a man de-
votes his time and energies, his
measure of success or failure will
depend more than all things else Oh
the ideal which he holds before his
mental vision. The pure bred live
stock business is no exception. | be-
lleve the first ideal which a live stock
breeder should get firmly established
is the ideal of quality. A breeder
should have a plain. clear-cut mental
conception OF the kind OF animals he
intends TO produce II he is a breed
er of cattle, he should make up bis
mind not only as to the breed but as
to the type OF stock that he wishes
to raise. IL be decides to raise
animals for beef or milk or such pur-
pose, let him have AN ideal animal
in mind, an animal with the form.
the constitution and disposition to
bring the best returns for the eX-
pense of maintenance.
/ wonder how many of YOU ever
had an experience something like
this: Within the covers of some
agricultural paper you saw IA large
display ad. of some live stock breed
er; there was probably not a word in
the advertisement describing in plain
language the animals offered for sale.
instead, considerable was said about
the family strain to which the ami
mails belonged: special mention was
made of the fact that at SOMe time.
somewhere a representative had sold
fol- an enormous sum-. You we're
h%ypnotized by these statements.
The next mail you sent an order with
a large draft for an animal to use i'm
your herd; then a few days later you
went to the depot and found await
ing you an ornery uDdersized, ILL.,
shaped brute that you were ashamed
to take along the road in daylight.
The breeding season was upon you,
it was too late to get a substitute;
in fact you had little desire to do so.
for you we're sick at heart and
thoroughly Disguised with all forms
of pure bred live stock and live stock
breeders as we'll.
We have never had such an .ex-
ing by correspondence we have al
ways patroniZed South Dakota breed
erS, men who are members of this
association which means mel OF un-
disputed integrity.
Such a transaction as [ Just de-
scriOed. while not specifically men
toned in our statutes. is %neverthe-
less a crime. 1t not only works an
injury to the nan who buys the
animals. 1T not only works an injury
to tho man who sells it, but it works
an INJURY to the whole pure bred
live stock industry.
Third. AS pure bred live stock
breeders, We need to have a better
local of he dignity and usefulness OF
our vocation. No man can ever
achieve the success which belongs to
him or feel the happiness that should
reward his effort unless he believes
in the Importance OF what he is do
ing. 1t is a fact much TO he regret
ted that agriculture in this country
has not occpueid nearly as high a
position in public estimation as it
deserves. The live stock business.
being a part OF agriculture. has
suffered from this unjust d%eprecia-
lion.
Members Of the Pure Bred Live
Stock Association Of South Dakota,
do you realize the boundless oppor-
tunities that stretch out before you?
Within the the next two years three
tines Of railroad will have spanned
the western part Of our state bring.
ing US into direct communication
with one OF the greatest live stock
producing sections In this country.
The large rancbman will inevitably
disappear but his pla.e will be taken
by the small farmer and stockman.
In searching for material to Improve
bis stock he onRhr noe to go to states
farther east or farther south, he