Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-11

In the parable the shepherd wa
more concerned over the one lost lalnl
than over the ninety and nine Wlthll
the fold If feeders could only be sure
of having the ninety and nine properly
covered into the market fold they
would not need to bother much abou
the top one notcher
Getting to market in good shape is
as important as getting on a goot
market.
Money lost by shippers through
| the Stats of belated stock trains OF
account of the tonnage system woult
make it cheaper for them to pay mucf
higher rates for good service.
Overlooking. like overeating, doesn't
| pay.
Paying an expert to sell your stock
and then preventing him from using
his best judgment is throwing away
the price of the commission charge and
then some"
Well bought is half sold.
Dearly bought feeding cattle are
hard to convert into profitable beeves
Men who provide barb-wire shelter
for their stock in winter usually find
feeding operations unsuccessful, and
complain bitterly of market prices.
The man who has stock that is good
enough to attract the competition OF
packers, butchers shippers and eX-
porters. and who has not made too
great an effort to produce p-notch-
ers is the one who usually complains
least about the market
1t is pretty generally understood
that the mere matter of weight cuts
but little figure in the market for
meat producing animals. whereas
quality and condition are Of prime
consideration.
1t is true that fat, like charity. COW
ers a multitude of sins, and in the
case of horses especially, IL is poor
policy to put them on the market in
thin condition. When a horse has
been poorly fed and poorly kept, it
takes a very sharp and discerning
Judge to see his worth beneath ribs
that are too prominent and coat. that
is rough and shows plainly that both
oats and curry comb have been used
on the penny wise, pound foolish
basis.
The matter Of grading animals 30
they will present an appearance of
uniformity at market is of a good
deal of Importance.
An Iowa feeder of international re-
nown from having Won grand cham
pionships in the car-lot class of fat
cattle at Chicago knows full we'll the
value of having his fifteen cattle in an
exhibition carload not only each one
4 h., no ,1 "a
as nearly as possible like every other
one.
When Mr.. krambeck is in search of
young steers to match up a load he
is preparing to fit out it is said he can
carry in his minds eye for a distance
of 500 miles or more the conformation.
size and general appearance of a steer
that he wants. That, of course is an
uncommon gift and one that helps to
explain his remarkable achievements
in the greatest cattle show in the
world
At least twice Professor C'urtiss has
won grand championship honors for
Iowa by being able to pick out indi
vidual steers where others had failed
to recognize their future possibilities
If you have two carloads of animals
in the feed lot you will find a great
difference in the way they will de-
velop. 1t always pays to cull out the
poo feeders-one Iowa feeder Of great
ability says that steer that won't do
we'll in 100 days feed isn't apt to do
enough better in twice that long to
pay for his feed and care.
Trying to make sleek beef animal
tended with about as much success as
crowns the efforts Of the maiden who
is long on ideals and short on expert
ence who essays the task Of marrying
a scalawag With the hope of reforming
him.
AT the various seasons OF the year
the market demands call for different
kinds of animals. Generally speak
ing, light and handy weight" animals
are wanted most in spring and sum-
mer, with the preference for heavy |
stock during the fall and winter. The |
berry season, the heat of summer also, |
he poultry and game period from |
to the holidays. all
make difference in the demand for
fresh beef, pork and mutton.
Conditions, however, are so variable |
from season to season that anyone
irving to calculate upon what values
'or certain grades and classes of stock
will be in advance will usually be
safer in going by the rule of con-
raries than by figuring with the ma
ority that because baby oeeves, for
Instance, are scarce and high, and |
therefore, profitable for the feeder one
season they will be so at the CORE
spending time the next year.
In looking over the record of mar
set quotations for the past thirty
,ears you will find that the line of
yalues, unlike the line of duty, is far
rom being a straight one. 1t follows
.ather the line of beauty which is
aid always to be curved.
We know that when grass cattle
'egin to move people with warmed
.p" short-fed cattle of poor quality
iced to stand from under; we know
hat a bad year on the ranges will
brow lot of cheap feeders upon
he market; we know that during a
inc fall and open winter feeders will
re slow to let go of stock that is put
ing on pounds at comparatively small
ost; we know that stormy cold
weather. will rush forward a host of
rashy stock that could only be fed
t loss; we know that. as rule,
Ugh corn will mean short feeding.
nd that corn at the burning price in
Kansas and Nebraska Chat time is
one never to returnD means train
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