Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-01-11

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Der Of reports we get that our read
ers have taken lively interest 10
the items We have been publishing
about the good fat cattle going out
Of this county TO the Baltimore mar
kets. While making notes on this
subject we have been keeping a
watch upon the Western markets
and much 10 our surprise we have
found that good fat cattle such as
/ William Davis. Richard Davis, Sam
uel s. Owings, Thomas M. johnson.
George johnson, Covington b. Zepp,
Arthur Pue and others have sold for
! cents in Baltimore; were selling
I'm Omaha and the other far West.
err markets al cents, and at this
price we're bought BY such large
packers as the Armonrs and the
Swifts who slaughter them and ship
them some 1900 miles TO Baltimore
sud other eastern markets as dress
ed beef and sell them below the
prices asked for our home killed
meat That such condition can
exist shows conelusively that there
Is rake of somewhere 70 the dIsad-
vantage Of our home feeders Fur.
Their, Il shows all The talk we have
had about The Government breaking
up The beef trust Is bosh, and chat
me have to 20 further into the intrI-
eats workings 81 the combinations
81 packers, railroads and steamboat
lines to bring this industry to o.
point where Eastern farmers hand
ling cattle can get the proper profit
out Of them. II good fat cattle are
worth 7 cents pound 10 Omaha
they should DO worth as much here
or more not only for home consnmp-
ton but also for exporting. The
same cattle We sell here for 5 cents
a pound. plus "a a head. steamer
charges and the keep for9 days. the
time IL takes the cattle ship to cross
The ocean, sell 10 the London and
Liverpool markets for from 10 10 ii
cents pound, Notwithstanding the
fact that they have 70 be killed with
10 0 days afsor arriving at ths point
81 delivery. Cattle do not lose ii
weight Ia crossing the ocean, but
Dilemma quiet passage gain. Prob
ably d Farmers Cattle Market IN
Baltimore with 10 AbbattoIr attach.
ed would b. q good thing for hand
ling nearby cattle.
We are sure our people are max
ing mistake in buying young west
ern cattle for grazing cnd feeding
instead Of raising their own stock
Most any farm will carry from Is TO
30 head Of cattle from the weening
ago to the two year old form, for one
hall the price we are now paying
for such STOCK. and the sooner our
farmers sIDd thlsout the sooner they
will make moro money out VI cattle.
TO do this. however. we have got
10 breed distinctive beef cattle,
fHereiords. Angus and Short Horns !,
The first ns two years will reach 1000
pounds. and the Iafter two breeds
as three yearolds wlIlsIIt the scales
at 1900 pounds and over. We must
not overlook the fact that every year
the Western ranges, which have
heretofore produced the cheap young
cattle are getting cutup into smaller
areas and used for cultivation and
that range cattle will soon DO thing
Of the past for Eastern feeders. In
deed we think that this will be 70
our advantage. for then we will
learn The economy there is in feed
ing sho calf from the jump, utilizing
silage. soiiinR and home grown grain.
and making more manure for our
farms. Ia England where good cat
tie arc raised. while the grass Is bet.
Ter owing to two facts, one the ex-
cessive moisture, and the other that
the English farmer sows from three
10 four times az much seed as we do
10 the acre, cattle are fed grain Or
other heterogeneous foods at all times.
In France there is no range and the
farms are very small, SO that the
cattle are aIl raised VI the barns and
when Ia the open are ssaked out, yet
the French cattle are the best raised,
and cattle raising Is the best indus
Try the French agriculturist has.
II each neighborhood will start
| Ia with q thoroughbred bull Of q
beef breed restricting his services
to only approved cowsof beef breeds
in a few years We will be raising all
our own cattle. In this connection
| ii should be stated we cannot make