Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-16
HANDLING THE
YOUNG STOCK

The numaer Of small and undersaxnd
yearalng cats and calves over the
country h Surprising. The geaeral
lack q sine ard weight ef steek Of this
are 10 about the first impression that
the sale visitor or buyer expefienees.
says the Homestead. yar3oas reasons
may le assigned for this conditA0a.
There are saill those Who do cot real
Inc the great Importance Of keeping
tire young things growins-sn ether
words. 20 preserve the baby desh Is IL
In ofsen expressed The young animal
that Is turned 10 with q herd Of steek
cattle soon after being weanad. where
IN must take its chances with older aai-
mails. 10 sure 90 make slow Roadway
On the route 10 IN 40 or 5oo pound
weight al twelve months.
Then follows perhaps 4 period If in
activity. ~ far as growth is concerned.
| Whether this periad In the young AMI
mars life eomes I'm winter or summer,
| there are more or less unfavorable con
! intense cold and hunger or dies and
heat. Just imagine how &c founda'
ton would he for the support OF the
| superstructure IL. after being put
down. building operations were discon'
tlnued for several years. Checking a
young animals growth is a parallel
case. There In valuable time lost In
getting tie animal 10 the point where
II will yield profit. and. besides. the
thrift and vigor are impaired. which
forever prevents a stunted calf or colt
from attaining the best size that 1t 1,
capable OF reaching.
We know that n great many vii
say that IL does not pay to feed
young animal enough grain In addition
to what 1t gathers In the fields to keeI
u growing at It's best rate for two o.
three years. Possibly there are condI
tions where In the production OF stool
for market 1t Is more profitable TO ex
tend the growing period along owe
three or four years, but In growing
stock for breeding purposes the ide
Of stinting the young things at th
feed box does not bear weight wit
any sensible feeder. Were land a
cheap as the cost Of a claim deed Ou
position would be different. but o
grain growing land grain should be fe
-. In such quantities as will produce
maximum growth and thus hasten tn
returns.
Ii must not be imagined that goo
feeding will make every calf a goo
yearlIng. The proper foundation mu'
first be secured, or, in other words, II
calfs sire aud dam must be anima
that show tendency to make good Us
OF food. 1t Is a general rule that bu
vigorous aud well fed will produce be
ter offspring than one rather underfc
Insure the yearlings a good start. the
by using the best sire you can affor
Every man who has handled stO,
knows how easy some bulls keep
flesh, while others need constant paI
pering to do half as Eell II the
were any means OF making an exa
comparison. we venture TO say tn
the ordinary sire would be losing
vestmcnt every time. even with 4
stock grower of moderate ambitions
There are enough 900 pound twel'
month-old calves In the country
show that this attainment Is not
impossible one. There are q remar
able number at that age that miss tn
weight by several hundred poun'
There lies a great difference in resul
The problem Is one worthy of eve
stockman's best thought.
Grand Champion at Chicago.
The winning OF the individual ste
championship at the recent internati(
al live stock exposition by HerefC