Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-11

| NHiSinG Ciltic LOT tnc market in the
East Is not generally considered r
profitable venture, but Mrs. Kate +.
Ramp declares that she has made 4
good living by Il not only for herself
and her three children, but also for
her invalid mother and her grand.
mother. Mrs. Ramp lives in West
virginia. and the farm on which she
rai5es the cattle Is an inheritance. or
rather Il will be should she outliye
the two older women whom she now
supports.
Tho secret OF my success Is selling
my cattle young never keep COW
intended for market after it Is eigh
teen months old" Mrs. Ramp dcclar-
ed in telling her experience. Il
couldn't afford 1t: my capital Is so
small that | have to have quick re-
turns.
DO ! mean veal when speal, Of
selling cattle at eighteen months?
ON. my no. never sold n calf for
veal in my life. 1t would he rank
extravagancc from my point OF view
Tho cattle ship to market at from
fourteen 10 eighteen months old are
both matired and we'll fattened beef.
My land is productive enough. hut
as haven't very much tho expense
of chipping. If depended on the us
ual farm products. would eat up all
nv profits. After my husbands death.
which left ua all dependent on what
could be made on this farm. worked
over the problem for come three
months.
One thing for which there is al
ways a demand and which ! knew
could be easily shipped If could on
~ raise 1t was beef cattle. So de-
cided that the solution Of the problem
lay in getting COWS that could he
forced TO early maturity rs beef and
at the same time give a reasonable
quantity OF milk and butter.
IT didn't take mo long to decide
against the scrub COW OF Virginia ana
the Jersey. One was all horns and
the other all milk. After looking Tho
different breeds over decided 10 try
the Hereford. and fortunately hit
the nail on the head.
81 invested in five young COWS.
registered stock, MS beginner. NV
success was sufficient with those
COWS 10 warrant MY increasing my
herd TO the limit OF my acreage. Nv
the sale of the cream and butter in
the small town near which live, each
COW more than pays its own expense
so my bceves are clear profit.
My methods are very simple and
founded on the laws of nature. NV
cows are allowed 10 suckle tllir
calves for the first four days. After
me fourth day the calves are fed on
fresh whole milk for from ten davs
TO two weeks.
al the end OF two weeks warm
skinned milk should be substitute
for whole milk Care should he ta,,-
en- to have the milk always sweet and
warm, nj a temperature OF from 95 10
100 degrees Fahrenheit, or digestive
troubles will lie the result. If The
calf Is large and healthy after IL Is
month old increase its allowance
of milk often to rs much as twelve
quarts day
TO get the best results calves
should have milk until they are six
months old, but from the time the
calf ID two weeks old small quantities
OF grain should be added to its RI
tons to take the place of the fat TAX
en- from the milk by the separator
and TO get the calf into the habit of
, eating other foods. For this puruose
! prefer to use corn meal or Kafl,.
meal because of its cheapness md
because for my use it has proved IN
every way satisfactory. Other cattle
raisers tell ME that oatmeal and lin
seed meal are equally good. As they
are more expensive and not anon p
the products of my farm have never
tried either.
AS now manage. all my calves
come IN October. This is because II
has proved the best both for the car
tie and for my farming. When Il calf
comes in October the five or siS
j months during which it must be fed
F. on SKINNED milk come at season
of The year when there is no pastu-
rage. At the end of that time the
grass is beginning to show itself and
the calf can be turned out with n
slight addition TO its grain ration.
During the second five months its
food can be picked up in the pasture
| with the addition of an increasing
/ quantity of grain. At the end of this
! time. the beginning of the third five
months. the forcing period begins.
! During this fattening period It is
necessary to force the cattle to eai
TO the limit of their capacity, as-the
older they grow the more expensive
the process of putting on flesh be-
comes. When my calves reach thit
age in perfect health feed them dry
fodder or ensilage and grain withom.
stint, and the day they attain the
prime market condition they are
shipped.