The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-11
DOLLAR SIGNS.
Wee Lambs From the Ranse-Lats, but
Husky Little Feeders.


Husky Little FseSers.
What about those lltt- lambs; they
look cheap ~ me- remarked the
Michigan feeder to his commission
man. Nobody wants them" was the
reply, "and unless you know how to
handle them l would advise you to
buy something else. But they are
money makers for the man who can
take care of them All you have to do
Is to avoid overlooking and give them
proper care Too many make the mis-
take in putting light western lambs on
feed Of crowding them under the i'm
il preston that they have been starved,
whereas they come from a range
where lambs are dropped late and
have not had time to grow" =
1t is suggestive of the short feeding
furore among both cattle and sheep
nnishers that demand centers on stock
carrying 1esh that can be sent back
to market within two or three months
at the most The stocker proposition
quick action are feverishly sought.
While fifty-five to sixty POUND feeding
lambs have been In keen request
around cents, 'peewee" stuff has
found few bidders at 51a to 6 cents.
At this season North Dakota furnishes
lot of these little lambs, and as kill
ers cannot use them they have but one
outlet. This year the spread between
them and heavy lambs is unusually
wide, apparently affording the feeder
profitable opportunity to handle the
light kind. sixty cent corn is the
factor" said a trader Everybody is
afraid of stock that has to be fed any
considerable time"
Little husky western feeding lambs,
well handled through the winter,
sheared In the spring and sent to mar
ket fat at a time when big feed lots
have been depleted and springers have
not yet made their appearance, will
make money this winter If the crop
ON feed Ia as short as generally be-
lieved, concludes the Breeders Ga
xette. Chicago.
The idea of specialization is growing
creeping up over the horizon like a
storm cloud from the west, at first a
small, Insignificant patch, but growing
and gathering force as 1t comes on.
The swine man seems to be the last
one caught In the swirl
Corn, King Corn. Is prominently the
a. 80 &C. ~
q good food for the breeding herd only
in limited amount. The corn belt Is
surrounded by unparalleled breeding
ground for swine. Here IL q great Op-
portunity for specialists. Let the man
with his clovers and yetches and
peas and rye breed and grow pigs to
weaving time or a little longer and
then send them to the great corn beit
for finishing.
The great capacious NAV Of the mid
die states can swallow up an unlimited
amount of shoats weighing from fifty
to q hundred pounds. The cattle feed
srs and corn growers are always hun
gry for them.
There are some very successful men
who grow their pigs till they bring So
per head; then they go to the big cat
tie feeders. 1t ia surprising how small
q pig these feeders will take at SIS If
they can get bunch together. says q
writer in National Swine Magazine.
Some Cheap Cows.
The Live Stock World says In re-
porting a recent Iowa Shorthorn sale:
Lone Birch Daisy. a large roam
cow, with FIRST class heller calf at
foot, at $S5, was about the cheapest
thing sold. She 10 said to give a ten
quart pailful Of milk night and mora
ing" Wonder why Daisy went 30
cheap? Simply because she was not
pure Scotch" Several others not
Scotch sold for even less.
The day win come when these good,
big, heavy milking Shorthorn cows
VIII be wanted again, and we advise
any young farmer to pick them up
when they 60 at such prices. They
win make money for him right from
the start and keep on making it. New.
er mind about the Scotch part of it.
Buy good cattle at such figures every
Unconditional StOckmap