The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-15
DOLLAR SIGNS.
Wee Lambs From the Ranee-Late, but
Husky Little Feeders.

Husky Little Feeders.
what about those little lambs; they
look cheap to me?" remarked the
Michigan feeder to his commission
man. Nobody wants them" was the
reply. land 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. 81! you have to do
Is to avoid overfeedil, 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
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
fnishers that demand centers on stock
carrying flesh that can be sent back
to market within two or three months
at the most. The stocker proposition
appeals to few, and opportunities for
quick action are feverishly sought.
While fifty-fve 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
a lot of these little lambs, and as kill
ers cannot use them they have but one
nr1flnt This fba hnt
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 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 is as short as generally be-
Heved, concludes the Breeders Ga
zette, Chicago
Special For Swine Men.
The idea of specialization is growing,
creeping up over the horizon like
storm cloud from the west, at first
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 pre-eminently the
finishing food for swine and is not
in limited amount. The corn belt is
surrounded by unparalleled breeding
ground for swine. Here is great OPP
portunity for specialists. Let the man
with his clovers and vetches and
peas and rye breed and grow pigs to
weaving time or little longer and
then send them to the great corn belt
for finishing.
The great capacious nav of the mid
die states can swallow up an unlimited
amount of shoats weighing from fifty
to hundred pounds. The cattle feed
ers and corn growers are always hun
cry for them.
4Aclc dIe oOl1c very SuCCcSSLul LuSu
who grow their pigs till they bring SIS
per head; then they go to the big cat
tie feeders. 1t is surprising how small
q pig these feeders will take at SIS If
they can get a bunch together, says
writer in National Swine Magazine.
Some Cheap Cows.
The Live Stock World says in re-
porting a recent Iowa Shorthorn sale:
Lone Birch Daisy. large roam
COW, with a first class heifer calf at
foot, at $685. was about the cheapest
thing sold. She is said to give a ten
quart pailful of milk night and morn
ing" Wonder why Daisy went so
cheap? Simply because she was not
pure Scotch" Several others not
Scotch sold for even less.
The day will come when these good,
big, heavy milking Shorthorn cows
will be wanted again, and we advise
any young farmer to pick them up
when they go at such prices. They
will make money for him right from
the start and keep on making 1t. New
er mind about the Scotch part of It
Buy good cattle at such figures every