Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08

with cattle purchased of the grow
ers and the profit is most always
made at that time. The success of
this branch depenping on the busi-
ness ability of the feeder from my
own experience and observations, l
prefer the former class, and will
give my description OF the dam and
sire to be used in producing them,
commencing with the dam.
The first thing I look for Is the
head, which should be very femi-
nine, small, clean-cut and bOny,
with eyes fill and prominent, with
lots of space between, the neck
small at throat, of medium length,
gradually increasing in size to join
the full smooth shoulder and broad
chest. A body of good length and
depth, very broad on back and hips,
the hind quarters broad and deep
Be careful there is no depression
over the loins, as there is where you
find the nigh priced meat. Avoid
extremes as TO size. About 1900
is large enough. When YOU go
much larger, you will find them too
coarse, and as rule not as good
producers as the medium sized ones.
In the selection of a sire would
choose almost the opposite. The
head shOu d be very masculine but
we'll proportional, neck rather short
and thick. You can tolerate some
C Oarseness about the shoulders,
N q 1s1sruy oorocc liDc f,,U ov6 3oorN ~,
hind quarters, medium length of
body with a straight back, thickly
covered with flesh from chine TO
rump, also on ribs. There are
few qualifications | will add, which
some of you may net be familiar
with that are required not described
In the general form. One is, the
hair should be of good length with
a fine. dOwny underground; another,
a loose hide, one that you can grab
a handful of on the ribs with very
little effort.
Considering the flesh of an animal,
YOU should feel for an even cover
ing on the ribs, back, .loins aud
shoulder. You perhaps have seen
men walk to an animal with bunch
Of fat on the rump, and pinch it and
say, my l-ain't he fat?" / would
request the men of this county to
please refrain, as this is no indica-
ton of good fleshed beast and is
called the fools grip.
haven't mentioned any lndivi-
dual breed to select the animals l
have described from, nor will l, as
we have our own ideas in religion
and politics The same is true of
our favorite breeds of cattle. How
ever, | will mention four, for fear
you will accuse me of not knowing
even one. The Shorthorn, Here
ford, Aberdeen Angus and Gallo
way.
1t might be we'll to draw your
attention to what will define as
bovine hygiene, plenty of fresh air
and sunshine and a generous supply
of plain food of good quality. and
pure water to drink. shade trees in
pasture TO protect them from the
hot midday sun in the summer,
dry shed, we'll bedded and protected
from the north west winds in the
winter. / consider a we'll made
warm bank barn the worst enemy
of bovine hygiene that man has
ever devised. It is on a level, but
at the other extreme with a three
wire fence.
There is much more in connection
with this topic that could be written.
To go into details on the subjects 1
have briefly mentioned, would make
several chapters, more than you
could care TO listen to at this time
Allow me TO congratulate you on
your patience and thank you for
your attention