Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11
DOLLAR SIGNS.
Wee Lambs From the Range-Late' but
Husky Little Feeders.

Wee Lambs From the Range-Late' bur
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, "and unless you know how 70
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 overfeeding 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 Z cents, "peewee" stuff has
found few bidders at 515 to 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 time when big feed lots
have been depleted and springers have
make money this winter if the crop
on feed is as short as generally be-
lieyed, concludes the Breeders Ga
zette, Chicago
Special For Swine Men.
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 pre-emlnently the
finishing food for swine and is not
a good food for the breeding herd only
in limited amount. The corn belt Is
surrounded by unparalleled breeding
ground for swine. Here is great Op
portunity for specialists. Let the man
with his clovers and vetehes and
peas and rye breed and grow pigs to
weaving time or a little longer and
then send them to the great corn belt
for finishing.
The great capaci0us nav of the mid
lle states can swallow up an unlimited |
amount of shoats weighing from fifty
10 a hundred pounds. The cattle feed |
ers and corn growers are always hun |
cry for them.
There are some very successful men |
who grow their pigs till they bring S. |
per head; then they go to the big cat
lie feeders. 1t is surprising how small |
l pig these feeders will take at So If |
hey can get bunch together, says O
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
'ow, with first class heifer calf at
DOT, at $85, was about the cheapest
hing sold. She is said to give ten
Iuart pailful of milk night and morn
ng" Wonder why Daisy went so
heap? Simply because she was not
pure Scotch" Several others not
cotch sold for even less.
The day will come when these good,
'ig, heavy milking Shorthorn COWS
Vill be wanted again, and we advise
ny young farmer to pick them up
Then they go at such prices. They
VIII make money for him right from
he start and keep on making it. Nev-
r mind about the Scotch part of it.
'uy good cattle at such figures every