The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-08
STOCK Is BEST
There Is Always Money in Rails
ing Finished Farm Animals.
Not Much Profit In Scrub Variety and
They Generally Sell at Any Price,
Usually Below Cost of Pro-
duction.

h finished animal always COM
mands the highest price and, with
proper finish, there is good money in
growing almost all kinds of farm ami.
mails. There is usually not enough
profit in the unfinished animal, and
often it is disposed of at an actual
loss.
1t is the legitimate business of the
farmer to make as much as possible
out of the animals he keeps. In or
der to make the most money it is
necessary to put good value in them.
The market pays for actual value.
Good, finished stock nearly always
brings good prices, while anything un-
der grade nearly always goes for al
most any price, usually below the
profit line to the producer. The thing
to do is to keep the animal and are
for it till it will top the market.
Whether it be a horse or pig, the
buyer admires the fat animal. Pigs
and beeyes must be fat in order to
bring top prices. and other animals
should all be at least in good flesh. A
thin animal a very seldom be sold
at a profit, unless it be a dairy animal
or a young horse, where the buyer
knows the individual merits and pos
sibilities for future development.
There are at least two good reasons
for producing finished animals and
keeping them in the best of condition
from start to finish. The young ami
NAL that is fed and cared for literally
will grow fast and make greater pro-
pOrtionate gains from its feed than
one that is allowed to live along in a
thin condition. Also, the animal that
is always kept in good, round flesh is
always ready for market at a days
notice should a good market develop
for that class Of animal. These points
do not include the personal satisfac-
ton and advertisement that the keep
ing Of only the best of animals always
brings the farmer. If a man is known
to always keep good animals in good
condition the fact cannot be hid. Good
things are o found out and
spread farther.than most people think.
In the case of horses it pays to not
only grow the colt to maturity and
keep it in good flesh at all times, but
to break it to work at maturity. There
is usually $25 difference between a
broken and an unbroken horse. The
farmer who grows the horse ought to
be the best III to break it to work,
for he knows all of it's peculiar traits.
He ought to be able to break it at less
cost than the man who buys it with
cut knowing its characteristics. A
young horse or mule in good round
flesh, or fat, and well broken to work
is a finished animal. Such are as
salable as flour or sugar, and always
command a tip top price.
The finished dairy animal is the
heifer with her first or second calf by
her side and which has been MIXED
a few times. A t~wo-year-old heifer
with a calf by her side car be pro-
duced almost as cheaply as the two
year-old heifer without a calf. A lit
tie extra attention in breeding and
feeding will double her selling value.
The good handling will make her gen.
tie and increases her value as a milk
COW.
Study the market requirements of
the different animals you are grow
ing and give them finish before you
sell them. Let the other fellow get
the worth of his money when he buys
of you, but you get the full worth of
the animal when you sell to him. The
only way to do it is to offer him an
animal that is in as good condition as
it is possible to put it.