The Delta independent., 1909-11-19
Ranch ano 0rcbaro
About Cattle.

market reports that few cattle are
bringing nine cents pound in Chicago
but in truth it is only the golden gilt
on the edge of the book. The fact
must not be overlooked that they have
eaten lot of corn and whole year
has been consumed in the making.
We begin to see a marked improve
ment in the value of all kinds of cattle
in the mountain districts. Several
punches of stock cattle have recently
changed hands in the South park at
from 800 to 1926 head, and fat cows
and steers are bringing larger prices
than for years. Three and four year
old steers are bringing from S35 to S45
a head on the ranches. In the Middle
park half dozen ranches have lately
been sold because of the brighter out
look. The Bunte Brothers of Grand
county have sold their ranch of 1.280
acres and l 500 head of stock cattle for
something over $4,000.
The Tompkins cattle company of Gus
ter county has just borrowed Sl10, 900
giving as security between $500 and
200 head of cattle the best of which
represent the remnants of the late
George II. Adams herd of white faces
in the San Luis valley. Ballantine &
Beggs of Mesa county have also given
chattel mortgage to the Denver Stock
Yards company for $50, 900 to help car
ry on their business. What ails all
these fellows Anyhow that they should
borrowers be, as Polohius said. in these
brilliant days of unparalleled prosperity
when chap has to take the calves at
night so as to be sure of veal steak
for breakfast in the morning.
The man with good alfalfa hay needs
no mill feed or oil or cottonseed meal of
any kind in finishing steers if he has
little corn, barley or speltz. 1t is all
right on short rations to give only one
feed Of alfalfa day. the other chew Of
roughness being a variety. such as corn
fodder, prairie hay or even oat straw.
The necessary protein TO balance a ra-
tion Of corn, that the man lacking in
alfalfa must buy in mill stuff, the
alfalfa feeder has without looking any
further. When man can raise what
is virtually mill stuff right on his own
ranch he should lose no time in doing
t. Alfalfa is better than mill stuff be-
cause it is always the cheaper.
Who ever heard of Uncle Sam giving
COW to a white man? Four thousand
Hereford and Shorthorn heifers have
been distributed among the indians on
the Klamath reservation in southern
Oregon. The stock was given to the
indians by the government in lieu of
money due from the sale of lands, one
of the famous southern Oregon road
grants having extended across the res
ervation. Four head were given to
each adult indian, while the younger
members received three each. By this
arrangement some families We're given
as many as thirty-five head of young
cows. The cattle cannot be sold for at
least two years and though the head of
the family has control of those appor-
toned to his minor children he must
account TO them for the original stock
and the increase at the time the chill
dren attain their majority.
The shorthorn folks are showing a
pretty wide scale in prices received for
their pedigreed stock at the auction this
fall nor does it ali reflect much crdit on
the.status of the times throughout the
Mississippi valley for the figures are so
comical that is is but to laugh as Shake
speare said: Harmon & Mansfield at
Rhodes, Iowa. sold. at an average of
Sl30. so. Lewis brothers of Marshall
town, Iowa sold Sc head at an average
of 500. 25. w. II. Shafer of Keensburg,
Illinois, sold 81 head at an average of
$50 wv. X. Turner & Sons of Shell
bina, Missouri sold 46 head at an aver
age of only s6s. w. b. Rgg & Son of
Mt. Sterling, Illinois sold 81 head at an
average of sl60. c. l.. Mcclellan of
Lowden.s Iowa, sold 43 head at an
average of $3.50. II. F. Brown of Min
neapolis, made an average of 1894 on his
Sho-thorns, but this man has herd
that skins everything in the country
and hesldid not get half the value for
his fine animals.