The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-19

i ASSS WoA championship with a. short
morn steer that had ave generations
o. North Dakota breeding back of it
mr. Garfield, a. few miles east OF here
pred and fed the grand champion bar.
row ait the same show, which is the
highest honor Of the year in hog breed
ing circles. A few miles farther east
OF him Mr.. N. r. Clark breeds cattle
good enough 20 win championships In
Doth aged and young herds of short
horns this year. Many OF Won have
seen Mr.. Wallace Browns cattle that
are in my opinion as good as are bred
anywhere and with which he Ia a con-
ststent winner at the largest shows.
Mr.. McKerrow, who follows me on the
| program today, can tell you, IL he will.
just how good sheep we can raise here
as ne has Judged and given them
championships at ST. Paul two years in
succession. / have seen really finished
cattle fed all winter practically out of
doors by Professor Richards of the ag-
ricutural college that were high class
and made profit though sold very
cheap. And 300 miles north Of here
nave seen some of the best cattle
bred, that were remarkable for scale
and quality. I give these instances of
what Is done with individual cattle,
hogs and sheep, to instance that cold
weather alone has no bearing on the
feeding possibilities. Cattle for market
purposes in car lots could be fed equal
ly well provided we believed it would
give us profits possible to be derived
from feeding on grass and marketing
in the fall.
We prefer to sell tattle this way for
I know just what may be expected from
this style and the gains are certain
and uniform one year with. another,
and less risk attaches TO the business,
believe one could finish cattle. at a
very good profit IL three-year-o
steers, well wintered on corn fodder.
hay and straw were put into a. good
tame grass pasture and grain fed till
fall. Ii one does not care TO do this.
/ will tell you our experience in short
feeding this fall that was very salts
factory to us and which we have done
before several times with profits. Our
aim was not to finish, but to get great
est weights, and net profits
An Example From Helendale Farm.
On Sept. s we brought up forty steers
from pastures. which averaged 1,O4O
pounds and were thirty to forty months
old. They were, put into new pasture
containing considerable tame grass
and were first fed fodder corn with
ripe corn in it and later husked corn
in troughs twice a day. At uhe end of
thirty days they had gained 100 pounds
each and we determined to separate
them and the heaviest fifteen head to
enter in the grain fed class at South
St Paul show and enter twenty of the
others in the car lot feeder class. The
fifteen heavy ones weighed 1,245 pounds
and were placed in a hog lot and fed
all they would eat of ground barley.
oats, bran and oil cake, fed once a dav
and corn fed twice day, with plenty
of good hay. These steers fed well anc,
gained consistently and were weighed
every two weeks. The steers left i'm
the pastures weighed lis pounds,
were fed twice a day all they would eat
OF husked corn. The gains of both lots
was practically the same and they made
$40 pounds each per day for the period
OF seventy-fou days feeding. This
may sound large to some of you. but
we have made similar gains before. II
was made for a short period only, be-
sides the steers were good ones TO
commence with. When shipped from
the farm the fed steers weighed / 3ss
pounds and the feeders 1926 pounds.
You will be interested in the financial
report Of these steers:
Sept. 9Th we estimated the Steers
to be worth 4 cents per pound
on the farm and were valued
at ............... ..........s1, 456
Market value of feed consumed,
loads corn fodder, 44O bush
els corn, 80 bushels ground feed,
Drah, etc. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 324
Part of labor charge of barn man 74I
Total charges against steers. .$I,s54
Net receipts of these steers sold
on the st. Paul market at 5B
cents for the feeders and 6A
cents for the fed steers was .$2.374
Shows a net gain of SO per- cent
and ,''.'''...... .............,.$ SOL
This was made in seventy five days.
The corn was charged at so cents per
bushels but it cost us to raise 1t only
81 cents. Other feeds were charged
at market prices. Hogs followed these
steers and made good gains.
Takes inventory on Feb. 1.
While on the subject of profits in the
business ! will say that on Feb. / of
each year take an inventory Of live
stock. putting conservative values on
each head. or ON cattle, value them by |
age and condition and market values. |
Last year our grade cattle numbered
202 head valued at $4,740. Our total
cash receipts from the grades since |
then has been just $4,000, and we now |
have on hand POI head, on which, how |
ever, | have not vet placed values.
The total receipts from all live stock |
last year was $4,000 Our inventory
values will slightly exceed last years |
! believe The total labor Bill for the
year was $s,4o0 and we cropped about |
500 acres and did considerable repair
and unusual work.
What have said TO you is not new. |
! give IT to impress on your minds the |
fact that 1T Is a profitable business. and
a very pleasant one. Also wish to en-
phasize especially some of the small |
points, though often written of are |
overlooked and their i'm
portance not duly considered.
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