The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-11-25


own on the Churchville pike. about
welve years ago, and am satisfied il
will today support Eve times as much
stock as II would when purchased Hi
30 acre meadow 10 now worth what h.
ave for the farm Mr. Brurs has inst
approved his large cattle yard. a larry,
roportion of It being under roof. his
noes ar. hne, he has 20 acres Of good
wheat and he had an legant crop corn,
800 tons of which went into the silo "
Mr. Finney contrasted the meadow
With its condition when he as n no,
would stop daily when en- route to Bel
ur to look after his rabbit traps In
buly thing done t. the meadow was to
lear it. thus letting ia the sunshine and
diving surface water a chance to drain
| IT. MIR. Finncy has never seen the face
farm improve so fast as has Mir.
'ruus', due to good tillage md the i'm
uense amount of strong stable manure
spread upon it. lie thinks 1t Is the mos,
grassy" farm he has ever stcn
Mr.. Bradford could find nothing to
| criticise and thinks what Mr. Brurs has
accomplished Is wonderful.
CATTLE.
ii' upbt ihttbuueSu TIC subl Ut VI tue
evening and suggested that the discus.
s'on take a wide range so as to cover
generally 50 important a subject HIS
talk along the line Of feeding cattle was
comprehensive, and during its further
discussion he punctuated the remarks OF
various speakers with pungent sugges.
tons
Mr. Bruins frequently carries 200 feeders
through the winter. lie believes in in
tense feeding and rapid sales Besides as
much rich ensilase as they will eat he gives
a daily ration of Ga pounds of corn cob
meal and Ia pounds Of cotton seed meal
He thinks that a farmer In this way may
turn of four lots of cattle per annum and
that the net result will compare favorably
with dairy farming.
He considers an advance Of from TO to
10 cents over Chicago prices of cattle
necessary to make the dealer 81 per head.
Stock cattle are rapidly gro wing scare.
er because an eight. mont h's.old cali sells
Tor ns much as a yearlinQ. hence he Is
turned into veal; aud because range land
IN practically thing of the past. lie
urges having cattle ready for n January
aud June market and that pastures he
allowed to rest during July and August
Mr.. Worthington favors the steer AS
against the cow because of So much less
labor being requiicj. because the rate of
loss from various CAUSES Is 50 much less
and because the land improves so much
faster when cattle are fed. With the
same feed steer puts two pounds daily
on his back where the cow puts twenty
pounds in the pail and II is shipped from
the farm.
The worst feature of our iceding |
system IL that we do not get our cattle |
fat but dump them on the market IN |
Ottober when nearly every one is selling |
and the market 10 ruinously low
Mr. ]. l.. G Leecomparedin an interest |
Ing way the relative productlvcness oi |
land In Anne Arundel. Hartford and |
Lancaster counties and said this evident.
" grows out OF their relative attention |
to feeding. lie thinks II stock farm near.
ly always improves.
Mr.. W W finncy thinks the profit In |
grazing cattle depends much up IN buying |
right. hut believes there Ia much more
profit In cows.
Mr. wilkins IN said that as n young
farmer his experience has been limited |
with beef cattle but he has started IA dairy
herd and hopes to he well pleased with
results.
Mr. John u. Hanna referred to his boy.
hood days when he would spend the
summer with his grandfather. John
Barnes. and listen to him compare notes
with MIR. William Woolsey on thrircattle,
each turning out the best cattle in the
county.
lie thinks profits should he good for
the farmer TODAY. considering the price |
OF heel to the consumer.
Mr.. Thomas II. Robinson said he had
lad some experience In feeding cattle |
but the profits had not been attractive,
he thinks the grazi'r has the more at
tractive but the dairyman the more
profitable Job
MIR Harrison, who spent several years
out In Ariz ma and Montana about % |
years ago, contTasted In an intrIc ,ting
way the changed conditions there From
Miles city alone from 900 to 80 600
stockcrs would he shipped but today not
. per cent OF this trade IN left The |
streams and low lands have been fenced |
and this has ended the lie Of the free
ranch He is sure the East will soon
have to raise it's own beef.
Mr.. X. Harris Archer. There Is more
money In the cow but dairying 10 the life
of u slave; feeding IL the work Of a gentle
man Some years ago when feeding 30 |
to ~ head Of cattle he did not mind the
work himself II his help was busy. The
dairy farm supports Its stock IL months
and Is barred Of all grass.
MI Bradford finds Young cattle good |
helpers to clear up land but has not
found much profit in feeding them for
beet.
Mr.. Il II. Hall, you must be suited
in your labor to succeed with cows Ror
nearly 40 years fed with profit hut have
had cows for two or three years. think
| will return to catte and get better re.
suits"
MI John Mo0res wants some comfort |
in business as well ~ some money so
will keep on with steers Por AZ years
prior to 1893 he lost only l steer, but |
the loss 10 dairying is considerable lie |
feeds full year rounding of with some
short corn with good profit.
DR.. Hollingsworth said he was reared |
on n dairy farm and referred to a 10 aiding |
dairyman Of this county who sold $l23
worth Of cream per COW, 81 800 worth |
OF hogs and raised n valuable lot Of Young |
stock. He 10 now getting 81 Icr gallon
ipf cream ana ~ CtHtb IOT bklHlDcu nltlh
Mr. Harvey Ball 10 "A warm advocate Of
the COW and gave convincing arguments
Ia her favor liz dropped cattle because
Of the small profit and keeps twice as
many cows as his predecessor kept cattle.
The gross income from the COW should
be ll0anda calf from which deduct $50 |
for feed lie seldom loses a COW.
Mr. Slade thinks we do not iced right
Cattle should be soil fed and iattened as
fast as possible
Mr. Jacobs. III were farming would
keep steers on grass as | did formerly. |
clearing $26 While managing the Wool.
sly farm bought large quantities OF corn |
at 81 Is and bran ut SIS, but those days
are paat.
President Harlan recalled how his
father uci TO bus l75 good grade cattle,
feed little. and market them Just before
the annual fall slump. lie 10 handling |
both cows and steers; finds the former
more profitable but he latter less trouble.
some Asyour seasons for gress have
been much shortened by drought he IL
satisfied cattle should be sold before
mid summer and In the future will feed
with this In view.
The consensus Of opinion was that the
fertilizer made by feeding cattle far ex
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