The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-01-25

er and detrimental to the cat
tie. But if the feeders cir
cumstances and corn crib viii
permit ten to fifteen bushel o
corn per head to the stee
feed until July, when the cat
tie should be sold, can l.
made to pay double in value
the amount of corn previous
ly fed in the same length O
time, in two ways, first, il
the gain made on the cattle
and hogs, and second, in turn
ing off corn cattle in place o
grass cattle. 1t is a fact wei
known and one that will no
admit of an argument that any
well posted buyer, either in
the country or in the city
markets, in making purchases
take into consideration, aside
from the neatness and finish
Of the cattle before him, the
killing qualities of such cat
tie. 1t takes a very fair lot
of grass cattle, showing fat
and conditions to make % to
81 per cent. grass weight
early IN the summer, and fire.
quently they fall below these
figures, whereas a we'll finish
ed lot of cattle fed out, carry
better flesh and more evenly
distributed, less paunch and
less gross, and make . to 81
per cent. and even more, as
[ am making conservative es-
Inmates, based on the average
feeder. Two or three percent.
in weight may not at first
glance seem to amount to very
but on a l, $50 pound
bullock ) percent amounts to
full % percent hundred grass
weight, to say nothing of the
improved quality of the car
cass Of beef, OF the selling
value of the same.
LAS to how these cattle are
fed, on the Blue Grass turf
Or in barns we meet with both
conditions and with practical
Iy the same results in the
end. The feeder in the open
has the advantage of carrying
more hogs and the disadvan-
tage of enduring all kinds Of
weather, and cutting up his
farm in bad weather, while at
the same time the cattle are
distributing their rich drop
ping i'll amOre lasting ard ju-
1icious way than it can ever
be done afterwards 3. The
feeder who his barns and by
barns it is not necessary that
thew should be costly or eX-
Densive--but they may be SO
constructed as TO be ineXpen-
sive and at the same time
serve all purposes for feed
ng. Cattle fec in this man
her, with or without doors,
lffording the ample dry quar-
,ers for eating, have the adj
of getting all their
grain fed at the expense of
he hogs, which will diminish
he hog capacity fully 50 per
cent. The man with the barns
las the advantage Of provid-
ne against bad weather,
keeping off his grain fields in
Dad weather and the many
comforts that accrue to the
:onveuiences over the outside
'eeding. [ believe and my
and observation
las taught me that the cattle
ed in the open are the better
yraZers and take on more
weight than the barn fed cat
lie, but [ buy cattle equally
good, handled and fed by each
process, like two farmers who
lold different views as to
'aising corn and pursue en-
,irely different policies, yet
both grow good crops and Sc
cure about the same results,
although differing radically
n their methods.
"There is another class of
feeders who are almost as
good money makers as any
class of men who handle cat
lie and this class of feeders
ouy good, thrifty cattle, not
so high in flesh when purchas-
I'd, virtually rought them
through the winter, feeding
little if any grain, give the
cattle good grazing and feed
for the late fall market, usual
y beginning on grain, corn
stalks and car fed ON tha RInn