The farmer and mechanic., 1911-04-25

fords, Red Durhams and Polled An
gus to good. bad and Indifferent Jer-
seys and scrubs. Ny Hertford. Dur
ham and Polled Angus steers have
put on an average Of about $50 pounds
each in 90 days. The best Jerseys
and scrubs have put on only about
so pounds, While some scrubs have
hardly responded at all. They were
ruined by being stunted and NAL
treated when calves and there Is uoth-
ing to them.
THE ordinary stcck does not bring
as good price even when in excel
lent condition as the larger breeds.
butcher wants an animal with loins
and thighs we'll filled out, this meat
being worth almost twice rs much
as some other part Of the anatomy
Of the beast a we'll man in buying
cattle to fatten must watch this or
he may buy cattle for just what he
will get for them after feeding them
three months o. more. l have about
come to the conclusion that no native
stock is worth feeding. 1t is hard to
get anything except scrawny animals
and they Will not put on any fat.
when / began feeding my cattle
| fed them an average of four pounds
Of cotton-seed meal and twelve
pounds of hulls. j weighed every
animal every ten days, and gradually
increased the feed until ] have been
feeding lately eight pounds Of meal
and fifteen of hulls. This is exceed
ngly rich feed, entirely too rich to
begin on, but after You get them
we'll under way You can make it
richer and good stock Will just fill
out surprisingly.
Farmers who have plenty OF hay
of an inferior quality can use il to
excellent advantage IN feeding to cattle
along with a very rich mixture OF
meal and hulls. The hulis is rough
ly takes the place Of hay, providing
the filing. SO when = farmer is
we'll supplied " tn hay, even as poor
hay as wheat straw, it is foolish
for him TO buy more hulls than is
absolutely necessary TO cover and
carry the meal. which after all is
almost the all-important part Of the
ration.
The meal and hulls we fed were
mixed In the barn and it required care
ful watching all the time to see that
it was at all we'll mixed. \ careless
the hulls and poor on the meal and
scratch over it q bit. The steer is
after the meal and he Will simply
get the meal out and leave the hullS
Next year l shall continue the fat
teninG experiment and shall use ma
chine mixed feed. every bit Of which
the steer vii be compelled to eat
To get the meal. II no meal is used
the Piedmont feed. which contains
10 per cent Of proteid should he
used to start WITH. Grad ually 4 little
and then more meal could be added
and then the steer could be finished
on the rich BoVeta. which is rich
With meal, containing Il per cent pro-
teid This feed would be too rich 10
feed with at the beginning unless hay
is used.
Mr.. Jenkins believes that th- new
industry Of fatten ng cattle for the
market will be a Tremendous stimulus
To the stocll-raising industry for the
two are really separate. Its influence
will also Tend toward til. breeding Of
larger cattle In remote. counties
where there are no creanlerics strictly
beef cattle Will be bred, like the short
horn. Hertfords. DurhanS. PolIed An
gus and others, while near the dairy
centers the tendency viii he toward
the larger milk breeds Ike the Ifol-
stcins. Ayershirc- a1i others
There are few i;!rIh@ IN this section
OF the country without Any paSturasya
and there are feWcr farms upon which
mere hay could not b. produced IT