The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-10
]. 6. Haney of OswegO Doesn't
Believe in Buying Cattle.
Too Much Chance Says the Os-
wegO Ranchman.
THEY TALK OF HORSES.
Farmers Are Urged to Use Only
Good Teams.
Important Even for Advertising
Valne Says Ralph McKinnie.

ITO produce beef on the farm, be-
lieve that the farmer must raise his
own cattle,'' said j. G. Haney, manager
of the Deming ranch, Oswego, in the
course of an address at the CONNER
cial club Monday night before the
members of the Kansas Improved Stock
Breeders association.
There is too much chance in buying
cattle to feed. To raise cattle for feed
ing there are three important items to
consider; first, pasture and feed. These
must be provided. Kansas farmers are
lamentably lax in regard to pasture.
I'VE haven't forgotten the wild pas
ture grass that cost nothing. We must
learn to mix our grasses with regard to
the needs of the soil. and we must not
pasture it to death. Pasturage is the
most economical feed for stock when
properly handled and can be made to
rebuild the soil at the same time.
We have not an ideal pasture eli
mate for the grasses we are trying to
use and we may have to find or develop
other grasses, and treat them accord
ing to their needs.
mot all men like to milk, but practi-
cally all men like beef. The English
and other old world farmers can afford
to raise cattle on high priced land. They
have found that they must keep stock
to maintain the fertility of their soil.
I'VE are coming and are facing the
same fact right here in Kansas. No
system of agriculture can be indefinite
ly continued that does not include live
stock, because the products of the soil
must not be sold in their raw state
because nothing would be returned to
the soil in place of the elements taken
out by the CROP.
Horses and Farm Work.
Ralph G. McKinnie, of Glen Elder,
read a paper on Heavy Horses and
Farm Work. which was received with
applause.
Good teams and good equipment"
said Mr.. McKinnie, "have an advertis-
ing value for farmer and the COM
munity in which he lives that can not
be estimated. If business corporations
who look at everything from the dollar
standpoint can afford to spend big mon
ey for good teams not only for work,
but for their advertising ability as well,
surely We who raise them can afford
to keep some of the BEST In closing
his address Mr.. McKinnie said regard
ing the profit of raising heavy draft
horses for the farm, Even if a man
is but a tenant when moving time
comes he can put the halters on his
herd, however large or small it may
be, and go to the scene of next years
labors and set it earning-not only a
living for himself and family-but its
own board and keep
G. W. McCampbell of Manhattan,
Kansas read a paper of extreme value
TO morse DT0eQeTS Inc speaker mas
been conducting feeding experiments
with 876 head of horses at Fort Riley
and his discussion was on Feeding
and the Care of the Horse"
"Horse feeding is an art as we'll as
a SCIENCE" he declared. Success de-
ponds upon many factors among which
might be mentioned the selection of
proper feed OF combination of feeds,
regularity in feeding, ability to appre-
ciate and meet the individual pecu-
1iarities, needs and habits of each ami
NAL, and whether or not one takes an
interest in his work.
"Of the many grains used through
out the country as a horse feed none
are more popular than oats. They are
keenly relished and the nutrients they
contain are in just about the right pro-
portion to make a we'll balanced ra-
ton, but the idea that they contain an
element to give a horse more spirit or
energy is only one of a number of
fancies or traditions.
"Of the many feeds available and
that might be substituted is the one
used most, especially in the middle and
southern portions of the corn belt. In
this region thousands of horses do not
know the taste of any other grain.
Bran is one of the best available
of our immense crop of wheat it is
usually comparatively cheap. 1t is
rich in prte1n and is especially Valu-
able as a supplement to other grains.
"Molasses is a concentrate that is
being fed extensively to work horses
and mules in the SOUTH where it is
produced very cheaply, and in special
cases it might be fed here to advan-
tage. Cane and beet molasses are both
used
The speaker advocated alfalfa as a