The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-17
Chicago Financier Tells Why Every
Farmer Should Engage In Live
Sotck Raising.
BIG SCARCITY OF FEEDERS.
Those Who Feed To Maturity Make
Money-keep Up Fertility OF
The Soil.

Live Stock Exchange National bank
of Chicago, hands out the following
arguments to show that every farmer
should be stockman:
There is in this country today a
I shortage of beef cattle.
Feeders Are Scarce.
"Not only are we ceasing to ex-
port cattle, but our own food supply
is being seriously curtailed. The past
two years have witnessed an alarm
ing scarcity of feeders" and conse-
quently high prices, and steadily de-
creasing number of farmers fatten-
! ing them for the market. Last season
they argued that with corn at So
zoe per bushel, and feeders" at So
cents, it would be risky PROPOSE
ton to take hold-and many of them
stayed out to their great regret.
Those who did go in and feed to
maturity made money and lots of it.
This year there is more corn at a
lower price. and the undoubted scar
city of both feeders and beef cattle
and the growing demand by stead
lily increasing population practically
guarantee high prices on the finished
( product.
Man Who Sticks Wins Out.
History. has proven, in this as in
other kinds of business, that the man
who "sticks to it'-and learns it thor
! oughly-is the one who makes it pay,
: and the man who gets scared out cas-
I lily usually does SO at time when
the other fellow is preparing to reap
his harvest.
Don't Try To Beat Market.
another mistake some cattlemen
make, is in trying to beat the market.
Z Like other spectators, they will hold
I out as long as the market is rising,
perhaps beyond slight slump, but in
variably they ship when decline is
we'll under way-and help thereby
to give the toboggan another shove!
why not ship when cattle are
ready for market? Is it not expensive
to hold them beyond maturity? Does
not the cost of extra feed offset any
possible margin of rise in price? And
if every cattle feeder would do that
would there not be greater regu-
larity of receipts at all markets, a
consequent steadying of prices, and a
more equitable distribution of the
profits in this immense and necessary
industry?
Raise Your Own Feeders.
"Stckmen should also gradually
work into raising their own feeders
and should not begrudge the pasture
necessary for this remunerative
branch of the business. The silo would
prove a mighty help in their develop
ment. In fact, silage and alfalfa are
destined to solve the problem of how
to make the most money raising live
stock on corn belt lands.
Stop Young Calf Sales.
"There will in all probability be
passed in the near future bill pre-
venting the sale of calves under six
weeks of age, which will be both a
humane and immensely beneficial
measure beef will feed twenty
times as many people as veal and
to their better nourishment. How
many thousands of young calves are
slaughtered yearly that could be cas-
lily raised to fully matured fine beef
cattlei
Hubbard's "Wise Farmer"
GILBERT Hubbard has said ct is a
wise farmer who turns his grain into
live stock before marketing" Not on
ly is it more profitable, but it puts
back into the soil that which keeps it
rich and fertile. Rotation of crops
viii not do it alone, commercial fer
tilizer is not sufficient, but, as DR.. w.
E. Taylor, soil specialist of Moline,
says:
"The land needs certain element
of animal matter which can only be
had from manure!" In European
countries, the soil is examined before
tenant goes onto farm. If dur
ing his tenancy the fertility of the
soil is depleted, he is fined accord
ingly If however he leaves the land
in better shape than he found it, he
is rewarded in proportion.
ADOPT Better Methods.
"Must we pass laws to that effect
in this country? If the present waste
full overworking of our lands is con-
tinued, it must come to that. Must
we reach such an extremity? Why
not better our methods Of our own
initiative, why not take pride in inn
proving our own lands Why not do
that which will build up our farms
and in crease their productivity and
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