Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-01-23
RAISING BEEF CATTLE.
There's Money in En- on Irrigated
Farms, Says an Expert.

tfH" tNot Ai'ar- GIN pc maze D.
growing beef on surh lands, and 81
it Is certainty true that the time ha
come w4p good money may also b.
made BY growing beef on the same
The reference IS not 70 the growing Of
? meat in the Winter ~ feeding alfalfa
hoy 70 range stock, but to the grow
ing Of meat from start to finish on
irrigated farms. How can this be ac-
compnshsdg
% can be best accomplished in con-
Junction win some dairying ana also
"a conjunction with the growing Of
some swine On irrigated ranches
where fruit IS not being largely grown.
and whore truck farming is not being
4 prosecuted, such farming on small
ranches has much to commend It. The
COWS should be the dual type. Such
I cows II well chosen will produce
large amount Of milk, and the male
calves win grow into beef of good
quality For such use cows having
good frames Of almost any blood
shorthorns or Red Polls, or even
Brown Swiss, win best fiji the bill.
The sires should be Shorthorn or Red
Poll ana of good milking families /
The calves intended for beef should /
be essentially reared on skim milk and /
adjuncts. The adjuncts should be
roots ana grain. How the milk should
be fed and also the adjuncts will not
be dwelt upon here. on such farms
the grain needed may be very easily
grown, as the yields viii be both
sure and large. They should
come preferably in the autumn This
would admit Of selling the cream or
the butter product at a season of the
year when prices range highest
The calves fed on the skim milk and
other adjuncts including alfalfa hay,
viii have made a fine start by the fol- a
lowing spring. By that time they will '
be ready to turn on such pastures as 4
viii keep them growing nicely without
grain. These pastures will include a
alfalfa and clover in several of it's va l
'ieues, also grasses as blue grass and n
room grass or timothy as may be
referred. To these may be added s.
warf Essex rape. The rape pasture W
hould be so timed in its growth as to K
e ready in the early autumn. 1t is al
xcellent not only for putting on RI
esh but in putting in condition for
dding to it rapidly when the grazing ia
followed by judicious winter feed re
Ig. bl
The winter feeding the second win
r should consist mainly of a!salfn ~
! clover hay and grain. From to
funds of grain should Ft fed per Gay
this way the animals would be in
lie condition for the market by the
ne that they were IS months old. ~
ley should then weigh when reared -.
such foods not less than 1000
unds when delivered in the market
lis would mean that at cents a
und they would bring return of =,
D. At cents pound they would
ng $40 and at 8 cents $50. The -
light in each instance would have N'
be deducted. These estimates are
eXtravagant either in regard to
! weight of the animals or in regard -
the price. In fact the prices that
7 be raid for such beef will probab- -, :.
be higher than those named.
uch farming along with the cream ~
[ would be sold and the pork also -
uld bring good and sure returns.
would not involve the keeping of -,
rly so many cows as straight
lying would. In fact it would re-
q the number by one-half and
I'D lessen the labor of handling the .''''''
K nearly in that proportion
ne objection commonly made to
), A. 49,. 49,, - Higl
..,,,... Line
is not valid especially when car S''D'
are grown on lines as above out
l. Observe. by this system the
II. - -, of S;
- nas,,,ra. -, gregg
whom they are irrigated. one acre ~
Id craze two animals of the ages
ed. In this way FIVE acres should -
sh grazing for ten such animals. 1N0
they would be sold before the
ng season would come again.
would seem to be entirely prac- MS q
i :, 80, ,.,....-., for t.
II has special adoption to 80
tracts where nearly all the work
be done within the family. This 80
ALLEVIATE the expense and worry p''s
ring. II would return to the farm 49,
i. .,,.,.,..,,,,,,. 49,. - !. the b
Ia >. ~, !, ~. -. of sal
snent kinds OF farming-western - De'