Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-25
BEEF SPECIAL.

I'd The farmers OF delaware county
were given an opportunity to see
some OF the prize winners from the
state agricultural College herd last
Thursday when the beef special run
over! the Milwaukee by the Iowa Beef
Producers Association stopped at
Delaware over an hour. "a ~
There were five head OF cattle on
the train, two iShorthorns, two Angus
and one Hereford, averaging a little
less than seventeen months in age
and ], ,127 pounds in weight. The
grade Angus led In weight, tipping
the scales at l ,32O pounds at the age
Of eighteen months. A pure bred
Shorthorn steer, the favorite Of the
bunch, was second, weighing the
same as the Angus but being twen-
ty-one months old. A pure bred An-
gus the same age Of the grade fell
short 95 pounds on the weight. The
Hereford, "a thoroughbred steer, reg-
istered 945 pounds at the age Of thir-
tsen onths. and the youngest and
lightest OF the quintet was the little
roam Shorhorn heifer aged twelve
months and weighing 1926 pounds.
The different breeds ot cattle and
the relative value Of each was ex- .,t
|plained by Prof. O'Connell, OF the
State Agricultural College. He also alsA
spoke on the making Of baby beef
and strongly urged the Sdual-purpose
COW for the farmers Of this section
Of the state. Proper type Of beef
cattle and the right feed. he says,
will bring in more cold CASH for the
farmer than a pedigree three Y yards
long. 4, Es5..1 s5s fS Si e. s.
Prof, C. Arnett, professor Of the
department Of Animal Husbandry at
the State College, gave anhinterest.'
ing lecture on the production Of beef
and compared the production Of beef
throughout the world with that of
the state Of Iowa. Prot. Arnett, in.
the course OF his remarks, said that
we need not fear the importation
problem as. the amount of beef i'm
ported would never: be of sufficient
quantity to effect the home industry. 4
The cause for the present beef
shortage. and the high price of beef
| is due, said Prof. w. j. Kennedy, to
the sale OF veal and not to the dem
ocratic administration as many would
have us believe The value Of ensil-
age as a fattening food and the need
| Of better feeders for the farmer were
clearly explained by Prof. Kennedy.
Rex Beresford, beef cattle special.
ist for the Iowa Beet Producers As
sociation and a well known live stock
writer, was also on the train. Profs.
w. H. Pew, M. G. Thornburg, and G..
F. Curtis from Ames made up the
balance Sof. the lecturers from the
State college. n, a:
The special was in, charge of Train
master B. F.. Hoehn of Marion. w.
c. Parker, division freight and pas,
sengers agent for the Milwaukee at
| Cedar Rapids accompanied the spe-
cial. Everywhere along the line,
states Mr.. Hoehn, great enthusiasm
was shown by the farmers and an in
vitation to return at any time was
heard at every stop.
| One hundred and fifty people in
spected the fancy stock and heard
| the lectures at Delaware. The pupils
Of the Delaware public school attend.
ed in body. Miss Mullan and Miss
Minihan were in charge of the young
sters and great interest was shown
by the children. The train arrived
there at $3.50 and remained until
l3:5S when it departed for Greeley.
/ The Iowa Beef Producers AssOcia'
ton are to be congratulated on the
choice of speakers and lecturers from
| the State College and the C.. NJ. q
st. sP. on the efficient manner in
which they handled the train. Never
before has such a successful special
been run over their tracks. The
good work being done by the asso-
citation should win the hearty coop
Grafton of every farmer in the state
Of Iowa who is interested in the pro-
duction of beef. sS t5l