Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-06-05

The causes for these conditions are many; the
principal one. however, is the demands from the
dairying districts which require milk for butter
and cheese, as well as for daily consumption, and
the farmer must naturally get rid of the young
calf possible IL he expects to obtain
the mothers milk for these purposes. Therefore
the calf Is old enough 1t Is sold to
the butcher
The average weight of a veal calf is 140
pounds which IL permitted to live and attain it's
full growth at, say two years, would weigh 1000
pounds, a gain of $50 pounds, and If we were to
save half of the calves that are killed 1t
would be a saving of 4.000000,O00 pounds per
annum, and after figuring the loss in by-products
this would produce about 2,000,50OO0O pounds or
beef or about twenty-eight pounds to each per-
son I'm the United States, to say nothing OF the
natural gaia in money value
Therefore the economic question involved, and
It is one that affects our whole population The
pathetic side does not appeal to many, put also
has its adherents There thousands of calves
killed weekly in this city, all under one year oiu
After that they are cassed as cattle.
rhe usual age of calf Is about four TO SIX
weeks and the little four-week-old white calf In
the picture was taken away from Its mother. ex-
messed to the commission man and was sold to
the killers.
A national law which should prevent the kill
ing of calves in order that they may grow up
Ipro haef animals thereby increasing the supply
of beef. was advocated recently by Dr. L. h
Bailey formerly director of the New YORK state
College OF Agriculture, In the course OF an ad-
arass on the subject which he delivered at Ithaca
n. Y. -
"It "a the common assumption that we are
,r, suffering under a shortage OF beef, said Dr.
Ra,ev sgThere have been rnany Suggestions
Ioorfnv toward the increasing of the supply. To
: certain .vpe of mind, the simplest way or regu-
1t,n ~ overcoming an economic law is by an
-. ~ rho legislature. Therefore 1t is proposed
az. CONGRESS- shall make 1t msdemeanor Tor
: srnar RI kin his calves thereby allowing them
=. at,ro info beef animals. II becomes most
s..os,i,s nroblem as to whether congress would
=. ocassfuI in compelling man to keep an
a,,,al when II Is improbable for him TO 90 SO,
- hon the keeping of 1t would not combine
,.h bis nIan of farming I think that there
h. olso to be law compelling farmers to
SO their hens lay eggs In November ana lie
cember. -, .,, a, q
.Tbe reason why farmers Kill their Veais u
.hollv economic II does not pay them 20 Iaiss
an onin,aIs TO maturity Feed is too high-prlceu
A. 4ho main dairy regions. The feedlhg season
g Ionv n may pay 9 better to put MS ieeu
tn+o milk I'm such regions. sometimes IL pays
h.+ar 10 sill the calves at birth than 70 Try 80
$3.50 tbeu, even to the yealing age. no iesisia-
go can compel man TO conduct MS persohai
business operations at sacrihce or loss'
g. nossible I'm some cases tnat reoi s'ii''N''
of a farming business might enaoie Ia el =
~a,sa more animals to maturity but this = may
ter that lies without the province Vi saN'
..rror myself wish that there was less sa.s,h
:, zeal and that the people Wouiu fss"aes e4sf
dasiras I'm this regard Years ago eiie'e vas =
cess xsban we ate veal This season was per