Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16
New Rules for Raising Beef.


Jefferson City.-Through the United
state department of agriculture the
following rules are set forth in
bulletin under the title of Beef pro.
duction In the South" and are given
in full:
Eradicate the tick on the farm.
Good pastures are essential for pro-
fitable beef production.
Plant pasture grasses over the
waste lands.
Use purebred beef bulls for grad.
Ing up the native beef stock.
Always select the best helfers for
breeding purposes.
Use the coarse fodder. straws and
the stalk fields for wintering
breeding herd.
Wean the calves when pastures get
short Put them in the cornfield and
pea fields while weaving and teach
them to eat cottonseed cake or cot
tonseed meal.
Raise and finish beef cattle on the
same farm when possible
A mixture of cottonseed meal, cot.
tohseed hulls, and alfalfa hay is
good ration for fattening calves.
Silage is the best roughage for fat
tening any class of cattle.
More care is necessary in feeding
calves than in feeding grown cattle.
At the present prices corn silage
is cheaper and better feed for fatten-
ing beef cattle than cottonseed hulls.
Hulls and cottonseed meal make
an excellent feed for short feeding
period, but do not produce good gains
on cattle after the third month.
1t is not entirely satisfactory to use
corn stover as the sole roughage.
When Johnson-grass hay costs $40
and bulls 81 per ton 1t is more profit.
able to feed the bulls alone
Summer feeding on the pasture is
usually more profitable than winter
feeding
Finishing cattle early in the sum
mer is usually more profitable than
finishing them later in the season.
Fattening steers on grass and cot
tonseed cake is nearly always more
profitable than grazing them without
feed
Thin steers make larger and cheap
er daily gains than fleshy ones when
put on pasture
Crop Conditions In imperial Missouri
Jefferson City.-The bureau of sta.
tistics OF the department of agricul
ture, cooperating with the weather
bureau. furnishes the following fig
ures as to the April condition of crops
in Missouri Comparison is shown
with last years figures and the gen.
eral average for five years:
Condition.
Wheat-1914, 90; 1913, SO; 1O-year
average, So.
Rye-1914. &c; 1913. 80; 1O-year
average, SO.
Horses and Mules-1914. IS; 1913,
95; 1O-year average, 50.
Cattle-19l4, "a; 1913. Sc; 1O-year
average, "a.
Sheep--1sl4. 80; 1918, SO; 1O-year
average, 80.
swine-1s14, SO; 1913, "a; 1O-year
average, 81.
Prices.
Wheat-Per bushel. 1914. sec; 1913,
csc; five-year average, csc.
Corn-Per bushel, 1914, 74c; 1913,
zoe; five-year average, soc.
0ats-Per bushel. 1914, Acc; 1918,
SIC; five-year average, 45c.
Barley-Per bushel, 1914, -; 1913.
Coo; five-year average. G9c.
Rye-Per bushei, 1914. 74c; 1918,
7Sc; five-year average, sic.
Buckwheat-Per bushel, 1914, 96c;
1873 CSC; five-year average, 96c.
Potatoes-Per bushel, 1914, 99c;
1918, FAC; five-year average. Gle.
Hay--Per ton, 1914, $1420; 1913,
S94O; five-year average. s10.6S.
Flaxseed-Per bushel, 1914, $145;
1913, SLIP; five-year average, S152.
Cotton-Per pound, 1914, lice;
1913. CSC; five-year average, 10.7c.
Eggs-Per dozen, 1914. Ice; 1918,
15c; five-year average, Ice.
Butter-Per pound, 1914, 23c; 1913,
23c; five-year average, &c.
Chickens-Per pound, 1914, 11.sc;