American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-16
PRODUCTION OF BEEF
DRY LAND FARM SHOULD e,,.
PORT SOME LIVE STOCK
II Farmer Can Secure Section Or "A
of Rough Grazing Lands and p,,
1t Under Fence Problem !.
Very Greatly Simplified
cBv PROF.. THOMAS erI,-

(By PROF. THOMAS SHAW,
The idea cherished by many il th.,
the dry land farm can not be mada =
produce p~rofitably anything but ur.,S
That view is not correct. II will =.
in many instances be made to prodre'
more or less Of live stock along u,ts
the grain. The live stock will cert.,n
ly include poultry and poultry proauo,.
and swine. For the production Of tbos.
the conditions are quite favorable and
the same may be said of mutton hi.
farm may also produce dairy and hoo,
products. but for the production NJ N.
former 1t is not SO well adapted ow,Da
to the greater difficulty of obtaiplDa
succulent food than is found in bumiS
areas.
If the dry land farm is located IN
contiguity to rough grazing lands ana
If the farmer a obtain a section q,
more of these and can put the sama
under fence. the problem of producip,
beef is very greatly simpliied. This
rough land will provide the grazing
and the arabic land will furnish the
other food wanted. The farmer is thus
in a position to grow a considerable
amount of wheat or fax, or both. for
sale, and to grow in addition folders
and grain such as the animals NAV
need in winter and also to put them
into condition for the market when
this may be necessary. Should the
calves come in the autumn, they could
be made ready for the market with
but one seasons grazing, as will now
be shown.
This could be done whether the COWS
sucked their own calves or whether
they were MIXED by hand. The first
winter both would be kept on the farm
and the cows would receive a liberal
amount of food. If the calves were
given milk during the milk period
they would require supplemental meal
and fodder in addition. They would
then be ready for going onto pasture
in the spring after they had been
weaned. Both COWS and calves would
then go on pasture until the early au.
tumn. The calves would then be
brought in and pushed along for the
spring market by feeding them a lib
eral allowance of grain and suitable
folders. They would then reach the
market at 10 months and should sell
for a relatively high price.
But should 1t be necessary to con-
fine the COWS to the farm, the problem
is not so easy. The difficulty is in
finding grazing. because of the short
age of the rainfall.
The area called for of native pasture
to maintain one beast in the summer
season is quite too large to make such
grazing profitable on the arabic farm.
However, where part of the land is
summer fallowed the volunteer grain
on the same will furnish considerable
pasture until the time m to pillow
the summer fallow. If rye had been
drilled in the previous summer or
autumn, after the removal of the grain
the grazing thus furnished would be
very considerable. In some areas
bronze grass will do fairly well as pas
ture, usually much better than the na'
tive grass. In time it will probably De
found that a mixture Of alfalfa anu
bronze will furnish more grazing tnan
can be obtained from other sources
I This system would probably call ior
> feeding supplemental grain food morS
, or less to the calves from the Time
! that they would take it until they wers
ready for the market. But during the
: one summer that they were on grams
J the amount called for daily, II feo at
all, would be very small, not more tnan
: two to three pounds per day. Cai'e,
thus reared on their dams sno oaa
. weigh at IS months 900 to lVV'
: pounds. These should sell at presen.
l prices for 8 to 9 cents per pound i =,
they would be prime. Thus one V .a
would fetch in the market Stz u nv =,
per animal. If reared on SKIM mn
- The return would be considerably iess'
; but it would be far more than COUNT d,
> balanced in the profit made from INV
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