The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05

ing and keeping poor lire stock. no
losing at the rate Of $1s.2b every I'VE
years, for each steer we keep.
It Is hard to estimate the value OF
a first class breeding bull in Accom-
munity. We will compare or con-
trast u breed bull with the pure.
bred. do not mean to say that al
purc-hred bulls should be used nA
eires, because l believe some OF them
should have been made steers when
young. Nor shall we refer In tine
case OF grade bulls to scrubs, but 70
bulls showing tho predomtnAn o.
OF beef blood. We will take the scrub
bull Mt the price Of thrpe-year@
steer, $7E. and suppose his. useful
neSB to be period Of three years. ana
his value at this time will be 800
Tint will mean an annual deproeiRs
ton of So, plus the annual interest
charged on SIS. or $3.50. making
the total coat OF running bull. not
including the feed. $3.50. on tho
other hand, we will take pura+brah
bull costing $3.50. In this case the
depreciation would be $200 In three
yoarB. or about $65 per annu1n, plus
the interest on Investment. or about
SIS, making the total cost $50 pen
year, or n difference between the two
OF $G7.50. II the pure-hred bun wa
handled carefully. he should get
thIrty-flve calves. These thtfy-hFo
calves must represent the extrn cot
on the purc-hred bull. or appruki-
mAtely Sc per head. We know on
the other hand that the ohsprtng
from the pure-brcd bull will DO gtl-
porIor to those OF the grade bull. This
Ia assuming that the cows BIO OF tho
same class in each cnse. The value
on the finished steer. instead OF from
twenty cents. which would be tho
cost, will be from sixty to seventy
1--WE cents. Mt least when the market
shows ms much discrimination be-
tween well bred and poorly bred
cattle Ms It does Mt tho present time.
really believe that In most sec
tlonH OF Harrison county. that the
purchase OF one Of these good bulls
will get back So In the way OF I'm,
creased value OF the offspring for eve
cry 81 invested. am in the farm
| ing business first for the money there
Ia in 1t, and secondly for the pleas
ure and enjoyment 1 get out Of IT. 4
keep live stock and my profits are Dc
rived from that source. From q hu8 ~
ness standpoint there La nothing thal
/ enjoy more than the feeding and
caring for bunch OF well bred
thrifty animals. On the other hand
/ get no enjoyment In feeding
bunch OF scrubs, and i almost ne
grudEe them whit they aat. ! believe
lie should be the ambition OF every
man owning live stock. to eventunlly
get into some line Of pure-hfed live
stock breeding, but fear that oil Tho
airos in HARRISON county will not DO
pura-bred until we have q few more
men In our legislature like our preBl-
dent, Mr.. DAVIDSON, and pass laws to
that effect. Wish every farmer In
Harrison county would make m etfort
to start every scrub sire possible TO-
ward the bologna market this TAIL
Let us nil work together In HWntlng
the scrub. and In 30 doing we help eF-
cry breeder in the county.
In conclusion / wish to emphaslze
the fact that the use alone Of im-
proved methods Of breeding Will not
avail: 1t liz absolutely necessary for
these to be supplemented by liberal
feeding and proper care and manage
ment.