La Junta tribune., 1916-03-04
FEED AM nlroRrANT PRosllElG.

FEED AN IMPORTANT PROsl.E1G.
Alex Yant Interviewed by Dvoves
Telegram h Kansas City-Caa.
not Ranch - Of Yore.
Alex Yant. accompanied By his
son. Phillip Yant. arrived home last
Tuesday from Kansas City. No.
where they disposed Of thirteen csr.
loads Of stockers and feeders Mon
day on the best market. Mr.. Yaat
says. that he has ever known. somo
Of the calves. which were includsa
In the shipment, sold for - high o
$l1.lo. and the remainder. whieA
included al kinds and conditions.
brought top prices. While In kan
sas City Mr.. Yant was interviewed
BY = representative Of the Drovers'
Telegram. and his story is givsn
herewith:
The cost Of producing stockers ana
feeders on the range seems to b Just
~ important . problem - that Of
feeding and finishing cattle IL On
farms In the corn belt. In the days Of
the open and free range. this item
did not enter into cattle raising, but
now that lnchmen are required 70
own their land and provide fesl.
economy must BE- practiced In order
to make this branch Of the cattle In.
dustry profitable. Alex Yant. Of Il
Junta. Colo. who sold here Monday
thirteen carloads Of stockers and
feeders. is one Of the stockmen who
finds that he cannot ranch % hs did
twenty years ago when he had free
range and little other expense.
"The feed problem" said Mr..
Yant. who 10 sheriff Of Otero county,
- we'll o. ranchman. "is Just %
much Of burden to us ~ II Il with
the professional cattle feeder on The
farm. On my ranch I manage 70
raise my own feed. II had 70 ship
Il In. ! would not remain In the cat
tie raising business long. I have on
my ranch two silos Of $50 tons -
pscity each. raise enough corn 70
fill them. Ny corn last season
woula Nave uA1s . ytsll .of forty
bssAs,s 70 lhs sers. pssl1ss ~ I
raise my alfalfa. We use some y.
rup. the by-products from the bset -
gar factory. IN addition. which b
poured over the silage In troughs
and makes = splendid combinatioa
ration. We give our cattle about
twenty pounds Of silaGe and two
pounds Of molasses 70 the head
daily. They have alfalfa In racks at
all times.
when We consider these feeding
expenses ~ compared with the time
when We prepared no feed At ali. ie
II plain that We cannot possibly
raise stockers and feeders and ssll
them At prices such ~ We received
In free range days. We are study.
ine feeding rations in seeking ways
Of producing the cheapest and bsst
kinda. There is still another polnt
which should not BE- overlooked. We
are producing stockers sad feeders
Of far superior quality 10 thoss rais-
cd twenty years ago."
Quite . number Of Arkansas Val.
ley feeders were also favored with
top prices that existed on The Kan.
sas City market last Monday. Horsos
Dye. mayor Of Mansanola. sold two
cars Of lambs. which avenged ~.
enty.ssven SQUADS each. aad brousht
eil.1e per hundred weight. 0e0e
price for iambs. aad probably rsDss-
ssnts profit Of % pr head.
Tom Tate was also on the market
with . shipmsat ef three carloads q
lambs. HE lambs avenged ssvsaty.
three pounds, ssd cold for eie.7S
per hundred wslght. Il looks -
though this year os grscs was going
q b . vssy Drefitabls ess for ~
feeders 10 ths Askasaas VALLEY. ss1
Why shouldn't svssy pear ~ juse
like ~ Thsrs isa't Q moro faveee1
ssctIoa 10 Tie wide world 70 saea0s
h The fss1isg la1usesy.
A.