The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-06

and tho cost Of gains and the utlli-
zahon Of the by-produets of our
farms. We have some splendid cat
tie in our county, many OF which are
pure-breds. and the others are their
progeny, But we have not enough
OF this kind. In travelling over tho
county In any direction you will. you
find the fault OF common cattle.
The lack OF quality and uniformity.
This is due both to the need OF good
blood and TO the careless cross-breed-
Ing Of beef md dairy type.
IF you have not already, when you
go home notice your neighbours cat
tie. az 10 the variations OF color and
types. In many herds you WILL find
reds. blacks. whites, brInhlss and oil
conceivable combinations OF these
cOl0rB. and ut tho same time some Of
the individuals Will compare In 4
large measure to strictly beef types.
while Others to dairy types. with nj
grddatlons between the two.
Cattle that are all OF a color and
are Of q strictly beef type or breed.
Will undoubtedly attract the atten-
ton OF m observer or buyer. + Is
the opinion OF buyers that pure-bred
animals ;. and grades Of Durn-hrel
sire8. produce the best quality of
beef. AZ we'll rs the largest per cent
of dreaHed meat per pound, live
weight. Here is one of the places
whore the common steer falls down
so badly.
The dominating blood in the pure
bred and good grade mas been bred
and re-bred with an eye for beef pro-
ductiOn. There are two factorB which
determine the value and usefulness
OF steer on the block, and they are
breeding and feeding. A steer that
Is low set, bloclty, smooth, flne-bOned,
straight outlines, with smooth, even
covering of fat over the entire body.
that carcass will yield r larger pro-
portion of valuable cuts In cOmpari-
son with cheap parts.
II orr cattle were sired by pure
bred bulls, Of the right beef strain
Of that breed, bulls OF individual
merit. with lots OF vlgor and good
conformation we ought to produce
steers ut two years old. with plenty
Of feed and good management. '1cigh-
ing twelve to thirteen hundred
pounds. And they should be fat and
heavy enough for market Our pres
ent two-year-old cattle. whose breed
Ing is not predominated by one Of the
beof breeds. usually attain weight
from ton to eleven hundred pounds,
these cattle are not ready for mar
kct, and have to DO iVinterd over or
sold at r. sacrifice.
In the Chicngo market twenty-five
years ago, there was only about
thirty-flVe cents On the hundred
pounds bhtwosn the twelve hundred
pound cattle. and up, and the nine
hundred to twelve hundred pound
cattle. Today in the same market
there Is variation on the same kind
of stuff of about eighty cents per
hundred. Take our market today,
and you will find n well bred, blocky
steer weighing one thousand pounds,
and then one with 40 special bI cod
Ing, whose conformation Is rough, no
straight outlines, and both animals
with tho same weight, the butcher
will bid seYenty-llYe cents per hum
dred more for the blocky steer. Hero
we ind q difference Of $3.50 In favor
of the good steer. believe the we'll
bred steer will put on 100 pounds
more each year, but to make our ar.
gument safe, we will say enc hundred
and fifty pounds in the two years.
We will suppose the 1900 steer IS
worth seven cents per pound and
the 1850 pound steer Elk and one
fourth cents per pound. That fig