The Monte Vista journal., 1919-03-01

~" tho stock suOWh IN the barns tied
To their hangers and 20 out In tho
valley and duplicate this stock In .
days auto ride-with good roads.
HORSseS AND MULES
The draft horses. stations. marcs
and colts wore Of the typo bc.t n,ted
TO the needs Of this valley. Here tho
dual purpose draft horse IL needed,
by that mean the horse which can
20 into our aeids and drag . piow at
. slow walk and then bc hitched to
wagon and used to haul our pro-
ducc TO market At . fast walk. tho
horse that can stand TO be trottsd
without fear OF smashing his feet
and injurinS the bones. The horses
we saw exhibited wsro just what II
needed here-ths tall. long-iegged
horse with perfect development Of
compact bono with perfect feet, with
. hip not too sharply sloped but
gently slopinG. to give the power and
the ability to walk fast.
Ono word about tho mulcs. mules
raised here In the valley. SufYics TO
say that . live stock man from Dem
YER who was At the international
Show at Chicago. . man who knows
mules. told me when I took him
through tho mule sheds:-"You
could take these mules to the Inter-
national at Chicago and win ribbons
with them"
CATTLE
The demand for beef. actuated BY
the war. tho Increased price Of rais-
Ing beef. the scarcity Of labor for
tending large herds Of cattle here In
tho valley. our unprecedented winter
and tho extreme latitude in prices
between our ordinary range animals
and our pure bred cattle. have amply
demonstrated that tho man who
limits himself to what he can proper
ly handle and then handles only the
bsst-let him choose whatever breed
he thinks most prohtable-is the
man who will end the year with a
large bank balance. the man who will
do most to feed q hungry world.
When we have here such blood a.
the E. d. Getz Hereford by Grand
Champion Wyoming: Wyoming
Choice Day by Beau Mischief; such
blood as another Hereford shown
which can trace back to rairho I'M
perial Princess. such blood as Is In
the Starbuck herd. In the Headlee
herd. we know that we are on the
right track In Hereford breeding.
We look at the Aberdeen Angus
bull owned by II. Franklin & Sons
and see the well set ears, smooth.
straight, wide back. we'll arched ribs.
broad loins. we'll rounded rump. and
small bone. we see beef animal that
Will dress out to the satisfaction of
the butcher and the consumer. The
Bonnie Blacks can stand a heap of
grief and make lot Of beef, but I do
not believe we have the proper feed
for the rapid development which
makes them profitable. We are yet
In the pasture end hay stage Of cat
tie raising and baby beef cannot be
raised on pasture and hay. We can
get the frame but we have not the
grain to put the fat on while making
The frame.
The Shorthorn Is one Of the old
stand-bys in the valley but we are
beginning to see that what we used
to call of color makes little differ
ence to the beef buyer. OF course
car load Of straight color shorthorns
frequently sells better to the feeder
hut the finished shorthorn is bought
by the packer for his meat not for
his color. What was exhibited show
ed quality enough but what I would
like to emphasize is that the small
number OF shorthorns shown does
not represent the percentage OF
shorthorns in the valley. but IL repre-
sentative OF the quality Of the many
herds.
HOGS
There wore - pens Of hogs
shown: Hampshires. Berkshires,
Duroc-Jerseys, Poland Chinas and
Essex.
The Berkshires SHOWN were too
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