The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-09-17

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ming interests Of Crawford County,
md Stock Raiser is chronleIed From
THAT class have such lineage that its
lpure breeding can be definitely proved
TO be of good type and quality the
animal must be healthy, vigorous and
a creditable specimen Of its breed.
Thoroughbred: The term thorough
bred" applies accurately only to the
breed of running horses eligible to
Registration in the general stud book
of England, the American stud book,
or affiliated stud books for thorough.
bred horses in other countries.
STANDARDIZED: Applied to horses,
this term refers to a distinct breed OF
American light horses, which includes
both trotters and PAGERS which are
eligible to registration in the Ameri-
can trotting' register. Applied to poul-
TRY the term includes all birds bred
to conform to the standard Of form,
color, markings, weight, ETC., for the
various breeds under the standard of
perfection of the American Poultry
Association. sy s#'a
Scrub: A scrub is an animal of mix
ed or unknown breeding without
definite type or markings. Such terms
as native, mongrel. razorback, dung
hill, piney woods, cayue, broncho and
mustang are somewhat synonymous
with Scrub although many Of the
animals described by these terms
have a certain fixity of type even
though they present no evidence Of
Systematic improved breeding. Y
Crossbred: This term applies to
the progeny OF purebred parents OF
different breeds, but of the same
species. 5zsrF e.g H
Grade: A grade is the offspring
resulting from mating purebred with
scrub, or from mating animals not
purebred, but having close tpurebred
! ancestors. The offspring Of a pure
bred and a grade is also a grade, but
through progressive Improvement be.
comes high grade.
l. 81
/ TO BUY FEEDERS OR NOT TO BUY
A very common subject Of CONVEX
sation at the headquarters of Wal.
laces' Farmer at the state fair
grounds was the matter Of future mar
kets for cattle and hogs. feeder at.
ter feeder fired at us the question:
what do you think about buying and
| feeding cattle at the present time?"
We usually countered with the reply,
well, what do you think about it,"
The answers to this varied, the pre-.
dominating note being one of caution.
frequently the answer would be: 81
am going to feed the same. as ever,
but may not feed quite SO many.
There is no use in man going in
and out OF the feeding business. If
he tries that he is likely to hit it
wrong on both turns, More. hoWev.
|er, would say: Il have had enough
for a time at least. l.. suppose III,
go back in because I'll be lonesome
without some cattle to feed. But the
dose have had the last year will
last me for a while"
Another one of the veteran feeders
of Iowa said: II am thankful for
one thing I had one hundred and
twenty steers on the market Monday.
and they sold for dollar a hundred
more than they would today. ! have
lost not less than ten thousand dollars
on my feeding this year" "How
about this coming year? Will you
feed?.' we asked. "Oh, l suppose /
may feed few. l have got into the
habit of always having some cattlein
the feed lot. But I'm not going to be
in hurry. III rest up bit this win
ter
Wallaces' Farmer does not propose
to offer any advice on this matter,
but ventures to suggest some Of the
factors which should be considered.
At lease any average corn crop is as
sured for the greater part Of Iowa
and part of northern Illinois. 1t is
customary in these sections in years
Of good corn crops to buy feeder
steers. Hence the good corn crop is
an invitation to put in feeders this
year. n NJ IN 81 ny II 4
AS against this we have the very
determined drive against high prices,
a drive which has already taken five
dollars hundred off of hogs. Then.
as an old Missouri cattle feeder put
it the other day: There are large
number Of steers on grass. Many men
will hold these steers over until De.
cember and put little corn into them
before sending them off to market.
These, together with the grass stuff,
may mean a very poor cattle market
we'll into next year" On top Of these
conditions, our foreign demand has
flattened out entirely and there seems
no good reason to expect it to revive.
AS shipping conditions on the water
improve, there will be more and more
ships available for reaching the cat
tie supply in Argentine, where prices
are considerably lower than here. The
rate of exchange is against foreign
purchases of cattle as well as of ev-
erything else the United States has
to sell. -. '.--''' '..-'"@r I
On the other side some men say:
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