The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1920-01-17
BLANEY CATTLE COMPANY HASN'T
DRAWN ON WINTER FEED YET
OVER COMES BIG OBSTACLE
Fear OF Great Winter Feed Cost Has
Beer a Bear Against Cattle
Raising in the up.

One OF the principal arguments
used against cattle raising in the up-
per peninsula has been the fear OF
big charges for winter feeding. Those
who have experimental with the
raising of cattle in the past have done
SO In small way and as soon as the
snow came they took IL for granted
that cattle must be fed prepared fod-
der; that they will not find anything
to subsist upon in this cold country
with couple of feet of snow covering
the ground.
IL remained for the western cattle
men to overturn this theroy. They
arc used to seeing cattle poor in flesh
In the spring while the old line Cloy-
eriand beef raiser sought 10 have
critter carry its flesh the year a.
round.
The first real experiment in winter
ing cattle came this winter and A.
mong the experienced men who tried
1t out are those in the Blaney Cattle
company at Blaney in schoolcraft
county.
No Hay Fed Yet
These men have not found Il nee
essary to feed any hay to their cattle |
yet this year and as everyone knows.
December OF this year was an excep- |
tionally cold year and one among all |
winters when one would expect that
hay must be fed TO stock.
The experience OF the Blaney COM
pany is told by the Manistique Pio-
neer Tribune in It's last weeks issue
when II says
"For the past two weeks Edward f.
Thurston, residing at Camp Verde,
Arizona, but who after next summer
will give his home as Manistique,
Michigan, has been In Schoolcraft
county looking over the ranch which
was started this fall by II. r. Gris7f
com. l.. w Martin and himself at By
eny.
Coming from a state whiclNd va
yet had no snow and very littxsed
weather. Mr.. Thurston e6 cat
great surprise at finding tl AZ the
tie that are being wintsc In
ranch in such fine conds(np winter Ro
with the cattle that aEhose on the cr
ed in the southweh much better po
ranch weF m,
he saiBlaney Cattle com dy
Although ed several carloads of I'M
pany has res feed. the cattle have We
nay LOT find enough feed under er
oeen apo satisfy them and the own by
lne snG not yet found It necessary
ers .ort 10 the stock which they pur- W.
osed. Under the foot or more Of co
ow there are qualities of tender tn
ass. which the cattle devour with co
parent relish This grass contains
iendid food values and the cattle M
g remaining as 3leek and fat a. do
ey were during the growing months
II summer and fall. ~
Has Hay Ready For Use
Several tons OF cotton seed cake
We been ordered 10 be used with the
" for winter feed. One pound o. II
is cake "a said to contain as mnci n
otcin as twenty pounds Of hay. and I,
has been found to be very success
! az winter feed by the owners oi ~
Is cattle company. Neither the Ia, !,
,r the cotton seed cake will be used I,
r feed until ne snow H. TOO deep !,
the weather TOO cold for the cattle :,
forage their feed.
Construction work on the'new barn ~
Blaney Is being pushed and before
any weeks the structure VIII be
,mplcted and ready TO houae the cat
q Another large barn is being
anued and will be built next sum ol
er so that by a year from now the in
laney Cattle company will be able u
, winter from 1000 to 1900 head Of W
lttle. pl
Mcssrs Thurston, Martin and Girls q
om spent part OF this week at The D
anch looking over the stock and max
* plans for new work on their pro- b
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