The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-30
LESS MISSOURI
LIVESTOCK FED
LASTQUARTER
Increase in Numbers Due TO
Birth of Calves, Colts
and Sheep Since
April l.
FEEDING UNPRoFITABLE
Low Prices Have Caused MANY
Feeders This Summer to
Count Losses Rather
Than Gains.

There are 3.0O5,0OO cattle. 9O7.0OC
horses, 4l4.OOO mules 3,967.0OO hogs
and l.5lS.000 sheep on Missouri farm:
according 10 the second quarterly in
quiry Of the live stock survey work made
by f. A. Logan, agricultural statisticiar
oi the U. 5. Bureau of Markets and
crop Estimates. and Jewell Mayes. secrc
fary of the State Board Of Agriculture
The report covers the quarter from
April 10 July and will be made in
the future in October. January. April
and July. The report just issued was
compiled lalc because Of the lateness in
receiving schedules.
The report discloses that on July |
there were being fed on Missouri farms
2l5.00O cattle. $4,000 hogs, and 1872
600 sheep. which is a smaller number for
each class than was on feed al the end
Of the first quarter.
Missouri farmers are slow 10 begin
fall cattle feeding in the face of low
prices and also are reluctant to increase
their operations in sheep, many Of them
having two wool clips on hand AMI an
other growing. More interest is shown
IN the feeding Of hogs than any other
live stock operation.
Missouri cattle on April ] numbered
100000. To these were added $751;
600 calves born during the quarter and
$4,000 cattle were moved onto farms
during the period. Within the quarter
2l0000 head we're sold off the farms.
5000 were slaughtered, and $1,000 died.
leaving 3.0O5.000 at the end Of the
quarter. The net increase since Janu.
ary Of l23.000 is due TO the number of
calves born. OF this total number L..
$4,000 were cows ever year old and
farmers estimate that "a per cent or
$4,000 were Of strictly dairy breed
There were 49l l000 hcifers over wear
old and Il per cent of these we're Of
dairy stock. The 2l5.000 head Of cattle
on feed Is little more than I per cent
Of the Total number of cattle in the
stale. OF this number. $4,000 we've
calves. 65,0O0 yearlings. and l25.000
were two years old or over. The total
number on feed as shown by the last re-
port is 81 per cent less than three
months before. Farmers planned 10 sell
$4,000 head Of those on feed during the
quarter ending with September. OF
other cattle on grass there were 100000
head. of which 10000 were calves, 275.-
600 yearlings. and 10000 were two
years old and over. OF this stock cattle.
farmers were planning 10 'uarket l45..
coo in the immediate future. and $4,000.
were intended 10 GO as feeders. Stock
men express themselves as undecided
whether to feed cattle this coiuing fall.
most Of those who fed during the sum
mcr are not counting their gain but the
extent of their loss.
Horses on April /, were $4,000. 10
which have been added $4,000 colts and
1900 brought onto farms, but from
which are deducted $4,000 sold off and
1000 deaths, leaving 100000 head Of
horses on farms at the present time. an
increase due 10 the new crop of colts.
Mares Of breeding age on farms total
100000, of which but 45 per cent or
10000. were bred for colts next year.
Mules on farms April |. were $4,000,
10 which were added 1900 colts and T.
600 brought onto farms. from which
should he deducted 5000 sold off of
farms and 1000 have died, leaving 4l4.-
600 mules on farms July |.
Hogs on Missouri farms April I. were