The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-09-02
POST CATTLEMAN TURNS
MAIZE CROPS INTO PROFIT

In very recent issue OF q promi-
nent Amarillo paper. it was stated
that according to official figures
there are now more cattle in Kansas
and other north central states fat
tening for the fall market than in
1919 or 1920.
This is doubtless unavoidable, but
Is lamentable fact, especially when
there are farmers all over West Tex
as who have sufficient grain on hand
to fatten and finish a carload of cat
tie each. Many OF these farmers are
new In the West and have grown the
native sorghum grains only to be sold
on the market. and this last year
when prices slumped. II left them
with eranaries filled with grains for
which there was practically no mar
ket.
Necessity has ever been the mother
Of new enterprises; 1t was necessity
that brought the farmer West TO dot
the Plains with little pioneer homes.
and it is this same spirit that is
teaching them the profit OF feeding
cattle tor market
A notable step in this direction
was made by j. W. Jackson and his
sons. who live several mills west of
the town of Post
Mr. Jackson, like countless other
, ambitious farmers wanted to utilize
| his surplus maize which was left on
! hand after the first OF January. He
/ carried his problem down to the little
! town of Post. and laid il before his
! friend. ]. +. Hartford, who has had
| life long experience in the livestock
industry and who had for many years
tired to interest the farmers of the
section In cattle feeding. Mr.. Hart
ford urged him to feed his grain to
cattle.
Mr.. Jackson saw the bigness of the
idea and Immediately purchased TWEEN
ty-two head of calves from the range.
and put them in the pen on feed. His
process of feeding was simple. He
made a grinder and ground the feed
himself by hand. He fed nothing but
ground bundle maize, ground thresh-
ed maize with small amount of
eround cotton seed with the maize
The calves were fed nothing else, and
gained an average OF over three
pounds daily They weighed when put
in the pen on January Is, $50 |
pounds and when shipped 20 the Fort
Worth market on May 10. weighed
an average of sic pounds per head
These calves easily topped the mar
ket that day bringing the best price
Paid that day in Fort Worth. Why? |
Because they were finished baby /
beef. and cattle OF that class do not |
come 10 the market every day. Mr.. |
Jackson's profit on this operation. |
after charging the full market price .
of the grain against the calves. pay .
ing the freight to market and COM
missions for sale, was $50 per ca'f
This was a test well worth follow
ing up. Perhaps in every case the
margin OF profit would not be so wide
but certainly there is nothing about
it that the average farmer could not
do. without previous experience or
training.
Many people from various parts of .
Texas have visited Mr.. Jackson's pen .
and have gone away deepy impressed /
with the phenomenal showing these !
cattle have made. He has also had |
visitors from Illinois and Indiana |
who are quite ready to confirm the
story this article contains.
This same man is now feeding. by |
the same process forty-four head of |
two-year old steers, which he pur-
chased from the range herd of the |
Double U Company These cattle will |
be ready for the market within the
next forty-five days, after having |
been fed from 100 TO 12o days, and !
they will be finished, dry-fed cattle.
Mr.. Jacksons profit on this latter OPP
GRAFTON will be very considerable,