The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-14
FEEDING YOUNG STEERS


]. J. Newlin, of Iowa, thinks that
good young steers on long feed look
like the feeders best bet" By good.
he explains, he means cattle with
enough quality to reach within so cents
of the top at Chicago, when properly
finished. He suggests, yearling steers
weighing around 900 pounds, which
laid lown at $7.75 or less will cost
maximum of $46.50. This steer, on
hay, straw and pasture, with enough
grain to hold all the flesh he has and
add little more. will take on $50 or
300 pounds by June l, 1928. II he
eats 20 bushels of corn at Acc, that is
So; add 81 for risk and interest he has
cost approximately $3.50, plus rough
feed, by June 1. Weighing around 900
pounds, which Is easily possible, the
steer has cost 1925 per cwt, and he
is a choice quality feeder ready for
the feed lot
Choice steers, either finished or
direct from the range, are scarce, and
the feeder should realize" says Mr..
Newlin, that great many cattle are
going to the country which can never
get into competition with choice steers
at Chicago, when fat, even IL fed an ex-
tcessively long feed"
Speaking Of the spread" between
fair to good fat cattle and choice
steers Mr. Newlin thinks that this
spread will be maintained for a long
time, because of the short supply of
really choice stockers and feeders.
Stock Cars Are Scarce.
James Marley, manager of the CO
operative live stock shipping office al
Eldorad0 says they have done a good
business since getting going, but thai
of late stock cars have been scarce
On being asked as to hog cholera con
ditions in limited area near Eldoradt
he stated that conditions seemingly
have changed little for the better
however, that the disease has beer
spreading toward the north, and is re
ported pretty bad in the Castine neigh
borhood.
Following this pointer to its source
we called up the elevator at Castini
on Monday afternoon, and were in
formed that some herds had been pref
ty well cleaned out since hog choler;
made its appearance there about ST,
weeks ago. The effect of this was tn
rushing of spring pigs to market unit
DuL lew AOW T6LlldlA Ou luO 4d1 LIS II
that neighborhood, is the elevator
mans opinion. When asked as t
whether the plague had moved as ia
, north as New Madison he said: mo
that / have heard of"
No reports of hog cholera in Wayn
county have SO far filtered into thi
office, nor have we heard of any losse
in Randolph county for a long time
Some farmers in the southern edge c
: Darke county are, however, complain
ing of sickness and of some losses i
their hog lots.
Paying silly for Wheat
The elevator at Castine report
some wheat dribbling in and that the
are paying SLIT for No. @ Some neN
| corn is now moving and they are pa,
ing 80 cents per cwt. for it, with tn
bid price on oats now 40 cents. TIL
average price on wheat at Wayne, UI
ion, Fayette and Henry country eli
vators at $1.15 at this writing, and tn
same price rules at interior fou
mills. The central grain markets haV
been very steady of late and the f1uc'
uations in price have been limited
, the changes made by speculatiY
scalping operations In the pit.
The fact that not a single farme
has made complaint of inability to g
: coal at his local point in the pa;
ten days, indicates that coal is mo-
ing more freely just now and tina
country elevators are receiving NOR
liberal supplies. For some reason {
1 other Indiana coal men seem to sh
at Indiana coal, at least we do not r
call a single instance this fall wher
e a dealer has acknowledged having o