Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-01
MAINE Spends MILLION
DOLLARS EACH MONTH
FOR WESTERN BEEF
Maine Bull From Jefferson
Farms Wins Grand Cham
pi6lship at Springfield -
First Maine Animal to Win
Championship at Eastern
States Exposition

close to the billion dollar mark" so
declared Mr.. Park
He should know because at his
1900 acre farm at Jefferson he has
demonstrated, in the last five years,
that it can be done and done with
profit.
In the Portland market where the
Jefferson raised steers are marketed,
Park has built up a demand for
home grown baby beef. far in excess
of the supply now available and at
liberal advance over the ruling prices
for Western beef.
Il call the pasture lands of Maine
gold Mines" Mr.. Park says, because
while they are going to waste, or are,
offered at ridiculous prices. / have
demonstrated that beef can be raised
on them at q cost of one cent a
pound. In the summer season. the
cost is less than one cent. We are
offered all the outside pasturage We
want at from 81 to SO per head, for
the season. Think of it,
Farmers talk about the winter
problem of raising beef. There is
no winter problem. silos and ensi-
lage take care of that. More than
fifty per cent of all the farms in
Maine. in my opinion. are better
adapted to beef than TO milk produc-
ton.
eff the Maine farmer is skeptical
and wishes to experiment without
doing away with his dairy herd, he
can do it the way other people have
done in the State. l have just sent
two carloads of steers into Damaris-
Gotta that were purchased in Kan
sas at four cents per pound live
weight; five cents landed at DAM
ariScotta. These steers are one year
old and weigh 600 pounds.
1T will cost $50 head to put these
cattle through the winter, So head
for pasturage this fall and next sum-
mer; one year from now they will
be marketed and dress close to 900
pounds. At Ice a pound each steer
will sell for $4,000. The difference
between $4,000 and $4,000 represents
the gross profit not including the
dressing from the winters housing.
'By letting the calves come in the
Spring and run with the dams on
pasture all summer, twice q day CIV
ing them ground corn and oats or
similar rations and marketing them
at the age of ten months when they
weigh from 600 to 900 pounds and
command the highest beef prices, en-
tirely does away with the winter
problem.
THE present high prices of corn
in the West has a tendency to pull
down the price of steers because the
Western farmer is marketing his
corn instead of feeding it to livestock.
BY the same token the price of beef
must necessarily advance because of
the fewer beef cattle fattened for
market. BY taking advantage of
these conditions, the Eastern farmer
can purchase cheap beef steers which
he can fatten on Maine grown corn
and ensilage and produce beef cheap
er than the Western farmer. This
Maine grown beef will bring in the
market from one to three cents moro
per pound than Western beef.
"At jefferson Farms only the poll
ed Aberdeen Angus is raised because
/ believe in many respects these cat
tie are superior to al others. Being
without horns the cattle are gentle
and easy to handle, are popular with
the butcher in the excellent quality
of it's beef and are exceptionally high
in percentage of dead meat to live
weight. This beef type is hardy and
readily adapts itself to Names CHI
mate. Even in open sheds the ami
mails thrive and come through the
winter in fine condition.
Bull Wins Grand Championship
The raising of beef for market is
only a part of the activities in which
Jefferson Farms are engaged. The
care and breeding of purebred Angus
is undertaken on n fairly large scale
because only in this way can the
beef herd be kept up to standard.
The showing of Maine Baby Beef
cattle from jefferson Farms has at
tracted widespread interest and at
tention at the Maine fairs during the
last few years. Mr.. Parks fine jet
black cattle have won prizes and
honors at all of the shows and he Is
now receiving congratulations on ac-
count of his winnings at Springfield.
For the first time since the found
ing of the Eastern States Exposition.
Maine animal has won the grand
championship in the beef breeds. This
coveted honor was won at the show
last week by the three year old bull
shown by Jefferson Farms. Inc. of
Jefferson, Maine. The bull, named
Warrior of MaXwalton, one of the
great Aberdeen Angus herd sires at
the head of the jefferson Farms herd.
was grand champion bull of the breed
at Bangor, Waterville and Lewiston
before going to Springfield. At
Springfield he won first in the aged
bull class, then the senior champion
ship for bulls ad finally the most COW
eted prize of the breed. the grand
championship for bulls of any age.
Not only did Jefferson Farms win
on Warrior, but they also won firsts
on Prince of Jefferson in the two
year old class, on Enamorist in the
yearling class and on Black Belden
3rd in the bull calf class. All of these
bulls have been produced in Maine
and prove that Maine can produce
as good beef cattle as any state in
the Union.
Enquiry Of Jefferson, a heifer calf
also won first in her class. In addition
to the above firsts the Maine herd
won eight seconds and a large num-
Der of thirds ad fourths. Some Of the
best herds from the Middle West
came East to battle with the Maine
herd and in the face of this compe-
tition these winnings are highly
gratifying.
The Jefferson Farms herd is show
Ing at Brattleboro. Vermont. TINS
week where they won every first ana
championship. From Brattleboro they
will be returned to the farm at Jef-
ferson and be kept on exhibit at the
home barns until October 5th when
they will be turned out to pasture.
In addition to the Jefferson Farms
herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle there
We're two herds of Holsteins from
Maine shown at Springfield: namely,
those of the Summit Lumber Com
pany and the Walker Herd The
Cummings flock of Southdown and
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We're shown. All did exceptionally
we'll in the face OF the competition
they encountered.
Maine is more and more q power
in the agriculture of New England
and "a tho exhibits of Names agri-