Milford chronicle., 1925-03-20

a sale of cattle that had been fe
, and fatten for beef, which is of per
sonal interest to hundreds of farm
ers in Delaware and points them tt
an opening for money profits, tina
are to be had for the picking up, b.
such men as are holding large graiI
farms, and have the mental abilit!
to study and apply the plan fol
themselves.
In Slaughter Neck, ten miles east
from Milford resides Charles E
Reed, who owns a large grain and
grass farm, which produces large
quantities of both of these valuable
crops. He has been engaged in the
milk producing business for several
seasons, but recently sold off the
milk COWS and received prices for
the herd of twenty or more, that
ranged from seVenty-nve to about
one hundred and twenty-five dollars
each for the COWS. He gained money
on the sale of the herd, over their
first cost to grow and bring into SER
vice.
1t is now his purpose to start feed
ing rough cattle of beef producing
breed, that he will buy in the mid
die western farming section of the
northern states and bring to his
farm in Delaware by the car load,
where they will be fed upon the
pastures and fed the grain grown on
the land; by this method turning the
rough cattle into fine grade of beef
cattle, for which there is always a
demand form Baltimore, Philadelphia
and other eastern cities, as well as
Wilmington and local markets.
This method leaves the grain and
grass as manure upon the farm, and
lessons the annual expenditure of
money for fertilizers. The men who
have been engaged in feeding for
beef in the vicinity of Easton, Mary
land, have found profit and benefit
to their farms by the policy of feed
ing rough, but well bred cattle for
beef; it costs no more to produce a
steer that will butcher eight or nine
hundred or more pounds, from well
bred beef stock, than it does to grow
and fatten a scrub steer which at its
best, will not develop over six or
seven hundred pounds of beef. The
difference between the weight, is all
clear profit for the farmer feeder of
beef cattle, and no man or woman
with common sense, would be fool
enough to waste corn and feed on
cattle of that character,
The fact back of this problem, is
that the farmers and cattle raisers
on small farms, must raise the grade
Of their calves, to get real money
profit from the increase each year
from even the two or three COWS
kept for family use. Calves from
bulls, or even high
grade bulls, will bring more money
to the farmer; because they will
have more flesh and grow into larg-
er beef stock when fed by the farm
IT feeder, who has the grain and the
eed to work with.
For years we have asked farmers
o look into this condition; but the
Dnly effort made as result, that we
lave learned, was that of the man
Who resided in a district where the
conditions were unfavorable for
success, or from those who would
lot make a success because it re- !
uired work, some study Of the needs !
o bring success, or who are just ]
too lazy to start, not to :
lention holding out for success.
William I. Simpson several years
go started the growing Of Pole-An- s
us cattle on the Slaughter Beach ]
marshes and fattening them on the '
arms adjoining; it was a success so t
lr as he went, but, his interests g
rere too many and his neglect to
rganize a system with responsible
ersons at it's head, to carry out the
Ian it resulted in only partial sue t
ess; and, after a few years the en- c
,rprise was Overshadowed by many
nd large interests devolving upon {
one-man ownership of an impor- b
mt industry, which could then have S
zen carried to splendid success, t
Id at the present time, would have b
zen worth many hundreds Of thous-
Ids of dollars to the farmers of fl
eIaware. 1t would have spread rap c
ly after the success had been made p
lown to the balance Of the state. 1t C;
on this same farm Mr.. Reed will
art the feeding business. He has y,
ade a success of grain and vege- m
BILE growing and knows cattle. CT
Better bulls will be the first step n,
r success for all farmers who are pl
position to breed even a small e1
mber of cattle each year, which dc
IL go to the butchers as fat cat ol
J. Then as success follows the pl
sding enterprise and the fact tn
reads over the county and state, in