Year: 1873

Nimishillen TP- Farmers Club


The NImishIllen Township Farmer
Club me: at the Ringer School House
on Saturday evening May 10th, 1873.
The House came to order at the call OF
the President FIRST in order was roll
call second, the minutes of the prevl-
Gus meeting were read and approved
Next was the reading class A selection
was read by Aaron A Slusser, on the
subject of stock-infuence of generous
keeping, the excellence IN farm stock,
ana the best kind Of cattle The Farm
ers friend was not prepared. Next in or
der was the lecturing class. Subject for
lecture, "What is the most profitable age
to turn off stock cattle" Lecturers, 5.
P Wilson, Joseph Schilling.


First Lecturer, S P Wilson-He said
1t was = very important matter for Us to
know at what age it il the most prohta
BILE for Us to turn eff our stock cattle
In adjoining counties, south Of US, farm
ers sell their cattle when they are two
years old, and in the counties north of Us
they sell when they are four years old.
In some of the Western Stctes such as
Illinois and Wisconsin, they sell them at
the age of TO 5 years In the State of
New York and Eastern Pennsy ylVaniay
tarmersfgo to the eastern cities and buy
Tie best or yeats old cattle which the
market affords They take and feed them
y or s months longer They then turn
them off to market, and obtain the high
est price. Now here is quite an interest
ing item TO look at. They buy their cat
tie at from 81 to cents per pound, gross
weight. And when they sell them again
they get an advance of one to two cents
per lound. And their corn and oats Is
- Il i


price than ours. If 1t is profitable to
them to feed their high priced grain to
i've year old steers, why should IL not
be profitable to as. You sell year old
steer that weighs TO s hundred lbs gross
| weight, and you feyd the same steer until
years old he may weigh from 10 to II
hundred. You then get from 5 TO 81
cents per pound Now there Is a gain Of
2 cents on every pound that dId not cost
any more feed to make one pound of
| beef the third year than the second. Feed
him on until he is years old and then
| he may weigh from l6 to Is hundred
pounds, and You may then get cents
| per pound, and you can now see how that
runs up. He says it does not cost as


much feed on five year old steer to make


one pound of beef as it does on two year


old. He thinks that the majority of cat


tie Is SOLD 10 the butchers at the age of two


years.


Second Lecturer, J. Schilling - He


does not think that he or any body else


could state to the members of this club


the age when it is the most profitable to


turn off our stock cattle. On account of


the great difference in cattle and lrregu-


larity of the prices. He divides them into


two classes. He thinks. that good stock


well attended TO should be kept until it


is four years old, then fattened and sold


in April or May. Good cattle will al


ways bring a fair price, and plenty of


buyers, while poor cattle are scarcely


worth anything and no buyers. Cattle


not of the first quality should be sold


when two years Old, or as soon AS posi-


bic, for 1t does not pay to feed tlrse cor


nereG OF ight-bsned steer.


The Club then had recess of 10 min


utes, after which the same subject was
chosen for a regular discussion. John
Sluss said he never dealt much IN cattle,
he believed poorly kept cattle did not
, pay. Farmers keep too much stock for
their farms. They never know to what
breed their stock belongs. Cattle that


are poor can scarcely find buyers, so they
, are obliged to keep them until hay and


straw is fed out, and their stock hall
starved, then they are obliged to sell them


almost for n thing Three years age
: lcaJt!e-wure hIl,1 m Prfce and everybody
bought and raised calves. 1 raised one
some of my nelghbors raised more ano
+ were poorly kept When mine was two
, years old 1t was heavier than two of theirs


Two years ago he sold three calves two
) months old for five dollars head The
man who bought them kept them year
and sold them at 70 cents profit on th'
] head When l sold them they were il
/ good order. When this man sold then
: they were thln and poor. 1t takes les
: feed to make one pound of flesh on a gooC
t three or four year old steer than on
, one or two year old steer. When hay il
f worth from Is to 20 dollars ton farm
? ers should be careful to what they feeC
1t. Surely not to a poor, runty, thre
cornered steer or else they will loose.
: Alexander Miller said he had fattet
steers in different ages and had fount
5 that IRON to year old steers were tn
t best, as it will not require as much feet
f on an OK. OF this age, as it will on 2 o


3year old.


A. A. Slusser said he could say nothing
9 but what he had seen. He believed il
FIST getting the right kind of.stock, an,
then feed well and not keep more thai
J. ! you can leeo TlgntS IL Will surely pay J
/ the long run. The great fault with peo
g pie is they raise too much stock until
= Is years old and then sell it. This is tn
= wrong time to turn off our stock as tn
steer is in prime to grow and improve tn
e fastest, for a steer at two years old yol
e would not receive more than trouble AM
s feed is worth. Keep him until fou
Il } ears old and he will more than doubl
- himself if properly kept.


August Balmat sad the best time 4
Il sell stock Is when you can get most
h Three years ago be sold 3. three year oil
7 heifer for $72, and two years ago he sol
d a two year old heifer for $50. If
o had kept them longer he would have LOST
s Congress business next in order.


s On motion the following question adopt
: ed for our next evenings discussion
IS When is the proper time for cutting gras
It and seasoning it for hay.


II Lecturers, Alexander Miller and Johl
a Sluss. On motion the Club adjourned t
e meet Saturday evening June i4th, 1875
i We had good turnout at our last meet


ing, and we invite all to come. Com


one, come all.


A. a. SLUssER, Rep.
= S. P. WILSON, Pres.
q a PATNFaT Sac5v