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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1910)
m 'r MM$MMMM!Hfr94MM JA8. GRAHAM'S toy mi MeatMarke ! 'I- ft Groceries, Fresh and Cured Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, Candies, and every thing else good to eat Home Coiarse In Live Stock Farming XVI. Feeding Beef Cattle. By C. V. GREGORY, Author of "Home Course In Modern Agriculture." "Malttntf Money on the form," Etc. Copyright, 1009. by American Pres Association. ..ft Phone 50 N. W. Cor. Box Butte Ave. and Montana St. m f I t t ., , k, "k, t' .! 1 t' . ! . ,-k ft t .l aV . t V T n . !j il i$ . it ij i if 'tJ . " i i il i fc John Pilkington's Meat VLarket 221 Box Butte Ave. All kinds Fresh and Cured Meats, Fish, Poultry, and everything else "sold in a first-class meat market lltiltn tiro two general ineth oils of making boot'. Tlio llrst consists lu crowding the Calvin from birth until they are nbotit eighteen months of ago. when they aio marketed ns baby boot. The other method is to buy up young stuff, feed It for a few months atid sell It for what II will bring. The bulk of these feeders is bought In the fall as two-year-olds and fed through the winter. Some are bought us yearlings and kept a year on rough .feed and pasture before they are put luto the feed lot. Baby Beef. With the lessening size of the ranges and consequent smaller supply of west ern feeders, It is becoming more neces sary for the farmer to raise his own cuttle. Where this Is done it will usually be most protltablo to sell them as baby beef, thus avoiding the es pouse of keeping them until three o.us old. Good dual purpose cows are usually used to produeo baby beef animals, since It Is too often a losing proposition to keep a cow a year for the calf alone. Where the calves are being raised for breeding purposes and IPP-Taps KfWB See me for car loads of 3 Potatoes, Flour, Corn and Feed 'NNvNaVvW :ens'2;nGM--TW BfWM'tyillwriBB February Bulletin of Special Rates winter Tourist Rates' Daily through February and March to all Southern, Gulf, Cuban and California resorts. Very Cheap One Way Rates to Puget Sound and Pacific Coast to Seattle, Portland, Spokane, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other far western des tinations. Tickets sold from March ist to April 15th. Through Service: These tickets honored in chair cars and tourist sleepers; daily through tourist sleepers via Northern Pacific Express, daily through tourist sleepers via Great Northern Express, through upper Northwest: daily through tourist sleepers to California, via Denver, scenic Colorado, Salt Lake City, and Southern Pacific. Get in touch with me, and let me give you descriptive literature, arrange for your berths and assist you in every way. BJHB F. L. SKALINDER, AGENT . Alliance L. W. WAKELEY, G. P. A., Omaha Boards of all descriptions for any part of a house or barn. C. D. Waters, Mgr. Phone 22 ISriDLSOlS ITLTCXCIITCTC FIRE INSURANCE AG-ENC Y REPRESENTS THE FOLl "'"INO INSURANCE OOMPANIE8. Hartford Kiro Insurance Company. ;iuiu. Llveroool. London and Olobe Ins. Co. (Jorraan American Ins. Co., Now York. Cnrrh American of i'hlladcln .......... -.;r . . ... -.-. Phoenix or wooiciyp. wow orn. Continental of New YorkOlty, Miuifiii. Flrn InniiriinrH (!nmDiinY. Connectlcutt Ftro Phoenix In Jo.. Hartford. Conn t'ommorolsil Union Assurance Co., uonaoah 'iremans 1 una insurance uo. tlernianla Fire Ins. Co. Kocliester German Ins. Co. stiiioof Omaha Office Uo-Stntrs.rictchcr Mock. Now Haninahiro Columbia Fire Insurance Company. i'uiiaueipiiitt underwriters. FIO. XXX. GOOD iiEHErono STEEIU soil for n substantial advance over market prices they may bo nl lowed to run with their mothers nnd live on new uilllc. This Is too cxpenslro n feed for beef culves. however. As soon ns the enlf Is a week old it should be gradually changed from whole to skim mill;, according to the plan given in article 8. As soon ns possible the calves should bo taught to cat shelled corn, wltu perhaps 11 row oats niixeu with it. With clover or alfalfa for roughnge, shelled corn nloue does very well. The calves should be given all the rough feed they will eat. as by developing n large capacity when young greater gulus can be obtained later. Kroin the standpoint of mill: produc tion it Is best to liave the calves Corne ll) the fall, but If cheap gnlns on the calves Is the main point sought nprlng calving Is preferable. In this way the calves will have to be kept through but one winter, and two summers of cheap gains on grass can be obtained, if the calves come In the spring they should be turned 011 grass as soon as possible. A shndy pasture, with an occasional spraying for Hies when they are bad. will add to the gains. Some grain should be fed nil summer, the amount being controlled largely by the price. Heavy grain feeding increases the rate of gain, but adds to the cost. (Jinln feeding should continue throughout the winter, with the addition of plenty of clover or nlfnlfa hay and a little silage or roots, if such feed can be had. One of the best wnys to feed to corn nt this time is to simp it and run It through a sllcer. There Is a freshness nbout snapped com that makes the cattle relish It 11 great deal more than they do corn that has been husked. The feeding value of the busks amounts to considerable too. A little oil or cottonseed meal added to the ra tion will cheapen the cost of galu If corn Is high In price. The most rapid gains are made where alfalfa or clover forms the only roughage, fed nt the rate of about three pounds of hay to one of corn. Adding 11 little cheaper roughage 1 educes the cost of gain, however. Part of the clover may be replaced to advantage by silage. The feed given should be liberal, as calves tend to grow rather Ihun to fat ten. This tendency Is specially evi dent In culves of "scrub" ancestry. The feeder should endeavor to make t'len glow and fatten at the same time, never losing the "calf fat." Dur ing the early part of the second sum mer, while the grass Is nt its best, the grain feeding may slacken somewhat, but should be increased again after a month or so until the cnlves ure get ting nil they will clean up. The prop er time to market will depend largely upon the price nnd the finish of the cnttle. A little extra finish adds con siderably to the price. In experiments that have been car ried on to determine the relative cost of gains It has been found that gains can be put on yearlings l'toni 2T to 30 per cent cheaper than on two-ycur-olds. Objection Is sometimes made to baby beef raising on the ground that the cheap roughnge, such as cornstalks and straw, cannot be disposed of lu this way. This Is true, but the cows will use n largo part of this feed, nnd the rest can be turned Into bedding and used to swell the size of the ma in fei-dlng older cattle, however. They gain faster and more uniformly xnd put on a better finish. Feeding Older Cnttla. Where two-yenr-oldrt nrt to bo fed they must ukiuiIIj be puivlmwd. Oc cusloimll.i 11 tew can be plchrd up in the neighborhood, but If nu. iiumU-r are wauled they will have lo bu ImhuIii on the general umtUet. lu older . uniUe a profit in leedlug ther mti ' be a mat! lu between the cost of feed ers and the sollln;' pike of tut ilhluaiU It the fat nicer im Is lor $1 a httndtid weight more Umu he wax bought tw oath bundled pounds of lit original weight has been lucieaed lu alile Sl. It Is lu ibis way tint most of the pu:li In feeding Is obtained. llujlng feeding cattle tight ie one of the most impiiitaut fiictuts to sin cess In the cattle business, Lnrnv tut tie can 1m safely puuhatd on n t.at rower margin than lighter one, slme there Is more weight lo be Inci eased In alue. 1'or Instnn.-e. u margin uf 1 on a TOO pound steer would mean nn hit reuse In nlue of ?7. On n 1,200 pound steer the margin would heed to be only GO cents lo produce the same amount. Another general principle Is that the lower the pi Ice nt which the feedets ure bought the greater must be Liu margin. Of course the tnnigln In any case can be only estimated, since the selling pvlce cannot be foretold lo a certainty hi advance. In selecting feeder steers there are A number of points to bu kept in mind. One of the most Important of these is uniformity. A bunch of steers that uio uniform as to size and quality will feed better together and bring a better price when fattened. The feeders should come as near the beef type as possible short face nnd ncclc, deep body, well sprung ribs, broad back, straight top and under line, long rump, fairly short legs. The steer with n sway back or fiat ribs should be avoid ed. A sway back will never become ihlckty covered with tlesh, and a nar row one cannot entry as much meat as 11 wide one. Since (bis Is where the highest priced meal is found, this point will bo nn lmpottunt one. In uddltlon to this, the steers should have good constitution and large digestive capacity without being paunchy. Too large a paunch lessens the ppicentagc of dressed beef that the nulinnl will kill out. while a steer that is "tucked up" In the Hank will never make good gains. If any of the cattle have bonis they should be dehorned nt onie after getting them home. Tho usual method of getting cattle on feed Is to hurry the process as much as possible, getting them on full feed withlu fifteen to thirty dnys fioni the time they were first put Into the feed lot Where tho cnttle ate to be on feed but n short time, sny ninety days, this Is Undoubtedly the best method. It Is not economical, however. Larger amounts of grain will be used with less roughage. The gains grow smaller toward the end of the feeding period, as the cattle begin to tire-of the heavy rations. Where this plan is followed the safest plan Is to chaff the hay with a feed cutter and mis the grain with It. Some ollmeal should ba used to balance the corn. A more profitable plan usually Is to start lu more slowly. Inking ns long ns sixty dnys to get the cattle on full feed. The main feed during this pre liminary period and much of the later period as well may be snapped corn Considerable slluge may be fed to ad vantage during the fir.U part of the feeding period. If fed silage during the finishing period they will not smooth up as well, ship us well or sell ns well. This plan of using a lighter grain ration and n longer feeding period produces cheaper gains down to n eoitniu point. Uy the end of slxtj dajs the emtio should be on full feed and bhould recede nearly nil they will clean up from that time on. They are In better shape to stand crowdlug than if they had been pushed from the start and will co'ntlnue to make satisfactory gains up to the end of the feeding period. Some oil or cot tonseed meal should be given during the hist thirty days, ns It not only cheapens the cost of galn3, but also adds to the finish. Where then are hogs following cattle, grinding feed will seldom pay. with the posslhlo ex ception of the last two or three weeks. Kxpetlments In feeding for a long period compared as to profits with feeding for n short period have shown that If roughage be relatively more plentiful and cheaper than meal then the "long feed" Is the more prolltnblo CELEBRATED illll! If you expect to buy a buggy soon, you will be the loser if you do not in- spect the shipment of these famous vehicles received at the Palace Livery Barn, direct from the factory. It costs you nothing- to examine them and get prices. LIU u H. P. COURSEY iKSBSSH I I A. D. RODGERS Groceries and Provisions A full line of fresh goods to order from Our prices are right Telephone orders filled promptly Phone 55 S. W. Cor. Box Butte Ave. and Dakota St. ; one block i- north"of Burlington station, on west side of street zzsmuEn t Club Together i and Save Money All orders amounting to $15.00 for Mechanics' Tools, accompanied by cash, we will discount 10 per cent Inspect each tool before buying HSTot one but what's guaranteed ",Vrariety and assortment large 'H-'lnrh tool marked in plain figures Save time ; our friends TMrab evrC to, Co FIO. XXM. flOOD ANGUS BTKEJt. but where meal Is plentiful nud rough ago scarce then tho "short feed" Is likely to be more profitable. Experiments In feeding lots of an In ferior class of steer lu comparison with lots of a medium class of steer and lots of a superior class of steer go to show Unit the superior class give greater re turns for feed fed, make greater gains in a given time and sell for a higher price tlinn do tho Inferior class. Feeding steers twice a day rather than more frequently bas been found advisable. I'eedlug a succulent ration has been found to be cheaper nnd more wholesome than nn all dry feed ration. Mixing roughage and meal seems to gle better results than feeding them tinre ullo. There ure some advantages separately. mMamamamssDskM IM TXHaSKT Wallaces Transfer Line T-T r41icf-lnlr1 nv-or1e ilAnt mnifAn nrnmnfnr tfivW ad transfer work atC, solicited. Phone 4 thaiinJkkS Frflnk Wallace, Prop'r. ALLIANCE HOSPITAL Graduate Nurses in Attendance HOSPITAL STAFF Or. Bellwood, Dr. Btmman, Dr. Hand, Dr. Copsey Open to All Reputable Physicians. Address all communications to THE MATRON, ALLIANCE HOSPITAL, Alliance, Nebraska.