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VOL. LXV
INDIANAPOLIS, DEO. 3. 1910.
NO. 49
CATTLE FEEDERS AT PURDUE.
Fourth Annual Fall Convention of the
Indiana    Cuttle   Feeders.—Largest
Attendance.
The fourth annual meeting of the
Indiana Cattle Feeders Association held
at Lafayette, Indiana, November 19th,
1910, was the most successful as well as
the most largely attended of any of the
meetings of this association yet held.
More than 350 of the feeders and
stockmen of the State and surrounding
states gathered to hear the addresses
and to see the experimntal cattle placed
on feed. The meetings were held in the
New Live Stock Pavilion where lunch
was also served.
The first address after the meeting
had been called to order by President
DePuy and the minutes of the previous meeting read, was by
J. G. Imboden, of Decatur, III.,
who gave his experience and practices
that have made him successful as a
feeder. Mr. Imboden said that in his
opinion the feeders of the corn belt
would have to breed more of their own
cattle and not depend so largely on the
west for their supply, and that while it
often pays to buy plain cattle if they
cnn ve secured ui a plain price, If a man
Is breeding his own stock the best that
he can secure is none too good. That
while the feeder often makes a proflt
on plain stock he must buy them at a
price that will usually lose the breeder
money. But that if plain cattle are
bought for feeding they must be short
fed and marketed early.
Continuing, he said that, while he
had never used a silo, he believed that
It meant cheaper gains and more profit
and that it was one of the best methods
of caring for tho corn crop. Regarding
the marketing of cattle he says: "We
generally market our cattle a week too
early or ten days too late. The date
of marketing the cattle should be decided upon before the cattle are bought.
The feeder should consider his peculiar
conditions, determine the age and quality of the cattle best fitted for them and
buy accordingly, and then feed them according to a definite plan. When the
date for shipping them arrives, let them
BO.        If you wait for the market, then
n to one you miss lt."
Governor Marshall's Address.
Governor Marshall gave a very sound
discussion of the economic effect of the
constant rush to the city. "The fig-
Vires of the census show," said the Governor, "that there are very few, if any
counties, in the State that have as mueh
rural population now as ten years ago.
The indiscriminate rush of young people from the farm to become wage
earners in the city is fundamentally
wrong, and a menace to our civilisation.
It is up to you to make this clear to
your own boys and girls and to train
them to a better appreciation of and a
greater love for the work and the pleasures of that environment ln which they
are raised, and teach them the beauty,
the nobility of being engaged In the only occupation in tho world in which the
laborer is a creator."
Demonstration In Judging.
After the election of officers which
followed the Governor's address, Dean
J, H. Skinner gave a demonstration in
judging steers in the show ring and explained the points upon which animals
are placed and gave every member of
the association an opportunity to handle fat steers and judge their quality .it'
flesh. He also explained the recent
changes made in the classification of
animals in the showing according to
ages.
Our Future Meat Supply.
After dinner in the pavilion, President H. J. Waters of Manhattan, Kansas, addressed the meeting on the sub-
Pres. Waters then showed the increased cost of gain as animals get older
and the effect of good breeding upon
the early fattening of the animal in
their relation to the more economical
production of meat. This speech as
well as that of Mr. Imboden brought
out many valuable and extended discussions.
Cattle Feeding at Purdue.
Mr. F. G. King, in charge of the cattle
feeding at Purdue Experiment Station
summarized the work of cattle feeding
Inspecting Beef Cattle at Feeders'   Convention,  Purdue  University.
ject of "Our Future Meat Supply."
"We have caught up in consumption
with our production of moat. It is up
to us to devise some, way to increase
production, or else we shall have to quit
being an exporting country. We need
to grow more corn, more cattle, and
more wheat and to buy less than we are
now buying in foreign countries."
"As the price of corn belt land increases, we see the number of grain
elevators increasing, and more ftnd
more corn stalks left to waste in the
field. The fertilizing value of the crop
raised on the farms of the State is great.
If the corn crop of Indiana were to be
sold today and leave the farms of the
State, there would go with it fertilizing
ingredients of value enough to pay for
all the land in Benton county,"
"We must farm more intensively. We
must take a lesson from Denmark
which supports a population of 155 people per square mile, and besides exports
to the value of nine dollars per acre."
"The fat which comprises about 40
per cent of the gains of fattening cattle,
cost for food and labor anywhere from
18 to 25 cents per pound. The fat Is
the cheapest part of the steer and costs
the most to put on the animal. We
must breed our cattle so that they will
cover evenly and quickly with lots of
mottled meat. We must breed cattle
that will fatten rapidly on grass and a
short feed. We must put as little fat
as necessary on them, and have the ani-
male of the right kind so that they will
put it on in the places where it will be
useful for human food."
by the Experiment Stations in their relation to the work at Purdue. He said:
"There is no special advantage to be
gained by adding silage to a ration of
corn and clover hay since the cost remains about the same and the rate of
gain is somewhat decreased by so doing.
That the addition of cottonseed meal to
a ration of corn, clover hay and corn
silage, r\ot only materially increases the
rate of gain but decreases the cost of
gains and adds very decidedly to the
finish of the oattle, thus showing a
large profit on every item. That the
addition of silage to a ration of corn,
cottonseed meal and olover hay does
not materially afteet the rate of gain
nor the selling price of the cattle but
does decrease the cost of gain from 50
oenta to $1 and even more per 100
pounds. These conclusions seem to be
borne out by enough data to make them
practically  certain."
"Questions that are of equally great
importance but which are lacking in
enough data to warrant absolute conclusions and which are being investigated in this winters feeding trials are,
"Shall we feed a full ration of corn silage in connection with corn, cottonseed
meal and clover hay or shall the silage be limited?" The work thus far
seems to indicate that the heavier the
amount of silage fed, the cheaper is the
gain made and the greater is the rrofit
por steer. This is true even to the point
of removing the clover hay entirely
from the ration and feeding corn silage
as the only roughage if it is necessary
to do so in order to get the cattle to
eat the large amount of silage. But
that when possible to do so it adds better finish to the cattle to feed clover
hay and corn silage to the limit of the
appetites of the steers." "In order to
solve some of these problems the experiments for this winter will consist of
the comparison of the following rations:
Feeding Rations.
Lot 1. Shelled corn, cottonseed meal
2\_ pounds per 1,000 pounds live
weight, clover hay and corn silage, limited.
Lot 2. Shelled corn, cottonseed meal
2% pounds per 1,000 pounds live
weight, clover hay.
Lot 3. Shelled corn, cottonseed meal
2% pounds per 1,000 pounds live
weight,  corn silage.
Lot i. Shelled corn, cottonseed meal
2% pounds per 1,000 pounds live
weight, clover hay, and corn silage of
libitum.
Lot 5. Shelled corn, cottonseed meal
1% pounds per 1,000 pounds live
weight, clover hay, and corn silage
ad libitum.
Lot 6. Shelled corn, cottonseed meal
1V. pounds per 1,000 pounds live
weight, clover hay.
The cattle placed on feed were examined as to uniformity of lots and values
were placed on them by Mr. J. T. Alexander of Chicago and Mr. Allen Beelor
of Indianapolis, according to whose
opinion the cattle would sell for $5 per
hundred pounds on their two respective
markets.
Officers for the Coming Year.
The following officers were elected
for next year:
President—J.  P.   Prigg,  Dalevillo.
Vice-Presidents—North Dist., Frank
Rekisser, Angola; Central Dist., T. A.
Coleman, Rushville; Eastern Dist., Wm.
M. Jones, Falrmount Western Dist., T.
E. Switier, Otterbein; Southern Dist..
W. V. Barr, Edwardsport.
Sec.-Treas.—F. G. King, Lafayette.
HOW MUCH ANIMALS ARE LIKE US.
Animals also have feelings like ours.
They are sometimes even more sensitive
than we are. They love their friends
and hate their enemies are glad and
sad, have fear, anger, jealousy, hope
and Joy, feel sorry and are hurt just
like us. It is very easy to hurt the
feelings of most animals. Some great
horse breeders discharge any servant
who speaks harshly to one of the
horses. It hurts the feelings of animals
to scold them and makes them happy to
praise them just as it does us. They
show their feelings in the expression of
their faces and in their actions just as
we do.
"The more you think and study about
this and the better acquainted you get
with animals the more plainly you will
see that in only a few things they are
different from us and in all the rest
they are like us. The higher animals
are more like us than the lower ones.
The ones we keep with us are more like
us than those who do not live with us.
The more we talk to, pet and treat
them kindly the more they grow to be
like us."
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