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or Cardeh 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." —This is part of a chapter in a neat little, illustrated 50c book by Edwin K. Whitehead, from the A. Flanagan Co., Chicago. The book is intended for use in schools or reading at home, and is well worth a place in every child's library.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1910, v. 65, no. 49 (Dec. 3) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6549 |
Date of Original | 1910 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
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Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | or Cardeh 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." —This is part of a chapter in a neat little, illustrated 50c book by Edwin K. Whitehead, from the A. Flanagan Co., Chicago. The book is intended for use in schools or reading at home, and is well worth a place in every child's library. |
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