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PRINEVILLE, CROOIC COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 19, 1908.
NO. 14
VOL. XII
IMPORTANCE OF
BLOODED STOCK
The Experience of a
Crook County Man.
The Type of Cattle Found to be
Most Profitable to
Groweri.
BY i. II. !MV.
K.litor Crook County Journal:
A brief ootmitlirmiun of the
qualities of the improved clai of
beef cattle for grazing and fw-uing
a well da the breeder might he
appreciated by soma of the readers
of the Journal. In pant year
when there wan plenty of free
range, almost any kind of animal
could be rained and aold at a profit.
Under the prevent crowded con
dition of the range the cost of pro
during in much greater, and the
poorer grade, or scrub, will no
longer yield satisfactory return.
The tnnn who ia running Lin Hock
in incisure or contemplate to
doing will find it necessary, if he
exects to he successful, to have
only that class of stock that will
net him the greatest return.
SHOULD HA1HK IIMKMUCD ftTOCK.
And now that it ia a fact we are
to have aome large packing plant
in the near future that will he call
ing on u for our finished product
it U of vast importance that we
produce only the clue of cattle
that will yield u the greatest
profit for the amount invented.
The only way whereby the man
who expects to continue running
hi ttock on the public domain or
in incloaure successfully, must
raise sufficient feed to curry hi
lock through the winter in good
condition and thi must e a grade
of ntock that will make the Urgent
possible return in the shortest
tune. A cattleman can no longer
afford to run tteera until they are
four year old, hut must raise the
quick maturing kind that will he
ready for the market when they
are 2 year old, and 3 year at the
Intent. Not only must these cattle
mature early, hut they must he of
the kind that will lire a good per
centage of beef. . In order to do
tli in the cattleman must raise a
high grade of cow and use nothing
hut pure-blood aire, and if the
cow are pure Mood it win ie so
much the better, as the best are
none too good.
KI.Tl!l AND IMI'KOVINO.
The work of selecting and im
proving i of tho greatest imjKirt
ance aa there are many thing to
be conidered. The flesh-prod uc
ing animal I of vital irnporttnee
to the Iteef producer as well a the
bleeder for the show ring. The
breeder for the ehow ring must ee
lect the tyie that will meet the de
mand for the feeder and the block.
No one should be more interested
in what it take to constitute a
good beef animal than the man
who breed and feed for tho block,
and trie to meet the demand of
the market. What we must work
for ia to produce the beef animal
that will carry the highest per
cent to the block which mean the
bent profit for the producers.
Thi i practically the key to the
whole problem.
MtKr TYPE.
The two principal breed now
used in thi country a beef tyjH-
are the Hereford and the Shorthorn
which are both of the leading beet
breed the world over. The writer
ha been ft breeder of registered
Hereford for a number of -cars.
In (electing this special breed it was
not through prejudice or fancy but
that he could nee in thi breed
what might be of great importance,
vie early maturity and producing
a large per cent for the block.
For the ltenefit of thoae who are
Marling to improve their cattle
and have not been able to get auch
information a they may desire
whereby they might be able to se
lect more intelligently I give here
with a score card used by the stu
denta of aome of the agricultural
college. Allowing an animal to
core 100 point we give
(IKNMiAI. AH'IAMAM K'.'.l point.
Form mid alxe, smooth, even, par.
H I lei Hue, deep, hriifid, low aet.. .10
Quality, tlilckcoverliijrof Urin nWi,
mellow touch, oft heavy coat,
line bone, velvet-like akin 10
Htjle, vigorous, strong diameter,
active, but not reek lea 6
Objection, roiitfli or annular In
form, harsh coat, liard skin, dull
Miienriince
1IKAD AM) NK( K 10 point.
Mtiaxle, broad; mouth large, Jaw
Mtouic. notrllx larxe 2
KyeM, lnrje, clear, plaell 2
Face, eliort; quiet expnwMlon 1
Forehead, broad, full r... 1
Ham, medium hIw, line texture 2
Neck, thick, ehort and full, throat
cle a n - 2
Horns, line texture, medium alxe or
small
Objection, long or leaa head and
neck, dull eyes, coante, heavy
home
KOHKql'AHTKHa 10 pollltll.
Khoulder, covered w ith tleeh, com
pact on top, smooth 4
Iirlsket, prominent and wide......... 3
Dewlap, full, skin not too looee and
drooplnif 1
Ietfx, straight, short; arm full,
Hliauk flue, Miuoolh 2
Objections, Imre shoulders, narrow
on top, contracted brisket,
coarse leg
nonv .15 point,
t'heet. full, deep, wide; girth large;
crop full 8
Itllm, long, arched, well covered
with firm flesh
Back, broad, atrulght, smooth and
ev en 10
Lull), thick, broad, full 6
Flank, full, even with underline, or
nearly o 4
Objection, narrow or sunken
client, hollow crops, eloping rib,
bare or rough back aud lolu,
high flank
IIIMtyiAKTEIW 20 point.
Hip, wide, einooth, well covered 5
Hump, long, evcit.'.wlile, oniooth,
not patchy 4
Pin boiMK, wide apart, smooth,
not patchy 2
Thlglm, full, di-ep, and wide 2
Twist, full, deep, large, level with
flank, or nearly no 3
1'urse, full, Indicating MYslilnm 2
at might, abort, nhttiik flue,
HlllOOt h. 2
Objections, proinlneut rough hlpa,
narrow or bare rump, spare
thlgtiN, light twlet, small purw,
coarse leg.....
Total L 100
The score card might he of great
advantage to breeder, a well aa
to college student aa a great
many breeders do not know what
a good animal is. A clear under
standing of the point repuired to
make up a good animal is of vital
importance to feeder a well a
breeder. We will notice the score
card discards the coarse boned,
rough animal, and this ia the mis
take so many have made by think
ing they must have a big coarse-
bone animal in order to get the
size. A certain amount of size is
necessary but it roust be smooth
also. The present demand is for
quality and finish rather than size.
Any feeder will have noticed
there are certain types that do not
feed well, and the sooner they learn
to drop this type out of their pur
chases when selecting for their feed
lot, the sooner they will get better
results from the feed consumed by
the feeders. The low, broad, deep,
smooth and even, with parallel
line; no wedge - shaped or sharp
rafter backs are wanted. Bulletin
No. 35 Iowa Experiment Station
gives an experiment made in the
feeding of a Jersey and a Hereford.
JERSEY AND HEREFORD COMPARED.
While in the feed lot the gains
made by the two animals were
comparatively the same from the
same amount of feed. Yet when
they went to market the Jersey
had to sell for 2,12 per 100 below
the top quotations while,the Here
ford was one of a car load to sell
10 cents above the top price. The
slaughter and block test showed
the reasons for the difference in
the selling price. The Jersey had
190 pounds of loose or internal fat,
(tallow) and 65 pounds of suet on
763 pound carcass, which was
321 per cent of the carcass. As
tallow was worth 4 cents while the
bent loin cut were worth 19 cU
wholesale, and the steer only dress
ed 67.6 per cent of beef. While
the Hereford dressed 67.6 per cent
and the Hereford -- hd only 95
pounds of tallow and 38 pounds of
suet on an 888 pound carcass
equivalent to 15 per cent, and
there was the vast difference in
percentage of meat in the high
priced cute, and the meat of the
Jersey was much inferior to that
of the Hereford. It is of much im
portance then, that the feeders
should have the right kind of cattle
for fattening, and before the feeder
can get them the breeder must pro
duce them. The time is now ripe
for us to produce nothing but the
best
Redmond iicuu
FUNDS HAVE
BEEN RAISED
The Masonic Temple to
be Built.
Work will Begin in a Monti, or
Two -$16,000.00
Subscribed.
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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, APRIL 3rd and 4th
Showing an Elegant Array of this Season's
Wearing Apparel.
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Special shipment of - New Spring Dress Goods, includ
ing Messalines, Voiles Serges and Panamas in Brown,
Blue, Black and Cream Shades.
Remember the date of this opening-Friday and Saturday,
April 3d and 4th
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MILLINERY
We have a wonderful display of Ladies'
Trimmed and Street Hats in the Newest
Eastern Styles. All at medium prices.
Beautiful New Models
in Tailored Suits
Special lot of the choicest weaves and
styles. Each suit is a sample. Do not
fail to look over? these elegant suits.
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Fancy New Shirt Waists, Jumper Suits,
"Sterling" Ribbed Hosiery for Ladies. Belts, Etc
KINS
Redmond, Or., March 15, "08
We hare some idea how difficult
it is in a print shop to keep correct
track of every stick full of type,
especially on a change of columns,
and so we accept the apology for
the loss of a part of the last Red
mond letter even before it is made.
Things are a little crowded any
way during this iiiae when so
many men have yielded to the en
treaties of friends and have con
sented to allow their names to be
used etc., and have to inform the
public of the fact.
Mrs. Bauer has had quite a set
back but is improving again
slowly.
Mr. Atkinson is among those
who are pulling trees; also F. L,
Ricker.
Messrs. Robey and DeLorimer
have built a sagebrush machine
and are letting the horses and
mules take the Bagebrush out.
Work on the new school house
will begin very soon as the lumber
is nearly all on the ground
Messrs. Heninger and Park were
over in the Haystack neighbor
hood on Tuesday.
Two new families in on the first
two days of the week and we don'i
know how many more since then
Mr. Myers of Loveland, Colorado
who bought the Welch place is one
of them.
A. . Anderson has moved to
his own place down the canal.
Miss Muma left Thursday for
her home in Buffalo, iNew York,
expecting to make the main part
of .the trip after a two weeks' stay
in Washington.
Mrs. Muma is down with a
threatened attack of tonsilitis.
Transportation of pupils from
outlying parts of a large district
versus the division of the district
is a question that ought to be good
for a half column article, but be
cause we coula not see a repre
sentative of the school board and
have the report verified or denied,
we muft simply say transportation
for the coming year has been an
nounced.
It is rumored . that the empty
saloon building may soon be put
to good legitimate business uses.
We hope so, but seeding duties
prevented our running the report
down for substantiation.
The undersigned is now im
porter and breeder of Duroc Jersey
swine as well as Poland Chinas.
That is since the new pig got in
after a long and tiresome journey
from Nebraska.
Our folks have been having
rather a strenuous time for the
past two weeks. Mrs. Park both
senior and junior are just recover
ing from severe attacks of colds,
and Mr. and Mrs. Trisler are both
down now. The writer is tho only
one who has not had to drink hot
lemonade, sage tea, eggnog and
have toast for breakfast. Fried po
tatoes. fresh meat ana cortee are
still pretty good, thank you
The new Masonic Temple ia an
assurei fact. All of the stock has
been subscribed and work on the
new structure will begin in a
month or two. This is the an
nouncement given out by promi
nent Masons.
A glance at the plans in the
First National Bank show that the
building will be a beauty. It is to
be two stories high and built of
brick and stone. As we announced
last December, the first story will
be used for store purpose and the
second for lodge uses. litre will
be the lodge rooms, the banquet
ing room, the reception room,
kitchen and library. The struc
ture will be put up and furnished
in a manner commensurate with
the solid prosperity of the or
der in this community. It will be
lasting monument to our city
and the pride of the wearers of the
square and compass.
owner, for their own convenience,
will salt their fiocks. But cattle
are not bearded,, and the owners
might neglect to salt them, if the
regulations were not strictly en
forced. Stock on different range re
quire varying quantities of salt.
Sheep need less on dry range than
on green. An average quantity
for 1,000 bead of sheep would be
from 1,000 to 1,500 pounds a
year, tor a like number of cattle,
from 5,000 to 10,000 pounds a year
ia required. Horses need less than
cattle.
Old hunters, in the days of the
pioneers, knew that deer and buffa
lo traveled long distances to lick
salt in saline springs. The Blue
Licks on Licking River, in Ken
tucky, and a similar mineral
pring on Elk River, in West Vir
ginia, were famous for the herds of
deer, buffalo and elk which fre
quented them. The adjacent
ground was so deeply tramped
that the marks were to be seen
many years after the places ceased
to be visited by those animals.
CATTLE MUST BE
GIVEN SALT
DIPPING NOT
NECESSARY
The requrentent that all cattle,
horses and sheep grazing under
permit on the National Forests be
given salt at frequent intervale is
a regulation which has been found
to go a long way in protecting the
range and conserving the forage
crop.
Experience has enown that the
want of salt makes stock restless.
If cattle and horses are not sup
plied as they need it, they roam
and wander, haunting old salting
grounds used in previous seasons,
trampling the forage plants in
stead of eating them, pawing the
ground, and in other ways injur
ing the range. But if their crav
ings are supplied, they scatter
peacefully over the pasture ground
and feed at their leisure.
Salt is so necessary to the easy
and profitable handling of sheep
on tne range, mat nocamasier
would not think of getting along
without it. If sheep do not revceive
their usual supply it is only with
great difficulty that they can be
held in bonds or kept in camp at
night. So far as sheep are con
cerned, no regulation by law is
really necessary, because the
At a called meeting of the board
of sheep commissioners held in
Pendleton, a proclamation was is
sued declaring the annual dipping
for the spring of 1908 unnecessary
and that it need not be observed.
According to the report made by
State Sheep Inspector Lytle and
Dr. S. W. McClure, head of the
Bureau of Animal Industry in the
Northwest, the state ia practically
free from scab. A few cases were
reported in the Willamette valley
early in the winter, but these have
all been attended to. In Uma
tilla county, where two years ago
there were 60,000 head of scabby
sheep, there is not a single case of
scab today. The only case report
ed lately in Eastern Oregon was a
band of 176 bucks in Lake county,
and these have now been dipped.
The commission made a regu
lation today requiring railroads
shipping sheep into the state to
notify the secretary of the board of
sheep commissioners so the ani
mals can be' inspected. A resolu
tion was also passed favoring a
bounty law for the State of Oregon,
holding that it is necessary for the
protection of the Bheep industry.
The commission will use its best
endeavors to secure the passage of
such a law at tho next session of
the legislature.
Rheumatic Paina Relieved.
B. F. Crocker, Esq., now 84 years of
age, and for twenty years Justice ot the
Peace at Martineburg, Iowa, says: "i
am terribly afflicted with sciatic rheu
matism in my left arm and right hip.
I have used three bot tles of Chamber
lain's Fain Balm and It did me lota of
good." For sale by D. P. Adamson.
Rolled barley, lowest cash price
at J. E. Stewart & Co.
E. C. Park,
Two Lots Cheap.
Two lots in Prineville for sale at a
bargain. Address John Bino, Shel-
EKGLiOS.
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In Food
and strictly prohibits
the sale of alum
baking powder
So does France
So does Germany
The sale of alum foods
has been made illegal in Washington and the District of Colum
bia, and alum baking powders are everywhere recognized as
injurious. T() yourself against alum,
when ordering baking powder.
Sap ptainty-
and be very sure you get Royal.
Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape
Cream of Tartar. It adds to the digestibility and whole
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