PROFIT IN FARM
BEEF PRODUCTION
To produce beef on the farm I be
lief that (he farmer must raise his
own cattle. There Is too much ba
ard in buying rattle to feed. To raise
cattle for feeding there are three ma
jor Items for consideration-Brat, pas
ture aud feeL These must le procld
ed. writes T. G. llanej In Kansas
Farmer. Pasture, wlieu properly han
dled, is the most economical feed for
stock and can be made to rebuild the
oil at the same time.
Second consideration Is (lie cows.
To get together a profitable herd of
beef producing cows 1 believe will be
more difflcult than gelling a dairy
herd and will take longer. A twenty
five cent pair of scales will tell you
within a mouth or so after the cow
comes fresh whether she will be a
profitable milker or not But with the
beef cow the calf must le rut on feed
to determine whether she will be a
profltable producer or not With the
beef cow the question of the proper
type to cross to be made also enters.
Also I believe that a cow may not
produce her best calves while young.
Next come the bulls. Here ngaln is
hard proposition. None of us will
buy a poor fleshed bull, and we can
Dot tell by looking at the fat bull
whether he put the fat on easily or
whether it tools a skilled feeder
months to put it on. Two years ago
I bought six bulla for our herd, most-
Aberdeen Angus cattle raising la
a comparatively new department of
(arm Industry In the United States.
Few breeds of domestic animals
have been transferred from their
native land to this country under
auspices so favorable. The earlier
Importations were made by thoae
who. having an excellent knowl
edge of Aberdeen Angus merit, had
also the business acumen and cap
ital to obtain animals of highest
quality. The great popularity of
the breed is a credit to the Scotch
breeders who developed it- Indeed,
less than 100 years ago the Aber
deen Angus as such, with the pe
culiarities now considered charac
teristic, was not in existence. It is
but little more than a quarter of a
century since the first Importation
of Aberdeen Angus cattle reached
America. These went to the then
prairies of Kansas and were the
seed from which has grown a most
wonderful crop of beef producing
cattle. The Angus bull Illustrated
is a fine specimen of the breed.
ty twos and threes. I did the best I
could, judging by appearances in the
ring and stall. I got one that will
hardly fatten In the feed lot I got
another that is in good shape all the
time, a hustler In every sense. We
put the bulls on feed after taken from
pasture to get them up In shape, and,
while they are thinner than when they
"went on the pasture, the good feeder
very soon gets back in shape. The
one has made more than twice the
gain that the other has this fall.
Every farm should have a small
herd of beef cattle to eat up the rough
age, or what may be called waste of
the farm. If tbey are the proper In
dividualspure bred, carefully select
ed and given reasonable treatment
they will make a proflt out of waste
and help solve two other problems
high cost of living aud fertility main
tenance. Sunburned Hogs.
The high temperature of summer
will cause trouble In many herds of
hogs. In the case of white hogs there
is likely to be a great deal of blister
ing, but even with hogs of other colors
there will be more or less sunburnlng.
There should be no delay, therefore,
to putting the hogs through the dip
ping vat or in giviug them a good
wetting with a sprinkling can or
spray pump. Any of the commercial
coal tar dips are ideally adapted to
this purpose, and a few ga'luns used
on a bunch of hr.es during the sum
mer season will contribute immense
ly to the economy of gain In those
cases where the skin from any cause
whatever gets out of emidition. In
real warm weather it Bill pay and
pay well to round up the young pigs
every ten days or two weeks and
give them a thorough wetting.
Feed the Miil-.maker.
Don't stop feeding tijc uairy cows
Just because they cm gorge them
selves on green grass. Furnish them
with a little gTain and roughage right
along through the entire summer and
consider tbat it enriches the milk flow,
keeps the animals In farmer llch and
saves pasturage. i
Feed Grain to the Calf.
. Don't ntteuipt to raise the calf on
skimmllk alone, but get ii to e:itina
Final! grain and clean clover or alfalfa
J 1st as soon as possible to help supply
womethlng to take the place of the
cream that has been extracted from
the Ljiik it drinks.
Water For th Cow.
"Water is a necessary constituent of
milk, and the cow must have It during
the time It is being manufactured.
The best plan Is to hnva a supply
where she co n have access U It at .ill
tln:es.
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DUAL PURPOSE CATTLL .
Point of Excellence Claimed For the
Red Polls.
The Red rolls are the supposed
farmer's row first, because the great
bulk of farmers live by diversities.
It Is often "catch as catch can." Often
It is too wet or too dry, too hot or too
cold, for a crop to mature perfectly or
sutlldently for food or reproduction.
Stock the farmer must hare for labor,
food and fertility. There are success
ful specialists among farmers, and
there are special breeds worthy of all
honor bestowed by enthusiasts, but
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Rett Poll cattle are advocated es
pecially tor their combination milk
and bf value, says C S. Plumb of
the Ohio Agricultural college, la
England Red Toll herds have mad
much better showings In milk pro
duction than In America. Th beat
Red Poll record In England that
the writer Is aware of is 13. LS
pounds for 547 days. Th best rec
ord of Red Poll cattls under teat In
America in uvs was of the cow
Gold Drop, with a record for th
year of U.SSS't pounds of milk and
(10.03 pounds of butter fat. Frank
ly speaking. Red Foil cattl ar not
recognized as the equals of either
the Shorthorn or Angus In beef pro
duction. Th Red Poll cow shown
her was champion at th Suffolk
show In England.
the average farmer Is by necessity re
quired to "average up" at the eud of
the year, and those things that meet
his environments best he soon learns
are his standby, writes John & Ilia
show In Kuml New Yorker.
Therefore we claim the dual cow and
especially the Red Polls are best suited
to the conditions on the great majority
of farms east, west uortb and south.
We are proving this every year by
records in milk, butter and beef. It
has been proved by 'public test over
and over again, both here and In Eng
land, that the dual cow often ranks
first with any competing breed. The
dual cow will often thrive where a
dairy bred one would sicken and die.
They (the Red Pollsi eat brush, weeds,
coarse fodders and damaged and over
ripe hay that would go to waste If
fed to the more delicate dairy cow.
The elements of the weather and In
sufficient shelter do not shrink the
dual cow to a shadow like ber dairy
sister, though care and feed are ap
preciated by these rattle, and profltable
returns are often the result of care
and proper nourishment
Cows average from C.0OO to 10.000
pounds of milk per year, with butter
variations from 300 to 500 pounds an
nually. Many cows with special care
are capable of going far beyond this;
but as a rule, they are supposed to
hustle much of their own living and
help keep the family on the wastes of
the farm. The dual steer properly
handled often tops the market side by
side with the beef bred brother and is
a valuable asset over the dairy steer In
the farmer's feed lot Last but not
least of the good merits of the Red
Polls, nature has been kind to them
and ns In giving them a beautiful
hornless head.
Alfalfa For Hogs.
When fattening bogs for market
some Colorado experimenters found
that a ration consisting of three parts
of corn and one part of alfalfa was
very satisfactory. For young bogs
which were being kept for growth one
part of com and three parts of alfalfa
seemed to give best results. It will
thus be seen that alfalfa can be made
the principal ration for bogs that are
not being prepared for market. Even
when put in the feed lots It Is profita
ble to feed a little alfalfa in connec
tion with the grain. It enables the
animals to assimilate more freely the
feeds that are given for laying on
flesh.
THE SWINEHERD.
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If sows are expected to raise a Z,
fall litter It Is best to wean the y
spring pigs at from eight to ten Z
weeks old. y
If the pigs are allowed to re-
main with the sows too long and J
no attention paid to teaching y
tlir-m to eat they pull the sows z
iuwu uuriei'essaniy. nnu mis y
means a loss. In such cases the
sows would be In no condition y
for producing fall litters. Z
The young sows that ore to be y
kept for breeders must be noi- Z
united at weaning time from y
those that are to be fattened for Z,
market y
There should be placed In ev- Z
cry pig yard and pasture a box j
with salt, charcoal, air slaked Z,
lime, bone meal and hard wood "
ashes so the pigs can help them-
selves at will. y
It Is necessary lhat pigs have Z.
a variety of food If they are y
expected to make rapid growth. Z,
They must have bone forming
feed ns well as fut forming. Z,
Aifu Ifii has proved a splendid
ration fur hogs that are thin or y
a little off feed.
Fur the greatest profit the pigs 'y
should grow rapidly from birth Z,
to market d:iy.
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A CHICK FOUNTAIN.
Can Be Mad by Anybody, and the Lit
tie Ppr Enjoy It Immensely.
Mere's an Ingenious little fountain
for keeping a constant supply of wa
ter for youthful i hli kens. It Is simple
in the extreme to make, and any boy
who rati use a nv and drive a nnll
can make one In nn hour. Just take
two pieces of board, one sis inches
siptaro tind the other tl by 12 and null
them so as to form a right tingle, tict
an old milk Imttle and nnll two thiu
FOl'NTUM 0:t ('HICKE.NB,
strips of tin so that the bottle will slip
easily In and out and remain support
ed head dowu.
Thou nail the lid of a tlu can under
the mouth of the bottle, and enough
water will escne to keep the little re
ceptucle always full and bu handy for
the chicks to get at whenever they
want to liquidate their little bills. It
goes without saying that the contrap
tion should be kept lu a cool, shady
spot
WANT REAL jARCELS POST.
Entirely Too Much Energy Wasted on
Road From Town to Country.
As to some products of the farm,
tln'i-e is a difference of 40 to BO per
cent between the price that the grower
receives and the price that the con
sumer pays. There are even cases In
which this price difference amounts to
300 icr cent. Part of tho loss Is due
to a had system of retail distribution,
as when a dozen city milk wagons
travel over the same route, each de
livering one bottle here and another
bottle there, when one wagon might as
well make all the deliveries along the
route. This same wasto appears even
more markedly between the farm and
the town. How many fully loaded
wagons do you pass In driving to
town? From a dozen farms a dozen
packages of butter, poultry or vege
tables may go to town the snmo morn
ing, each In a different vehicle. Every
day a dozen parcels of merchandise
are hauled out of town along the same
road In a dozen different conveyances,
and the time and labor of eleven men
and eleven Iiotmm go for nothins. The
rural free delivery mall wagon now
comes to your house with n load that
yon could put In on? or two bushel
baskets, and It goes back to town with
an even smaller load. Under present
conditions It bioks as If the postofflro
department was not giving tho farmer
hi money's worth. Country Gentle
man. i Live Stock Notes.
I Do yon oe the whip became yon
! have It bandy?
I Are you humane in the treatment of
I the animals you drive?
A horse's pulse beats from thirty-six
to forty times a minute when ha Is in
i health.
A mule Is no more prone to kick than
! a horse unless he is taught to do so by
1 bad treatment.
; Are you one of the unthinking who
: starts n horse with a blow Instead of
ulng your voice?
ho you want a balky horse? Ton
i can easily have one by giving him
1 too heavy loads to draw,
j If the horse must be kept in (he barn
' during hot weather keep all the doori
' and windows wide open.
I Oats Is the most ierfect all round
: feed for horses at any time of the
! year. liarley Is a close second.
1 It Is a good sign to see a pair of
; scales In the stable, but you have to
use them to get any good from them,
j Carrots must be fed sparingly to
; working horses. Cut them In slices,
j They are a laxative, and aTact the
! kidneys also. ' ,
1 I.op off the ration of all kinds when
J the horses are doing little or nothing,
i They are too much like a man to stand
heavy feed while lying still.
1 Stuffing the colt with hay or straw
! or liny coarse feed will spoil lis looks.
Keep this ration down by the use of
some grain and less coarse feed.
Watch the hired man with your
horses. If they cringe, dodge or show
signs of fear while wllh him, take my
iidvl'o and "fire" him. A good horse
Is spoiled when he Is a victim of fear.
Ioii't make your horse wall till ho la
.-wiled off b( fore you give him a drink.
Ti ke n couple of quarts In a pnll aud
give tint. Then wait n while and give
as nuK li more, fly this you will save
a lot of snlTerltig' on tho part of your
liorso and he will come out all right
too.
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Call for County Warrants.
Scalp bounte rratitr up tu and lu-
rinding No. tU:l are called lor payment.
Interest slop on thl date. '
K. I.. JiisiiAx, I'ounty treasurer
lUted tins lit day ol Mirtiarv, lull.
Notice of School District Bond Sale
Notice Is hereby given, by the tinder,
signed, the futility Treasurer of lb
i'ounty ol f rook, State ol Oregon, that,
pursuant to ail Older of the Hoard ol
Director ol S'hool District No. :i., d
f rook fount)', tlrogon, we will sell for
the Iwst price obtainable I'KH) six r
cent IhuhIs ol said district on or alter
the .IMh dv of Kebrnarvk IIM2, at the
oihce ol the futility Treasurer In I'rlne
ville, Oregon.
Kr further information, apply to the
Hoard of Director of Mid district.
latrd this Sth day of February. 1PI2
li. I.. Joiihas, foiinty Tress.
Sheriff Sale.
On I'sectilion lu Koreelusure.
In the Circuit fourt of the Mala of
Oregon, for the County ol Crook.
Kalpli I'otlllv. plaintiff, vs. Ollle I.. Kb
h'lson and Nellie II. Kllelson, defend
ants. i'o the sheriff olf rook county, tireotlng:
W hereas, on the H'th day ol O. t .
Hill, in the above tisniel court, a jndg- j
nient was rendered In favor ol the
above named plaintiff and against the j
atxive named defendant (or Sis Hiin-j
tired and Fifty Ihillar, with Interest :
thereou from tl.a lull day of Feb., llalU,
at the rate ol 8 per cent per annum and
Scvent v-th lollr attorney's fee, and
the further sum of Fifteen iKillars costs
vhii'h judgment was enrolled and dock
eted in the clerk's olliee of said court in
said county on tho l'Jth dav ol Oct.,
ltll.
And whereas, it was further ordered
and decreed by the court that the
northeiist quarter of the soothe!
quarter of section sixteen In township
fifteen south of lange sixteen east of
Willamette .Meridian In Crook county.
Oregon, he sold by th slierill of said
ountv as under execution, and the pro
ceeds of such sale, alter paving the
costs, disbursements, attorney' Ices
and expense herein stilted, shall lie
applied uiHin the judgment, and if the
proceeds of such sale tie iusullicietit,
the plaintiff shall have judgment and
execution against the dcletiilauts, Olhe
l Fllefsoti and Nellie 11. r.llvUm to
recover such balance unpaid, notice is
hereby given that I have levied iiiumi
the prop. rty above described aud I will
on the
16th .r f Msrct. 1912,
the same being Saturday of the week,
at '.' o'clock in tho alternoon of said day.
t the Irout dour of th courthouse in
Prineville. Crook county, Oregon, sell
lo the highest bidder lor rash, nil of the
ght, title and intere-t of the said Ollle
1.. F.llefmin and Nellie II. Kllafson, de
fendants herein, in and to said real
rotwrtv and premises to satisfy ahl
judgment, costs and dishiirteimmt, ac
cruing costs, expenses of sale ami at
lornev s lees, and said sale will le
made subject to redemption ill tlietuau-
ner provuliHl by law.
Dated this loth dav ol January, I'.il.'.
T. X. liu-roca,
2 1.1 Sheriff of Crook county.
rf ( 1.1 I.OIXIk iiiiii every
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Htmngers welcome, (I. I. Reams, N. O.; O.
1, Hhatiork. V. (I.: Hurt Harm's, See.; and
C. 11. Dinwiddle. Trena.
The Brosius Bar
Finest Brands of Wines,
Liquors and Cigars.
LAGER BEER ON DRAUGHT
F. E. BROSIUS, Proprietor
1 " RECEPTION "
Smith & Allingham, Props
Champ (Smith's old stand.
Imported and Domestic
Cigars
Famous Whiskies
Old Crow; Hermitage; Red
Top Rye; Yellow Stone;
Canadian Club; Cream
Rye; James E. Pepper;
Moore's Malt.
Porter, Ale and Olympia
Draft Beer on Tap.
Imported Wines
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Liquors.
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If you trade with us, and take into
consideration the quality, quantity,
etc., you won't notice any delterence
in times.
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, PRINEVILLE, OREGON
Stock boarded by tbe day, week or month at
Reasonable rates. Remember us when in
Prineville, Rates Reasonable. We have
Fine Livery Rigs For Rent
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how the good tnste of a gen He
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their Nccktlc ntul other Under
buslirry here, biriiiise they get the
newest styles III the best itlnlltlc.
We are now showing th new aeuaoti
aliiide In futicy Neckwear, l'lenslng
!) vol Hi 111 designs mill colorings.
Come In nuil look over our atock
you will be glud you m-ccptcd (he
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