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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION" 5 Livestock and Dairy Knowing the Market Demands and Raising Stock to Meet It. SUCCESSFUL livestock growers as well as dealers in livestock and meats, must know the market de mands and then grow animals that will meet them. This is tho cardinal prin ciple of the industry as announced by mr. i'orestel, expert buyer for the Union Meat Company, in his livestock demon stration before the Oregon Agricultural College short course students. Farmers that raise livestock for beef, and pork, often aim at tho production of animals as big and as fat as they can be made. When those farmers take the Btock to the markets they are disappointed and angry becauso it brings less per pound than tho smaller animals. Beef ani mals are sold with tho highest margin of profit at from one to two years of ago. A grower recently sold a yearling siner m trie city market for $95 at the same time that another grower sold a two year old for $117. There is no profit at nil in carrying beef animals after they are two or three years old. It was further pointed out that types should bo developed that carry high percentages in the choice parts of the carcass. Everybody wants porterhouse steak and prime ribs, and theso cuts must bear tho loss of the chuck, which is abont 42 per cent of tho dressed beef. And then people wonder why beef is so high, lint .growers will profit by knowing the facts, if they choose their beef types accordingly. Spring or Fall Calf-Which? Discussion of Most Profitable Time of Year for Cattle Owner to Have His Calves Come. plIE question of which is the most I profitable period of the year for the cattle owner to have his calves corae, spring or fall, will never be entirely settled as long as there are new recruits in the cattle breeding in dustry. The spring season ib by nat ure the established period, and when animals in this latitudo are left to their own direction the young will most gen-' erally be born within the spring and summer months. This is the season selected by breeders to have the in crease of their herds and flocks because of the natural advantages of fresh grass and the general invigorating in lluences of all nature in the revival of vegetation and its influence in animal growth and development at this period. There arc conditions of business de veloping from the use of the animal, especially tho cow in her milk produc tion, that might suggest a ehange from spring to fall for her freshening. The better prices for butter and milk that a few years ago were quite pronounced during the winter season influenced many cow owners to have calves drop ped during the fall months. This class of commercial trade developing from the cow may make it more profitable to change the period of freshening from spring to fall, and thus argue for the fall calf. It must be understood, how ever, that the calf will cost a little more feed and trouble the first six months of its life than if it had started in the spring. Again, this is a milch cow proposi tion, not one of raising calves for beef or for stock purposes. Such a proposi tion on the range would be ruinous to the cattle industry, as the calves and cows would both encounter weather dif ficulties that would be damaging to the owner. Hand-fed calves, well provided with shelter and the necessary feed, can be made to yield a good profit by being born in the lall. The spring calf and the fall calf are two separate proposi tions, and their expediency or fitness for that position they are expected to fill will depend upon the judgment of the cow owner in his rightly planning his work in accordance with nature's demands in calf development. Kopnyer, an Imported Pcrcheron Stallion. This stallion is owned by tho Willow Creek Pcrcheron Horse Company. His nge u four years; weight, 19UU pounds; color, black. The scene is on W B hwing'B ranch, Cecil, Oregon. Advice on Feed For Dairy Cows Keep Stables Clean Cuwh that go dry should be fed chiefly roughage. This period lasts from eight to ten weeks, and it pays to eive them t.h riirlit fo.i the proper eare. Do not neglect the drr COW, With the roughage should be given v iwo pouuus of bran or oats or a mixture of two parts each of bran and oats and one part of linseed meal r corn on meal. This makes a very 8u xeea ior a cow near calving, and . -.Kin recommended by Or. Haeck Of the Minnesota university farm. TJ,.A. !., - .o, WBuUaKe, pumpkins or squashes n T Ir- K oa- 0UaSe is a'wavs ex cellent. Highly carbonaceous roughage such as straw and cornstalks, should not bo fed at this time. Caked t.dder or garget is often Mused by over feeding of carbonaceous rough age, cold; water, cold draughts or lying t night .on damp or frozen ground Herses With Brittle Feet. Many horses have very brittle feet, the hoof of which cracks and splits when bome shod. A very useful hoof-dress-ing for those cases is composed of neats foot oil, to which a small cnantity of ... mmp-oiacK nas been added Linseed and the various other drying vegetable oils are unsuitable for the horse's foot. Stockholm tar answers well, and is very suitable for dressing the frog and sole of the foot, as it is antiseptic and curative in mild cases of thrush. HT, air and dryness of bedding are the requirements for a sani tary horse stable. In most cases the stable is at fault. It will be ankle deep in wet manure and soggy trash. The man who permits such a condition to exist will use the curyycomb and brush only when he feels like it. Muddy roads, filthy stables floors and lack of proper care of the horses.' feet are nearly certain to result in an at tack of "scratches" some time during the winter. Scratches is an inflammation result ing trom dirt, turn and cold, aggra vated by driving or working in the mud. It is hard to cure. Prevention is easy compared with curing the cracks and raw sores that accompany the irritation. Briefly stated, this trouble mny be prevented by keeping the stall .clean and removing the mud from the horse 's feet. 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