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Making Money with Beef
THAT the present beef shortage Is
rery great none can doubt
Hogs and sheep are also cor
respondingly diminishing In num
bers on the farms of this country.
This situation has taken place dur
ing the past few years in the face
of constantly rising prices for cat
tle, hogs and sheep on foot Only
a few years ago beef cattle com
manded only 5 and 6 cents a pound
and hogs only 4 and 5 cents a
pound, the latter frequently falling
near the 3-cent line. Lambs then
at certain seasons sold for only
$1.50 apiece.
But why should farmers in gen
eral abandon beef, hog and sheep
raising when every year they re
ceived higher prices for them?
. There are fewer enthusiastic stock
men today, with beef cattle around
I and 10 cents a pound, hogs hover
ing close around the 9-cent mark
continually and lambs bringing
about 8 cents on an average for all
seasons of the year. It would seem
that with the present better prices
there would be a heavy stimulus to
the stock raising business and that
farmers would turn all their efforts
to growing meat animals for the
hungry markets. Such, however, is
not the case.
Meat and Business.
Business generally over the Unit
ed States is good, from reports and
appearances, but business would be
much better if more meat animals
were grown and marketed. High-
priced meats do not mean more
profits to farmers, packers and re-
tailers. Packers make their big
money an a big volume of business,
and their volume of business is very
small at present. Stockyards com
panies likewise are prosperous when
they handle heavy car loads and
train loads of market animals, which
- they are not doing at present Pack
ers, live stock commission firms and
stock yards firms are experiencing
as hard times right now, owing to
curtailed trading, as farmers in
drought-stricken areas. They have
reduced operations considerably by
cutting down their working forces,
and many are ready to abandon
their business for other lines where
trade is more enterprising.
Live stock yards, live Btock com
mission firms and packing firms rep
resent a total of an immense busi
ness capitalization in this country.
When these firms are doing large
Dusiness, money circulates more
- freely through many hands. Their
employes number up into the tens
. of thousands when business is good,
but when busines is bad, as it is at
present, a large share of these em
ployes are out of employment.
Mutual Prosperity.
Of all the evil things that have
been said about packers, their pros
perity and the prosperity of farm
ers and stockmen is mutual. If the
one succeeds, the other is bound to
share in the success. They can not
get rich in handling a few animals;
neither can the farmer. Business
must be done on a large scale to
make profits attractive.
The present scarcity of meat ani
mals is the cause of almost unprece
dented prices of retail meats, as
packers and dealers must ask more
for the finished product in order to
remain in business and live. Con
sumers of meats and meat animal
products have reduced their pur
chases to the lowest minimum, buy
ing other food substitutes, with
many being compelled to do with
out. When meat and lard go above
a certain price, a large share of
consumers can not afford to buy.
They must eat cheaper and com
moner foods in order to make their
Incomes meet all necessary living
ends. All these things tend to stag
nate general prosperity both in ci
ties and in the country.
Good Cattle Scarce.
So scarce are good beef cattle,
and so high the price that one of
the largest packing firms in this
country has purchased a large tract
of land, to be devoted exclusively
to beef cattle breeding, growing and
finishing. The work is to be con
dncted alone the most anoroved
scientific agricultural lines. The
calves will be raised and the feed
for them will be grown, as far as
possible, on the farm. It is pre
dicted that the shortage of beef ani
mals will compel other packing firms
also to become producers of meat
animals. If they can see money in
the business, why should not farm
ers? Will the farmers Bit idly at
home and allow packers to come out
into the country and beat them at
their own farming game? Some will,
and some will take the hint and be
gin to breed and stock up to meet
the present urgent demands for
good beef animals. The general
farmer ought to be In a position to
grow and finish beef cattle cheaper
than packing firms can. Time will
tell. ,
Of late years the price of corn has
advanced even greater proportion
ately than meat animals. Many
who fed their grain to live stock a
few years ago now sell the grain
direct This, no doubt, Is one of
the greatest reasons why farmers
have decreased their live stock oper
ations. They can secure more cash
in hand for their grain and hay on
the open market than they can real
ize for them through beef 'cattle
feeding. Present gains are greater
through straight grain farming.
They do not Btop to consider the
future.
The Profitable Sido.
With good beef breeds and the,
best of handling and with balanced!
rations, the net profit on a single
finished steer is but J 10 to $15, of
ten less. The average farmer con
siders that he had worked for noth
ing when he puts $100 in feeds into
a steer that will sell for only $11.0.
But the profitable side of beef grow
ing, or the growing and feeding of
any animals on the farm, comes
through marketing the home-grown
feeds through the animals In a con
densed form and the securing of
manure as a valuable by-product.
Considering the future good of the
farm, the farm owner can well af
ford to put $100 In feeds into a
beef steer that sells at maturity for
only $100.
In this way he has received full
cash market price for his feeds with
out hauling them to market, and in
addition he has received in the
neighborhood of from $20 to $25 in
manure, which is banked in the soil,
to be drawn upon later. The farmer
to make money with beef steers and
beef cattle in general must handle
them on a comparatively large scale,
consistent with the size of his farm.
and he must purchase and use con
centrates to balance his home-grown
feeds. Cattle feeding is a moans of
marketing the field products eco
nomically, and of fertilizing the
fields at the same time for growing
larger and better crops. H. P. W.
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PORTLAND, ORE.
208 Front St
Department L.
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ARGENITE CO.
90 1-2 NORTH SIXTH STREET
PORTLAND t I 1 t t
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DAIRYMAN with a poor herd
receives Quite a large check at
the end of the month and he
may fail to distinguish between re
ceipts and net profit. This delusion
has been the cause of many a
failure.
All over this country are Individu
al dairymen whose success is notice
able. One dairyman lost a 120-acre
farm In keeping 20 cows that pro
duced two to four cans of milk per
day, hiring two men.
Hia successor on the same farm
hired three men, kept 63 cows and
produced 30 cans of milk per day
during the flush of the season, one
month's return being $840. This Is
an example of brain fertility and not
soil fertility.
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