The gazette-times., March 05, 1915, HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION, Page 3, Image 3

HOME "AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
Will Dual Cow Solve Question?
THERE is a shortage In beef In
America. That fact no one can
deny. That shortage, is, of
course, caused by a lack of supply.
That lack of supply is caused in part
by the occupancy of the range pas
tures by dry land farmers who are
now growing grain. It 1b caused in
part by the rapid increase in the pop
ulation, but it is caused more by the
erroneous teaching of those who
claimed that there Is no legitimate
place, for the dual cow on the Ameri
can farm.
Those who advocated this heresy
are legion, and this advocacy has been
most persistent for the past quarter
Of a century. This advocacy has
borne fruit that Is most regretful.
It has discouraged the farmer from
growing the true dual cow, the only
cow that can aid in materially in
creasing the supply of beef in the
future. The loss to the country that
has come from this line of advocacy,
how can it be measured?
The price of meat Is now about as
dear in America as in Britain. How
is it to be prevented from growing
higher? Where is the additional
meat to come from? It cannot come
in any marked degree from straight
dairy cattle, since the breeders of
these in the grade usually kill their
urplus calves at birth or sell them as
veals. It cannot come from the
straight beef cattle, as it will not pay
to grow them thus, as will be shown
below.
Where Will We Get Jlcef ?
Where, then, Is the increase in beef
production to come from? It cannot
come in quantities that will appreci
ably affect the market from Argen
tina or Australia, as Great Britain
and other European countries are
competitors for this meat, and the
competition will materially divert the
trade in such meat.
It is up to those who have all
along claimed that there is no place
for the dual cow on the farm to
Show where the people of this coun
try are going to get their future sup
ply of meat. What Is their answer
to this question? Their advocacy has
been all along cutting oft this supply.
Have they anything to bay bearing
on the sources of the supply of beef
In the future?
Beyond all question they have
helped! to create thiB shortage. Have
they a single word to utter that will
throw light upon the question as to
how this shortage is to be met? If
they have, now Is the time to speak.
If they do not have, let them forever
keep silence.
Xced for Dual Cow.
The beef .supply cannot be materi
ally increased from the straight beef
cow. It could bo Increased it there
Were still unoccupied ranges, but
there are not. It could be Increased
from this source If there were still
areas of land unoccupied as extensive
farming land, but these are all, or
nearly all, occupied.
The demand could le met In part,
If two or more calves could be pro
cured to rear on one cow, but the sup
ply of these Is limited. The truth
Is that the growing of beef from
straight beef anl.nais has never paid
large dividends to the growers on
the arable farm, n r can they make
these amy.
That beef cannot be grown from
the straight 'beef cow today on the
arable farm as cheaply as it can be
grown from the dual cow can be
readily shown. A beef cow suckles
Jjer calf.- That calf at one year old
weighs, say 800 pounds. On the basis
of present prices, that calf will bring
In the stockyards 8 cents a pound,
or $64. Deduct say $4 freight, the
net return is $60. .
Comparisons.
Now the estimate is very reason
able that places the cost of food for
the cow at $30. The only profit,
therefore, is from the remaining $30,
less the food eaten by the calf othor
than that supplied by the cow. This
will still leave a margin of profit, but
It will not be a large one, and it will
be Btill further narrowed if the in
terest on the investment is consid
ered. On margins of profit so nar
row, farmers generally are not going
to engage in growing beef from the
source named.
With the good dual purpose cow It
U far different. Her milk product,
including the skim milk over and
above what her calf takes, will be
worth about $100, based on the pres
ent prices of dairy products.
Her calf raised on skim milk and
adjuncts will be worth not less than
$10 in the stockyards after the
freight has been deducted. The re
turn, therefore, from the dual cow
is $140, and from the straight beet,
$60. The only essential difference
is in the cost of the handling of the
milk. The difference in the return
is $80. There can be no question but
that the dual cow will bring far great
er profit than the other.
HOG NOTES.
Frozen alfalfa may kill a hog as
well as a cow or horse. It is usually
Indigestible.
A hog cannot sleep comfortably in
a draft of wind, he will catch cold
very easily.
When coarse straw is used for bed
ding, the little pigs often get tangled
up in it and are unable to get back
to the sow. They become chilled and
frequently do not recover. The way
to solve the problem is to cut the
straw and provide a finer bed.
Before farrowing the sows need
good, nutritious bone developing
foods. At farrowing time they need
something that will stimulate milk
production.
Hog tight fences have always been
considerable of a problem. The
woven wire fence solves the problem
both in economy and ease of construc
tion. One way to profit by the boom In
the hog business is to be more care
ful of the breeding stock and sell less
of it for market purposes.
Fully developed breeding stock
brings the strongest offspring.
The character of the feed deter
mines the character of the meat.
At present prices hogs offer a
mighty good market for corn.
The hog appreciates a clean, dry
bed. Change the litter frequently.
Do not sell half fattened hogs.
Stinting the brood sow often re
sults in stunting the pigs.
"Pigs is pigs" at present prices.
Hogs that' are of uniform size and
weight will fatten best.
Many a farmer wishes now that he
had not sold his stock hogs off so
close.
Field peas have been made to take
the place of corn in the cornless sections.
Hog prices will go out of sight
again this Winter and the wise dairy
farmer will provide himself with a
bunch of shoats and make 10 to 11
cent pork out of cheap skim milk.
If the sow is given filthy feed the
effect is quickly seen in the pigs.
News print paper has been made by
the forest service laboratory from 24
different woods, and a number com
part favorably with standard spruce
pulp paper.
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