Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 19, 1919, Page 9

[ lf'RlDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1919 WHY PUREBREDS PAY BIG PRIGE Animals of Better Breeding Al- ways Achieve More Credit- - able Performances. BETTER LIVE STOCK URGED Animals of Best Type Will Most Prof- itably and Economlcally Convert Grain and Forage Crops Into Food Products. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) Why do some lots of cattle top the . market while others sell at low prices? Why are some consumers willing to pay 60 cents a pound for prime beef- steak while they would reject from their table inferior steak at half the price? Why is it that some feeders fin- ish their cattle or other animals more rapidly and economlcally than their as- sociates? Usually because “bloorl will tell.” That is, the anfmals of the better . breeding always achieve the more table performances, be it in the shnw ring, at the fair, in the feed lot, A Registered Hereford Bull Used in 2 Grading Up a Hefd. on the range, or at the butcher’s block. Purebred aristocracy is not nearly ex- tensive enough in the United States and, with a view to extending the kith and kin of the first families widely oven the country, the United States de- partment of agriculture is launching its drive for better live stock, which. was inaugurated October 1. Purebreds for Profits. Purebred live stock is not the result of foible and fancy of the rich, for the leading foundation families of the vari- ous breeds, for the most part, have been produced and developed by prac- tical farmers who farmed for a living in either the old or the new world. For example, Hugh Watson, the founder of the Aberdeen Angus, was a “tenant farmer;. Charles.and Robert Collings, who sponsored the Shorthorn breed, were English countrymen of medium finances, while the Tomkins and the Hewers, who were fosterers of the Whiteface in Herefordshire, England, were merely working to pro- duce beef animals of superior type which would fatten more quickly and cheaper than their predecessors. In a word, purebred live stock from hogs, cattle, sheep, horses and dairy cows to goats and poultry, have all been de- veloped for specific purposes, which are intimately associated with the stock farmer’s needs and require- ments. Uncle Sam’s big drive for better live stock similarly is a campaign to pro- vide for direct and urgent needs. Farmers with surplus feed should de- sire live stock of the best type which will most profitably and economically " convert these grain and forage sur- pluses into meat, milk, wool, mohair, and eggs. Eliminating the scrub and mongrel animal, live stock of “no ac- count” family or breeding is one of the greatest improvement steps which possibly could be undertaken by the live stock breeding and raising frater- nity of this country. Uncle San! is en- thusiastically behind the project and it remains for farmers interested in stock raising throughout the country not only to boost for better stock, but also to buy and use farm animals of approved type and breeding, in order A Purebred Angus Bull. ,that our present live stock population, heterogenous, harum-scarum, and, top sy-turvy as it is, may be replaced by ,superior animals of type and breeding .best fitted to supply the market and ‘most suitable to consume profitably .the surplus crops of the American farmer. d Why Good Cattie Pay. Just to {llustrate that it is about as jeasy to discount the benefits of good blood in live-stock breeding as it is to try to dry up the ocean with a sponge, here are some figures concerning the Imtchersmndnrdsotagoodandai medium steer. In the case of a good steer the loin cuts, which are high- priced, constitute 16% per cent by weight, as compared with 151 per cent In a medium steer. The rib cuts compose 9% per cent in the better class of steer and only 7% per cent in the medium animal. The round, which ‘13 & medium-priced cut, constitutes 21 per cent in a good steer and 26% per Page 1 |cent in a medium steer, while the chuck, a low-priced cut, composes 24 per cent of the good steer and 27% per cent of the medium steer. The miscellaneous cuts in the good steer aggregate 13 per cent and only 11 per cent in the medium steer. These figures indicate that the good steer carries a greater percentage of the high-priced cuts and a lower percent- age of the medium-priced and cheap jcuts than does the medium steer, al- though the animals may be fed sim- ilar rations, This divergence in meat makeup at market time must be at- tributed to breeding. Two shipments of steers which re- cently arrived on one of the large cen- tral markets also are of interest in dis- closing the breeding facts. One lot of good steers weighed, on an average, 1,186 pounds and sold at $15.30 a hun- dredweight, their dressing percentage averaging 61 per cent. These steers carried 6% per cent of inside fat while their cost per pound, dressed and ready for sale to the consumer, was 221 cents. The medium lot of steers averaged in weight 936 pounds and sold at $13.30. These cattle dressed 54 per cent, carried 4 per cent of inside fat, and cost 22 cents a pound when dressed and ready for consumption. Subsequently the meat from the good &teers sold for 1 cent a pound more than that from the medium steers, which resulted in an increased profit to the butcher of approximately half a cent a pound, despite the fact that the good steers cost originally 2 cents a pound more than the medium steers. Furthermore, the inside fat was worth considerably more in the good steers than it was in their lower quality 'mates. The well-bred lot of cattle sold for an average of $181.46 apiece, while the poorer steers brought only $128.08 an animal, a difference of $53.38 a head in favor of the better bred cattle. Every Farmer’s Opportunity. - There is no possible reason why farmers and stockmen should waste gthelr time and tie up and jeopardize their capital in the purchase and feed- ing or breeding of inferior stock. The supremacy of the better-bred animals ‘{8 practically infallible. They, other conditions being equal, will yield de- pendable profits which are as certain as the coming of day after a night of gloom. It does not take much capital for any farmer, be he the owner of few head of stock or possessor of extensive VA Shorthorn Heifer. flocks*and herds, to begin improvement work to better his live stock resources. All that is necessary is that he pur- chase and use purebred sires in the grading up and betterment of progeny. DIFFERENT USES FOR MILK Forty-Four and One Half Per Cent Used for Human Food Purpoles— 2.5 Per Cent Wasted. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) Estimates made by the United States department of agriculture show how the 87,905,000,000 pounds of milk pro- duced in the United States annually are utilized. Forty-four and one-half per cent is used for human food pur- poses, while 36 per cent of the gross 'supply is converted into butter, and 4.5 per cent is made into cheese; an- other 4.5 per cent is transformed into canned milk, 4 per cent is used in ice cream making, 4 per cent is used in feeding calves and hogs on the farms of origin, and 2.5 per cent is lost in shrinkage and other waste of the dairying industry. SUPERIOR WINTER HOG FEED Soy Beans Furnish Necessary Protein and Obviate Necessity of Buy- ing Tankage. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) The labor and annoyance of thrash- ing soy beans may be saved by feed- ing the soy bean hay to hogs in the winter. The beans supply the protein and save the purchase of tankage and middlings. The ofl in the beans, -to- gether with the leaves of the plants which the hogs eat, keeps them in good condition. corn make an ideal winter feed. LNE‘ STOCK T “1\1 Keep the pigs warm and dry. - * & & ¢ A dry pen, with plenty of straw is a pig’s idea of paradise. i s s 8 - oThis is the season of the year when a persistent effort had better be di- Jrected to ridding hogs of mange and lice. s & 8 It is an almost invariable rule that ‘a bull which is given free range ¢ a ‘pasture with the herd of cows ig fot safe and grows less so every seasor &e runs loose, . & * The breeding of animals plays an important part in producing a carcass of high quality. Selection, long-contin- ued care and intelligent feeding will produce meat of desirable quality. s % & Soy bean hay and: THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER DO NOT DELA ONLY SIX MORE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DAYS Come and See Our Immense Holiday Lines! EVERYTHING IN TOYS FOR EVERY CHILD THE BIG ASSORTMENT OF DOLLS, DOLL HEADS AND DOLL BODIES, DOLLS BY THE THOUSANDS. BOOKS—POPULAR FICTION, LR SN “ xR HUNDREDS OF TITLES. BOOKS——-CHILDREN’S BOOKS BY THE THOUSAND. STATIONERY, 1000 BOXES AT POPULAR PRICES. 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