The Bozeman courier., February 05, 1926, Page PAGE FOURTEEN, Image 14

About The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954

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Future of Cattle Industry Is Menaced
By the Short Calf Crop of 1924-1925
EVERAL articles of interest and
value to Montana cattle raisers
have appeared recently in is
sues of well known periodicals de
voted to the betterment of the stock
men and the stock industry. In the
December issue of the "Breeders'
Gazette," F. L. Ballard, of Benton
county, Oregon, calls attention to the
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slow turnover in the cattle buriness
and the further delay occasioned by
the small calf crop.
He states that in Nevada the calf
crop for 1924 averaged 60.5 per
cent for every 100 cows of calving
age, that the largest crop was 92 per
cent, and the smallest 25 per cent.
He states further: "One stockman
in 5 in Nevada is obtaining an 80
per cent calf crop. One in three is
obtaining a 70 per cent crop. In the
range districts of the far west it is
the general opinion that one must
nearly approach the 80 per cent
mark or this one point may be the
limiting factor in the business under
present ratios of expense and return."
Accurate figures kept on an Ari
zona ranch show that the calf crop
which must be produced in order to
pay average expenses is 60 per cent.
This should not vary greatly from the
necessary in eastern Montana. The
profit derived from the business is
represented then by the percentage
of calves produced above this figure.
In other words, 60 calves out of ev
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Coeur D'Alene Idaho.—"For several
years I suffered with backaches. At
times as the result of treatment I
attained temporary reliel, but I was
never completely free from the trouble
and was consequently in a continual state
of depression. Last January, however,
a relative persuaded me to try Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. After
I had taken it for about a week, I
experienced definite relief and a few
weeks later I was.well. All the distress
ing symptoms and the pain disappeared
and 1 am now in the best of health."—
Mrs. J. H. Bailey, 1616 Front Ave.
Obtain this famous "Prescription"
now in tablets or liquid, from your
druggist. Write Dr. Pierce, President
Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y., for
free medical advice.
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Grazing Tract
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Splendid grafts, water, brouse and
•hade. Ha« a southern slope giving
early pasture. Terms:
down, balance divided Into 10 yearly
payments. •
10 per cent
AGRICULTURAL LANDS
IN THE CLAKK'S FORK TALLEY
Dairying is a type of farming beet
adapted to the timbered
of western Montana,
land ean be converted into pasture
and diary cows will yield a splendid
profit from the land without the
cesslty of removing the at
though a sufficient acreage mast be
put under the plow to supply winter
feed. —In connection with dairying,
hogs and poultry should take an im
portant part. — AU fruits, berries
and garden trnek thrive; field crepe
•f grain, clover, timothy, po t a t oes,
and stock roots do well.
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ery 100 breeding cows must be had
to pay expenses at the present time
All calves above this will represent
a profit to the operator.
Mr. Ballard also calls attention to
the fact that ''an important factor
in calf crop precentages is barren
ness of range females following pre
mature breeding. Eighty-five out of
135 stockmen questioned have stated
that barrenness has resulted in their
herds following breeding of yearling
heifers. Barrenness from this cause
is particularly prevalent where feed
conditions are not the best. It is
well-known that a better cow is re
tained and a better calf obtained if
heifers are bred at two years old to
calve at three.
"The average ratio of bulls to cows
on the Nevada range is one to 30. In
terviews with stockmen who reported
the highest percentages indicate that
the preferred ratio is one to 25.
Another point is the effect of
winter handling of stock cows on the
calf crop. Under similar conditions,
except for handling, a 70 per cent
crop was obtained from herds enter
ing the breeding season in good con
dition and only a 52 per cent crop
where the herd was in poor condi
tion from the effects of shortning up
on the hay supply."
In the January number of the
"Producer," Will C. Barnes, makes
some pointed comment on calf crop
production and on the future of the
cow business, showing how cattle
producers will profit by looking
closer into their calf production pro
blem. In commenting upon the
small calf crop over the entire coun
try for the laat five years, which he
places at between 25 and 40 per
cent, he says:
"It naturally follows that in the
next few years heifer calves will be
saved for replacements, while steer*
are bound to be extremely scarce.
Meantime, there are ways and means
by which owners can do much to ov
ercome this shortage, and incident
ally profit thereby. A lot of wide
awake cowmen In the West have
learned in recent years that breed
ing-pastures are a mighty good in
vestment when cows are placed in
them with plenty of first-class ac
tive young bulls. I have seen records
of from 86 to 95 per cent calf crops
under this system, and the owners
were well pleased with results.
"From the very first, two items in
production have caused heavy leaks
in the range business. These are
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small calf crops and losses among the
cows—especially the young heifers
with their first calves. You cannot
have steers to sell in 1827 if the
1926 calf crop was short—it simply
cannot be done These breeding
pastures will do much to meet this
lack of calves. Providing a little
winter feed, and not allowing heifers
to drop their first calves before they
are full three'* will help consider
ably toward stopping another leak.
A 40 per cent calf crop means that
60 out of every 100 breeding cows
are boarding with the careless, un
businesslike owner. He is out their
board, lodging, taxes, labor, and in
terest on the Investment in those 60
childless old pelicans who eat his
grass and give him nothing in return.
"The last five-year period has been
very bad for producers of blooded
bulls. The harassed and hard-up
range men have put off buying
breeding stock until muc hof the calf
shortage and light weights of year
ling steers can be traced unquestion
ably to the lack of sufficient bulls,
plus the low grade of those that are
on the ranges. You cannot run a cow
ranch without bulla, any more than
you can run a Ford car without gas
oline. They are an indispensable
part of the plant. If one canont pro
vide the bulls, why stay in the cow
business?
Here, for instance, arc two illus
trations from northern Arizona. Both
ranges are practically the same, as
far as feed and water go; and last
summer was an unusually good one
down there for feed. Two owners
from the same range shipped at the
same time. They take the bear care
of their cattle. Their yearling steers
averaged 650 pounds at the loading
point, and showed blood and breed
ing from nose to tail. They brought
$37.60 a bead. Another owner, on
an adjoining range of equal value,
who economized on bulls, both as to
grade and numbers, and let his
stuff take care of itself most of the
summer, shipped at the same time.
His yearlings averaged 420 pounds,
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Improved methods of
at treating call
treatment
which is far mere effective than the eld
liquid fe rn s aldehyde and bines to ne pro
for n copper carbonate dust
t effective assure earlier
germination, require Z* percent less grain
for the
be applied
per acre.
STANDAID COfPIR CARBONATE
SMUT TREATERS
; blues for efficiently
applying this
yet «oat
save oa quantity used. _
every wheat grain t ho r o u ghly. Capacity
of 85 to 4* bushels per boar,
erw t ed by hand or power. Satisfaction
be op
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lacked everything in the way of form
and fitness, were sold as scrubs, and
brought scrub prices."
Mr. Barnes strikes an optimistic
nptp which Montana cattlemen will
welcome when he says:
Cattle are going up now, and will
keep on going up for some time. It
will not be a boom for perhaps a
a
year or two; but rest assured that
the short calf crops of these last
few years will eventually show up in
a shortage of steers. Then look put
for a real boom! But, even at that,
the men who will make money in
cows from now on will be those who
watch the little leaks and practice
economy, efficiency, and up-to-date
methods."
At the present time work is be
ing conducted on the Custer National
Forest to determine just how much
value the segregation of breeding
stock on a range basis will be to the
cattleman under Montana conditions
and how much an increase in the calf
crop can be obtained by this means.
If only a' ten per cent addition to the
number of calves produced can be
had, the increased return to the
owners will be considerable.
Further information concerning
this work will be furnished the press
as rapidly as results are obtained.
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Would Reyjse Laws
Extensive revision of the laws re
gulating allotments of land to the
Crow Indians in Montana, near Har
din, was proposed at Washington in
a bill by Chairman Learitt, of the
House Indian affairs committee. The
changes which are chiefly to revise
the system of tribal benefit from indi
vidual irrigation projects, incorporate
proposals sponsored by tha
council in hearings before the com
mittee.
tribal
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Missouri ranks as the fifth state
in agricultural importance, the sixth
in population and the ninth in
wealth.
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11th Annual
Montana Automobile Show
February 16th to 20th
Palm Room , Hotel Rainbow
Great Falls, Montana
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It is milled from highest protein Montana
wheat And every woman knows what
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So try a sack at oor risk. Order from
your dealer today.
ROYAL MOLUNG COMPANY
Graaft Pals» Montana
afraid ever to try pas
tries or cakes. And even my bread
often a little heavy and soggy. But now—
weU, 1 can simply bake anything—and
bake it well—with Rex Floor."
Because Rex Floor is tested at the mill
before it goes to you. We bake with it
beforehand. Thus it is sure always to act
the same perfe ct way in your oven.
Half the cause of all baking failures is
doe to the fret that a flour may act differ
ently from time to time. The only sore
way a miller can knew has flour will al
ways act the same way for yon, is to bake
with it first h ims el f. That is the reason
we bake first oursehpea, with all Rpc Floor.
And Rex Floor is a real health bolder.
Our direct guarantee
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Then tf yen are not outiaftod Res
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Great Palls, Montana.
Please send mo y oor now booklet containing {
moot interesting rooip** for baking.
have evar m ind, return unused por
tion to your dealer. He will give you
bade full price pea paid. We will -
repay his.
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MARKETING BODIES
DO A BIG BUSINESS
( From Montana State College.)
TERMERS' co-operative organlza
t"* tions in Montana, which owe
t^eir existence to the marketing
studies and activities of the Montana
Extension service, sold more than a
an d a half dollars worth of
f arm products in 1$26, according to
a summary of this work prepared by
the Montana
Extension Service,
keys, eggs, milk and milk products
alfalfa seed and seed potatoes
the c kipf farm products handled by
these marketing associations,
During the year, 32 farmers'
operative marketing associations in
the state shipped 392 carloads of live
stock, chiefly hogs and beef cattle.
603,728 pounds of turkeys, 460 cases
of eggs, 335,000 pounds of butterfat,
684,344 pounds of wool, 500,000
pounds of alfalfa seed and 44 car
loads of seed potatoes. The total
value of the products sold was $1,
647,331.
Livestock, tur
were
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Valley county with Its Northern
Montana Alfalfa Growers' associa
tion, Milk River Co-operative Live
stock Shipping association. Valley
County Creamery and Produce Co.,
and Valley County. Poultry Shipping
association, having a combined mem
bership of 460, shipped $237,000
worth of products in 1925 through its
marketing organizations, Stillwater
county farmers shipped $511,000
worth of products to market through
the Stillwater Wool Growers* associa
tion and the Stillwater Poultry as
sociation. The Pondera Poultry
Growers' association led the state in
turkey shipments for the year, mar
keting 173,000 pounds of turkeys
valued at more than $67,000.. The
Prairie County Shipping association
did a comparatively large volume of
business among the co-operating as
sociations on the list. Hogs, beef
cattle and farm crops marketed
through this association during the
year had a value of $182,000. The
Phillips County Creamery marketed
210,000 pounds of butterfat in 1925
and was the leading association in the
state in the butterfat business.
Referring to the operation of Mon
tana's co-operative organizations,
which trace back to the work of the
Montana Extension Service, Mr. Tay
lor explains that they are managed
and operated by the members of the
organizations,
agents are prohibited by federal reg
County extension
ulations from taking part in the
business activities of the associations.
However, in every county where or
ganized extension work is carried on
the study of marketing conditions
comes within the scope of the duties
of county agents. In many cases,
Mr. Taylor explains, these studies
have disclosed weaknesses in market
ing methods which! might be correct
ed by co-operative effort on the part
of farmers, and as a result the var
ious organizations referred to have
come into existence.
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; Automotive electric switches han
dle trains which carry 76,000 people
into the Grand Central treminal in
New York each day.
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The first Christmas card ever pub
lished was issued In 1846 by a Lon
doner named Joseph Crandall.
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variety has been tried out sufficiently
in the Northwest now to prove its great value
under our climatic and soil conditions. It is the earliest ripening
of all wheats, two or three weeks ahead of Marquis, and on this
account many growers will sow no other variety this year. It has
yielded twenty to forty bushels the past two years, has high gluten
content, and sells at top price for milling Wheat.
Let us quote you price and send sample.
We Also Offer Other Well Known and Popular Varieties—
All Choice Stocks—All Strictly Northern Grown
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Sweet Clover is called the Gold Mine Crop. It certainly works
oqt well when sown with wheat acreage. It is a wonder in build
ing up the soil and keeping down the weeds and wild oats. Plow
it under in the fall as a manure crop and the following crop will
show a remarkable increase in yield.
When you write for our 1 926 catalog listing all our seed grains and
grass seeds also ash f >r one of our Farm Record and Account books
• —both mailed free and postpaid,
'Fargo Brand Seed»" are handled by dealer» everywhere. If your i'.cal
seedsman cannot supply your wants in Fargo Brand Seeds
- send your order direct to us.
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Vote Gas Franchise
Citizens of Cut Bank hare author
ized the city council of that town to
negotiate a natural gas franchis«
with E. B. Coolidge and E. J. Hub
bert. There were 69 ballots cast in
favor of the franchise and only four
against.
For Sore Throat
Rub throat and cheat
with Vicka; cover with
warm flannel. Ita
double direct action
(inhaled and absorbed)
brings welcome reliai
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