EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART III. Ill 



Question: How many pounds to the steer a day? 



Mr. Emboden: These short feed cattle, I gave them a pound a 

 day 16 days in August, 2 pounds in September, 2 pounds in Octo- 

 ber and 3 pounds in November. 



Question: What did you pay for those calves you just bought? 



Mr. Emboden : That, is a leading question. Those calves cost 

 $25.00. 



Question : They are better than the ordinary run ? 



Mr. Emboden : 0, yes, they were selected calves at the Chicago 

 International. 



Question : You are going to change your method from feeding 

 common cattle to the nicest ones? 



^Ir. Emboden: No, sir; I didn't say I have any method of feed- 

 ing common cattle. I have always fed a few prime calves. I do 

 not feed any year the same class of cattle during the year. I am 

 going to put in gome in Februry, I don't know which yet. I will 

 put in such as I at the time think I will realize the most profit 

 on. When I buy I put in anything I find if the seller takes my 

 price for it. If I am willing to pay 4 for a good steer and he is 

 offering me a right mean one for 2, I will buy him. 



Question : You are not feeding those calves for the June mark- 

 et? 



Mr. Emboden: No, sir. 



Question : Could you make a profit with such system of feed- 

 ing these calves and sell them on the June market, one year with 

 another ? 



Mr. Emboden : Well, conditions the last year have been such 

 that I could. I want to say this : There are always some surprises 

 to a feeder; some of the cattle he counted on being the best disap- 

 point him, and other cattle he hasn't counted much on, and 

 would like to have thrown them out of the bunch, have passed 

 some of the other cattle and in the finishing period were in the 

 top row. That is a common experience. Two years ago I had 51 

 calves out of the same herd. One morning I weighed them; I 

 cut out 17 top calves I considered worth the most money and 

 weighed them; I cut out the next 17 and put a ring in the right 

 ear, and I had 16 left and put a ring in the left ear, and put them 

 altogether, and fed them under the same conditions. Tbe con- 

 sequences w^ere, some of the calves in the third lot had gone to the 



