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Thpsp Ciirriill Cuiiiili Farmers li» Itiglit 

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FRED WILHELM, left and M. P. HOSKE, farm adviser 

 "When you have the grass, you get cheaper gains." 



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.IS I'rti! \X'illitlm. Fred Gucn/lcr and 

 others who li.ivc- htcn cirrvinu on for 

 20 to 30 yc.irs or more, runiiini: from 

 300 to "^OO lie.ivy c.ittlc lhroLii;ii their 

 p.istures and feed lots annii.illv. Lit- 

 er.illv these farms are beet f.u tones 

 th.it ne\er shut down. l-'or despite 

 flui.tLiations in prices of feed and feetkr 

 i.ittle W'ilhelm. Giienzier and their 

 nei:;hbors keep i;oint; like an endless 

 tliain. buvini;. tinisliini;. marketini:. 



As soon as the beeves are fattened 

 .•i.nd move out of the vards for C hic.iLio. 

 another biinih is on tlie wav trom the 

 ranue via the terminal market to take 

 their plaie. .And herein lies one of the 

 secrets of siieeessfiii cattle feedint;. The 

 spemlation present in layins." S'O to 

 5100 a liead on the line for heavv 

 feeders is minimized when you stav 

 with the business, win. lose, or draw 

 on any particular lot. 



When experienced feeders drop a 

 wad of monev as most of thein do 



I rom time to time, ihev count it part 

 ot the business. The money made or 

 lost is important but bv no means every- 

 thint:. Here is a i;ame and a fascin- 

 atini; one- too where wits, luck and 

 skill all tiL'ure in the linal result. 

 To inake it back where vou lost it" 

 requires couraL;e as well as <;ood iudt;- 

 rnent. Because leedini; heavv cattle 

 involves lonsiderablc capital and other 

 rather ricid retjuirements there is less 

 competition in this branch ol the busi- 

 ness. And so the percentace ot prime 

 heavy c.itt'e on anv market is not hich. 

 l"ret]uentlv thev brinu a substantial pre- 

 mium o\er the orc^inarv run of {c<\ 

 steers. 



Wilhelm. for example, boucht 1 I 1 

 head of I02o pound steers from St. 

 Paul last fall that cost S90 a head laid 

 down. The freight bill alone came 

 to S( so. he savs These White Faces 

 were self-fed on corn and cob meal. 

 corn silage and 1 ' i to two pounds of 

 cottonseed meal per head dailv. There 

 is usually an abundance of red clover 

 and allalfa h.iv a\.iilable and in sum- 



mer the cattle have blue ^rass and clover 

 pasture. The St. Paul steers were sold 

 on the rhicai;o market early in May 

 at S12.1(I and Sll.'^O per cwt. which 

 represented a satisl.ictory margin over 

 cost coiisiderini; the price o\ torn 



The cattle in the Wilhelm feed lot 

 now are r.'.nue Hereford yearlings pur- 

 chased in October when they aver.^gcd 

 6,S2 pounds. They were wintered on 

 corn silai;e from the three lO foot 

 silos on this larm. supplemented with 

 I's pounds of cottonseed meal per 

 head dailv. They also had access to 

 clover and alfalfa hay. The-e yearlin^u'S 

 will be finished on self fed corn and 

 cob meal, cottonseed siical and blue 

 t:rass pasture. They will be marketed 

 at weights ranizini: from 1200 to 12^0 

 pounds in September. Farly in May 

 thev were cleaning up with relish some 

 scabby barley t;roimd with oats and 

 tankace that the lio,[;s wouldn't cat. 



Wilhelm likes to feed on pasture 

 when it is available. "When you have 

 the i,'rass. you t;et cheaper cains." he 

 says, "you sa\e tiie labor ot haulins; 



STEERS AT SELF FEEDER ON GUENZLER FARM 

 "His cattle are often market toppers." 



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MONTANA CALVES ON THE MACKAY FARM 

 "When they weigh 350 lbs. they are shipped to Illinois.' 



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