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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
833 West Thirtieth StreeL New York 
Beef Making in New England; Hereford 
Cattle and Cheap Grass 
Part I. 
A Co.MPAia.sox WITH Dairvixg.—D o 
I think there is really a good opportunity 
for beef making in my section? Yes, and 
not only for my section, but for a very 
large proportion of the Northea.stern 
States. I say this, for I believe that with 
beef, farms can be made profitable and 
also that beef will relieve the dairy con¬ 
dition and make that better. “How 
would it compare with dairying, all things 
considered, and what would be the best 
way for the ordinary dairyman to make 
the change and take up this new de¬ 
parture?” This is a broad question and 
dependent so much on locqtion, labor and 
market conditions, distance from railroad, 
and soil iiroduction. that I am only going 
to state that to my belief, with the.breed 
crop at the price stated above, why are 
we not started on a program by which 
we can normally make farming profit¬ 
able? 
Present Conditions. —Our present war 
condition on our farms is su badly twist¬ 
ed that few can see their way to maintain 
their farm at a profit. It was truly said 
to me within a week, by one of the best 
farmers of my section; that at the pres¬ 
ent price of milk, eight cents per quart, 
he was not getting the profit from his 
farm that he got when he sold milk at 
2yo cents Summer and three cents Win¬ 
ter price. To take the case of a single 
farm, and figure out the grass problem, 
this man stated he cuts 3CK) tons of hay, 
one-third of which is salt hay (black 
grass). He would be glad to feed it at 
$8 per ton net in mow. It costs him $4 
[ler ton t<> put this in the barn, and would 
Faltering Steers and Hogs Around a Self Feeder in Indiana 
that I have, Iltrefords. they have been 
made to succeed the world over under all 
conditions of climate or soil. I do not 
want to knock dairying, for I have never 
known any work to which man was such 
an unfaltering and uncomplaining slave 
as we find him in the history of dairying. 
It has been one continual grind and ever- 
increasing rivalry of competitions of 
breeds and feeds and endeavor to outdo 
another .section in production and work, 
till dairymen have really outdone them¬ 
selves. Every new 40-Ib. cow really made 
the general country producer poorer in¬ 
stead of better, for it made his competi¬ 
tion keener and his costs comparatively 
greater. I no longer pose as a dairyman, 
but as a beef man. The way to change 
is to get a good registered Hereford bull, 
breed your dairy cows to him. rai.se these 
heifers in the way .vou deem best. As 
soon as possible get a I’egistered Here¬ 
ford cow or calf, and as circumstances 
best permit, substitute the Ilerefords for 
the dairy cows. 
Results of Selling Hay. —Generally 
in an agricultural way New England is 
sick; she has been so in a varying degree 
since the Civil War. All realize that to 
maintain our soil fertility we must keep 
live stock. We also know that to get the 
greatest profit we must supply that which 
is in greatest demand. We also know that 
if general farming had been profitable the 
value of New England farms would be at 
least four times their present worth, and 
it never again would be possible to buy 
farms for half the value of the buildings. 
There is a reason why New England is 
sick, and it generally can be traced to 
<the manner in which the natural crop 
(grass) was disposed of. This can be 
seen by asking yourself. What would I 
receive from my grass crop if I had $10 
per cow for six months pasturing and $8 
per ton for the hay she consumes the 
other six months? If we knew we could 
net this, would it not be easier to know 
what we would raise for profitable Sum- 
mer crops, and would not our farming 
be founded on a profitable basis? Ap¬ 
ples, potatoes, coi'n. all the small fruits 
under especial conditions, show big prof¬ 
its. One who has traveled in the sections 
where farmers have specialized in any 
of these knows that the one stumbling 
block encountered in suitable localities 
has been fertilizer. If raising beef main¬ 
tains soil fertility and sells the grass 
give him a $1.’J00 iueme on farm at that 
price (which is greater than he has ever 
had). 
A Beef Proposition. —I asked him to 
figure out a straight beef proposition, 
under his present conditions. He said 
that cows, yearlings and calves would 
consume on an average 214 tons of hay 
in the six AVinter months; this would 
make his 300 tons feed 133 head of stock. 
Divide these into 20 heifer calves, 20 
yearling heifers. 00 cows and three bulls. 
Income of Cattle. 
Salo of 20 cows per year to be 
replaced by 20 heifer calves.. .$2.00f> 
Sale of 70 calves per rear at 
$75 . 5.250 
$7,250 
Average receipt per head. $.75 
Cost of keep per head. 2'i 
tons hay at $S. $18 
Six months’ pasture and Fall 
feed . 10 
Grain . 7 
Net profit per animal...'.$20 
Total profit. 13.3 head.. . $2,660 
Farm profit, hay and grass. 
called $14 per head, net.... 1.862 
$4,522 
After this has been discounted as each 
case may require, for interest, taxes and 
losses, the beef man still has this one 
great advantage; one man can take care 
of this herd alone for the six months of 
Winter, and for the six months Summer 
they are at grass this man can devote 
his time to raising the crops that pay 
best. An orchard with crops and some 
growing timber on the lands ought to 
make this line of farming safe and profit¬ 
able under any normal conditions, even 
though the location be far from market. 
New Hampshire. joiiN walker. 
Cost of a Ton of Silage 
Under the caption of “Brevities.” page 
1240. yon ask whether $10 per ton for 
silage is a fair price. If you wish to^ 
charge the dairy with feed at cost. no. Ij 
fill, or attempt to fill, a 60-tou silo. Myi 
silage has cost me in past years a few I 
cents under $3 per ton. This cost in-| 
eludes all fertilizer, .soil and labor, in-' 
terest on land values at and taxes 
as assessed. This year the cost has run 
to about $6. This is partly due to higher 
labor cost and partly to the fact that 
my corn was grown this year on a piece 
of the pasture which was recently broken 
up and increased the labor somewhat. 
Under normal conditions silage on my 
farm should not have been over $5. 
M;issaehusetts. c. R. ii. 
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1963 RAILWAY EXCHANGE, CHICAGO 
Virginia, N. C., W. Va., & Ohio Farms 
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