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By  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Beef  Production  in  the  East 
I  have  a  lot  of  rough  pasturage ;  can 
raise  corn  enough  to  feed  Summer  and 
Winter,  and  hay  of  indifferent  quality. 
I  am  thinking  of  trying  a  herd  of  Aber- 
deen-Angus.  A  good  market  for  baby 
beef  and  breeding  is  close  by.  a.  k.  b. 
New  York. 
A  great  many  Eastern  farmers  are  in¬ 
terested  in  beef  production.  The  appar¬ 
ent  surplus  of  milk  has  discouraged  a 
great  many  dairymen,  and  with  the  var¬ 
ious  industries  competing  in  the  labor 
market  many  dairymen  lodge  the  com¬ 
plaint  that  it  is  almost  impossible  to  hire 
men  to  milk  cows  on  a  farm.  Land 
values  are  relatively  low  as  compared 
'  with  farm  lands  in  Middle  Western  sec¬ 
tions,  where  beef  is  being  produced  suc¬ 
cessfully.  Recently  one  of  the  head  buy¬ 
ers  of  the  Chicago  stockyards  told  me 
that  in  his  experience,  extending  over 
more  than  20  years  as  a  buyer  of  beef 
cattle,  he  did  not  recall  a  time  when 
farmers  who  were  producing  beef  for  the 
market  had  enjoyed  greater  prosperity. 
.  He  referred  no  doubt  to  the  rather  wide 
differential  that  now  prevails  between  the 
cost  of  feeders  purchased  a  year  ago  and 
the  market  value  of  finished  beef.  This 
buyer  reminded  us  of  the  fact  that  about 
a  year  ago  feeders  were  selling  for  around 
6  and  7  cents,  and  that  the  same  young¬ 
sters  after  a  year  s  feeding  were  being 
sold  for  around  12  and  13  cents.  The 
increase  in^weight  hrs  been  realized  from 
the  use  of  50-cent  corn,  thus  enabling  the 
farmer  to  market  his  crop  at  a  substan¬ 
tial  profit. 
1  Of  course  corn  belt  conditions  are  not 
current  in  Eastern  territory ;  the  Win¬ 
ters  are  longer  and  more  severe,  the  pas¬ 
ture  season  is  shorter,  and  the  actual 
outlet  for  finished  steers  is  rather  lim¬ 
ited.  Buyers  of  beef  cattle  in  New  York 
and  New  England  will  pay  quite  as  much 
for  dairy  beef  as  they  will  for  prime 
steer  beef,  and  the  packers  so  far  have 
not  been  willing  to  allow  the  Eastern 
cattle  feeder  Chicago  prices  plus  the  dif¬ 
ferential  in  freight. 
A  recent  trip  through  the  New  Eng¬ 
land  States  convinced  me  that  a  number 
of  agencies  are  at  work  on  the  problem 
of  providing  an  acceptable  market  for 
beef  grown  and  finished  on  Eastern 
farms.  It  is  believed  that  abattoirs  will 
be  established,  thus  making  it  possible  for 
the  grower  to  dispose  of  liis  surplus  beef 
animals  advantageously.  If  you  have  a 
lot  of  rough  pasture  and  can  raise  corn 
enough  to  feed  both  Summer  and  Winter, 
also  hay  of  average  quality,  it  ought  to 
be  possible  for  you  to  produce  beef  profit¬ 
ably.  It  seems  to  me  that  the  production 
of  baby  beef  offers  the  greatest  oppor¬ 
tunity.  By  establishing  a  breeding  herd 
and  keeping  the  youngsters  on  full  feed 
until  they  are  finished  and  ready  for 
market  one  not  only  produces  beef  of  the 
highest  quality,  but  lie  produces  it  in  the 
shortest  possible  time  and  at  the  least 
possible  cost.  The  cows  should  be  bred 
so  that  the  calves  will  be  dropped  during 
the  early  Spring.  If  well  protected  sheds 
are  available  the  calf  crop  can  come 
earlier,  although  the  loss  from  exposure 
and  other  causes  is  proportionately 
higher  with  early  calves.  The  youngsters 
should  be  allowed  to  nurse  their  dams, 
and  when  they  approach  weaning  age 
they  can  be  started  on  grain  and  force 
fed  until  they  are  ready  for  market.  This 
system  assumes  that  they  will  be  mar¬ 
keted  early  the  next  Fall  weighing  around 
1,200  lbs. 
If  you  are  especially  interested  in 
Aberdeen-Angus  I  would  suggest  that  you 
communicate  with  Charles  Gray,  secre¬ 
tary  of  the  Aberdeen-Angus  Association, 
at  the  Union  Stockyards,  Chicago.  He 
would  gladly  put  you  in  touch  with 
breeders  of  purebred  cattle  or  with  own¬ 
ers  of  grades  who  would  be  very  glad  to 
sell  you  foundation  stock.  Generally 
speaking,  I  think  one  finds  more  Short¬ 
horns  or  Herefords  in  Eastern  territory 
than  representatives  of  the  Aberdeen- 
Angus.  It  is  generally  believed  that  the 
quality  and  early  maturing  characteris¬ 
tics  of  the  Aberdeen-Angus  make  this 
breed  especially  adapted  to  corn  belt  con¬ 
ditions.  The  problem  of  breed  selection 
is  a  personal  one,  although  one  should 
consider  very  carefully  the  conditions  un¬ 
der  which  'beef  is  most  successfully  pro¬ 
duced  by  representatives  of  the  several 
beef  breeds. 
An  extensive  adventure  into  beef  pro¬ 
duction  was  made  two  years  ago  in 
Dutchess  County.  Some  yearlings  and 
two-year-old  steers  were  purchased  at  the 
Chicago  yards  and  shipped  to  Dutchess 
County,  where  they  were  pastured  and 
later  fattened  for  the  New  Y'ork  and  Jer¬ 
sey  City  market.  Owing  to  the  relatively 
high  freight  rate  and  to  the  further  fact 
that  it  was  almost  impossible  to  assemble 
a  large  number  of  uniform  yearlings  and 
two-year-olds  of  desirable  conformation 
and  breeding  the  management  was  pre¬ 
vailed  upon  to  establish  a  breeding  herd 
and  produce  baby  beef.  At  the  present 
time  a  large  herd  of  Shorthorns  and 
grade  Herefords  are  in  use.  It  was  de¬ 
monstrated  that  the  advantage  was  de¬ 
cidedly  in  favor  of  the  breeding  propo¬ 
sition  rather  than  the  practice  of  relying 
upon  Western  growers  to  supply  the 
stockers  and  feeders  for  the  Eastern 
farmer. 
(Continued  on  page  2S) 
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