, OF'JHE , FOR THE IMPROVEMENT FARM, AND HOME, SEPTEMBER Established 1863. $1 a Year.: Volume 48, Number 37. TOPEKA� KANSAS, 3,' 191Q', THE LIVE STOCK PROBLEM a large yield this season. Yet of the economical pro­ the'1 The question feeders are for two of live stock handicapped and marketing Soil reasons: d�ctlon atten­ Grain Grow.,ng It is becoming more and that demands careful D,ep}et,es i time. more difficult each year to secure wise judgment at t,his Jo:na�d cheap range feeders and stockers, industry of the and, The live stock Ltive Stock Enriches It the investment in to entlrf Farming large operations country may be said, coupled with the speculative ' feature,­ The days b�0 I�h: t���!� ') uon stage. been another cause for the elimination , the immediate dollar; regardless of ul­ serves to deter many. western ranges are feeder from the of the live stock industry. timate consequences. In no section of 'The farmer finds himself between numbered, The most profitable production of the Union have agricultural questions two horns of this dilemma. Hie laIil practically es of great rancahnd ���hi�st::a beef animals has been associated with arisen in number or lishment invest­ greater variety which has been cropped In grains for involves so great an lands 'corn belt cheap land, but as these cheap than in Kansas. Some of these ques­ so many years', is crying out for the as to be practicallY t of capital have increased in value the stock tions have been partially solve!\, but fertility which alone can be restored of the average farm- the reach man has moved to new and cheaper many are still obscure. Among the to It through live stock fMmlng. and :e��nd must have meat. And yet we territory, and left the grain grower latter is just what is to be done In the indications point to a scarcity of have taken In erThe hom�steaders behind, or else he has engaged, the near future for the production of meat producing animals. On the other west, and u� cattle ranges of t)le grain growing himself. Qur farmers the meat supply of the country. tried the Its ch hand, history shows that" he has bountifully Qf l�n have because of rich soils, that produced prospered At its best, the practice at buying the process of raising his own beef , with no attendant expenses, and grasses favorable seasons, the h-igh price feeders from western ranges for the animals on the farm, and has aban­ d as faim land is now highly price of grains, but the country Is now fac­ of out and doned it. In face of these some of produc- purpose feeding marketing, facts, a new method which and compels Ing a shortage of meat products was a rather try to compromise by buying 'range , speculative venture, increase of our popula· I beef The must be met, and the farms are 'facing than a farm operation. It has always heifers and feeding out and market­ ng: much more rap- a condition of depleated fertility been more or less be­ ing them with their progehy. This tlon, the farming unsatisfactory, has which should never have -existed. Idly asWhlC�:�ea g:�:'nn the cause uncertain. It is now more un­ may answer the purpose In many served to raise has The climate and soil or the United than ever before. Pros­ cases, and for a time, I but after all Is population, that men of satisfactory of grain States is so diversified that we can pects are bright for good prices for only a half way measure. It �eems price to buy feed. meansfe:dslt!�ees well fixed market cattle this and the to back to the old moderate conditions. not be said to have any fall, price necessary get under nresent of the iDg clLtlle a system of farming as yet. Our. ece-", of corn would not seem to be prohibi.t: ,days, anp raise has not materf lly Elethod earfy_ Our trade nomic conditions In lve. there Is a considerable our own beef animals on the farm: export, ves­ change rapidly Also, sup. while every incoming decreasedI already this new country, and farmers have ply of old corn in the- country, as yet, Mimy will hesitate before undertaking immigrants t0 0ur sel brings t changed with them In order to secure and the prospects are excellent for this, because they will believe, ia the et��h a�e�!:�e i::I. light of recent history, that it is not . �:�t practicable to raise beef cr�wdI�di�I!���ea of AmeriC81 profitable s no lmowledge and on In the pork high priced land, and he has observed ' eyonl�hat these, or at least some of them., will rant of New York city. E t Side turn their attention to dairying. entirely true but it ���U!ay a:ot be Those who have been regular at-', ill)lstrates the tendants at the International Live' of todgreatay, w�I�� t:�! ����� migrants million Stock Show at Chicago, will remember of more than one to the rate cities. that the Kerricks of Illinois, showed' their homes in the a year, f'md , the most splendid beef animals at that the farms. and not on show and won the prizes year after of the city bave The 'attractions year until they got the habit. These men alled away many young f.rom th? animals were on handicap ex­ produced high priced arms, and the greatest land which was largely devoted to fc farmer of to­ the modern . by good pasture and figures have been re- perienced of his numerous even in spite which da,y, devices, is peatedly published show that nsive labor saving and expe of good profits were made on each year's : Gigrow n out , lacu f',p �"rm help. crop of cattle. It is true that these been a t.9ndency there has t_? feeders used a certain breed of beef �his of live stock, urtail the production cattle in their successful production upon the raising depend largely of beef on high priced but it '�nd throughout the land, is 'd selling of grain not true that this is the the val" only breed At the prices that ��untry. that could have been so used. Good have commanded, many tous grains pasture and good blood combined will that it was to their. bring good results in the beef and not ultimately, pork e��:�elY if markets from fiatrmerstn eres , himavme high priced land, and and machinery they what help will serve at the same time to render grain and marketing ��dusi� gr,oWillg the land more valuable with each suc-.: form, it in its crude ceeding year. andrathe�mar et�a�n ��ei� ing it to animals It is not a question of' profit so its condensed term. , much as of methods. Many of those things, many In addition to these breeders of pure bred stock who have in this farmers who were pioneers been conspicuously auccesstut with found It possi­ the beef western country, have breeds, have noted the active daily labor ble to reUre from changed conditions with which they farms to farm, and lease their are 'now confronted, and hav� on the the gone not acquired into as those who have yet dairying the easiest solution of These ten· capital to buy. the problem. This has given rise to a necessary or the experience discussion as to ts do not have sharp whether dairy­ live stock capital to engage In Ing or beef production is more profit­ �:e all of these as a rule, and able on high priced land. It is ad­ raisin� about have combined to bring mitted by all that the farms of the things re­ which threaten grave corn belt states were a condition originally de­ future. sults in the Immediate voted largely to live stock growing, and under ex­ and it should be admitted that from' For a brief period, it has been more this practice came the fertility which ! Isting conditi\:rRs, troublesome to has enabled these same farms to with- , prnfitable and less raise live stock. stand the heavy drafts made upon talse grain than to continuous them continuous In is less rlsle and less by grain growing there late Our rich western lands may years. la.bor to a number of years The farmer may choose llis own be c�opped for bring class of stock, but whatever wheat or some other g�in, a�d may be tli1e is Bure to his selection, he be assured of good returns,' buC"the may disaster .in its wake. ultimate profit. The demand for beef turn and bring been the growing ,of and pork is growing more So profitable has Ready for the Show conatanly lands Getting Ring insistent, and yet the demand for grain crops that the pasture and this has (Continned on ha,Te been broken up, pace n.) " 2 _;KANSAS FARMER September lS. 1910. TOPEKA Under entirely new management the Kansas state Fair at Topeka, will this year surpass any fair ever before held in the state and will take rank with the leading state fairs of the country-a credit to Kansas and Kansas people. More than $30,000 has been spent for new buildings and improvements for the convenience and comfort of visitors and exhibitors, and nothing has been overlooked which will contribute· to the success of this exposition of the aariculual reso.urces of Kan­ aas. Marl Thin $35,000 in Prlmiums Including $1,500.00 for County Collective Exhibits.