| Show WORK DONE BY TWO successful BREEDERS IS MOST interesting result gained Is result of practical near conservative methods and continuous caithin Fai thin livestock live stock lius husbandry bandry silos aro are important feature of improvements neatness and order in farms appearance Apps arance Is valuable asset shorthorn Is favored dy 0 11 II almed santo farm demonstration agent maryland A study of at tile the methods ils of any successful man or firm has ha amoro moro than it passing interest the career at 0 towson tomson brothers shorthorn c aatlo breeders bleeders bre eders dover and carbondale Carbon dalo kan ican offers an all instructive illustration ot of success attained along alone purely practical lines spectacular features such ns as attach to blooded stock brooding breeding operations occasionally havo been few and tar far between this has been a steady oven even course for tho the most pait pat t but continuously in ili tile tho forward direction in 1883 their father T IC towson Toms a kansas isas pioneer of at modest meana purchased a farm in the mission creek valley a tow fow miles out from topeka Tope tho the capital city tho the farm much given to experimenting FOB sibly tho the results would have been bettor it if thoy they hail had but tho the point Is that only y such methods wore used na as could bo be readily applied on any farm by any average roan man I 1 dett of all grasses ses in kansas particularly in tho the sections moro more or lose losa broken tho the native prairie grass largely blue stem is prevalent and la Is regarded an aa tile tho best beat of all grasses in season it has boon tile tho practice to toed feed moro more or less tamo tame hay in those native pastures where tile tho grass had become thin and in this way tho the seed of tho the several tamo tame varieties was scattered roil and many thin pots were set to tamo tame grass graeb bluegrass naturally predominating this plan resulted in lengthening out tho alio pasture season ceason tor for prairie grass grasa Is 4 1 1 IT A i 7 0 V 98 4 V 4 4 14 z t A ITI silos are an important part of farm improvements tho bulls in the for ground sold for an average price of had been in the hands of tenants for foi years the land was foul the soil eoll depleted ono field had grown brown corn for a period of nearly thirty consecutive years and ami the maximum yield rarely exceeded thirty five bushels per aero acre mr tomson being a Bt stockman by instinct and practice began a plan of crop rotation and since then all of the crops grown on the farm and a considerable amount purchased from tho the neighbors were fed chiefly to cattle on the farm and the fertilizer on the fields success with grasses time grasses timothy and alfalfa weri wen introduced with increasing success the field just referred to pro blued clued alfalfa for a period of ten years andeas then broken up and planted agala to corn the first crop averaged between 90 and bushels per acre another field sowed bowed to clover timofay andi blue grass graab remained un broadi for 21 years when it was agali planted to corn the first drat and mccoil crops that followed made a only ayalla blo from around may 1 until tho the first frost in tho the fall all whereas the tame grasses gra bacs como come earlier and continue liter later in tho the fall of 1887 1887 a neighboring farmer who had bred a superior class clasa of grade shorthorns Shor thorns made a draft sale ealo and included in fit tho the offering a registered shorthorn caw cow which lie he had formerly purchased with a bull calf at toot foot at a kandah alcansas city sale bale with a view to obtaining a cheap herd bull mr towson tomson purchased this cow at slightly above tile the prevailing prices for grade females and in this tion alon tho the foundation of one of tho the best known shorthorn herds in the middle west was laid her next calf a heifer better was waa of such attractive type and quality that T K X towson and hla his sons definitely decided to purchase moro more registered females malea fe A number were secured that year and later a well known sire elro imp Thistle top bred by amos cruickshank in scotland was wag placed in service ile he was game what advanced in ili years and was waa thero 1 I I 1 av I 1 X i tr i M A 11 yd probles of keeping doya boys on the farm has its t solution in n such environment as this yield olwar to that just juat mentioned the on this meadow chiefly from was to allow the stock topas tora turo sture it until near the first ot of hayand again during the ote fall this taft had the effect of battering ering the seed from the second go gaylo th clover wore more evenly and tramping tramp lol it in insuring re seeding each yet sod a uniform distribution of the it if a KM 1101 or a portion of it did not allow a stIs satisfactory factory alc ld the ground was ferried and grasses sown and t fed u mr l the proper grass graba jr variety ta izal round und in this wy voy all of the tha it lead nd was brought dewight to a alcher MAI att of production no unusual were employed to beng this abod tor for the Tom jons are bof t tore fore arall ablo lable at a nominal price ilo was kept la in service bey rl years ills daughters rot abed in the breeding herd were large larga roomy well fleshed cows a trine trifle prominent at the hips but useful breeders bleeders bre eders A small email adjei tl ti was placed in a standard etan dard agricultural publication in tho the hope of at interesting prospective buyers from outride tho the local community a hope that was readily realized the arm farn of T IC tomson sons became widely known under the ac tivo tito manna mannaert ent of tho the junior mem bers ben who in later years mcce eded to the ownership added well bred females from time to time at modest prices and from tho the first continually weeded wedded out such each as did rt ct prove zatle factory ITe eders or that impre tented blood lines of loss less desirability froni from the first they recognized the importance of the biro alro and their selection have boon made with alm crimination in several cases bulls bulla that had demonstrated their prepo grepo toncy in other hands wore were secured among them brampton ampton nr knight whose got bet in Dr brothers others lianda hands were champion winners nt at the international american royal and other prominent allows tomson brod cattle both in the brooding breeding and fat at classes havo hae boon been champion winners at the international american royal at st jo oklahoma city and various state fairs those facts aro are mentioned hero to show tho the actual result from the iho uso use of good blood and intelligent brot breeding ding methods while tho the course ot at economy fol foi lowed was waa a safe bafo one controlled largely by limited finan nuances cos yet tom tion oon brothers othora Dr tiro tire of at tho the opinion now that thoy they would havo have made larro largo profits had they invested several thousand dollars in fashionably brod bred for brooding breeding purposes pur earlier in their operations they did acquire them eventually but they feet feel that thoy they lost considerable time by not launching out earlier they lecog nize however that tho the best successes in cattle brooding breeding urn aro nindo made by nien mett who grow with tho the business from a small beginning and learn each stop step by actual experience basis of improvement during these years constant attention has boon been paid to farming meth oda tho the uso use ot of tamo tame grasses and barnyard manuro Is tho the basis of their soil improvement tile tho profits from year to year wore in invested vestrO in lind and such euch improvements as acro n os sary tho original holdings of acres have increased to 1100 acres and tile tho improvements have boon greatly enlarged and modernized the tams farma havo have long lone since boon been nominally free from woods alfalfa blue grass grasa clover and timothy low jow abound in their stead tho the so has steadily increased in ili producing power the shorthorn hord herd numbers over head of 0 tho the richest lines of brood ing and la in recognized among boot beef cat on authorities na as ono one of the lost beat tn in herds in tho the entire country this in id tile direct result of careful patient intelligent management and not any considerable expenditure ot of money chho the tha brooding breeding hard Is of tho the boot beef typo tho the good milking females aro are given preference prof for experience has fins shown that they are usually more reliable roll ablo and useful producers it Is generally regarded that hogs should bo be a part of tho the farms live stock the towson farms aro are not exactly an exception cep cOll tion for a few ate raised each year but tho the number to Is small and experience per peri lenco ence does not encourage them to increase tho the number tho the farms aro ara ted almost wholly to shorthorns Shor thorns wt for it has boon been observed that if there thera Is room for wore more stock that more shorthorns Shor thorna thorns best fit into tile tha working plan on ono one of tho the farms the iha main buildings are in tile tho center of a acre tract eight pastures open out from tile the barnyards a most convenient arrangement the herd la Is divided chiefly as to ages in tho the several pastures most moat ot of which aro are in view 4 ft yu y u h V grass Is abundant and so are calves from the highway this plan has bits proven an all effective means of ad advertising vertle and lends an attractiveness to the farm that would otherwise be lacking the pastures are skirted by native timber providing ample shade and adding to the beauty of tho the landscape valuable asset neatness and order in tho the farms appearance is regarded as an a valuable asset silos are ari an important feature of tho the improvements automobiles are a necessary part of the equipment tho the whole achievement to 1 based upon safe practical methods and the intelligent use of good blood good seed and crop rotation tho the farms farma today havo have more than doubled tho the producing power they lind had twenty years ago with these methods continued what will tho the producing value of their acres bo be in ili tho the next twenty years ayearst tho of tomson Br othera Is one of the most moat interesting and instructive within athin our knowl edge considering it is the result of practical near conservative methods and a falth faith in livestock live stock husbandry with the improvement ot tho the farm arm and herd towson brothers Ur othera have grown in influence john R tho the senior member Is director and vice president of the american shorthorn breeders bleeders Bre eders association the strongest organization of its kind in america both he and the junior member james G are recognized as expert cattle judges and their services Bor vicca in abla capacity are in demand in leading shows from chicago to the pacific co coast ast the third member frank D has las been conspicuously identified with the agricultural resa iress for a decade and more lore |
