Show WINTER FEEDING the old binl now WAT or of g 0 o cattle in everything lacro t acro ucro is i a 1 right RIO and wrong way often the conditions aro are stich that in following out tile wrong wiy way there thele is considerable profit anil and after a while abo chosu to engaged in the business como come to believe that thi this thia A really wrong way is in hi reality tire right way tile tho range cattle ind industry nt at the ont and its as a of necessity wit was conducted on oil this plan cattle veto moved into the ho woun mountains talas awl and tinned loose in tile high valleys and picks and allow allowed etl to irstle alro was a certain or 0 IUM ea aas h i winter varying va in accordance with I 1 llo allio of allow fill fall ami the seventy ut alio calil prices ruled for years in BO high that the tha death losses only cut dowil the size of tile the dividends while still leaving a z handsome balance in tile tho treasury so matters continued ranges became and aal following this prices s began begaii to tumble front from ba bail 1 tho the I 1 affairs fl airs and gc ameril finar ces of hobt cattle t le continued on oil UP the down grade ani and failure lifter after failure followed Ata at a certain period a tev of tha iloie enterprising ter stockmen stoc kmen began to ent hay haffor for winter use rise this was found to py pay and others follo followed wedin ia the saino puli thair thuir object in feeding jwj we simply E to give tile poor anini ali sufficient food to pull them through alive until they were wi rc ablo to beg in to rustle in the spring liff was all that ars aenied at no eliou bt or caro care was given to improve the individual animal the idea of the trade was that this would V biot ot ap pp pay if tile the critter lived tho the summer and fill fall fied feed fi ed on the ranse would moke it fit for market all this thia was wron wrong however until the fanner farmer crowded in upon tho the open lause and fenced his homestead or preemption claim things were allowed to drift along in ill this fashion or of dalaw 7 desperate chances charice sand and doritt the in al bets would mend rather than the farmers fan ners claims became more nuin crons anil the lange cattle industry more inora di disastrous tas each year the cattlemen wore obliged to cut nore moro hay liay to pull the ever ine ing number of weak ani animals nials through ii the winter still their object was simply to keep life in them until the grass 2 was strong enough in the aprin sprin to build them up again tin this s in a few brief beef words is tho the on outline line of tile tho range battla industry there isbit is but little wonder woud d er that there have boen so diany diro dire disasters in the bu business biness that it pays always to do things right ahti is e csc in the winter orrange of range cattle as in ii other callings cy by winter feeding we wc mean what the words imply not the meager giving out of enough hay to simply prevent tile tha weak from turning up their hoofs hoofe but feeding so 60 is as to keep the tha animal in a healthy condition is is where there is good clean money forthe for lie stockman the humanitarian question does not r into tho the present idea of the gain or loss of tho the nimble dollar which is what the cattle growers are after fewer n numbers and animals of larger frame and better con and more v eight beight are what give the best beit when tile shipments aro are made A day or two ago the anti r was going south bouth from denver and on oil the car were two to brothers returning to archuleta county living having disposed or of a good bunch of 0 cattle at the top toil market price in condei conversation aaion we asked if there was not 0 good clean money in winter feeding on tilis this plin plan and it if they hold had ear given it a good trial to our surprise surp riso and gratification fie fi cation they said the cattle they had just sol soli sold I were winter fed and every was given hay in plenty to leold it i in I 1 i hail healt thy liv form the resift result was v as that in ia the spring they grew so SD much faster than tho the same saine 9 grade of cattle that li had albeen ix cn daius ws as lust they cirild fur for themselves on oil vie range during dining the months of snow taj ice that when they were arre in marketed ar ketel they were 30 pur per cent better and ln vii r ani ant trials md and bruihl bruti from 30 to 10 40 per cent iii liar r puce when they stariea 1 from lioma home they tho right they would luve e to go to Orri omalik alia or kansas city to fell while the yards in denver mc ero ro full ol of coi corn ninon nion range ranga cantio that buyers dij nt want savo at bottom figures they made a 1 quick sale at the top price aid and were on oil their homeward way leaving the lie owners of the alie common i non I 1 on biliter led fed stock seeking in vain for customers yes it rays fays to do ever tiling thing in the right way now that the cattle business bu ainess MS been curtailed mi tailed within such narrow limits led tile times liot as the once wc were re for the quondam cattle barons who do not adopt the genri Tic winter lec leedia plan lan au look forward to ultimate disaster and failure such is tile lie handwriting on tile YUJI field and carrol |