Show HOME 0 M E COURSE IN LIVESTOCK i IVE STOCK C V gre gregory ory writes entertaining entertainingly in ay on the marketing of live stock best plan Is start on a small scale copyright 1009 by american Americ sin press association IIII 1111 bua linsa of the ahe stock T la Is only partly done N when liati it lie has stressfully arci ind in d bis lih bluff stuff for 13 1 3 04 ally true of tit kluun nho Is nils ral 4 ing pure bleds anith iab lilii will tie dif ft rence bett betttie failure and nd success upon ills his skill shill in hief resting bai in ills hn stock llie bost bo st plan fur for the tic rain mill who Is juat just Ita the lie bust luss Is to start in on oil a til small liall selle bl buying on one olie or two no fennly s at first the doting a stuff for tit tina first beir can call to 1 most profitable sold to banners there Is alwis is 11 good do IL MAPLE GROVE CROVEr r A ARH gunj a silar ir king ing 54 corn carl JOHN prota 51 AiM ff M irthy afi riu AN AT attractive SIGNBOARD illand aspect for male stock if the stuff Is groit liy and of fair quality it will bring 1 prices consider considerable abl in advance of the ordinary market advertising one ono of the best to reach the farmer trade Is to advertise adert lse in the country newspapers rs these reich the tile bulk of the formers in their especially the progressive progress lie ones and will bring 5 3 our stun stuff to thell attention in a vas thit nothing else will III do do not contone bour our ader advertising otillie ly 17 to the want alit ad when oil have stun to adl get rid of it quickly by gc up ads bave have found a necessary pirt of their business busine 44 it I 1 just as to the r t has halt stun stuff to tbell 11 should the I 1 lie PC akil know s tint thit the fanner farmer ins iri top thing to if be lie keeps leeps the an fn t I 1 11 cret A large 1 number of the people ali are interested in 3 our stock stoel will III arli v over to see set it have the tile stock th bit it Is 14 for salo sale divided up into email small bunches et of uniform size as its they show oct oft ix IK I 1 ter in thia this way As a gentral rule it Is best to show the smil liBit ones first and the largle r ones later Ni working the prospective prospect lic butir up t it a as it were II 11 you ha hae v I 1 the lie sire sirl at h hand bui and lu in good ondi condition tion it will 1111 be a islip ht lp in making taking sales neier cir ci r misrepresent bour our stuff but du do not hesitate to point out nil all tl thi goo good point tit tint it th tit LIS it will be in est IIII ing a trade to guarantee the ani nulls to bo ho as depra stated the males to be builders brit briL dors ders sud nial the females to be bafo with ith 3 oung it if sold soia that Ns a you w III pet get au an animal back it la Is true but the losa on oil a few fen o 0 such nit bi cuore than mad up by the increased confidence people will lav han 0 in lit ou oil for answering si sich ch ns as come b bi mall letter heads and return eme 1 lopeti are a great rent ched a air to a letter aud and makes the inquirer think lie ile ie Is dealing with it busine buel new A cut of some buc of 5 our best an emals adds to the attracts ene of tile letter bead suell a cut can be made from it good for not more than that algo 19 it Is best to hao the printer order it for you as he will kno know the style th tint that at will 1111 go best with the paper you are using it if one of the boye or girls has a bodil a print of one or two of your our beat best animals lu in closed I nith with replies wil give the prospective spec tive buyer a better bettor idea of what you 11 lne 0 to offer than any description would be honest in your descriptions eo ns and do not hesitate to state the animal a faults ally enily selling to breeder As your hume trade grows grons and you gradually era cra dually work ork into a higher trade crade of stoat ou mil 1111 begin to want hl hieber ilar prices 4 lo 10 alt t thrill a must sell bell to 10 lo these in lit large rs ma adu in ILI one or more lilore of thi papers that circulate in lit M ur tt Is necessary A bim MILL ill replies when KU oil it line tie mouthing miu thing special to i i inego nil lit will tit proe table of coin coutee of the sales 4 made inide in III this w N IN i will be h 1 hater though thou all a Oca iliin till will coine come to seo 60 ih th stuff if if 3 iff inore lore thin th in a dillile atom to town it it u will III to arr inge merits with tit Iho ryman to bring ont out v nt at your ex perile things the tills help to breite cre ito n I 1 ft favorable drible salon NN heie artman watlo i to ansi answer era a j typewriter pe riter Is 1 a great tid is letters written ia in this way 1113 are much witch lion neater ter ami add inore more busina 11 ith a ten fou dry a tico one of the boys or girls N will III be able to write at least as fast fat na as by hand and put out a ery neat letter rebuilt typewriters of the standard stan daril makes are more than the cheaper machines very good rebuilt mi machines michl chines nes can be bought at prices rang ing from 25 to 50 stock to be sold to br 1 must bt in lit a little better condition than for th tride wide it must also be up tc ill the breed standard of weight for age for shipping breeding stock crates will vill be necess io 1 I hese should bo be well built of light and strong material 11 II the animal la Is to bo be shipped a long dis ranee a small self feeder at the froni ron of the crite erite tan can be filled with feed and directions ghen glien to tho the to te pro provide ide water selling on an the general market the bulk of the stock crown grown Is 1 ol 01 course sent seat to the general market it Is 1 a great advantage lu III marketing tc be able to sell in carload lots as in this vay inny you can ship the stock your alif and get all thero there Is 1 in it the time to sell cattle hogs and sheep depends largely upon the price of 0 fed feld and the condition of the market this Is some thing that can only be betoi told aby by long experience peri ence As a general rule feeders lose heir nere ner e and sell a little too soon its s Is shonn Nn by the flood of half hall fut flit cattle that coless on to the tile market at certain belsons of the year much of this stuff Is bought up by feeders living near the big markets and the fattening process finished it these men can afford to do this on high priced land and feed the farmer can certain ly IY afford to put on a little more finish before selling in the first place cattle that have been fattened on grass should be shut up lu lit the yard at least tio days before shipment and fed timothy hay bay and oats cattle that havo have bein having dry feed should hivo the grain ration changed to oats and the roughage to timothy hay for the twenty four hours preceding shipment do not give more than halt a grain ri civil for the last feed before they arc are lo loadie adil and do not give any salt bait to tor r 1 i I fe few days before shipment do not water mater heavily for a few hours before loading bed the car well with kith bright itris and do not crowd it too full aluch much of the tile nit of getting the bittle on to the maratt with little shrinkage ige depends upon quiet handling if they nr anro to be drien any tiny considerable dis tance vince it should bo be in tit ohp col oti of the tile 03 da they should be loaded twitted vi n quietly Pom sible where cattle are nr to be 0 on n the road more than twelve hours the tile meks should be filled with timothy li 11 1 15 As soon ns as the cattle are anlo unloaded aided at th the stockyards them should be watered und then given a feed of good hay to gether with ith somo some par car corn be sure ure that the tile trough Is full of 0 itar water before tile entile cattle begin to drink or they will NOR sull themselves full of wind instead of water iter turn the stock 0 ocr er to some sonic reliable min inin m in to be sold and lie be nt at hand liand yourself your to see how it Is done and to look after your own interests you will nill get better if ou emilo the tile samo same commission aslon man each year than you will by ch chang ing ing around the ame wilne rules for lion for shipment will apply to sheep and hogs as well as to cattle if it it happens th that thit it a load loid of hogs has to lw be kept ore might in the tile yard before being sold be sure to bed tilam well c ill as lack of bedding will cause a as much shrinkage as lack pick of feed in case you do not leavo rive elou enough stock of your own to tp alip glip et ip in carlo car loail lots you rou can often go in with one or more of your neighbors to makr mak up a load many stany of or the ae farmers c co Op erl 70 companes com panka make male a practice of col ejecting lid snip pin fol their ine m ix 4 1 abt ilir recci 1 ca enough to pan for or the trouble lt an I 1 the ra recoil receive N b t T jj I 1 k M W IL hlll PART OF THE VEAL CROP it ati I 1 bricis 4 i A ii it the then otherwise auld 11 in hi 1 arta of the country a good god docil anit allt con be b obtained though u ui ill loal lot at cannot affons to bu high cliss selling to local bugera to demands a close stud of conditions condition selling horses maii fail f figuers malo mistake of marketing their horbes too boung a it pays to sell a colt before it if Is d A little time spent 1 during durin thu the NN winter inter lu in training a horse N rill III add consider ibl to his market value this tra training InID should begin even een before the colt Is weaned as ho lie can bo be handled more lastly casily at that time iio lie should be farst taught to lead then n to obe the biord ord and rein and later to pull bick b acl and stand without tying As a finishing touch ho he should ba b klught not to fear automobiles or cara cars after the colt Is old ho he iv do enough work rork to pay for his keep it N will III generally be most profitable to keep him until ho he Is full grown beffe bafo e selling him the more llesh flesh a draft horse carries the better he lie will sell the increased weight Is worth at least cents a pound and the tho fat will cover many defects |