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Show Carroll Speaks of Farm Conditions It seems to be a part of human nature to give things a kick when j they are down, says W. K. Carroll I of the Utah Experimental Station. I When any branch of farming is at a I low ebb it is usually done in a "slipshod" "slip-shod" fashion. Wheat farming has not been done as well this season as it was when farmer's expected three dollars a bushel for their product. Just at present the beef cattle market is not extremely promising and there is a tendency on the part of the beef producers to give the least possible attention to their problems. prob-lems. They seem to feel that the prospect isn't good, so why waste time. This is a wrong attitude. Breeding herds must be maintained at a high standard or when prices do return the producer will be unable to take advantage of them. There is a very close relation between the price of market cattle and the price of purebred breeding cattle. This makes it possible to run good bulls even when grade cattle prices are low because be-cause bull prices on the average are also low. Therefore if the operator gives careful thought to his operations opera-tions even during slumps he can keep in a position to take advantage of any market return. More careful sorting and preparation prepar-ation for market will also be a good thing. When any product is plentiful plenti-ful buyers become more particular as to quality and it is very difficult indeed to sell the poorer grades up to their real value. When cattle are scarce and high priced anyone can sell them, but as they become plentiful it takes a good salesman and well prepared stuff to realize full values. Dehorning is means of attracting buyers. Both feeder and butcher buyers like dehorned de-horned cattle and will pay for them j accordingly. At the present time on our local markets dehorned cattle are selling for 25 cents to 50 cents more per hundred pounds than horned horn-ed animals of the same quality. In addition to this the dehorned animals sell more easily. For feeding purposes pur-poses the hornless animals are more quiet and even when they are fat they are preferred by the killer, because be-cause they are less subject to being bruised than the horned animals. Bruised carcasses bring about heavy losses to the meat business every year. Dehorning will save 80 per cent of this loss. Why not economize in this line. |
