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Show BEEF SUPPLY OF THE FUTURE. Parhapa No More Important Subject la Pressing Upon American Farmer Far-mer Than Live Stock. Another phase In wedtern farm economy which la prextilng for solution solu-tion baa to do with our future beef lupply. The range are rapidly going out of buxlneaa, for the double ream n that the seltlera have so encroached i to reduce the available area, and because tho class of beef formerly produced on the range la no longer In demand. In the prexent range country from 80 to 40 acres la required for the A Profitable Specimen. support of one steer, and it la stated that thin same land will support at least 10 people when placed under cultivation. These conditions force the production produc-tion of beef upon the furms, and perhaps per-haps no more Important subject for study Is preying upon the American tanner. Hreedlng and feeding market cattle may, and probably will not be conducted upon the cxtcnnlve scale of former years, but each farmer will raise a small number which, In the aggregate, will satlHfy all market requirements. re-quirements. And then there will come the necesnlty of breeding better nnlmals, as these only will be profitable profita-ble under farm conditions, and this, In turn, will mean a better quality of beef on the market. Scientific methods af farming go hand In hand with eclentltln methods of stock breeding, and ll Is up to the farmer who Una already adopted the former to adopt the latter, as well. |