Show production OF BEEF DRY lLAND LAND FARM SHOULD SUP aport i PORT SOME LIVE STOCK 1 I 1 if f F famer mer C can in secure section or mort MOM of D f ough lough grazing lands and put I 1 it under fence problem la Is very greatly simplified ny my anop THOMAS SHAW the th 0 idea cherished by many Is t I 1 hal ia I 1 tho dry land farm can not bo be made tc produce profitably anything but grain ThAe jAdw Is not correct it will yell yei in many instances bo be nindo mado to produce more or less of live stock along with tile the k grain an tile the live stock will certain ly alic 1 I 1 pa poultry I 1 tr Y and poultry products product A vin I 1 for or th tha a production of these tile tho conditions are quite favorable and uio tile isme earno may bo be said of mutton till this far farm minay may also produce dairy anil and beel products but for the production of the former it Is not so BO well adapted owing to tile the greater difficulty of obtaining succulent tood food than la Is found in humid areas it if the he dry land farm Is located in contiguity conti julty to rough grazing lands and if the farmer can obtain it a section or of more of these and can put tile tho hatim under fence tile the problem of producing beef la Is very greatly simplified this rough land will provide tile tho grazing and tho the arable land will furnish tile the other food wanted tile tho farmer la Is thus in a 1 position to grow a considerable arri amount dunt of wheat or flax or both tot foi sale bale and to grow in ili addition foederl and ana grain such as tho the animals may need in winter and also to put them into condition for the market when this may bo be necessary should the calves come in the autumn they could be made ready for the market with butane but one seasons gral gracing zing as will now be shown this could bo be done dono whether the cows cowa suckled their own calves or whether they were milked by hand the first winter both would bo be kept on the an fn farm and the ithe cows would receive a liberal amount of food it if tho the calves were given milk during the milk period they would require supplemental meal and fodder in addition they would then bo be ready tor for going onto pasture in the spring after they had been weaned doth both cows and calves would then go on pasture until tho the early au the calves would then be brought in and pushed along for the spring market by feeding them a liberal tillo allowance ance of grain and suitable fodders they would then reach the market at 18 months and should bell tor for a relatively high price dut but should it bo be necessary to a confine fl nethe the cows to tho the farm the problem la Is not so BO easy the difficulty Is in anding ot ago of the rainfall the drea called balled tor for of native pasture to maintain one beast in the summer seasons seas onla quite too large to make such grazing profitable table on the arable farm flo however wever where part of the land Is summer fallowed fallowes fall owed the volunteer grain on the same will furnish considerable pasture until the time comes to plow the summer fallow it rye hail bad been drilled in the previous summer or autumn after the removal of tile the grain the grazing thus thile furnished would be vry very considerable in some areas brome grass will do fairly well as pasture usually much better than the native grass grasa in time it will probably be found that a mixture of alfalfa and bromo will furnish more grazing than can be obtained from other sources this system would probably call for feeding supplemental grain food more or less tot td the calves from tho the time that they would take it until they were ready for the market but during the one summer that they were a on n grazing the amount called for dally daily if fed at till all would be very small not more than two iwo to three pounds per day calves thus reared on their dams should weigh at 18 months to 1000 founds these should sell at present prices for 8 to 9 cents per pound for they would be prime thus one call calf would fetch in the market 72 to 90 per animal if reared on skim milk the return would be considerably less but it would be far more than counterbalanced in the profit made from tho the cream |