Show VA 14 M r K BEEF CATTLE ARE FEWER ON FARMS increase seen as prices for meat are higher hiaber the beginning of this year found fewer beef baittle on farms and ranges in theU the united tilted states than at any previous ous time for or half a century there were then only about head in the country under the influence ot of higher prices for beef the number Is now beginning to increase acco according rd to figures collected by C it arnold of tho the rural economics department of the ohio state university in mizing the history of tile tho beef cycle in the united states arnold tins has found that in 1805 1895 more than beet beef cattle were on tho the farms and ranges of tho the country this number declined to about animals in 1901 and then started up again under the influence of strengthening strengthen ini prices by 1007 1907 the number lid hd again risen to about head low prices again caused IL a drop I 1 to about head in 1014 war demands raised prices and the herds increased to a total of about head in 1019 sudden cessation of the I 1 war time demand dropped the price anti and numbers and prices declined together until they were exceptionally low from 1020 1920 to udo the beet beef cattle cycle extends over a long jong period of years arnold points out because the number of cattle cannot bo be increased as rapidly as the number of hogs or sheep it seems evident that we will have a larger number of cattle within the next few years but it seems doubtful that we can expect low prices for beef cattle for at least two or three years because the number which we have tit at the present time on ranges 1 la 13 so exceptionally low says arnold purebred pure bred ram adds pounds to lamb crop an interesting experiment his been conducted by the oklahoma expert ment station A purebred pure bred ram was placed with one group of ewes averaging in weight pounds ewes wore were all on the same kind of pasture and fed the same kind of feeds in the same quantities when the lambs were born from tho purebred they averaged 80 pounds the scrub ram was placed with thil second group of ewes of the sam quality and age as the first gr group i aup their weights being an n average 01 ol 1 1047 pounds ench each these were given I 1 the same care os as the first group groua the lambs when born weighed only 81 pounds although the lambs sired by the purebred pure bred ate no more than those sired by the scrub ram the lambs cambs from the tha purebred pure bred ram gained faster and wel glied 1032 pounds when sold bold and tile the lambs from the scrub weighed only 05 pounds the difference in dollars and centa was that tho the lambs from the purebred pure bred ram brought more with no DO extra cost for feed or care all barns banis need plenty of air and sunlight all barns should have an abundo nes of ventilation sunlight and drainage draJna go beware of drainage toward or into tha barn or yards from premises previously occupied by diseased animals of any kind old barns are more apt to be b troublesome basement barns particularly if lf built years year s ago are likely to have floors at a level below that ol of tho outside ground levels this ti Is dangerous as aa it keeps such barns damp and full fall of bad air basements basement require a larger amount of drainage and ventilation than barns built wholly above ground and on high ground with ample natural drainage of th the surroundings A low basement barn may easily drain an area of two ox iii three hundred feet around it |