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LIVE STOCK SECTION
The Cordell Beacon.
VOLUME XX
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
CORDELL, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY AUGUST 24, 1916
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
NUMBER 6
PRESIDENT FRAKK 6JIULT ACTIVE IN
THE sows|l£E PATTERSON DISCUSSES CATTLE
SHORTHORNS BEST FOR OKLAHOMA
Advocating Better Breeds and (Filling A. & M. College Keep the Big One
Busy. Gives Hereford Calves as Prizes to Students Bringing
Greatest Number of Freshmen Each Year. Always inter-
terested in Bettering Livestock Conditions.
(By William Gentry.) \ "Of course, you have sheep. What
When I was told that the particular, kind?" was asked.
part of the State Capital for which I
was looking, sojourned in the Mer-
cantile building in Oklahoma City, T
hied me hence and found the offices
"Shorpshires, Dorsets, American
Merinos and Kambouilettes. And it
may surprise you to know that a
college Rambouilette ram established
of the State Board of Agriculture on a new world's record during the past
the third floor. After having been | year by totalling forty-six and one-
single
greeted by the president's secretary,
who by the way is some greeter, the
big one was found digging into a
massive pile of correspondence
strewn all over his desk. He was a
busy man, but not too busy to talk
about livestock and other matters in
which he. as the president of the
State board, is interested.
"What are you doing arouud your
little red schoolhouse at Stillwater ia
the way of raising good stuff?"
"Everything possible," replied]
Frank Gault, for it was he
terviewlng. "Do
M. beef cattle and shoep won cash
Best Scotch Durham Breeder in State Built Up Herd Under Difficulties.
Has Highest Priced Breeding Animal of Species in Southwest. Has
Been Invited to Address Breeders' Asso. on "Breeders Day."
T'erhaps
Jvery man interested in j years ago, and I never will forget my
the i-'outhwest has heard! first purchase. It was at a tim"
:'k in
Patterson.
1 had,, but tor a I when I could have bought a thousand
long time was denied the pleasure mi scrub heifers for from $10 to *2.i
each. I purchased a splendid
fourth pounds of fleece at
shearing."
"That's going some, isn't it?"'
"^t is indeed, and the price of wool
is up—"
"As high is print paper," I inter-
rupted.
"I don't know about-that, but the
price of wool and mutton is con-
stantly advancing; sheep are a good,
paying proposition. There is a pre-
judice against sheep raising in some
localiti
?? ! fiTivt' !l rt'!-kiw from the ,ea8nr« "• j designated as Home, and credit at the Mercantile' Outfits"had~reach«f ttabead Line
know that a. k I making money, should it." j But the Scheme of trying to make Scrub P orkers ooen
meeting the man who is more
identified with the progress madit ;i
improving cattle'and hogs in Okki
homa than any other individual, i
seoms strange thai in a few loca.
tiea there are a number of meti wit.
are not aware of the athi
of this ntan
Scotch bull and seven heifers for
$900. It seemed like a lot of money
to pay for eight small animals. Bir
that was the foundation of my pre-
sent cattle business. They brought
men's j me more money than expense of th^
att-Tsun, and are herd, and from time to time 1 Intro-
aware of his owning the high. ,i I duced new breed8; not on, ^
pricea Shorthorn bull ever brought! the slre's side) but by baying an oc.
lo the statf. The fact of his winning
Once upon a time when Times were Hard, there was a Rural Family whose Main Asset was
b;:LPI!^ l0Ukl. n". a, Corai?°° Bre,?d of Poverty and a Razor Back Sow. Available cash was unknown in the Shack
, .. , , i u J LU" OI to maxe scrub r orkers ODen a ban* account was Inherited and
Not much, l agreed. Suppose, hard to Drop. It was being worked more In Memory of a deceased parent, whose early demise was
:i t v(111 i frt hrntA Vi n m J "U~ 1 TS- 1 _ • . ■ ' . J
stj;haste5edb7aiiSiwisi-sB'sr
the Fort Worfh Pat Stock Show dur-1
ing the winter just past? Well, th.-v
did, and one steer from the college
was champion at the Royal Stock
Show in Kansas City." I feeding peanuts to determine th
"Some little record.# he was told. validtiv of the packing plant obje
"Then at the 1SHi> show here, we I tfons to peanut-fed pork and endea
iur- 'Duroc Jerseys Poland Chinasj As a Financial Proposition, affairs had reached the point where the Poor House was beckon
j < 1 ester Whites and Tamworths. Yes, j mg th® Household with Fiendish Glee. And something had to be Done
1 we have about two hundred head of' A - *'•— * ' ... _ a
championships at the Oklahoma City
fairs with animals of his own breed-
ing aud raising would seem to indi-
cate that there was method in his
looking long and far before buying
his herd headers.
The writer recently spent the be •
part r,f an afternoon with Mr. Pit-
teraon in El Reno, and if ever tim.
flew as the result of listening to an
interesting talker, it did upon the o;
casion of the visit
Now, the progress towards
man's success is invariably int.
neighbor, who was looked upon with Enmity, was becoming- Fat and Sleek and ImmirW •„ , , ...
ne hogs. We are experimenting b, He boasted a herd of Registered Swine ? ' ' a lmPuaent-! to me, and with numerous ques
^t.,last> being Forced to do Something and finding nothing Worse to do, the Rustic of Razor Uentl ^ ,ntermptI0ns a few
packing plant obje< Rack Failuves swallowed his Pride (?) and Imitated his neighbor. With hard Toil he managed'
t.;i senara.t.s hiw Sr mhs from tVio Slo+o o-n/1 ..i t>i . , , . , - . ° 1
of his efforts
Shorthorns were learned.
breeding
bough
i n Fairfax, the
supplementary feed |
PRESIDENT FRANK M. GAULT
to separate his Scrubs from the Bed Slats and Fence Rails about the Place and sold them for a Stonyj -start at your "rVh and tell a
Wad of Long Green which he exchanged for Tma 169876, a Swell Sow, and began Life anew. ! of y0ur JJJJ p *t* T aL d
Shortly after the Big Deal a census was taken of a Grand Litter and it was found that there
was a Prune Pig for each of the Ten Commandments.
«• '
With a broad smile, he replied:
, u pa3Sed ™u!liJ1'oation Table boci,!e Ptogcr Marked ia a violent Effort to Keep "!
track of the Increase, ana Dinted Postage Stamps were beta? used with Reckless Abandon in a Bapid 1 ' " ,he be"t lhe 1
rirp p.nrrpcnon/lonnft wifh o fiunnA "Pftrr-in+wr* A, « . . — r
Fire correspondence with a Swine Registry Association. At shore intervals Certificates, desien'at
:.ng Names Numbers and Pedigrees, reached the Breeder, and the Tax Collector accepted his Personal I fc
checks as Le<ml Tender. r 11
in the heart
stock district. Have known what
good cattle and hogs were all my life,
came to Oklahoma in 1889. The
A' Swell Guy recently shambled into a local United States depository. On his rosy profile there *
vas a look of contentment, «nd above it, a Stetson Lid. He was given the Joyots M.U by the Main a patterson herd header "ATHENIAN
j Squeeze of the strong institution and informed that a Cheque had been received from the commission
< louse for his last shipment of Hops, and that tvie H uge Sum had been placed to his credit.
After the meeting of the Board of Directors, during which he was frequently handed the decid-
ing Vote, he presided at a gathering of men who were Honored as Members of the local Pure Bred
Livestock Association, and suggested that Fifty Thousand Plunks from the organization's Strong Box'
■e voted for a New Club House. The motion was carried unanimously.
The meeting over, he hied Hence—Hence, on this occasion, being the A. & M. College"where his;
ale offspring was assiduously purloining the latest methods of Further Improving the swine ou'
arent's Stock Farm. Here he delighted the Competent Faculty by reciting his early experience with!
-he Razor Back Hawg.
MORAL:—If present farm methods presist in being the Bosom Frierds of Hard Times—trv
Registered Livestock.
casional extra .good Scotch cow or
heifer until I now have represented
in this herd some ten to twelve of
the best Scotch families known to
the breed."
! "How large a herd of registered
' Shorthorns have you now?" inter-
rupted I.
"My herd numbers about 150 head.'
j "Why the Shorthorn? Aren't other
I breeds equally as good?" was asked.
I Long year3 of experience have
j taught me that there is no bull of any
breed that will go out on the average
bunch of farmers grade- cows and
heifers and mak-a a3 much improve-
ment in one cross as a good Scotch
or Scotch-topped bull, was his answer.
My herd differs from that of most
bleeders in that 1 have continually
bred nearly all of my own stuff, and
have shown it at fairs, instead of go-
ing out and buying one here and ther->
as it were, for show purposes. Ther-
is a vast difference between a con-
PREMIER" 342935
These
indents
vetting
Cault shortly alter he was
t lie mallet of the State Board of Va
rieulture, has crowded the colic?
'iiiildings. and it is a question of a lege maintains separate dormitori •« service
very short time until the stain's tail- for young men and young women and terested
prizes for bringing i.ew claim to beins a "poor man's school" Stillwater, just as many of the ad |
together with a student than (an A. & M. College. There are J vantages offered by the college as is
campaign inaugurated bj no tuition fees to be paid, while some! possible. Officers of the institution
ter he was handed of the big ntrthorn and eastern co! ! will be alad at any time to hear from I
leges charge as high as $150 or $2u0 j citizens of the state on any subject'
a year in tuition and fees. The col- on which the college conW- be < f some'
You tit. men or women in-!
in the regular or short'
J Wilier being the executive head of
Frank (Sanlt is probably the best kn <
For years this herd has been consi i
Vh tie-faced
bulls.
cattlf in the stptiv and
the State Hoard of Agriculture,
pwu Hereford breeder in Oklahoma,
ered the best buuch of registered
as been headed by many Champicti
j ing cattle—knowing the farmers and
stoefcraiser's needs from their own
I viewpoint—is perhaps more or less
responsible for the able manner in
which his department is conducted.
This great, 1 ig. towering fallow
loves children, cattle calves and life
HI) Ml
11* Oil SHEEP -K=
Hereford bull for $6.".o.; recently an
offer of $.'1000 for him was refused,"
continued Mr. Uault. "If he is worth
that sum to an individual, he is worth
It to the college; and while it may
seem a broad statement, you can
safely say that l-oean Fairfax is not
for sale at any price."
"How about milk cowa?"
"We are givinx them considerable
attention At the present time we
have only the Jersey, but the coll
Jerseys tuade three of the five best
records for milk and butterfat last
year. Oilier breeds of milk cc
will lie ndd«l to the college h<
within a short time; in fact, it
the intention of the board to spend
several thousand dollars for milk
"And herses?"
l'er< herons." answered the b ,'
one, "predominate Hut we hav
quite a few eacellent standardbreds.
The Percheron. however, la the farm
horse for Oklahoma, and we are do-
ing what we can to extend interest
In this drafter."
eonomieally or worn* tJi-
which will
objection."
"Chickens'?"
"About eight hundred birds—fin
ones, many of them prize winners
liragKed the interviewed. "And w
have rabbits and guinea pigs for ex
fieri mental purposes and if yon want1 is the same.
to see a bunch of fine strapping boys | strong grasp of the hand,
and Intelligent lassies, drop by Still- j greeting and a willing ear
water when the next session opens
you'll Bnd them at the A. £ M."
From other sources it was learned
that Frank Gault Is crowdlug .he col-
lege by offering a registered bull
Hereford calf as a prize m the boy
tire to erect additional structures on the students operate their own dining courses may receive complete infor
the college gronnda Will be nothing ball at Actual cost. A survey made a nmti.-n by addressing a postal card
less than a calamity few years ago by Orange Judd Far-■ request to the secretary, \ m
■But hack to the man. There is a mer of Chicago showed that the ■?«.-' Colli ge stillwiit r Okla
(fault ranch at Geary stocked with •■saury expenses of four years at A. -
Hereford cattle, and every blooming * M. College were lower than for a
head is registered. Tlie owner has for similar period of instruction at any
>ears been considered the leading other of the leading agricultural cvl-
Hereford man of Oklahoma, and his leges of the country. Many students
' >ng experience in raising and feed- work their way through school, al
though, of course, the school cannot
guarantee to supply employment i&
any student.
An indication of tbe rapid riae of
A. & M. College in standing among
the institutions of the country is
shown by the admittance of this
on his ranch. He Is never happier school lam fall to the North Central
than when looking over his herd with asaociatton composed of the leading
n bunch of children at his heels and colleges and universities «r the Cmi-
his Russian Kheph-wd dog ramblinz e<J States. This recognition permits
through the pasture. The contrast the stndents or graduates «f \. & M.
between the Frank Gault at home and College to get full credit at any of flock
Tresident Gault in bis office Is rarti- the big insthatlons in the country
cnl in its dafly^ routine, but the mas '"r *ork done here gregaie of three hundred and sixty
Always a smile, a There are seven teaching divisions | OIU> dollar* last July, has over a hun
shear
This bull was Grand Champion
war- judged by the eminent E
'ahoma City Fair In 1913 which cla*
Shellenherger of Nebraska.
Farmers National Bank Man Believes'
Sheep Good lavestment. Has 30
Head on Farm Southeast of City '
Custer County is not the only!
enmity in this section that can boa:;t
•f men who are making money in the1
..a«ep business. H. F. Toliver. of h. ii
Farmers National Bank, whose plac j
is southeast of Cordell bought a $3,*.o!
hist year, and besi
rattle and hogs
at that time wet
'hat I was ashamed to own them
d growing thq best I could fln l
untry for a number of
hey never made me an/
money. My calves at weaning time
would weigh from 100 to 300 tbe. and
generally sold at from $ti to $10 each
1 soon grew tired of that kind of
business and desired to try some-
thing else.
"A man by the name of Hasting.'
continued the speaker, with whom I ||Te
was acquainted shipped
ommert]
they
that I found here structive breeder and
poor in quality ized cattle fancier."
"How about prices, aren t
up," 1 inquired.
Fresent Shorthorn cattle are no-
lo high eomriared with the price o>
ttle. For a number of years
re so low that it was impo<«'
decent profit om
ffven
beef
they
blc to make
of the business. This year has den
onstrated the absolute necessity i.
"ur Oklahoma farmers engaKing i
mixed farming and the growing n
The man who has a go*/'
K K .. . bunch °r hiKh grade cattle will n"
Scotch bulls to my county I wen. notlce thf! droUKh whflw (he ^
selling j finally"1 selected 'a ^ca'f''about' "*Ti *h° (l,*ptruk,1, upon a'ain ®krmin;
a number which broaKht him an _.;1 . , w'" ,0,,p this year practically all tl.>.
btlnglng the greatest number of n «w
students to the college at the open-
ing of the fall term. A registered
Hereford heifer calf Is given as sec-
ond prtie l^ast year Clarence Km-
mons. of Craig county, won tin bull
calf and Floyti Keliar of Ptfrburg
county, the heifer. Incidentally, 'he
bankers of Vinita advsji I K amons
the funds with which to buy • regis-
tered heifer, thereby starting a reg-
istered herd of Herefords In Craig
county.
pleasant of the college, each leading to a dt
A great. gre«. These courses are Apri«m.
big, honest man; big physically, big ture. Engineering. Home Economics,
morally, big intellectually, Mg enough Science and Literature. Teachii
to administer the affairs of the unl Training. Commerce and Marketing,
'erse. , and Veterinary Medicine.
It must have been a matter of an In addition to the regular courses
hoar or more before It occurred to at the college there are a number of
me that the hour of another appoint- short courses designed for young men
m-rnt had arrived, but before lea. of the farms of Oklahoma who fe^l
Mr. (fault's office I wished to learn that they cannot spare the time or
more of the state's A. A M.. and did. expense of attending the agricultural
State and nation now have nearly college for the full term.
one million dollars Invited at Still , nHn„ .up^ed by state and fed-
water in buildings, land and eqult- „rH, monj,., ,h(. inMltutlon hM no
moot. The school has a farm of IrtOO oth„r th,n ,„a, of ,c
acres that furnishes opportune ,h^ oC ,h„ „u,„ Th(> .-ountv
for Instruction In agriculture and f ri:iK(.ni *v*tcm and the elaborate plan
numerous lines of experimental work , 0, aKr|cultural extension are calcu
Probably no state Institution In tbejlated to give to the people of the
United States can more Justly
dred sud fifty pounds of fleec
ed from them, and thirty five head
left. With this example, it should
be only a question of short time un
til others in this neighborhood com-
mence to reap the profits realize,)
by having a small herd on their fnrni.-
Asked what he thought about the
money.making possibilities of raising
and feeding sheep, Mr. Toliver ,e-
plied
"What better evidence do you want
than my personal experience Ofj
course there is money in It. Other-1
wise I should have been tempted to
sell the whole flock last July at thej
price* prevailing at that time. Now
lhe pricc Is higher, and promise* t<> I
continue to advaace, so the op
tune time to buy aheep is before tho
. | Price gets -beyond
■ 7|si te. who are unable to come lo available supply is
day to see what he had
elected a calf about
months old and paid hira, what a'
that time seemed an enormous price,
$100.00 The most of the folks In my
neighborhood decided that Lee Pat-
terson had gone crazy. But in lhe
course of three or four years I be
I came pretty wull known there. My
j herd was the best bunch of high
j grade short horn cattle in our pnn
j of the country.
"Several people came to my plac :
to buy one of those good high grad t
I >oung bulls. I soon discovered the
I difference in the profit, as well as
I the satisfaction of handling good
| fluff. My animals brought from $1}
to $2f> as calves, while my neighbors.
had hard work to get from $« to $10.1
This experiment thoroughly con f
vluced me that Shorthorn.cattle were
the best cattle for ms to raise
"1 further decided '.o engage in
reason and thel growing a few full blood Shorthorns." J
exhausted.** he continued. "That was about 1"
, he gained last year.'
Time was flying and there we
several parties 1 wished to see t
fore the arrival of my frsin, but
was a lough job to break away. L
Patterson knows the Shorthorn ci
tie business better than an)
the Southwest, and one has
go ro the bfg sales in the north ti
observe with what esteem he's held V
'he biggest Shorthorn men up ther
Besides his sterling charac ter and at.
Kolute responsibility. Patterson h
the reputation of being „n
best judges of Shorthorns in
ed States.
An invitation has been ex I
Ihls fellow Patterson lo udc
Breeders' .\nauciatlon m«et
on Breeders' risy, and
come, his remarks will be
a long journey to hear
man
only
of
l*n.
'Atended I
«'lng her
should b'
well won
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