Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1905 Page: 1 of 16
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Vol. XIII, No. 41
Guthrie, Oklahoma, Wednesday, February 8,1905.
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rhe Percheron stallion, "Brock, shown in the illustration on this page, is a splendid specimen! of the breed handled by Walker Bros x, pn ,.r
Glencoe, Payne County, Oklahoma, importers and breeders of Draft and Coach Stallions. This is the kind they are offering to the farmers and h-e«
ers of the southwest at about one half the price others ask and receive for the same quality of stock. These parties are the onh ..e-mn
nently located importers in Oklahoma, and they will give you as good or better terms than anywhere else and sell you better stock fullv Zn
mated and warranted, If you need a good draft or coach stallion, or one is needed in your locality, look up their ad on another' naee Z wwVl
them for particulars. These parties are perfectly reliable and able to make good any contract they enter into. ~ "
porters by buying your horses in Ok lahoma.
Encourage home breeders and ini-
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llogs vs. Turkeys.
If yo i will allow me I will tell your
loaders how' one farmer's wife makes
her spending money ana was able to
make two visits to the great fair. Some
years ago she decided that turkey rais-
ing was not the easiest thing imaginable
so she sold her flock during the, holidays
and bought an 8 months' old gilt-for $13.
The gilt was three-quarters Jersey red
and one-quarter Poland China, was quite
lengthy and gave promise of being a
money maker. In a few days she was
bred to a Jersey red boar, and in April
following had a litter of ten very fine
pigs. They were allowed to run with
her just six weeks, when they were
shutliway from her, and four days later
the sow was«again bred, and in Novem
Iter she again had a fine litter. In 3f>0
days she had thirty pigs, all living and
not a runt among them. Two sow pigs
were saved for breeders from each of
the two first litters, and proved equally
Us good. The others have been fatten-«
ed and sold on the market, the first lit-
ter averaging 235 pounds at 7 months
old, and the 'litter that# is 8 months
old now is even better. The best, I
think, will go at 400 each. No litter that
this sow has yet produced has had less
than nine nor more than eleven, but they
are all fine, large, living pigs. They have
no extra care and live in an orchard.
Corn is their diet. I know full well that
they are not as good as they would have
been if I coidd have a clover pasture
and a well balanced ration for them, but
I am making tne best of what I have
to do with and am so well satisfied that I
have no intention of returning to my old
occupation of raising turkeys. There
are many fine hogs near us, both Poland
Chinas and Jersey reds, but I have not
yet seen one that I would give my sow
for, and a neighbor who is quite a breed-
er, in looking at my hogs some time ago,
said they beat anything he ever saw for
length. They are truly wonderful.
A HOG FANCIER.
middle of the animal, should be roomy.
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lireed for Beef Makers.
"From the feeder's standpoint an ani-
mal should be capable of leaking large
daily gains from a given supply of food
and should mature early. 0 The capacity
for making, gains "is largely a question
of inherent vigor and active powers
assimilation. Fortunately for the
who buys cattle for the feed lot, there
are certain' external indications which
serve* as ai^ index to feeding capacity,"
says Dean W. A. Henry of the Wiscon-
sin College of Agriculture. „ ,
"The abnomlnal cavity, occupying
A steer, slender and tucked up in body
less able to utilize a large amount of
feed and cannot, therefore, make heavy
gains.. There should ^not only be good
depth and breadth of body, in the ab-
dominal region, but this breadth
depth should also extend forward to in
elude the chest cavity. A lack of width
through the chest would indicate iha>
the vital organs, includ'rr; lungs
heart, are restricted in development,
animal having poor chesL# development
is invariably a slow feeder. This seems
reasonable in view of the fact that the
lungs and heart play such an important
part in purifying the blood and foreirn
it to circulate through the entire system.
"The blood being the medium which
carries off wornout tissue and replaces
it with fresh matter taken from the di-
gestive tract, is a most important factor
in digestion and assimilation. If there
is a lack of* lung development indicated
by narrow chest, slender neck at the
base and small nostrils, the oxidation or
purification of the blood must be cor-
respondingly slow.
"An active, healthy circulation of blood
and active digestion and assimilation
are also indicated by the character of
the skin and hair. Thtf outer skin is
the continuation of the inner skin,, which
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constitutes the stomach and intestines.
It the outer skin is dry and harsh, lack-
ing In pliableness, we may expect also a
poorly nourished inner skin. A soft, plia-
ble skin covered with a thick, mossy
growth of tine, soft hair, oily in appear-
ance. is almost a certain indication of
active digestion and assimilation of food.
Drawing the skin between the thumb
and forefinger is the surest way of de-
termining its handling quality. In buy-
ing steers for the feed lot, however, this
is not often possible because of the timid-
ity of tlie animal. A feeder of long ex-
peri *:ice learns to associate a bright,
healthy coat of luxuriant hair with gain-
ing capacity. He learns to avoid the skin
which has tlie appearance of being drawn
lightly over the body. These are qual-
ities which can be observed by the
eye."
cThere are breeds of rattle which are
more suitable as oxen than others, the
principal of which may l>e mentioned as
the Devons. They are fairly large, red in
color, hardy and can thrive on pastures
that will not keep some breeds. The
cows do not rank high for dairy purposes
compared with time of the well known
breeds, but, as the Devon cattle are
active and quick, they have held the first
place as animals for the yoke.
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Greer, Frank H. Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1905, newspaper, February 8, 1905; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc88037/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.