Western Cattlemen, Packer Have
Unique Marketing, Sales System
Several cattlemen on the west
ern [ border of Nevada have one
of the most unique arrangements
in existence for marketing their
produce.
Louis Isola, owner of the Peo
ples backing Co., Yermgton, Nev.,
says “the bulk p£ our kill is choice
beef and one of the biggest fac
tors in getting the cattle to grade
this high is how they were handl
ed as calves. Too many cattlemen
are forgetting this and it is cost
ing them money.” These state
ments are backed by a good many
years of experience.
“We’re killing about 16,000
head a year and prefer Herefords
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to all other * cattle. We have
found they' have uniformity of
finish, they will kill at a lighter
weight while maintaining top
quality and without being wasty”
Isola said. “We make it a practice
not to kill our cattle until after
we have the beef sold, therefore,
our trade depends on a reputation
for top quality Hereford cattle.”
“As for crossbreds,”' Isola con
tinued, “we have never found any
advantage to feeding or killing
them. There is a, wide enough
selection of weight and finish
within the Hereford breed to
make it impractical to go else
where. Also, the replacement
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heifers from crossbreeding will
almost certainly lack the uniform
ity we packers are looking for in
our cattle.”
One of the Hereford breeders
who works closely with Louis
Isola is Fred Dressier, Gardner
ville, Nevada. Dressier runs about
1,600 Hereford cows.
His commercial herd consisted
primarily of another bleed until
1910 when he started using Here
ford bulls. A purebred Hereford
herd was started in 1919 and to
day is noted for its production of
top quality serviceable range
bulls.
In keeping with Isola’s com
ments concerning care during
calfhood Dressier says, “we get
our best results when we take a
calf straight from his mother to
the feedlot. We feel that it pays
off in more uniform development
and higher grading carcasses.
“You must keep a calf coming
on its mother’s milk and pasture,
never letting it be without feed,
then when it goes into the feed
lots you won’t have the set-back
you will expect if you wean a calf
over a period of time and then
put him in the feedlot After be
ing kept on his mother’s milk the
calf must be placed on a good
feed and progress maintained.
The feed need not be a fast-fimsh
mg feed but it must have enough
nutrients in it to keep him in a
thrifty condition until he reaches
the weight you desire. Then you
can pour the feed to him and he’ll
fmish quickly and produce the
most desirable carcass ”
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“My theory,” Dressier continu
ed “is that an animal s entire
body make-up changes when it is
icquired to utilize a feed of poor
er quality than that to which it
has been accustomed. When the
animal then is given a high qual
ity finishing feed, it cannot be
used properly, and a good deal of
the food goes into outside fat in
stead ot penetrating the red meat.
The whole operation from birth
to slaughter hinges on one basic
rule; never lose progress and
never stop making progress re
gardless how- little.”
"Our thousand pound steers
have been dressing from 58 per
cent to 62 per cent when we fol
low this procedure. The calf
crops have been running about
90 per cent on our cow herd,
which is culled primarily on ,a
quality and production basis. Our
heifers are culled following their
first calf and we do it by simply
shipping those with the poorest
calves because we figure these to
"be poor milkers and in a opera
tion like this the milk tells the
story.”
“We pick ouF bulls” Dressier
continued, “that are probably a
little on the big side, however, we
like them deep bodied, good head
ed and equipped with a set of
strong legs ”
“We certainly could use some
better prices to continue to bal
ance our books and improve our
lanches and cattle, however, if
you are in this kind ot business it
gets into your blood and becomes
a way of life you can never leave.
Any true cattleman will tell you
that.”
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45,666 Cases of Eggs
Bought by USDA
The U S. Department of Agri
culture reported purchases of 45,-
666 cases of large-size shell eggs
last week to help stabilize produc
er prices. Purchases since buying
started now total 263,664 cases.
Price ranges per dozen for pur
chases the week beginning March
11 by geographical regions and
number of carlots (average of
about 550 cases) for each region
follow: Midwest 32.45 to 33.50
cents per dozen for 77 carlots,
and Southwest to 34.35
cents per dozen for 7 carlots. In
making awards, consideration was
given to area price variations in
relation to transportation costs to
outlets. In total, bids were receiv
ed from 28 bidders who offered
91,032 cases.
Approximately $457,000 of Sec
tion 32 funds will be expended for
this week’s purchases, with ex
penditures to date totaling $2,-
684,000.
Delivery of the eggs purchased
today will be during the week be
ginning March 25. They will be
distributed for school lunch use.
Lancaster Farming,
Tobacco Acres
Same This Year
As 1956 Crop
There will be no drop in the
number of acres planted to Type
41 cigar filler tobacco in Lancas
ter County this year, according
to a report from the U S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. The depart
ment’s estimates are based on
March 1 reports from growers.
Approximately 30,000. acres
were planted to tobacco last year
producing a bumper crop esti
mated at 51 million pounds. The
crop last year was upped by an
average acre production of 200
pounds over the normal 1,500. If
yields per acre are normal this
year, it will mean that some 45
million pounds will be produced.
Eaiher this year, many farm
ers had indicated an intention to
cut acreages due to difficulties in
selling the 1956 crop.
However, the market firmed
after the Lancaster County Tobac
co Cooperative offered to buy the
remaining leaf.
- It is felt by some buyers in the
county that declining cigar sales,
combined with reduced inven
tories and new production tech
niques will lower demand and
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prices again this year.
For other Pennsylvania crops,
the USD A reports that corn acie
age is clown four per cent from
last year to 1,249,000 acres; oats,
up three per cent to 829,000
acres, barley, down eight per cent
to 219,000 aci es, late summer and
tall potatoes, down two per c*|it
to 51,000 acres. *
Nationally, the wheat crop is
estimated at 800 million bushels
and the corn ciop at 2 9 billion
bushels This would be 197,207,-
000 bushels less wheat and 551,-
292,000 bushels less coin than was
produced last year.
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