Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1916 — LIVE STOCK. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LIVE STOCK.

SUCCESSFUL CATTLE FEEDING Reports received by the United States Department of Agriculture Indicate a significant change is taking place in the management of cattle In what is commonly known as the Panhandle of Texas. For years this har been one of the chief cattle raisin sections of the country. The ranch men have been steadily breeding up their herds by the use of pure bred bulls and they have so improved the quality of their cattle that stock from this section has been In considerable demand for feeders. In the past it has been customary to ship out the cattle to be fed In the middle western and the corn belt states, but the pa* sibilities of profit in feeding these cattle at home have now been demonstrated and ranchmen are no longer contenting themselves with the raising of cattle. They are feeding them for the market as well. With the development of dry land agriculture much of the Panhandle which was formerly open range has been taken up by small farmers. As -a nesult great quantities of feed are new being raised and many of the ranchmen themselves have taken up fanning operations on the ranches. This increase in the production of foodstuffs naturally lead to increased interest in the finishing of cattle for the market, and the high prices that fat cattle have brought In the last few years stimulated this new interest. ' The ranchman, however, were inexperienced in cattle feeding and, as a result, arrangements were made for an agent of the United States Department of Agriculture to cooperate with them in the solution of the various problems that arose. The first undertaking wad a feeding demonstration on a ranch near Amarillo to test out the value of feeding steers In the dry lot on home grown feeds and cottonseed meal instead of letting them run on the range and selling them directly off grass. Four carloads of steers were used in this test, being purchased at 5 1-2 cents a pound on an average, or S4B per head. At the end of the feeding period the steers which had run on grass with a small feed of cotton seed cake sold for 7 cents a pound and made a net profit per animal of 97 cents. The steers that had been, fed on cotton seed meal, kafir corn silage, and sorghum sold for 7 1-2 cents per pound and made a net profit of $7.39 per animal.

How to Avoid Trichinosis To avoid trichinosis no form of pork in the raw state including dried or smoked sausage and hams, should bp eaten. AH pork used as food should be cooked thoroughly. If this is done , the value or wholesomeness of the meat for food purposes is not impaired by the fact that the parasites were present in it According to specialists of the Department trichinae die when subjected to a temperature of about 140 degrees F. All products containing pork, which are prepared to be sold as cooked products in establishments operating under Federal meat inspection are required to be cooked sufficiently to ( Insure a temperature high enough to destroy trichinae throughout all por-' tlons of the meat. Likewise, in order to protect customers who are careless or ignorant of the danger of raw pork products of kinds prepared customarily to be eaten without cooking, such as certain kinds of hams, and summer ‘ sausage must be manufactured in accordance with methods which, it has 1 been determined, destroy the vitality ! of any trichinae which may be present in the pork. It has been found by investigations in the Bureau of Animal industry that if pork Is subjected to a temperature not higher than 6 degress F. for 20 days, the vitality of all trichinae is destroyed. This is one method of safeguarding pork products that are to be eaten without cooking. Other methods followed In establishments operating under Federal meat inspection consist in curing and drying the products according to certain rules which the manufacturers are required to follow. Although products that are specially prepared for eating uncooked and bear the mark of Federal inspection may be used with safety, the custom of ciHng raw pork is not to be encouraged. In any case it should be.remembered that fresh pork, or ordinary cured pork products are not safe as food unless properly cooked. It can not be determined with certainty by inspection whether pork Is free from trichinae, and the Federal meat inspection mark does not guarantee the fitness of pork for food if it is eaten raw. A practioal rule for cooking pork Is to cook it until It has lost its red color throughout all portions, or If a tr&oe of this color is still present, at least imiti the fluids of the meat have bosoms more or less Jellied.

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