The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-07-15
LIVE STOCK.
grocK RAISING IN THE SOUTH.

BlrBU THlblUV, ODHlb VI tItII obblDIlhIh
ments nre large, including one ia three
Thousand cattle, and more sheep. The
habits Of these men are almost nOmadlc
Of consequence they live without com
forts, aud their children grow mp with
little education. But in HeOrPia, and
probably elsewhere under similar cir,
c%umstanccB, they have made money,
receiving only gold, which Ia pnt in a
stocking or in n trunk, and is really Of
no more nse 10 tho owner than no much
gravel. IL is by no means proposed 10
get this mode Of agricultural life as an
example 10 the southern people, simply
because IL il attended with pecnniary
profit. The instance in cited 10 chow
that under all the disadvantages OF the
case, the only class which has devoted
itself TO stock raising has made money.
Every planter has more or loss live
stock. Formerly n serious attention
was given 10 hog raising. IL was the
ambition Of the planter to provide hia
own bacon, but rarely any for sale. lie
had n few sheep, and, under favorable
circumstances n considerable gang OF
cattle. But the sheep he rarely saw
unless they we're brought mp 10 be
shifted, or the remnant Of the flock ran
home for protection against nm incnrsion
Of the dogs. Tho sheep were sufficient
IN number TO mako him lose his temper
when the dogs killed them, but not snf-
fcient either in yield Of mutton or wool,
10 countorbalnnce the annoyance.
I.III. mas. tu.n,I ,n,I IN tI,n uY,rinn
generality very poor. gaining flesh slow
", az the season advanced, Baleable mt
low prices, M grass beef in the fall. If
not sold the hope war to carry them
through the winter, without shelter,
their only feed being straw and Bhucks,
the supply OF both being limited. No
one can say that this is nm exaggerated
picture OF tho average cattle md sheep
rnising in the cotton states. There are,
OF course, exceptions. But how many OF
the planters who read these limos adopt
n better system with regard to their
sheep and cattle than tho one dopcribed?
Can this bo chilled stock raising?
n n land.holder should put his cotton
or corn in tho ground, lot them alone to
find their own food, plant roots being
ohIo tn trov, and find tbeir own yict.
uola nlonta having ouomics os we'll md
thon in thn autumn return 10 nick the
one and gather the other, wonld he be
called n planter? Just ma we'll as the
mnn ahould be called n stock raiser who
loovoa hia atock IN diff for tbem,olves
Undor ihia trontmont ~ cron wa miobi
Iii a." uuot to.m,;na u.aa saiIurao a,
w",, n"y "'h' ,l'Hl"h o." g 49,, ~
wen IN n'o"n.i"'"'"t. ''1on,i'n,"s "
u p's'Iehh Nv" hn"' 10 'o''o"oo u" y
bnslpoHs' MOI a eoie ana separate p"H'
hohH, nut az inno' NO Nv VI" c,'toh, oorh'
ana wheat, cto., on II plhhtatloh, r'4uir
ing care ~ regularly though NOT OF nc
long daily continuance ~ the crops
throwing "tooh must DO ATTENDED, 70; hf
wen az growing Pl"h'H' anu "'lo
grown both mnst DC prepared 'or mar
hot' II wo exPeo. 70 norlyo II Pron. ron
.hohi. oorn ~ ,"o nnnon' pt no.''n ~
'h' 5000, wo.'' po"' i''.o nAoiJ t.
hn," '' 'aI
oh'''u or nnoop' NV" P,"I"u"nh
our s'o'n ,".h" v. Iio "an,',, ny
ioSo ~ 'io W''.o' VIM 'n,, n"'o 9'n
III 'no h",n,n", auu ""', w.
II ,ol','p"' w., 'l".''b Wy o''1 W.T..
hn'nrhl ,io VI quo Poot "n'nnn'' "" 1a
no IN ~ "' ","o ~ w uN, ~
Snnno' NO Ho,u' ,or lionii uio"' nui"B,
"nan nv Wot ot ~" pu1
nhn,ne.; 70 10 vDo y .,tont;on
""m" Nv Tn'a 80 ,asa"Ia Nv 81,
n.n o"ua."h ,ro 49, IN aomao,nonoa
W. ths;r n"uartv in ,ha w;ntor ;aa NM
ter;nl conac of The failure IN make live
stocL ~r"mnnerat;ve otthe south' Tber,
ia nothinc in the soil climate, ,nroducts
and az certain sensona M tbe veor
mnrkets nj tbe south to rendor liv,
atocL unavoidable Tbo Jioicnltv ia i,
their troatment Inv ma md onr Invin,
them nortiollv rosdv for market NJ IN,
yyrong time
Evorv vinter oor fonda olmost with
ont nnnber Of cnitle abeen' md hogs
nre brought Inv raiI from Krntncky nn,
Tepresaoe. These animnla nro fed mo-
lind often reacbino two bnndred dollar
mar ncro n ia tyne that animals ro
nuirin0 corn 10 fatten them can b,
raised cheaper at the west tban at the
soutb. mt il ia oIso trno that
animals which do not r~eouiro corn TO
fotten Them. ma cattle and shecn can be
raised with increased economy and
profit IA wo 90 soutbward.
Every really thrifty farmer will raise
hin own colta' substitutpo oats for corn,
while pork cannot be raised for sale at
the south, IL can DO raised in sufficient
quantity for homo consumption,
Wherever clover will grow. il reauires
with the aid of peas. hit little corr e
fatton hogs. On this farm there ,
,eyen Berksbire sboats. weighing anon
one hundred pounds ench, all of them
fat enough for the knife, that bavo had
no other food than that which th,v gol
in a clover lot of three nnarters Of mr.
acre, since tho middle of April. and will
receive no other food until October
when tho pea field is omen. There IL
scarcely n farm in the sontb where tbe
oni, hos n ,loy a.. :. -.