Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07
Stock Raising South
D Planters No Longer DEPEND Sole
~ Upon Cotton and
Tobacco.
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All of that great region of country
.ying south of the Potomac and east of
the Mississippi rivers is most admirably
adapted to stock raising, says the Ten
nessee Farmer. This section comprises
the great states of Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee and
Kentucky. This is domain imperial
in extent, inexhaustible in material
riches and as fertile in soil as it is
genial in climate. Under proper condi-
tions this section ought to be, what ma
ture intended it should be, the richest
and most prosperous section of the
United States, and if the movement
now in progress is carefully followed to
its logical conclusion the statement
made above will cease to be glitter
ing generality" and become tangible
and practical reality. Generally speak
ing, the southern farmer has heretofore
devoted himself largely to the raising
of cotton and tobacco, and while these
staple products generally find a ready
market, they do not unfortunately for
the farmer planter, command such
prices as are remunerative to the pro-
Queer. Both of these crops are more or
less exhaustive of the soil, and this is
more particularly true when there is no
rotation of crops.
This has been proved over and over
again by the wheat farmers of the west
who have found wheat growing profit
less industry and have been compelled
to change their system Of farming, and
it will be found true in every section.
The south has tens of millions of acres
of land especially adapted to stock rails
ing. The land is well supplied with wa
ter. an indispensable adjunct to stock
raising The soil is productive, and all
kinds of nutritious grasses grow luxu-
riantly, while the short or in many sec
tions the absence of anything like win
ter makes an ideal climate and condi-
tions for the well being Of all kinds of
stock every month in the year. Besides,
stock raising does not impoverish the
land, but on the contrary enriches the
soil and puts it in such condition that
better crops can be grown, whenever it
may seem desirable to crop the soil for
merly used as a stock range.
1t does not require very much capital
to engage in stock raising in small
way If every farmer would begin by
adding COW, sheep and hog each
year to his stock, he would find in a
very few years marvellous growth of
his available assets, which had been ac-
quired with little labor and at small
outlay to himself
Again, one may just as well raise
good stock as poor. 1t costs no more
time or money, and it pays to have the
best, and so all successful stock raisers
will be satisfied with nothing else.
Diversified farming calls for higher
order Of intelligence, and so it follows
that it is not only more profitable as a
business venture but a very active
agent of higher order of civilization.
This means better living with all that
the word implies and this is desired by
progressive people everywhere.
This subject is already commanding
great deal of attention in the south,
and good results are being shown in
many localities. But there are room and
opportunity for great deal more to be
done in this direction, and now is the
time to do it.