Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30


1 would not trust rye in this climate 10 re-
seed itself. Rescue grass and burr cioy-
xr, both better grazing than rye, will DO
this successfully and. they. toe, are win
ter and early spring growing plants l
do not think rye has ever been tested
alone as to its feeding capacity as graz
ing plant /. e., as to how many cattle say
ten acres would carry. 1 have usually
sown about ten acres, and ten to twenty
cows have kept it eaten close to the
ground. To Craze upon, 1 would SOW not
less than one bushel per acre. .-s
l never like a plant, or an animal, for
that matter, unsuited to our climate. Rye
is a plant that takes climate as cold as
Canada or northern Europe. There It
viii bear heavy heads. Of grain, which 1t
never does IN middle Georgia. think
of all the grains. turf oats the best for
winter grazing. ...4 s-..--
Beef cattle! Which are best2 doubt
If there is any appreeiable difference be-
tween the best real beef cattle I mean
between Short Horns, which are also
called Durhams, Herefords and Pollsd
Angus. tf- -a-'- .a r-s- ,..s
have Short Horns. Some of my neigh
bors have HerefOrds. II you buy a
registered bull he viii cost from 80 to
500, as a calf. Unregistered heifers, IS
to SIS as calves in Tennessee. Unregis-
tered bulls same price as heifer calves.
If man Is geing TO stay in the business.
he ought to have a registered bull. 30
there will be no divided ancestry to breed
back to. There Is a saying well known
among breeders Hthat like begets like, or
the likeness of some ancestor" - e
1 do not like the motto. for many pso-
pie stop at the Interpretation OF the hrst
part, thinking like viii beget like surely.
This is far from the truth In the aver
age when applied to calves OF a bull OF
mixed ancestry. The short time under
which our so-called pure bred cattle have
been modified by man has not Jet fixed
the desirable characteristics Of any Of
tho improved breeds. When a fine indi-
vidual Is bred and raised OF mixed an
Gentry, his produce probably will breed
up to and no higher than a level Of his
near, ancestors. If the individual be
above that average, his produce will most
likely fall below 1t in desirable qualities.
The registration is a guaranty OF breed
ing, and an undivided ancestry Is what
the breeder should demand IN a sire.
II YOU want to buy Short Horns, write
]. H Pickrell, secretary. American Short
Horn Breeders association, Springfield,
Ill, and ask for breeder names nearest
to you. .-t
Regarding fences. Do not use barbed
wire with valuable live stock. A live
stock breeder will have accidents and
losses in plenty without himself inviting
them by setting a death trap for horses,
ant a teat and udder destruction trap
for COWS, Woven wire is used In Europe
largely and is satisfactory. The price in
America Is so high one cannot AFFORD
to buy II. Therefore 1 use plain wire,
about the size OF telegraph lines, I have
tried ribbon wire, two strands twisted to-
gether Of round wire, etc, etc, but plain
single strand galvanized wire Is most
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strands, commencing twenty inches from
the ground, next strand thirty inches.
next thirty-six inches, next forty-fonr
inches from the ground. find this d.
vision most efflcacious for all animals ex-
cept sheep and goats. 7--
1 do not know how your county stands
as to cattle fever. II like mine, about
half infected with fever and half not I'M
fected, the risk is worse than II all
fields and farms were full OF fever ticks.
Fully infected land would cause ell home
raised animals to be immunes. $50 ss.-
If I raise some calves on one Of my
farms and change to another / am sure
to lose part of them with fever. Hence.
1 practice giving in mild form the fever
TO my imported Short Horns, also TO all
home raised animals that have not been
exposed to the fever carrying ticks.
II you buy beef cattle you should have
them inoculated with fever germs before
next summer The Missouri experiment
station can do this, and they have per-
formed the operation for the benefit Of
breeders. Likely II You write TO them
they might put you in correspondence
with some Missouri breeders OF whom
you could buy and have the station vet
Urinary surgeon inoculats the cattle be-
fore shipment. .fs fe sa.-
1 believe 1 have covered all the points
inquired about If not clear to you write
again. must omit answering positively
whether there will be a profit in the bus
mess, for 1 can not see into the future.
/ feel confident that beef cattle must
rule high In price for some years to come.
as the statistics show a shortage in this
country. Therefore the time is propitious
for starting to raise them. Changes in
farming should follow the old maxim of
make haste slowly" but let me add be
sure 70 make haste in the right direction.
In other words, raise the old paying crops
in the old way and slowly add on the new
ventures.
II this live stock venture be entered
into In this spirit, allowed to develop
along lines OF least resistance, supported
and accompanied by the old system OF
farming as practiced in your neighbor-
hood, ] believe 1T VIII finally prove eco
nomically profitable. -