The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-23
Pure Bred stock in the South.


The change which has come over the
system of farming in the South within
the past twenty years is a great one,
says the Southern Planter. At that
time, and even up to ten years ago, so
few planters or farmers kept any live
stock other than the mules and horses
necessary to work the plantation or
farm and the hogs necessary to find
meat for the hands, that it was practi-
cally then of no use for breeders OF
pure bred live stock to advertise their
animals in the Southern Agricultural
Press. There was no sale whatever for
the animals beyond, it might be- few
Jersey COWS to supply milk and butter
for family use. OF southern breeders of
pure bred stock there were practically
none. Here and there, scattered over
the wide extent of the Southern States,
might be found man who loved to see
and have around him pure bred ami
mails, but these breeders INDUCED them
selves in a luxury which resulted in no
profit for the pocket. Nearly twenty
years ago, we took charge of the editor
ial columns of this journal, and at once
set afoot crusade in the interest of
pure bred live stock of all kinds At
that time, we did not carry in our adj
sional advertisement from a breeder of
Jerseys and Berkshire hogs, and when
we asked for renewal of the order we
were almost invariably met with the
reply that it did not pay to advertise
pure bred stock in the South Gentle
men whose advertisements appear now
in every issue of The Planter, and who
renew their orders without solicitation
by the year, would then at most give US
only an inch advertisement for one or
two insertions in the course of
the year. The result of our
advocacy of the value of pure bred
live stock as factor in the farm econ
omy of the South, and OF our constant
ly keeping this subject before our read
ers, is to be seen in every section, and
especially is it to be seen in the char
acter of the stock of all kinds which
reaches our markets.
Farmers now realize that at the least
it is essential for them to keep pure
bred male animals in order that they
may grade up their stock and keep
pace with the requirements of the
markets, and many of them have gone
into the business of breeding animals
of all kinds of pure blood satisfied
that whether for sale or home use
there is more profit TO be realized from
these than from scrubs" of any kind
OuT Columns now carry pages or live
stock advertising the year round, and
rarely day passes but that we receive
letters from breeders giving informa-
ton as to good sales made This is
wonderful change to have come
about In few years. and is one which
means dollars 20 Southern farmers
and the permanent enhancement OF
the value OF their farms by the inn
provement IN the fertility OF the land,
which the keeping OF the stock natur-
ally brings about And yet IN the
face Of all this we have complaints
from one or two advertisers Of stock
that they cannot obtain for their ami
mails the high prices which are common
out West, and hence are disappointed
To these men we would say, have pa-
uence We have largely created a
demand for good stock where none ~
isisd few years ago, IN = few years
more the realization ~ the bsnsft fo
be derived from keeping pure bred
stock will BE- 30 apparent ~ every faf.
mer that fhs dsmand wfil insure prices