The new enterprise., 1905-02-09
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emphasize the importance of raising
beef cattle.
When one passes over the State and .
sees thousands Of acres of lowlands
producing nothing, and tens Of thou.
sands Of acres Of hillsides washed and
cut into gullies, he is impressed with
hc thought that all these lands should
he utilized. How can it be done 80 as
10 render them profitable? CONNER.
cial fertilizers and cotton will never
do it, Crying aloud for Immigrants
will not make the barren places fruit.
ful and restore fertility to the hills
and impoverished uplands.
Mr.. w. Il. Walker, OF Union. S. c.,
is solving the problem in manner
that IS going TO be most satisfactory.
His farm is in lower Cherokee County.
and lies on PGcolet and Broad Rivers,
Il short distance above their junction.
It is about twenty miles from Il market
and the roads none of the best As
agent Of one of the large publishing
AlouSes. he has had the opportunity Of
studying conditions in several States.
He came to the conclusion that The
raising Of beef cattle would be the
most profitable business he could en-.
,acc in. He has land enough to pro.
ducc one hundred head Of beef cattle
each year. and a large acreage left
over for cotton. As the land is i'm.
proved. he may double the annual out
NIT Of cattle.
Mr.. Walker started out With Short.
horns. which he considers the very
best breed to cross with the common
or scrub COWS Of the country. but they
arc too heavy and wanting in agility.
They cannot get about over hilly and
rough land and get q good living from
short or scanty grass. They make
poor foraGeGs. He then bought herd
or Angus cattle from Texas. about
nirety-seyen per cent pure blood. and
some thoroughbred COWS and bulls
They went through the summer with.
ont any loss. He win bring all his herd
cN 10 the Angus type. They are small.
@" ,han The Shor,horn. more active and
can bear r)rGacr treatment and scanty
1aStrragc.
But cattle have to be fed all the
me, They should never he allowed
. g2, IN poor condition, Mr.. Walker
'oaJs this requirement with peayine
hay. sorghum and corn stoyer. II re.
guires hundreds of tons. Cottonseed
meal and hulls will be fed 10 those that
are prepared for market AS summer
naStW2ge, he has Johnson grass on
;.c river and yellow clover on the
nils, lie is putting out many acres
in Bermuda grass. He also plants
land near his pasture fence in sorghum
came so that when grass is short the
sorghum may he thrown over to the
cattle, lie plants it thick in the drill
and does not thin II.
Winter pasturage Is a serious prob.
lem, but he will try oats, rye. wheat
and vetch mixed. He will also sow
crimson clover. This pasturage is In
tended for COWS with young calves
sick cows and calves. Greatest care
has been used to prevent the COW tick
from getting start. By change Of
pastures, ticks may be perlshed out
DR., TAFT Butler, Of North Carolina,
thinks that ticks will Gle IN six mcaths
il they have nothing to feed on, Mr.
Walker thinks it best TO keep all cattle
out Of an infested pasture for one year.
ana then burn the dry grass in the
winter.
Keeping the pasture free from bushes
is quite q task. None Of the grasses
for summer pasture will flourish in the
shade. The cattle are herded IN lots
or in fields in summer and housed in
winter. The manure will thus enrich
the land very rapidly and save fertll-
l2er bills, Everything raised for sale
except cotton will be able to walk TO
market and thus save a great expense
Mr. Walkers plan will be watched q,
carefully. He has started out right,
because his only idea is TO raise beef
cattle, He is not working for dairy,
nne hogs, chickens, sheep, Angora
goats, pheasants or anything of the
sort He simply wishes to raise best
peer cattle and improve his land so
That 1t will produce four times rs much
ms heretofore.-Charles Petty. in Pro-
gresslve Farmer.