The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-08
FARMER ANDPLANTER.
THE SOUTH FOR LIVE STOCK.
The south Peculiarly Adapted FOE
the Raising of All KINGS
Of Live stock.

r,uIate wealth is along the line that 9
promises the greatest returns Tor the
least labor, and his success is meas
ured largely, aside from his individual
effort. by the favorable or uniavorapie
conditions that surround him.
If climate, soil, the natural growth
of grasses and forage crops OF All
kinds are essential in growing econ
nomically and successfully, all classes
of live stock, the south is az pecmnaxiy
adapted for this purpose as 1t Is ior
growing cotton and sugar cane. ina'
it is the natural home of all the I'M
proved breeds of our domestic animals
was evidenced In the fact that the
earliest importations into this country
of the improved breeds Of our domesuc
animals we're made by farmers In the
south. They imported in old sailing
vessels that required weeks and some
times months to make the trip from
Europe into our southern ports. NOT
withstanding the losses were enormous,
vet the increased value OF THIS Dioou
on the native stock made IT mos'
profitable business.
The first thoroughbred horses were
,n,ported nv the south; the first herd
> of beef cattle. Shorthorns, were oougnt
: and owned by southern farmers; the
; first improved breeds OF swine, inc
q berkshire and the old Essex TiDe.
Q were introduced into this country py
( southern farmers. Perhaps New YORK
{ can claim the distinction OF impo'ins
g the first improved breeds Of sheep, ou'
t. 1, was only few years later tna'
Is the hest Merino blood in Spain was
y bought and imported into the south
IS and from this blood came the neecs
!" that in 1880 at the great Worio
le fair in London won over the locks o.
re- the world the grand medal as I'M
I'd finest grade OF wool From the ioin
as of these imported animals anu tnei
To descendants in the south was iala tn
foundation Of the magnificent struc
Of ture the great live stock interest 2
a. the west and southwest, as 1t stand
lie TODAY. and vet the south, that poruol
In If II east of the Mississippi, is poore
at TODAY liz eny of these improve
80 breeds. in proportion to population
,ef than any section of the United state
D. Why is this?
To- Previous to the civil war the sou'
RI was purely an agricultural secuo
ks making q specially of such crops
las were most profitable in certain ioca'
as ties. such as cotton, sugar, rice, en-
civ hat even where these crops were q
led principal staples. the live stock, tnou'
iva grown only to limited extent, we
,ns all strongly infused with the go
II blood that predominated In other
nm calities. When the war closed I
INST south was a financial wreck, stripp
of all visible wealth except ner c
mate. her soil and people wne
courage no disaster or misfortu
ok conld subdue. Slowly but surely tn
NIX began to rebuild their shattered i
- tunes
ndI past experience had shown the
markable adaptability of the south
growing all improved breeds OF
stock and very naturally as fast
they we're able to do SO, investme
we're made in thoroughbred cat
-.e sheep. hogs and horses. and again
'neA south became the breeding ground
p the nursery from which other less
pind vorad sections of the country d
tory voreu s - ,horougbbred blt
e'e' PM the south was rapidly chane
from a purely agricultural section
!ust- one If manufactures. The limit
ices, wealth of our coal and iron ore la
oA our hardwood forests ana our y
may uhate beds were discovered, manu-
'nion turers sprung up as II Dy III
y TO throughout the land. fortunes
ana made IN a few years that had requ
d OK : lifetime to accumulate previou
apot- the war. 1t was a temptation
ation could resist-money that had ne
'iues. fore been invested in thorough
JONAH stock was turned in mining or m
featuring stocks, the grass 500
10 un. turned over by the pick ana snow
nizeo make room for the foundation
[ionai mandatory building, and the
ester breeders of fine stock saw the sn
coa.s and fat sides Of the last OF
lerci ,ai tborouehbreds pass from them 10
miner through the sale ring. money
Witn brought to be invested into more
to ali a,dous enterprises that promised
o::s,bis er returns.
permit It is not the purpose OF TINS q
to pro; 10 follow the fortunes OF those
Nv made this change. A few mao
walker tunes. many made failures. bu
IN his detriment to the live stock inter
! day the south was incalculable. 7
wash reaction is at hand. The tidal
tustly that once carried the thoroue
oyern- stock of the south on its crest Is
hanged ing in again, year by year the q.
,e Gov for better stock is increasing.
very unately the section that once 81
ton to the west and southwestern &c
md the ton stock is now barren and, WI
3 over. few exceptions, the farmer mus
Al con- abroad for good blood
In this connection it is safe
that history will repeat itself, a
farmers of the middle and sou
lndlady ern states who first put themse
J IT." posit;on to supply the inevita
8. r. maud for good stock, that Is
70 come as the laws of supply
- maud exist, will be the one to r
- .reatest ewards.-Southern a