The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-29
C. A. CARTS ADDRESS
 TO LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION
Gentlemen of the Alabama Live Stock

Gentlemen of the Alabama Live Stock Association:
 It is with pleasure that I call toge'.h- CT this, the ninth annual meeting of the Alabama Live Stock Association.
 Within the past twelve months Ala bama farmers have met another cotton crisis. Over-production is said to be the direct cause of the low price of cot- ton. We sincerely wish success to tn @ new movement whose primary objects are to raise the price of cotton and to reduce the quantity of cotton produce'l the ensuing year. But Test we for. get" permit us to repeat. No single crop system of farming will bring suc- cess year after year. Continuous one crop farming is financially unsafe and extra hazardous More especially Is this true when the one-crop continues to decrease soil fertility. The true and reasonable remedy, for the over-pro- duction of any single crop product, is diversified farming. And that kind of farming cannot be conducted in it's most profitable and successful manner, with out the live stock industry becomes one of the prime factors. Legumes, small grains, corn, cotton, the grasses, fruits and vegetables grow best when fed and nurtured by live stock fertilizers.
 Let us now review some of the events of the past year, which relate to live stock husbandry in Alabama; and also note some of the conditions that con- front the live stock farmers of the State.
 We have always asserted that Ala bama could produce all the mules and horses required to make the cotton, the corn. the forage crops, and all other diversified crops, grown in this State. Quite a number of German coach stall lions have been sold recently to live stock companies, and. without excep- tfon, they have met with great favor among our farmers and horsemen.
 As far as I can learn. the live stock companies have achieved financial suc- cess. proving that live stock companies, formed by farmers. can be profitably conducted in Alabama. We hope to see our farmers form local companies for buying the best dairy and beef bulls, the best stallions, the best jacks, the best hogs and the best sheep. In that way, the best sires can be brought within reach of the small farmer. who should always remember that such sires, though expensive, are always the most profitable.
 Mortality of Cattle.
 The year 1904 was marked by exten- sive losses among all kinds of cattle in Alabama, This great cattle mortal ity was due to the prevalence of tick fever. The dry spring, summer and fall were very. favorable to the repro duction, multiplication and growth of cattle ticks. Moreover, the ticks, dur ing hot and dry weather. appear to car ry or to transmit the most vfrulent type of the tick fever parasites. The records show that more native-bred cattle died in Alabama during 1904 of tick fever than during any other of the past thir- teen years. In fact. more cattle died of tick fever than from all other cattle diseases
 Last year I inoculated PAT head of bred cattle to produce im- of 8 1-2 per cent, of them died of inoculation fever; and twenty one or 1-2 per cent, died of tick fe- yer during the spring, summer and fall. In one herd of 106 cattle (ages varying from calves to 16 year-old cows) six teen died of inoculation fever and only two died the following spring and sum- mer.
 In another herd of sixtyseven. five died of inoculation fever and seventeen were reported to have died with tick fever during the spring. summer and fall. Quite a number of this herd were too old for tmmunizing with safety. @. ss@s sg,s
 In still another herd of forty-seven in number Gall young cattle under one year old) not one died and all were - exposed to tick infestation during the warm and dry seasons of the year. The results point to the fact that 1t Is much more safe to immunize. by inoc- ulation or otherwise, cattle that are