The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-24

| Gruxing Cattle.
 | .,On our place in Hale County" cons | tinued Mir. Murphy, we follow. diff
 terent plan in grazing .S, 1Sr tat eattis than n this section. The practice here of | keeping cattle continuously in one pas ture is an error. The best results are
 secured by changing pastures. by mov- l ing the cattle rom one pasture to an- other. We have divided the Hale County place into eleven different pas-
 and the cattle are moved from one to
 had the exparience of night spent
 Tn inc wv .warmest s day of the hot spell,
 made the ten miles trip with To1A Mur- | phy the younger, wno is displaying
 great zeal and energy in making the
 We made the journey in q four-wheeled blackboard, Western institution, whose advantages for rough work MT. Murphy | knew, and because of which he had the blackboard imported from Texas. The motive power was pair of gray | Texas ponies, loosely hitched up. They | were remarkable travellers. They struck a trot In the business portion | of Greensboro, and the trot, notwith- l standing the heat of the evening, was {, not broken until we pulled up in front of the ranch house, ten miles away. The journey both going and returning was made in less than an hour over roads that were rather rough.
 I AL the IaHcn we met IHt tiucESs tHtp lwould be called cowboys out West. Gervin, Duggar and Miller, all mount ed on Texas ponies, with Dig saddles, quirts and lassoes. The two of us from | Greensboro saddled mustangs and gall ! loped over the ranch for look at the pastures and. the big herd.
 The 2,000 acres embrace what was really three old plantations. the. Hill. The land came into MT. Murphy,s pos | session three years ago. Last Febru. ary two years ago he broke up the old cotton fields and sowed them in mel. ! lilotus. Johnson grass, hairy vetch and The Luxurlsnt Grass.
 The way grass thrives on this place | is, to say the least, remarkable. Tn one \ of the pastures we visited the melli- l lotus and the Johnson grass were so high that the fat and handsome Here lords grazing in it were all but hid. The herd was in magnificent condi- l tion.
 We have, in all. including calves,
 of them are registered Herefords and | Short Horns of the purest breed. And we have some Poll Angus. but we be- lieve that the best beef cattle are the Herefords, with the Short Horns next. The Herefords use better, they stand | the hardships better and they are bet | ter shippers than cows of other breeds. l All of our cattle of course is not of pure blood. We bought number of scrub cattle and many of our herd are | of graded stock.
 We have had no trouble whatever with Texas fever, for our registered cattle were shipped from below the in- Election line They came in from the lneighborhood of Corpus Christi, Texas,
 and were not therefore subject to Texas fever. Of the 500 we had shipped in, notwithstanding severe winter, 1 am
 satisfied we did not lose ? per cent. Most of our cattle will be sold in | the Northern markets. The Northern
 markets afford a larger demand and a | better price than the Southern mar kets. Some of them. the pure blood l The, graded stock will be Sold for beel l cattle. We figure that q graded year. ling from our place here here can be put on the market weighing l,2Ou 1 pounds and sold at cents a pound on | the hoof. We shipped last winter q large number of graded cattle to the
 New Orleans market. We will nexi
 JSan1rary Jan rL 7. make our I first big shipment tc In our rounds we made a call upon
 the s aristoeratie and dignified head oI
 magnificent Hereford bull is champion
 of the South. Before Mir. Murphy bought him he won the sweepstakes
 prizes for all classes at Fort Worth
 where he was exhibited.
 Bovine Arist0crat.
 koyai Choice. as a long yearline
 bought by MT. Murphy From the tor
 of It's withers to the ground is only
 four feet, two inches. but he Is seven
 measurement of seven feet, one inch. From his breast to the ground is only
 seven inches, In spite of his long am cestry and his many claims to distinc-
 tion Royal Choice. is quite amiable. The question of Il sufficient water
 supply sometimes a serious one in the
 prairies Is by no means serious on the
 ranch. Mr. Murphy has eight bored witnstanding that he has a supply of
 water adequate for all the needs if his | HOO herd of cattle he is having three | additional wells bored.
 | On the Greene County place which | Is fifteen miles away there are only 200 head of cattle at present but dur
 ing the winter, the big herd from The Ranch" will be driven down there for
 winter pasturage in the cane. Tnis place was formerly the fine hunting
 preserve of the Eutaw Gun Club and 1t l still abounds in deer and other game. 1000 acres fronting for nearly fifteen
 miles on. the Warrior River and all of
 On SThe Ranch" MT. Murphy now
 cattle have been kept. This is in mel
 lilotus and Johnson grass. for. win
 ter feed; For pea vine hay during
 the winter he has planted 200 acres
 in the great possibilities of Alfalfa and it is his purpose to put in 200 acres
 of that promising forage. The
 Ranch" boasts a fine drove of Berk- poultry but these are side issues to
 the main business of the big institu-
 tion.
 the manager Of The Ranch" viii put | in 500 Angora goats and raise mutton
 for Northern and Southern markets.