The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-27
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emphasize the importance OF ralslnS
! 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 hlllsides washed and
cut into gullies, he is impressed with
| the thought that all these lands should
be utilized. How can it be done so as
to render them profitable? CONNER
cial fertilizers and cotton will never
do it, Crying aloud for immigrants
will not make the barren places fruit
full and restore fertility " the hills
and impoverished uplands.
Mr.. W. r. Walker, Of Union, S. c..
is solving the problem in a manner
that is going to be most satisfactory.
| His farm is in lower Cherokee County,
and lies on Pacolet and Broad Rivers,
a short distance above their junction.
1t is about twenty miles from a market
and the roads none of the best. AS
agent of one of the large publishing
houses, 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-
, sage in. He has land enough to pro-
duce 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
put of cattle.
Mr. Walker started out with Short
horns, which he considers the very
best breed to cross with the common
o. scrub cows of the country, but they
are too heavy and wanting in agility.
They cannot get about over hilly and
rough land and get good living from
short or scanty grass. They make
poor foragers. He then bought herd
of Angus cattle from Texas, about
ninety-seven per cent pure blood, and
some thoroughbred cows and bulls.
They went through the summer with
out any loss. He will bring all his herd
up to the Angus type. They are small
err than the Shorthorn more active and
can bear rougher treatment and scanty
pasturage.
But cattle have to be fed all the
line. They should never be allowed
10 get in poor condition. Mr.. Walker
meets this requirement with peavine
hay. sorghum and corn slower. 1t re-
quires hundreds of tons. Cottonseed
meal and hulls will be fed to those that
are prepared for market. AS summer
pasturage, he has Johnson grass on
the river and yellow clover on the
hills. He is putting out many acres
in Bermuda grass. He also plants
land near his pasture fence in sorghum
cane so that when grass is short the
sorghum may be thrown over to the
cattle. He plants it thick in the drill
and does not thin il.
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 a start BY change of
pastures. ticks may be persisted out.
DR.. TAFT Butler, of North Carolina,
thinks that ticks will Gle in six months
if they have nothing to feed on. Mr..
Walker thinks it best to keep all cattle
out of an infested pasture for one year,
and then burn the dry grass in the
winter.
Keeping the pasture free from bushes
is quite a 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 fertil-
izer 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
carefully. He has started out right,
because his only idea is to raise beef
cattle. He is not working for dairy,
fine hogs, chickens, sheep, Angora
goats, pheasants or anything of the
sort. He simply wishes to raise best
beef cattle and improve his land so
that it will produce four times MS much |
as eretofore.-Charles Petty. in Pro- |
gressive Farmer