The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-08
STATE LIVE STOCK RAISERS
 HOLD TENTH ANNUAL MEETING

the size of the average farm horse win be brought to the point where the mares will be of sfficient size to do general farm work and bring the larger grade of mules.
 Dr. Cary expressed tie opinion the time will come when, instead of the farmers of this State buying mules. they will raise mules for other mar kets.
 The greatest menace to the sheep in dustry. he said was the mo fence laws" and the dog" As remedy. he suggested the passage Of good dog law by the Legislature. taxing all dogs S1. and using the tax money for the purpose of paying for damages to sheep and other cattle, and apropflat- Ing the surplus to the school fund. The conditions of mule-raising much the same as those of horses, As the mum Der diminishes and better grade is introduced, the price advances pr. Cary had tables prepared, showing by figures all the facts which be present. ed in his address.
 Discuss sheep Husbandry.
 At the night session the regular pro- gram was taken up. and several pa- pers were read and discussed by mem bers of the Association. Sheep Illus bandry in Alabama" was the subject a Florence The paper was discussed by Henry Clark of Wartrace. Tenn. Sev- eral speakers on the subject gave II as their opinion that of all branches of the live stock industry there IS none more profitable than that or sheen raising. The cost of raising the sheep is nominal: the market price TOT lambs and sheep is always good: ana the wool Is a source of revenue 10 pc considered as an item in favor Of the sheep culture
 J. O. Lambert of Rose Bud, Wilcox County. made an address on the sub ;e-s of Beef Cattle in Alabama. In which he said there are more beer cat tie shipped from his County than from any other in the State. The beef cat tie question was discussed by Prof. ID. T. Gray of Auburn. and by A. b. Moore
 Mir. Moore discussed at length the proposition confronting the cattle rals- ar at tbis time. the cattle tick He spoke of the deplorable conditions aris- ing in the South due to the infection of the tick. Because of the pest. he said Northern markets have estao- lished quarantines against Soutbsrn- raised cattle, and pay from one to enc and a half cents less per pound Tor beef from these cattle.
 Of the Government appropriations for the eradication of the cattle tick. and of the importance of the work being done at once, he said:
 ''The Government of the United States appropriated $S2,000 for the use of eradicating the cattle tick. and to- gether with small appropriations from a few Staes cleared something like 50, 900 square miles from this pestilence during last year.
 Asks state to Aid Fisht.
 One of the most important factors in the material development of our commonwealth is confronting US to- day. The tick must be got rid of We cannot do it however, without the proper funds and laws creating a sys- tematic line o: procedure. Your law makers at Washington feel dis osed to help in the work. we must ask them for 1t
 T do not see any adequate reason why the Legislaturs now in session this. It seems to be run mad on the subject of education, and rightly so. having set aside $300,L.1 for public schools. The only thing I am afraid of Is that they are welded to the wrong theory. In addition to $3O0,0 ,000 for public schools, they have set aside $67, ,00O, I believe, for school houses.
 
 have it, but I don't believe it will get 1t We have asked them for $50,O00 to promote the Agricultural Fairs in the State, another edu ational feature We should have an appropriation for this work we have in hand of eradicat- ing the tick, and where is there greater educational campaign than this?
 T believe in public schools. but do you know that the bulk, or a great part of this S3o0,000 will go into the black belt of Alabama, where but very few white children will receive any benefit. The white people of the South for forty years have been educating the negro, thereby giving him a stick to crack our heads. and what has it amounted to? It is time to divert our energies along other channels. We can raise other kinds of cattle which will prove more profitable.
 Instead of having the markets and the restaurants advertising western beef today, have at the head of the list Alabama beef"