The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-05-06
s1uTl MUST RAISE STOCK.
ANOMALOUS CONDITION OF
GREAT AGRICULTURAL RE-
Gsovcrunseat Agent Has been Stm;ly-
Ing tho situation In This state and
Gives Interesting Views.

0aveo IneerestauG Views.
Warrington. April 2s.-with TIE
wcndsrfSi development of ofNasricultrre
ehroughout the South which Is now In
progrsss the question Of getting the
animals needed for working the farms
and hauling the produce either to
market or to The shipping points, Is
81 almost a. much importance as the
labor problem. In fact they run hand
In hand. and one without the other
= Of no use. The South now has all
4 ehe animals needed but from the fol-
oowing extract from a report OF the
department OF agriculture II will be
essn that We are paying high prices
4 Or aalmals and Also feed for then,.
both of which we could raise In
tAs npush and set . higher grade of
\ both- r
ia certainly seems anomalous to
looneempl~te vast section of our
oountry spending millions annually
6or horses and mules. for beef and
Dorh. ara for commercial fertilizers.
and siding hundrcds> OF millions of
collars worth OF fertility as cotton
seed meal and cake. when we realize
enat ths condition OF soil and climate
1snsrany, throughout the South are
>res,'sss for animal production. This
oondifien h ssill more surprising when
~ krow that. properly fed. cotton
essd meal is probably the most VAL
oAUls protein bearing feed the country
preduces. and that LIS fertillzing value
s4ter having sone through an animals
10Y u almost a. great a. Its feed
value. It u also more than passing
stFsnss that southern former will
ny hay shipped from the West at
9rom eis 20 sss per ton when his own
)au1 wili oftsn Yield more hay per
ors than the land where the western
- rns producsd and OF as sood
nnGnnUs" y.
Aecording 10 ngures OF the bureau
~ soataseSos Of the department OF as-
r,soItueA thsrs were ss.oas horses in
onpeh csrelias on January 4. 1907.
'1he1s herpes hsa . total valuation of
e1e.ssIist. N svgase OF siss q
'hsaA- o. NE @A1ns dete there we're
s$1sAees Rssss N ~ state with q
'teeal tArn vaAss - sss.ssslal and
an assrass az Siss head. S 4,
>u~oree r. Rommsl. Of the bureau
90 sntnai 'isdus<sy, has studssd the
e1tna1iea u South Carolina, and by
~ eslss1ktsdas ths avsrass Mse OF a
hesss n ssuth caroiina nom the time
he = mature may ~ estimated at
sieht ysass and that OF mule at ten
ysarx TIE stock Of horses and mules
nu5t. shsrssorc. b replaced once In
sasht o. ten pears. respectively. or. to
uprsss Il diKsrsntiy. 10000 horses
and fs.Sss mules must be raised or
bseuGht ineo the state annually
- There are three reasons Why south
Caroiina farmers should raise their
ewn horsss and muies." says Mr..
lnommsr tue nrst 10 TO keep within
ehs ssats M great sum which IL paid
annuaiiy seS stock shipped In from
~ Nosth and West It is estimated
enel proeebsy about two thousand Of
ths hersss and one thousand of tn.
mu1ss ustd annually are raised In the
S>nAs. nstsmating the cost of the
horses delivered to the South Carroll
M farmer at 'sies each and of mules
~ S17s each. the amount Of money
-sne crsSst ths state annually Is ST.
eoe,ose for horses and Si.s2s.0O0 for
mulss-ss. s0e.ooe In round num berr.
which Mould be- retained In the STATE
% good advantage. s.H
Tho second reason In that by pr,-
ducing its own horses and mules the
0outh has its stock already adapted to
m ne. NO time Ia lost In getting an
animal to, do his best under Southern
eond1tions. furthermore. they would
~ produced st cost. without having
90 include In the expense bill profit
20 any other producer or middleman.
Not only thst. but after horse or
pnuls II two years old he wili earn his
wAy. and moderate amount Of
WORK h good for him. In this way
ths tnimrs has been raised to 'nve
yeaS % ase at Q minimum cost"
Mr Rommei also points out In de-
en- the great Importance Of knowing
an about the breeding OF an animal
''The third reason why the South
Carolina farmers should breed horses
and r.uies Is that the state has cx-
cellSut uoasibiIitles for stock raistry