The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-05-20
x,rE LIVE STOCK INDUSTRY,

- Address Delivered by Mr.. II.
1larsis Of Pcndle6, at the Meeting
of TIN Farmers In Sumter.
1Gr Chairman. Ladies' and Gentle
mon:
u affords me the greatest Of pleas
ors 10 meet with the representative
sGArmsrs OF South Carolina. and espe-
.o1nzly OF Sumter county. have been
anagnsd 70 talk to you about the live
~~opek Industry In our state and Its
DesoA I md that the average farmer
q south Carolina needs education
GDDog ths line OF breeding. developing
- handling live stock more than In
~ other branch Of agriculture.
-A1e wish to say right here that
Ua6s cannot prosper II It does not
1870 i've stock one Of the leading
M1aeurss Of agriculture.
~ nrst question that arises in the
11n1s Of our South Carolina farmers
- whsshsr or not the South is adapt
- 70 the breeding and raising of live
o>oek. I hope that we viii be able to
Desvs 70 you that the fault is not
woeh ths conditions existing In South
<nso1ina. but that the fault lies with
- farmers themselves. II you were
r1e - me what county was the best
ooAttsd TO stock raising In this State,
would answer you-sumter county.
4Asn II you we're to ask what kind
- i've stock would be the most pro-
T10b>s to raise In South Carolina. I
~ssld answer you-dairy cattle.
Aossss. sheep. hogs and poultry. II
~you ask me whylI say Sumter county
oouD6 foster stock raising with such
= trsat pront. I would reply because
1Ases 10 no section that offers more
ootAral advantages for breeding and
- raising 'of i've stock. I cay this
1ecauss you can raise such q d.
vsrsity Of forage crops. Ten months
e0t Of ~. you can have some kind Of
ss1ling crop to feed your cattle. horses.
-unesp and hogs. will not attempt
- pams the kind Of soilins crops for
y - within itself would require too
Uueh time. However. I viii say that
- Bsrmuda grass win do Tor the,
oSueh vhds the blue grass has done
- kentucky. know Of one place
- particular. where one-quartsr Of an
ogso Of Bermuda grass furnishes ali
- gsasing that . l.20e-pound bull
- sat Tor seven monthoout Of the
yoaE and Il takes IN average Of one
o9s of Kentucky biua grass for
1oser. Right here In Sumter county.
- scr~ cf Bermuda grass viii fur
} - grading for three head. There II
49, country where feeds can be raised
eAeepsr than In South Carolina and
~4sss stSck e srser from disease.
1nAthy stock should be expected. for
'eAnS can have out-do6r sxerciss every
~ Of the year. which n very essen.
4 1)n1 - the health OF animals.
New - to the necessity for raising
~ stock In our Southland. How are,
- % reclaim our. worn out sou? Can
- DO II with commercial fertilisers?
- snfwsr is-No. We will have to
- q with live stock. I wish to make
- eomparison OF conditions along this
- - they exist in Iowa and In
Ssuth Carolina. In the state of Iowa
Sou win ma that this ratio exists: To
svsfy inhabitant there are one and
eos-haIf mich cows. and In south
Cnsoiina to every IL inhabitants there
= only one mich COW. In Iowa there
= one sheep TO every inhabitant; In
ossth Carolina there II one sheep to
sesFy "a Inhabitants. Continuing this
-oonparison. Statistics show: Iowa has
orss and one-half hogs to each in
1abftsnt; South Carolina has one hog
- each inhabitant; Iowa has one COW
- every six and one-half acres; South
! CArotina has one cow to every 81 i-2
acres; Iowa folded horses and mules
a 1909. isl.ss7: South Carolina fold
- horses and mules In 1900, 2,s2s;
Iowa value Of farm products per az
rscu'turai worker. 1886; South Carroll
na value Of farm products per agri-
esisnral worker. 3l7%; Iowa horses
ana mules to every two agricultural
WorkerS seven; South Carolina horses
andmuies to every two agricultural
workers. one; Iowa value OF dairy
Droducts per each agricuitursi work.
-. ste; South Carolina value of dairy
I, products per each agricultural work.
Or. -.