The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-22

fever may be sradicated.
 Tn co-operation with the. Federal mos of essnn. ws5s o eas xsh cks shEss ss counties of Madison and Limestone. But about this. time the Legislature passed an amendment to the act. which could Do done in any county where the majority of it's area was not under . stock law preventing cattle from run ns ssais eoasses ss Tos on ssoP sssoPDsa m wasn aa the people of these two count.es have becvrne well-informed upon the value
 Since octoSer .a''s we Sr have sranSa1sSn SaS s%c State inspectors and one Federal in- sFector. making q preliminary canvass or %,,ann Montgomery. Esy. Lowndes. Dsllss and work is almost completed.
 That you may have some idea of the work, let me give you a sufllmary of state inspectors from April 1 to Dec. s1,
 "what may be done this year will 6spenq 1 upon l the aid we can receive priates sb00,oo0 for this work of tick eradication in the South, Alabama | will get her share. Our Alabama Con- are all in .ds, fSvOr of this aD pers can help this good work along Let every farmer see to 1t that he be- comes informed of the ways and means Ok IiCh cTdoiCdLlOn. TICK eI6QlCaLI0n means the saving of about .s2,ooo.ooo annually to the farmers of Alabama. Bearing on the same subject an- other line of co-oparative work Is now being done at Auburn. Two Federal workers are spending all of their time in studying the life history of the cat tie tick as 1t occurs in Alabama.
 Let us glance at the dairy industry Tor q moment l have never known 2 in demand than at the present But ter and milk can not be secured in quantities sufficient to meet the de- rnand in our Southern cities.
 Tt Is needless to remark that the greater part of these products came from distant States. Sometimes 1t does not seem possible that we have such good home markets and do not use them. Our Bermuda pastures. our cot ton seed and cotton seed meal Jour ale falfa and Johnson grass, and our good old pea vine hay are better than most of the dairy feeds that are made in the North. Moreover, we have no small supply of dairy cattle and our climate and all natural conditions are unsurpassed.
 Tt is with pleasure that say that a new and full fiedged department of animal industry has been established at Auburn. This means that there will be more experimentation In the beef hogs and speed. The department of veterinary science has been enlarged and expanded. A regular three year course in veterinary medicine and sur gerry has been established leading to the degree of doctor of veterinary med. icine. It is the first of it's kind in the South. 1t means that the South can educate her veterinarians and supply the demand for graduate men for vet ertnary inspectors and veterinary san. itary workers for Southern cities, coun. ties and states.
 Our optimism makes us love to tell of the good results that come, even though hard work has been necessary to produce the fruit. The interest and progress in farmers institutes work has been very marked. During 1907 Total number of institutes held 3s Total number of counties visited 38 Total number of institute ses-
 Total Humber in in attendance at ail 's Average sttendance at each :e:- .s-
 eAt Oa the round.up iasmsrs' institute or farmers summer school held at xn- burn August to 8, 1907, the total en- rollment was E07.
 purposes nave not. been. brought into Alabama in large numbers. But there are number of quite well developed herds of Angus. Heretords, Short Horns, Devons, and Red Polls. Some of
 
 money. The breeder and feeder of beet cattle for our home markets makes money on the two and three year old grade steers that have been grown largely or entirely upon grass or pas- lures.
 Tt seems that the breeders of pure bred hogs have dropped back few notches and are not pushing the bus citation was first organized. The farm CTS and the poultrymen have not grown chickens or produced eggs fast enough to supply the growing demand nlation. wholesale and retail market prices for eggs and poultry have been so high that many people regard them as luxuries.
 are hourishinR. In spite of the dogs and the fact that the Legislature failed to tax the dogs of Alabama, and put the bad dogs out of business some sheep men are making 100 per cent annually upon the money invested in sheep. Ala bama bred ewes grown on Sand Noun tain have made big money for not a few Tennessee farmers. In too many parts of Alabama find that the farm CTS do not know how to make the most out of their sheep. The ewes and lambs are sold at low prices when they should be fed at home until fat and sold at the best mutton markets. The early fat lambs never fall to bring big 
 North or South
 "Talk about money in tha live stock business and the positive assurance that nancy can be made in a given line and that line attracts men to Invest in 1t. Hence, refer to the mule business because growing mules has now be- come the most profitable of allithe lines of animal industry. Mules are too high to buy for ordinary use or to turn over to a renter who will kill or ruin 8 good mule in one season. The cotton farmers must begin to raise all the mules they need to make their cotton. corn and hay More than this. they must and will raise mules to sell The mule market will not be overstocked for years. Then why should the con- ion farmer send such immense sums of money out of Alabama every year? In this hour of hard times. let your mind rest on the following figures. Since the first day of January, 1908, more Alabama and about 800 horses during the samA time came into Alabama 2,O0O mules at $15o each.
 makes .....s,....$ .$S0O.o00 ROO horses at S1OO each. makes. 5o.00o
 iFFor mules and horses. Alabama formers have paid $350. 900 during a pe- rIod of fifty days. There are farmers in Alabama who make cotton and raise ali the mules they need to make the cotton cotton and sell the mules and M "rhe @ outlook for the live stock bus- inees fin Alabama is encouraging. Tru- ly the animal husbandman must live on the farm in order that success may crown his efforts. Long since has 1t heen proven that valuable animals will mi bring wealth to the man who at-