The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-10-20
MONEY IN LIVE STOCK
RICHL.aSD FARMER PUTS TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS

In Steers and vii! Develop New
Industry Near Columbia, Says
Coran,issioner Watson.
The State says a gentleman from
R.chland county left Columbia to'
tie West Wednesday. according TO
Commissioner Watson. With $4,000
where be goes 10 put that much
money in steers TO be brought back.
placed on his farm nea! Columbia.
tatten.d and then sold 70. beef
This IS probably the largest amount
Of South Carolina money ever pu.
iaoo q business OF this nature aoc
It's development and Success vii! ov
watched with interest. There Is
lot of meat shipped n TO the State
from the Western markets. On II.
Hitchcock farm in Aiken county II.
same kind o. experiment !s beirS
made. only OF q smaller scale. Sew
e.al Of the farmers OF Lexington
county are conducting the same kin
OF business.
The tive stock industry in South
Carolina is just developing and j, l.
believed that there Is cons.dera bic
nouey to be made along this line.
The report OF the seventh annua.
,reetiag OF the South Carolina Live
took association has just been is-
,ued from the press. The motto O..
.e repo.: as given on the cover Is
More live stock and better Ave
stock
Commissioner Watson In h!s re.
port % live stock statistics 20 ID.
| convention gave sorue very interest
ing data. The commissioner says Il
part: II shall not attempt in this
report 10 give you The facts as e
the live stock industry OF the State
by counties. but shall content nay
sci. t. dealing with the figures a.
applying 70 the entire State. TIE
reveal conditions that show eeyon:
all question why IL Is We are seno
ing out OF the State to other state:
millions OF dollars every year 10
aogs. mules. horses and meats o
every kind. that !, has been demon
streted time and again can be raise
ed cheaper in South Carolina taa'
| IA the section from whence tae,
come.
Between 1880 and 1890 coas!d
e.ab.e headway was made with NV
! stock. the increase in value oe!ni
about $4,000. 600. This rate OF IN
crease was kept up in the next dc
cade after 1890. though not quit
80 large. Between 1890 and lS0
! the industry developed 10 such al
extent that the increase II faiI
was about sII. I.250.000. Then cam
the best increase that We had sine
the Civil wa. IN the two years b:
tween 1905 and 1906. when ts
increase amounted 10 almost sl9.
ESQ. 900. and 1906 gave Us the max
lnun value Of live stock that w
eve, had. During the yea. 1870
there was a decline In value as com
pared with the preceding year 0
nearly S2.25O.00G IN value.
This year there has been yer
slteh: increase over 1907. 1851.
900. but still we fall ss50.03s be
low the valuation OF our live stoc!
OF two years ago; but give the act
ual figures az TO the value Of al! llV
stock in the STAT :or the year
referred TO in the above analysis
applying. o: course. TO horses. mules
mich COWS, other cattle, sheep am
swine. these values being as Soi
lows: 1880. sl2.lss.5lo: 1890
Sls.512.4l0: 1900. s2o.lss.S5s
! 1904. s3l.457.ss3: 1906. s4l.42s.
oas; 1907. $3s.07s.4ls: 1905. $40.
I 115.o00.
| "On .ae i,s. OF January. 1907
the total num'.r Of "cad OF Nv
stock OF all classes indicated va
$4,000. nd the total value va
s4o,775.000. The :olloTins sho"
| the total number OF each live STOCK
1.-The average market value per heAc
the total va,u. OF each:
| Ho.ses-number. $4,000: ralu'
DER bead. s1:l: total value.2sio.
2S5.0o0
Mrles-Number. l+l.00G: value
| head. $40: total value. $ls.140.
900.
| Mich cows-Sumber. $4,000
value per head. s27; total value
s3.75s.ooo.
Othe, cattie-Suuber. 225.o0o
value per head. $ll.5o: total value
sc.sss.oeo.
Sheep-Nunber. $4,000: valu'
per head. $50: total value. sl"S.
900.
swine-Huuber. sss.ooo: value
ne. bead, s6.25; total value. 81.
csl. 900.
Total number. l.s3sooo; tota
-a!uc OF all stock. s+o.TS.o00.
Youns Men. Take Heed.
We have among Us few fast
young men who are always spoken