The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-16
MONEY in live STOCK
RICHLAND FARMER PUTS TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS
In Steers and viii Develop New
Industry Near Columbia, Says
Commissioner Watson.

Industry Near Columbia, Says
Commissioner Watson.
The State says gentleman from.
Richland county left Columbia for
the West Wednesday. according to
Commissioner Watson, with $4,000
where he goes to put that much
money in steers to be brought back,
placed on his farm near Columb bia,
fattened and then sold for beef.
This Is probably the largest amount
of South Carolina money ever put
into business of this nature and
Its development and success will be
watched with interest. There is
lot of meat shipped in to the State
from the Western markets. On the
Hitchcock farm in Aiken county the
same kind Of experiment is being
made, only on smaller scale. Sew
eral OF the farmers of Lexington
county are conducting the same kind
Of business.
The live stock industry in South
Carolina is just developing and. it. is
believed that there is considerable
money to be made along this line.
The report of the seventh annual
meeting of the South Carolina Live
stock association has just been is
sued from the press. The motto OF
the report as given Oh the cover is
More Live stock and better live
stock"
Commissioner Watson in his re-
port on live stock statistics to the
convention gave some very interest
ing data. The commissioner says in
part: Il shall not attempt in this
report to give you the facts as to
the live stock industry OF the State
by counties, but shall content my
self to dealing with the figures as
applying to the entire State. They.
reveal conditions that show beyond
all question why it is we are send
ing out of the State to other States
millions of dollars every year for
hogs, mules, horses and meats Of
every kind, that it has been demon
strated time and again can be raise
ed cheaper in South Carolina than
in the section from whence they
come.
Between 1880 and 1890 consid-
erable headway was made with live
stock, the increase in value being
about $4,30O.000. This rate OF in
crease was kept up in the next de-
cade after 1890, though not quite
so large. Between 1880 and 1904
the industry developed to such ali
extent that. the increase in value
was about $11,250,000. Then came
the best increase that we had since
the Civil war in the two years be-
tween 1904 and 1905, when the
increase amounted to almost SlO,-
25O,0O0, and 1906 gave US the max.
imum value of live stock that we
ever had. During the year 1907
there was a decline in value as COM
pared with the preceding year OF
nearly $2,250,O0O in value.
This year there has been very
slight increase over 1907, $1,697.-
600. but still We fall $650,03S be-
low the valuation OF our live stock
of two years ago; but ! give the act
ual figures as to the value Of all live
stock in the State for the years
referred to in the above analysis,
applying, of course, to horses, mules
milch COWS, other cattle, sheep and
swine, these values being as fol-
lows: 1880, s12,1ss,510; 1890,
s1G,572.41O; 1900, s2O.lse,S5s;
1904, $31,457,693; 1905, Sal, ,425,-
OBS; 1907, s39,O7S,41s; 1908, $4o'-
$4,000.
ION the frs. of January, 1902,
the total mum, ,Ar of load OF liVf
stock of all classes indicated WAS
1898, 900, and the total value was
s4O,775,00O. The following shows
the total number OF each live stock
the average market value per head.
the total VAIN. OF each:
Horses $4,000; value
per head, s121; total value, So
2S5. 900.
Mules-Number, 141. 900; value a
head, s140; total value, $ls''Ao'-
900.
Mich cows-Number, $4,000;
value per head, $2G; total value
s3.75S.0OO.
Other cattlc-Number, 223.u0o;
value per head, s11.5o; total value
$2,5SS.000.
Sheep-Number. 5000; ralu"
per head, s2.20; total valne, sl2S,-
600.
swinc-Number. 6S5 900: vaIn'
per head. s6.25; total value, si'-
PSI. 900.
Total number. 1.333,0O0; total
value of all stock. s40,7l5, 900.
Office T. Commits Suicide.