The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-07-07
MORE AND BETTER LIVE STOCK
More Cows and Pigs Wanted in
South Carolina.

Columbia. =. C., Special.-The cry.
'more ana better corn. sounded
| throughout the length and breadth of
South Carolina with the result that
the State has developed into one Of
the great corn producing States Of
the Union. Is now 10 be supplement-
ed with another. believed to mean
even more for the prosperity of the
agricultural interests of the State.
"more and better live stock This
is the slogan of the South Carolina
Live Stock Association, which Is
undertaking a vigorous campaign for
more COWS and hogs on the farms
and to this campaign will be given
the enthusiastic support OF the State
department of agriculture.
AS a result, ii is predicted that
thousands of acres Of idle pasture
lands will be converted into grazing
grounds for cattle and that in
few years South Carolina will not
only be saving the millions annually
sent to western live stock markets
for live stock and live sock pro-
ducts. but will be shipping live stock
and meats to other states of the
South. This movement on the part
of the State department of agricul-
ture and the South Carolina Live
Stock Association. is in line with the
efforts of number of agencies in
tercsted in the development Of the
agricultural resources Of the South.
The Southern Railway Company.
through its Land and Industrial De-
partmcnt. has for years urged that
more attention he given to live stock
a large portion of every issue of
its publication. "The Southern
Ficld,' being given to this subject.
and President Finley in his speeches
and III other ways has repeatedly
called attention to the great oppor-
tunitieS open to the farmers of the
South in this particular line, owing
TO the great increase In the prices
of all food products and consequent
enlarged profits in their production.
That in its last analysis, the prob
lem of soil conservation and soil i'm
provement must find solution in the
increase of domestic animals on the
farms is the conclusion presented by
w. j. Spillman, agriculturalist in
charge of the office of Farm Manage
ment in the Bureau of Plant In
dustry Of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, in Farmers
Bulletin 4OG. on "Soil Conserva-
ton" just issued by the department.
This interesting bulletin recommends
the raising of leguminous crops and
the increase in the number of animals
on the farms as the best means to
adopt to bring unproductive soil to
high state of fertility. The use of
agricultural lime as a supplement to
manure and commercial fertilizers is
being urged by many farm experts as
a substantial aid in this work.
From 1900 to 1909 South Cardinals
live stock increased in value from
$20.l99.859.00 to $45.7S0.0O0.OO ac-
cording to the tax figures reported to
the State comptroller general AS a
result of the campaign now being in
augurated it is hoped in the next
few years to effect an increase which
will make these figures look small.
What is done in this work in South
Carolina will doubtless attract wide
attention throughout the South. as
did the rise of this State in impor-
tance as corn growing section, and
the growth of the live stock industry
here will be sure to have great eff
fects for good in all other Southern
states.