The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-26
KEEP MONEY AT HOME
BY RAISING THE MEAT NEEDED
IN THIS SECTION.
Thousand, OF Dollars Are sent West
E.aci, Year for Meat Which should
*. Made Right Here.


keep a; home ;hc thousands OF COL
lars which !ncy are ANNUALLY SEND
ing into the Vest FOR meat and tae
farmers OF the South can BRING about
this much desired condition and can
a, III. SAM. :!me realize handsome
proti;. for themselves IL they TI!. en-
c.-. in the raising Of hoss more
extensively. declares Professor Dan
T. GRAY OF the Alabama POLYTECHNIC
Institute who has charge oi the Dc
partment OF Animal Industry al Au-
i,urn and IS also an Expert in ANNA.
Irsbandry in the Bureau o. Animal
Industry OF III" United States De-
par,m.nt OF agriculture. IN Far
mers Bulle,in ii!. entitled Feed
ing logs in 'he South. jus; issued
bv the department.
Hogs can &c raised as cheapiy III
the South as anywhere else and IN
many cases more cheaply. but hogs
can not he raised prof'ably on corn
alone says Prof. Gray. and in the
bulletin he gives in full detail the
proper methods Of feeding hogs IN
order 10 realize profit. Figures
are given showing the results OBJ
aimed from the use OF various feeds
IN experiments conducted at differ
cnt points IN the South. The oulie-
! sin should prove o: much value 70
any Southern farmer and its c:rcula-
;ion MI! doubtless result IN great
" increased activity ~ hos raising.
pr.sider, W. ". Finley. OF The Sou
thern Railway Company. who IS very
much interested in having ;he South
raise its food supplies q. home will
be glad 10 have copy OF this buile,
tin sent 10 any farmer in the South
who will address request 20 him
a, 1906 PENNSYLVANIA Avenue. WASH
.ns,on. D. c.. or request may D.
made directl. 20 tt. Department OF
Agriculture.
Before giving details OF proper feed
Ing II hogs. Prof. Gray makes some
verv interesting observations. show
iuc how the raising OF more hogs II
the South will prove bcneti; 10 the
whole section He gives figures
showing the consumption Of home
raised and western animals in Hiru!'
inshaul. Ala. in 1907. proving thai
in that year alone more ;aan mil!
lion dollars wen; out oc Birmingham
into distant states and which shcu:c
have gone into The pockets o. South
err farmers. Other reasons why
Southern farmers should raise more
hogs are stated Is follows:
Pork can 5e made AS cheaply
and 2c-hap. more cheaply. in TN
South than il any other section o
,h- country Aad :here are man,
reasons why our Southern farmer:
should introduce this line OF ANNA
production into the farming system
One Of these reasons is mentioned
above. the money spent for meat b,
the Southern people would be KEEP
. al home. Another is the influence
il would probably have on the pTic'
; OF cotton II will never be possible
for the South 70 control the price o
cotton until the Southern farme
places himself in such q position
;ha; me can hold the crop after !:
is produced Solons as all ,he ta:nie:
, are required 10 sell ;hv entire crop o
cotton each fall. SO long will It;
price be an unreliable and unStapl'
one The only way by which far
mer can place himself IN a posi;:o,
where ne will not have 20 sell a., hi
cotton each fal! is 20 produce some
thing IN addition 10 cotton: and un
questionao!y one OF the beSs supp"
men;S 20 the cotton crop would b.
the raising Of hocs The hog BUS:
ness can be so managed that ta'
owner can have nlonev coming !!
from II at least twice year. waic!
would caable him 20 hold lis co;
ton "a long as h- pleaseS.
Furthermore. the hog is espec
tally adapted 10 the farmer Will
small capital. as but small anloun
Of money is required with which e
begin the business. and retarns u..
gin 20 come in lew months after !
is started The soe is rapid pro
5ucer Mon"y is turned over rapid
~ With SIS invested in ono boa
and five 10 eiSh; SowS !: Is cas:i;
possible 20 have for sale from, o.0',
to 5000 pounds OF pork. live weight
in a wear. In other words. IN. yea.
Is sales should be from two 70 toui
times the amount Of the inr"Simeu;
SOME HOT TALK.