Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-10-03
Raising Beef on Georgia Waste Land

7 is now producing nothing. We do not
believe il unreasonable TO expect to Sc
cure at least s. to $50 rental above
/ all expenses, and allow for taxes and
/ depreciation of herd and equipment
Surely this Is business worth giving
some consideration.
The last census by which we must go
until more recent figures are available
shows that Georgia contains approx
mately $4,000 acres of land OF which
y. eOO.o 600 In round numbers is in farms.
OF this area about 100000 was In Guilt
walton, leaving 100000 acres OF unim-
proved land not in farms. Provided that
a considerable Increase in area now
/ cultivated it s probable that there are
100000 acres in farms at the present
time which is not cultivated to any ap-
preciable extent Suppose IL Is desir-
able to leave half OF the uncultivated
lands in forests. II still appears that
there would be fully 100000 acres of
land which would be utilized advan-
tageously for beef production In the
state. 1t will be very little trouble to
get grass on IL, for II left alone, Ber-
muda grass will occupy most OF it, and
il il does not come naturally, the scat
| tering of a few sets and time and
patience WIFI do the rest. There is an in
sane desire on the part Of farmers TO
fight gras, and IL is a tendency which
the economic situation demands our
correcting Grass means cattle; cattle
means yard manure, the best of all fer
tIIizer, an increased richness of the soil,
larger crops and a greater degree Of
prosperity on the part of all Let US
make a united effort to stop the de-
struction of grass on areas Of land fitted
| only for grazing purposes.
II Nappeafs, therefore, THAT on moder-
ate estimate of 81 net return per acre
/ from a beef proposition in Georgia that
$4,000, 600 might be added to the revenue
of the state. Under the most favorable
circumstances this might become $25,-
OO0, 600 This would go long way to-
ward saving the expenditure OF the large
sum of money which ii has been shown
| Is sent elsewhere for meat products. It
would tend to give variety to the activi-
ties of the plantation and TO insure that
diversifcation which is the only GER
tain and definite method by which we
I can meet the inroads on the prosperity
of our farmers incident to the coming
OF the boil weevil.
In all this discussiou one proposition
which is vital to the success of the
whole matter has been left in allegiance
until this time. and that is the pres
ence of the cattle tick. Improved sires
must De Drought III % Tic DCGA
proposition a profitable undertaking.
They can only be secured in sufficient
numbers north of the quarantine line
They will succumb almost Immediately
/ to an attack of tick fever. and this
will result shortly after ticks infest
them. 1t has been shown over and over
again that the tick may be eradicated
and that this can be accomplished at a
comparatively small outlay and FASTENED
materially by the abolition of the free
range. The time has come for a for
ward movement in agricultural practice.
It has been shown time and again that
the use OF yard manures is the most
certain method of increasing the yields
of our farm crops and developing
permanent system of agricultural prac-
| tice by. and through which we can alone
/ hope to maintain a prosperous and sue
cesswul community of farmers. 1t was
thought that the lands on the college
farm were tick free. but yet ticks de-
stroyed some animals for JUS the past
year, due as we believe to the infesta-
ton of streams which rise above the
farm lands. What use, therefore, TO
fence your land, to examine your cat
/ tie almost daily, to exercise every care
/ in their feeding and management II the
cattle of your neighbors may at any mo-
ment break into your pastures or in
other ways bring tick infestation and
fever 10 your herd. The tick causes a
loss OF several dollars to every Individual
/ in the south. II Is useless tax asd
/ can be wiped out in the course of
/ few years Successful live stock hus-l
bandry is vital to the prosperity of the
Country, and it can be made profitable
adjunct to the plantation system. We
have every condition favorable to the
enterprise save the presence of the cat
tie tick. Let us rise up and destroy
lit as we can and should do, and free
ourselves forever from this menace to
the permanent development of that in
ldustry which will do more than anything
else to enable the development OF q uni
formly fertile and productive soil
Throughout the southeastern states.
Il
ESTABLISHING A TAME GRASS
PASTURE.
/ ]. H.<Z., Bessemer City, n. c., writes:
have a pasture that 1 wish to sow
this fall in grass so that 1 will be able
I to turn cattle on ii in the spring. The
land is red and has been laying out
for ten years. Kindly tell me what kind
10 grass to SOW and when to sow it.
The best of the native grasses to sow
for pasture in your section of North
4 Carolina will be tail -oat and red top.
II, this mixture you might add a little
timothy and white and alsike clover.
Land intended for grass should be very