Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-01

of soil Improvement. labor and cotton
plant diseases. because that industry re-
quires less labor and at the same time
utilizes our waste land and permanently
improves the cultivated land, and In
creases our yields threefold. AS soon
as cattle occupy land 1T begins to i'm
pppve. Ninety per cent of the land In
Georgia will furnish grass the entire year.
Our natural Bermuda grass, reinforced
with sweet clover, Japanese and burr
clover, all of which will grow together
and improve from year to year, will make
fine pasture throughout the entire
year. The states of the north cannot
have the green crop but few months
each year; grass is the prime factor in
cattle raising and feeding.
Mature and young animals may be kept
in prime condition and growing by feed
ing some grass; in this way stock is al
ways reaoy for the market when the
price is high.
The main idea prevailing with the Geor-
gia farmer Is to feed from 90 to 40 days
in winter, mainly for the manure pro-
duced. This plan will pay in the end,
simply from a fertilizer standpoint, but
most feeders want to get atjleast all their
cash back when the cattle are sold.
This loss viii continue under quar-
antine restrictions. because the market
price for all cattle below the line is fixed
at lower rate. no matter what the
quality, and this fixed price prevails
right at the home markets even II the
cattle compare favorably in quality with
cattle on the markets above the line. So
there you are-good cattle selling lower
than the same cattle in the best markets
of the country, ell on account Of the
fever tick quarantine. Can this situa-
ton and condition be relieved? No, not
until the ticks have been eradicated. and
the country or territory freed, released
from quarantine and so recognized by the
United States government.
The reasons for this are simple. Cat
tie of the tick area when sold either at
home or on the big markets are sold as
southern or Guaranteed CATTLE" and
the price is fixed lower because the cat
tie must be sold for immediate slaughter
or held and treated under rigid restric-
lions, which adds expense. The home
buyer knows these points and takes adj
vantage of them when good cattle are
presented for sale at home.
This feature of the business discour-
ages the winter feeder, because he is
knitted from two Sides The Georgia
feeder in order TO get a good grade OF
cattle that he may feed probably. must
so above the line to get them. then he
pays above the line price The seller has
the advantage, he can ship his feeders
anywhere to the best markets or sell to
good advantage at home, so he does
not care a snap for the Georgia feeders
business. The Georgia feeder is stung
by paying long price and selling on a
short one. Remember now 1t makes no
difference how good our cattle are in
Georgia so long as the tick Is here and
the quarantine is on they viii sell for a
low figure.
II these points were well understood
by the general assembly they would not
hesitate to appropriate funds and enact
such laws to protect these Georgia farm
ers and cattle feeders. This would save
the state millions of dollars and at the
same time give all interested encourage
ment in feeding cattle, which would i'm
prove the soil and make farming easier
and more profitable for all concerned.
| 1t is fact that If the cattle fever
tick was eradicated from this state and
the cattle industry established, the
farmer need have no fear OF cotton plant
diseases or the boil weevil Land richly
MANFRED and rotated will so stimulate
the cotton plant and make it mature so
rapidly and thrifty. that Messrs. Wee
vii. Boil R51t and Black Root will be put
out of business. and at the same time
! the farmer VIII De making more money
easier than ever before.
The presence of the cattle tick in the
state of Georgia is far reaching and
must be considered, and real soon too
/ 1t makes no difference what the work
of eradication will cost or how long
lit will take, the completion of the work
viii return over and over every dollar
expended
Under the present law the state is
working with an appropriation Of So