Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-04-21
South Carolina Cattle.

The cattle market in South Carolina
has been recognized by the larger cat
tie markets of the world, which Is
illustrated by the following story ap-
pearing in the Breeders Gazette, the
most authoritative publication of its
nature in the United States:
Much has been said and written
of the possibilities Of beef-making in
the middle south, but prophecy of in
creased production in that region has
shown little indication Of making good,
The cotton region has been a buyer of
northern dressed beef in a moderate
way and of Chicago made hog product
in enormous quantities. Possibly the
tide has turned, as straws going in
that direction are to be found floating
on the surface of the trade stream.
Two weeks ago a buyer for one OF
the Chicago beef concerns, which also
operates a large slaughtering plant IN
New York known as the S. & s., was
missed from his accustomed beat on
the market and simultaneously that
concern curtailed it's purchasing OF
cheap light cattle. The market is so
sensitive under present conditions that
the elimination Of even one buying in
terest is promptly felt, and bovine rub
bish was a dull proposition while this
house was out. When the buyer refer-
red to returned the fact leaked out
that he had been down in South Car
olina picking up several thousand little
southern cattle that had been fed on
meal and hulls during the winter. They
averaged 1,075 pounds and were ship
ped to New York for slaughter. the
man who secured them asserted That
the feeders were northern men in every
instance, and that in four counties IN
South Carolina about 5000 of these lit
tie southern steers had been fattened
during the winter, the bulk Of them
being bought to go to New York, Phil
adelphia and Baltimore. Every steer
raised in that quarter made competi-
ton for the corn belt feeder, as eastern
buying at Chicago was curtailed to
that extent.
u. D. Huffman, a Chicago cattle
buyer, recently made trip through the
east. visiting the Virginias, the Caro-
linas, Tennessee and Florida, and his
prediction is that the whole region will
be in the beef-making business here
after. Northern farmers are migrating
south The Old-fashioned southern
method of fertiliZing with cottonseed
meal is repugnant to the northerner,
as il savors of waste, and he gets dou-
BILE action by passing it through the
steer.
The result has been a rapid appre-
citation in values, and the stun that
comes out of the bush" has been leo
instead of rustling. OXel nave been
relieved of wearing the yoke and nave
been used for beefing purposes, ana
mules substituted. 1t is a develop
ment most conspicuous in the Caro-
linas and Virginia, but it is to be de-
tected everywhere. The southeast en-
joys the advantage of being compare
lively close to eastern markets, and II
has a climate that renders the growing
of stock cattle easy were it not for the
handicap of the tick. With northern
energy behind it, the beef-producing
industry of the south promises to be-
come a serious competitor of the corn
belt feed lot"
There were over $4,000 cattle fed in
South Carolina last year for the mar
ket. This was the result of a cam
paign commenced two years ago by the
state department of agriculture.
The Breeders Gazette, commenting
editorially on meat production in the
south, says that the south has not been
country of stockmen and that it is
only just beginning to rails" meat
producing animals.