The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-11-08
The South Needs Live Stock
BY G. z. ADAMS.

pet in position where they can Keep
fair percent OF their hard earnings at
home instead Of sending it all To the |
North and West foi maintenance on
which to make the next crop! Yes,
when they discontinue the one-crop
system and take up new methods,
which include live stock, ana VIII
lead to success. The longer | STUDY |
the situation here, the more | realize
how dependent this great section o.
with its various resources,is
upon other less favored sections foT
Dread, meat and other necessities
Think OF the people Of single state
paying out forty million dollars each
wear for rneatl Such is the case, att
told, In one southern commonwealth:
Alta recent Farmers Institute held
near Uniontown, Ala, heaf1 d.
prominent speaker make the state
ment that Alabama spent between
seyenty-hve aud eighty million dollars
annually for grain. hay. meat and dairy
products. This may be in excess OF the
actual amount expended for these
staples, but at any rate the sum IS
enormous, as is also that paid out Tor
mules. horses, cattle and other live
stock. ] do know that during 1911
IS. .9S6 mules where shipped into
Alabama under certificate permits,
and in 1910 22923 were brought IN
This Is an average OF over 2O,O00nuies
annually for this one state. Esti
mating their cost to the planters az
5000 each would mean four million
dollars. Fifty-Southern cities consume
twenty.two million dollars worth or
dairy products annually, most OF
which comes from the North
Ii may be said Of the South that It Is
the fertilizer market OF America, ana
there is certainly no country "he'e
humus is so needed in the average
soil. much OF which live stock would
furnish.
These are the conditions that are
keeninp the South poor and making
her land poorer. 1t is not that she ohes
not raise enough OF the one crop, COL
ton. and it cannot be said that the
crop does not bring vast amount OF
money into the country, but 10 goes
dynt out. having already been ex-
nended for necessities to make the
crop on
The great need OF the South Is 10
raise enough for self maintenance IN
addition to cotton to sell as a money
cron. To do this would, Of course,
rut down the acreage devoted To cot
ton and It would also cut down the
aggregate Yields. from which no one
would suffer and many would be ben
Gifted. Many will say: "We Know we
| should do this, but we cannot gro"
feed and raise live stock in our coun'
try successfully and profltably" /
say you can, and it is being demon
strated that most live stock can not
only be produced here successfully,
but at greater profit than lt can he
produced in the North
| | VIII enumerate few examples
and the masses can ilnd Out iurtiIei
for themselves II they will only IN
yestiuate. The South has produced
some Of the most noted harness
horses that have added glory to the
American trotter, which shows tha'
we can produce quality and endut'
ance I see some as good hbme'ralsed
mules In Alabama and Mississippi a.
have ever seen 10 Kentucky or MIS-
souri, The Mississippi Experlmen'
Station has shown US concl usiVely
after extensive and thorough expeil
ments. that the cost OF raising gop'
mule TO three years old Is $40, wnict
includes the cost OF wtnterlua th'
mare when she is carrying the foa
and the jack fee We are wofklui
hnme.raised mules here at Bates
Farm. Alabama. from where | write
that. meyer saw an ear Of corn or othe
grain until they were three years oio
and | will defy any man to PICK "u
the home raised from the good Ken
tucky mules we also work
IT. is an established fact that hog
can be produced in the South. u
taking advantage of the many farag
and pasture crops, at from one To wv
cents cheaper per pound than IN Tn
North. and | will also state that ni-
eases dreaded for this class OF NV
stock are less prevalent here tina
there. thereby eliminating much G
the risk that the Northern breeder
heir To. / have established, as a
exnerjment. a small herd of Durnc
here at Bates Farm. and l can sa
candidly that my spring pigs compar
favorably with those in the corn bell
and | am sure | have succeeded |
getting this excellent growth at
smaller cost than they have Mr.. '
p Gurler, formerly OF lllinois, bu
t now of Macon. Miss. says; II al
sure that l can raise hogs cheapf
than I did in Illinois"
Mr.. Gurler, who is one OF the oes
authorities on dairyiug 10 the Unite
States. says OF this industry In thl
: section: 81 fnd dairyine more prom
able here than 10 Illinois. Chea
land, short winters. cheap labor 40