The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-14
GOES into THE CATTLE BIZ.
A kentuekian Enters the Industry at
PopIaryilIe With Pure-Bred
Stock---It's Profitable.

Poplarville, Miss. June 8.-The
Southern Pasture Company. of this
place. will shortly receive a car Of
bulls from Stanley r. Pierce. Of
Illinois. president of the American
Association Of Aberdeen Angus
Breeders. and the Short Horn
Breeders Association. as well as
the stockyard companies in the
North. who is cooperating with the
local concern in the movement to
raise pure-bred cattle on cut-over
pine timber lands in south Miss
issippi.
F. G. GiItner, of Kentucky, pres
|ident of the American Association
of Pure-bred Hereford Breeders.
has been here, and is going to start
in the cattle business in this vicin-
ity. Mr.. Giltner states that this
section is growing as good corn on
the cut-over lands with animal fer
tilizer as can be grown in Ken
tucky, and that this corn will pro-
duce twelve tons of ensiIage for
the silo per acre.
with native cows and pure-bred
bulls said Mr.. Giltner. amy
farmer can grow yearlings which
will weigh 800 pounds. and which
will bring So per hundred weight.
There are millions of acres in the
South which are without any value
today. and which will produce the
highest priced beef cattle cheaper
than any country in the world.
There are over $4,000 members of
the various pure bred cattle associa-
tions. all farmers of character and
financial responsibility. who want
cheaper lands for stock purposes,
and who will make the Southern
land worth something
The experience of M. S. Peck.
a farmer and stockman of Doniphan
county, Kansas. is cited to show
the possibilities of cattle raising.
Mr.. Peck, on last Tuesday, at st.
Joseph, Mo-, marketed a load of
"baby beeves," which were con-
sidered among the best offerings in
their class seen on the st. Joseph
yards this season. There were
twenty-five head of choice yearling
steers and heifers in the shipment.
They were high grade shorthorns,
averaged 785 pounds, and com-
manded the extreme top Of the
market. $8.40. This is the highest
price paid for beef cattle at st.
Joseph within the past three weeks.
and was 5 cents over the top price
for weighty steers on the market.
Monday. 4
These attractive ''babies'' were
all Of Mr.. Peck's own raising, with
the exception of one steer which
he bought when a calf. They were
|yearlngs In the strict meaning Of
the word, the average age of the
twenty-five herd being just 10
months. According to Mr.. Peck.
the calves were fat when taken
from their dams last October.
From October up to about the mid
die of February they were run in
the stalk field during the day and
fed alfalfa hay and ground oats at
night. Since the second week in
February the calves we're in the
feed lot on liberal ration of she'll
ed corn and alfalfa.
These calves made a good gain
the way ] handled them at mini
mum expense and will net me
substantial profit, y said Mr.. Peck.
II am we'll satisfied with the sale. !"
The calves when taken off the cows
last fall averaged about 400 pounds.
For the past four years Mr.. Peck
has topped the st. Joseph market
with his yearlings. He owns a
herd of highly graded shorthorns
cows and the herd is headed by
choice buA of the same breed. He
has another load of heavier year.
lipgs back for later shipment.