The farmer and mechanic., 1913-11-04
NORTH CAROLINA CHANGING IT'S
ATTITUDE IN CATTLE FARMING
Safely Started On The Road To Cattle Breeding And Cat
tie Raising-But Prices Must Go Higher Before In
dustry Will Be Profitable.
CBy BION III. BUTLER-) }

happen to think of II, and to let your |
thinks run along a modern and peril
nent line, there is no place more in
terestng just now than the Occonee-
chez farm, at least for a minute.
Maybe you do not know where Oc-
coneechee is, nor who Gen. j. .:
Carr is. In that case you are not well
acquainted in North Carolina. But
going out the road from Greensboro
to Durham brings up the question that
is just now a pressing one. OF cattle
Ii calls to mind two men VINO nave
been conspicuous in changing the at
titude of the State on cattle hus-
bandry, and in making that change,
these two men have exerted an lnf1u-
ence that is wider reaching than we
can fully comprehend until we know
more about what is the final influence.
These men are General Carr and A l.
French. French does not live on the
route from Greensboro to Durham,
but farther north in Rockingham
county. But he lives near enough to
the road to bring him into mind when
cattle are under consideration.
Soon after 1 came to North Carolina
I bought a Jersey COW that came from
General Carr's farm at OcCOneechee.
She was one of the first good cows
down in our piney woods, thick in
tested section, and about the time she
came, the wise men were insisting that
sand. They insisted that because Of
some mystery not fathomable, good
cattle could not thrive in the South.
What lot of folly superstition
makes men accept. / had long been
familiar with the excellent Jersey
herds kept in Tennessee and Ken
lucky. and knew that the South had
no occasion to scare at the prophet
of evil as far as cattle are concerned.
incidentally j knew that here and
there this States progressive men
were building up good herds Of Jer-
seys, Shorthorns, HerefordS, and other
breeds.
1t is a short story. Today good
Jersey cattle are found in every cOun-
ty of the State. Occoneechee Jerseys,
Biltmore Jerseys, Shuford Jerseys,
Young's Jerseys from Greensboro,
Jerseys from breeders in all parts, are
flooding the farms, and the big end Of
the job, which is always the begin
ming, is accomplished, and North
Carolina is on the road to good and
successful stock of butter cows.
North Carolina Butter Good.
The Jersey cow has become so
widely scattered over North Carolina
that the butter industry has become
of decided Importance in several sec
tions, and l make the assertion thai
the best butter sold today in this
State, is butter that is made in the
state. Much good butter comes from
other dairying states, but while 10
Of North Carolina butter is not up t
standard. / am fully satisfied that th'
gilt-edged butter made in North Caro-
lima is better than any butter mad,
elsewhere and brought here for sale
because no butter can be hauled TO
miles to this market and be just a
absolutely fresh as butter made within
Il few miles of where it is eaten withil
a day after it leaves the churn. ca
it?
The butter industry of the Stat
will take care of itself. 1t will gro,
just as fast as it proves profitable t
the farmers. The pioneers haV
shown that good butter can be mad.
they have shown that good butte
COWS can be raised in the State, the
have shown that dairying is gainin
a footing. They have removed a
doubt of the possibilities. Now re
mains only the question Of the induce
ments.
The Beef Cow.
Then comes the beef COW.
The beef cattle man who interes
me most in this State, if not in tt
whole South, is French, Of Rocking
ham county. French is an Ohio ma
Some years ago, apprehensive of h
health, he determined to get awe
from the bad lands upon the lal
shore and he set out to hunt pla,
where he might feel assured of no
pitable climate and land in whit
he might thrive on a cattle farm. A
ter sitting all the prospects and pr
positions, he landed in Rockingha
county. He tried the tests of prac,
cal results in deciding on what ca
tie he would raise. and after goh
over all the arguments he landed wi
the Aberdeen-Angus, those blat
Scotch cattle that have ranked fiji
ir the choice markets Of the Unit
States for years
French bought the best animals
could pay for, and would not
surprised if he bought some so hig
priced that he could not pay for the
on delivery That is mere conjectu
on my part. but ] figure from seei
10 get the best obtainable
started to breed breeding stock.
He is n natural cattle man, and
was a good day for North Carroll