Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-08

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adapted to the live stock industry, which as
it exists in an undeyeloped stage isa good
paying investment and that there is an al
most unlimited opportunity and demand for
greater development, is the opinion of DR..
C. d. Lowe, Of Morristown, Tenn, who was
in Hendersonvae last week representing the
live stock department Of. the Southern Rail-
w-aycompanys
Henderson and surrounding counties are
admirably adapted to stock raising and q
great future awaits this section by reason
of the possibilities of this industry" added
DIR. Love- who is ~endeayoring to stimulate
interest, hereahouts In the raising of pure,
fine bred cattle.
The object of this story is not to paint in
alnring cOlors Inducements tina THE inves-
tor would have difficulty In realizing, for
facts s~ubstantiated BY actual conditions and
results can be obtained at home without
leaving Hendersonville for expert opinion
on this subject.
The success that such men as John L.. Orr,
Henry Jordan, r. l.. Rusher and others
have had in raising stock, although they
have not made a speciality of this industry,
is a matter familiar to everybody in this
section.
While special stress is being laid on cat
tie raising In Henderson county, those IA
mAiar with local conditions assert that fine
opportunities are awaiting those progress
sive enough to prepare for raising horses,
sheep, goats and hogs on very extensive
scales. What has been done in various Sec
tons of western North Carolina in stock
raising can be duplicated in Henderson
county, is a fact that has never been dis
puted by those who have acquainted them
selves with the peculiar advantages offered
by this county.
sAs an instance of the necessity for raising
horses in Henderson county as well a op=
portunities offered such an undertaking, it
is estimated that Henderson county pays
approximately $4,000 annually for horses.
There's V. G. v. Shepherd, who has been
dealing with horses for a number of years
and during the past thirteen months he and
his associate, j. B. Brookshire, have spent
over ten thousand dollars for horses in wes-
tern markets. There are others who buy
them in piece If not whole car load lots, ito
say nothing of the scores of horses and
mules brought to the county from surround
ing territory. This enormous outflow of
money could be checked in the course of
only a few years, if the opinion of those
who have studied the question is worth
while.
It is a well known fact that Henderson
county is a natural grass producing section
and that before any country can be called a
stock country or before stock raising can
be conducted on a paying basis, there must
be an abundance of cheap grass with long
grazing seasons and mild winters, otherwise
the expense of Wintering will overrun the
profit derived from pasturing. Many
species of well known grasses thrive here
and even IN the highest elevations native
grasses come and attain a luxuriant growth,
affording pasture annually for hundreds of
cattle and sheep, not only through the
summer season but through the winter also,
and stock is able to live and thrive without
extra food except for a few winter months.
With the introduction of winter grasses,
and the reservation of boundaries for win
ter grazing only, the question Of wintering
stock is not a serious one and the farmer.
with a few acres of feed producing land is
able annually to stock hundreds of acres of
pasture with the necessary number of live
stock.
A more general use Of the si1o and the in
PRODUCTION of heavy producing forage crops
such as alfalfa, millet, pea vine, hay and
clover, all Of which are adapted to Hender-
son county, has done much to minimize the
cost of Wintering stock.
IN Henderson county susceptible
of Improvement for stock raisinn. n,,.Aoaa