Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-11-06
STOCK AND CROP CONDITIONS.
President Finley Of Southern RAILWAY
Makes Interesting Survey of Condi-
tons Throughout the South.

Washington, Oct. 29.-President
Finley, of the Southern Railway COM
pany, has returned from a trip through
the Southeast, a feature of which vas
q meeting in Knoxville, Tenn, on Oc-
tober 21st, with the most IF the Off
GERS of the company and its associa-
ted companies, including the officers
and field agents of the Department of
Farm Improvement Work and Live
Stock and Dairy Agents. Speaking of
the agricultural situation in the South
east a sdisclosed in this meeting, Mr..
Finley said:
with the Investigation of crops
M the raising of live stock of all
kinds and the building up of the dairy
industry. A few years ago silos were
practically unknown in many South
eastern localities. Today they are
being erected in numerous neighbor-
hoods. There is no section OF, the
country better fitted to the live stock
and dairy industry than the Southeast
and, in addition to abundant forage
crops and long grazing seasons that
section enjoys the advantage of rela7
lively close location to the markets Of
the most densely populated region in
the United States along the Atlantic
seaboard which are annually calling
for increased supplies of meat and
dairy products as we'll as other COM
modities which the Southeast car r
duct advantageously, including fruits
and vegetables.
Southeastern manufacturing plants
are generally running full time and
find an active demand for their prod
acts. The generally good business
conditions in the Southeast are reflect
ed in increased railway traffic.
The general prosperity of the sec
ton is largely dependent upon agri-
cultural conditions and farming in the
Southeast is so distinctively pregres-
sive that there is every reason to look
TO the future with confidence"
Reports from all parts of the terri
tory were most encouraging, but more
g~aG.fying than anything else was the
g. 3anoo that farmers in the territory
ito which the Mexican cotton boil
weevil has spread who followed the
advice of our field aents or of the
agents of the Agricultural Depart
ment have been able to produce cotton
successfully in spite of the weevil. The
practical demonstration of the posi-
bility of controlling the weevil in the
territory east of the Mississippi River
is of more than incidental importance
Il means Importance. 1t means th"t
is still to be the leading crop
n that territory. Under the intensive
agricultural methods made necessary
1y the boil weevil the cotton crop of the
Southeast will be produced on a small
Ter acreage and farmers are strength
aning their, position by diversify1ng
heir crops to a degree heretofore un-
Known in the cotton belt. Special at
is being given to forage crons
IN corn. FORMERLY Southeastern :
.armers bought large O. anti-ies f
corn for their farm animals
Iow there are Southeastern farmers
Who have corr for sale. Preliminary
.stfmates Indicate that this wears corn
,1op in the Southeast will urpass all
,revious records. The cotton crop in
he Southeast. while not as large as io
!9me previous years. is good and IS
sold at an unusually good aver
-ge price.