The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06
THE SOUTH ISLAND
OF OPPORTUNITY
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area TO stock feeding purposes. and
uses t"o-thirds of lis farm for rails
ing feed for his stock. The J.rmer
with the stock will raise as much or
more feed his 100 acres as tn.
other one Will upon the $50 acres. and
the stock farm Will grow better and
better. whils the other Will go back.
Let this continue for few years. ana
the stock farmer will havo dollars
while his neighbor has dimes.
Farmers Rullctin. No. 1872 United
States Department CT Agriculture. on
page 81. says: On the basis charged
for commercial fertilizer the estimated
annual value % manure produced by
horse or mule is s21 per head, cattle.
sls: hogs. sl2: sheep. So. each"
Probably by careless handling, the ac-
tual value Is less than half these fig
ures. They are. however. significant.
and should be considered in connec-
ton with stock raising
The South needs the application of
scientific methods In its agriculture
plus the growing OF meat producing
animals in large way. Given these.
no one can place limit upon the prog
ress and prosperity that will come to
the Southland during the next genera
ton.
Alfalfa is undoubtedly the best
single plant for stock growing. but
this should be supplemented with tho
others named The corn raised should
be fed principally as ensilage. This
will nearly double Its value. The
silo is of the most important ad-
tuncts OF the modern farm, and IL is
absolutely ESSENTIAL to the succeasful
raising OF live stock. With the same
Intelligent care the South should be
q BILE to produce beef and pork cheaper
than II is being done in tho corn belt
OF the North. If II were tried upon
level conditions, the writer has no
doubt that the South would be able
TO turn out it's product from 10 10 20
per cent cheaper than II can be done
in the North. Iowa is the greatest
live stock State we have. but there
seems TO be TO reason why hogs ana
cattle, with proper management, could
not be produced IN Georgia or other
Southern States as successfully as n
done In Iowa and at a greater prort
This would be tremendous advant-
age. and would give tho South an op-
portunity to grow all the meat II
needs for its own use, and supply
large part Of the country with this
important food, and at the same time
fuild up the fertility OF its farms.
The important question is Will II
do il? II the stock production OF the
South between the Potomac and the
Mississippi We're increased tcn-fold
(and that can easily be done), il
would be of enormous benefit not only
30 the South, but to the Who'll, coun-
try. Deep Flowing. a thorough prep
aration Of the seed bed. with careful
selection OF seed and Intelligent cul-
tivation, Will easily treble the output
OF the Southern farms This has been
demonstrated time and again
Here then, truly. is the land OF op-
portunity. There Is no uncertainty
about It, The people of the Southland
are waking up to their opportunities,
and they are finding out that after
all the brain is the best fertilizer and
that farming needs the application OF
modern business methods Given
these. 1t Is the safest. most interest
Ing and best business in the world to-
day.