The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-30
SOUTH MUST SOLVE
A NATIONS PROBLEM
WlAole Country Turns to This
Section to Increase the Food
Supply.
Unusual Advantages for Cattle
Raising Pointed Out. Only
Section Which Can Raise
Beef at Small Cost.

The consumption of foodstuffs y
running ahead of the production. This
South, alone offers to the nation the
opportunity of meeting this situation.
For years the Manufacturers Record
has proclaimed that the Development
of the South means the enrichment Oh
the nation" To this may be added
1.-The development Of the agricultural
resources of the South means the SAL
walton of the nation from such htgn
prices for foodstuffs as would uitt-
mately bring national deterioration.
This development therefore becomes
the nations problem
These facts are strikingly empha-
sized by the Seaboard Air Line rail-
way, which points out the unusuai ads
vantages in the South for cattle rails
ing. The fact presented summarize
statements which have been made re-
Gently by government officials ana
others showing the opportunity Tor
livestock production in the South ana
the need for II. 1t Is pointed out THAI
this section offers the earliest solution
of the nigh prices prevailing for food
products. The government recently
issued a bulletin dealing with the
South Atlantic trucking belt from the
St Mary's river TO Norfolk. region
of approximately 500 miles In length
by about ZOE miles in width as the
section from which must come the
great food supply of the nation IN
the way of potatoes. vegetables.
melons and other things In the years
to come. But more than that, tniss
advertisement points out the room
for millions more Of cattle, sheep ana
hogs in the South.
When the last census was taken
New York and Pennsylvania had A.
0le, 900 head Of cattle. valued at S14o,-
600 900, in an area of "a, $50 square
miles, or an average OF AZ IL nea0
per square mile. The Carolfnas, Geor-
gja. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi ana
Louisiana. with nearly four times az
large an area, had b,7S0.ooO head OF
cattle, but they were valued at s7S.-
0o0, 900. or tust about one-half OF tns
value of the small number IN new
York and Pennsylvania
These figures indicate very strikinE-
Iv the need for raising more cattle
and better cattle. Many cattle In the
States Of the South named are small.
raw-boned and of small value. either
FOR milk or for beef. And yet the
very finest cattle can be ana are
raised at lower cost than elsewhere.
II Is essential, first. that better breed
of cattle shah be developed In this
section 10 take the pidSC Va AAA SeA'N
stock cattle which yield larger 70.
turn In milk and In meat, and. next
that the number shall be vastly IN
creased.
The United States department OF
agriculture in a recent bulletin puts
the Souths advantages for raising
live stock ahead of those or any otner
section OF the country. 1t says:
1.-The South is the only section Of
the United States where cattle can
still be raised. fed and sold at pront
at from FIVE to six cents per pound
And then 1t points out how hogs
can be raised to advantage and profif.
and how poultry and poultry products
can be largely increased. and suG-
gests that every farm could mAin-
tain a larger and better flock" TO
these striking facts about the South
the agricultural department adds:
"a study Of the statistical situation
in other countries does not disclose
where we are likely to botain a large
quantity OF beef for an extended
period. 1t appears that England
alone could probably take all of the
foreign beef available for export, to
say nothing of the new markets which
are already being found In other coun-s
tries"
The development of this vast region.
and, indeed. OF the whole South. a.
a meat and general producing
region Is Of prime Importance to every
man. woman and child in the coun-4
try.