The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-26
GRAZING BEEF CATTLE

Ne were very much Interested in
!; statement made here last Tuesday
by Paul V. Moore. secretary OF the
Spnrianburg chamber Of commerce
Mr.. Moore and J. H. Watt OF Clemson
college. Went to Northern Missouri
with $4,000 to buy beef cattle for the
farmers Of Anderson and Spartan
burg. Mr.. MoOrc's siatcmcn; was that
the cattle raiser from w.iom they
bought the beef cattle declared his
dissatisfaction with that section OF
the country
Mr. Moore stated that this Missou-
ri farmer realizes that the grazing
season IS all too short. 1t Is all right
while ii lasts, but the winters are
long and severe and the summers are
hotter than In South Caro,Ina.
Why should not Anderson make
an effort TO induce such men 20 come
to this county? They might start
merely branch Of the industry here.
and. If II succeeds, let the undertaking
become greater and greater all of the
time.
We read in the Bible. some OF us do,
OF the famines of the good old days,
and we do not appreciate that this
country is now facing. not exactly a
famine, hut II real shortage in beef
supply. The statistics show that the
number Of beef cattle in the United
States has been reduced nearly 1850
900 in year That numoer IS al
most equivalent to the population of
South Carolina.
The boil wcevil Is coming That is
what the experts and the scientists
tell us. We arc really nol SO much
afraid of the boil weevil as we were
4 few years ago. hut he Is on MS way.
The reason this section zeels more
SECURE is because we are gradually
planting more grain, a:,G Ill othe;
ways varying the crops. Just one
thing more is needed to make all of
the hillsides green with i5criuuGa aid
clovcrs and to cause tho meadows 20
DC itiicU with Octt CNts!S.
The boil weevil may come. but II
he has no cotton bolls Oil which to
gorge himself. the farEscr will not
suffer. The country is beginning 20
turn to the southeast for its beef cat
tie and il. grazing ranges.
What better breeding place could
he found than the southeast: IN .ne
Southern states are millions OF ac-
res of cheap. we'll watcred lands that
are ideal for stock raising. There Is
little of tho land that could not be
utilized for that purpose.
There are many factors that enter
into making this sectio.: .Ac future
stock growing zone of America. Not
The least Of these is the Iou;s graz
ing season. In most sections OF the
Southeast cattle can gruzc ror n:ns-
months il: the year with iio shelter at
all. Sheep can Craze throughout the
season without any Oth,r foou tnun
they can gather in the fields. In ad-
dition the Southeast grows mo.c vol
GitdIS SIuSSeS ike itSpcLcNa anu
mcllilotus, which make excellent graz
ing and which require no attention
or cultivation by man. There is little
OF the land in the Southeast that Is
not we'll watered. and lnu' IL D. tre
iand ) OF limestone formation. watch
pr Icdcnt shows Is best adapted &c
breeding cattle of large proportions.
The soils of the Southeast are adapted
10 raising good crops OF corn and le-
gumes which are suitable Tor winter
feeding during the few months tia,
the cattle cannot rustic for them
selves.
Dr. G. Al. Rommel. chief Of ;h2 Di-'
vision of Animal industry OF the C,ti
ted States Department of Agriculture,
recently said that the South can pro-
duce cattle beef rs low as three
cents pound. Statistics shoN that
the cattle will bring about e:gnSeents
per pound in any marker.