The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-03

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larity in North Carolina while 1t Is
declining elsewhere. North Carolina
has all the facilities any place has Tor
raising cattle, and all n need tnat
other places AVE for cattle. Ihen
his State haS that enormous oy-prod-
uct. cotton seed, that the States N0rth
and West do not have. North Caro-
lima raises from ten TO wenty mil
lion bushels of cotton seed 3 year,
and cotton seed, or its products, yield,
a great cattle feed. both in value as a
feed and as a cheap product.
Two Lines of Cattle Feeding.
Over on the river at the two farms
now being created for cattle raising
on a large scale the two ines of cattle
feeding will be pushed to an extensive
limit. The Castor side will raise
beef cattle. This is a different bust
ness from daily cattle. Beef cattle will
appeal to those farmers who do not
like to bother with the detail work in
volved in milk and butter making.
The demand for beef is going to stead
lily increase and the prices are going
upward. Just now the slaughter of
cattle on the farms is having q down
ward tendency on prices, but next
year will see regret for the surplus
cattle taken from the pastures that
should have been kept there for q
$3.50 W - ASoSA i 1Cl dllcl
That lessening Of the herd will mean
higher prices in the future.
One reason why North Carolina is
to become a cattle State is because the
people are learning the cattle raising
trade. In the past when not much
beef and not much milk and butter
was demanded by any but those who
made 1T on the farms people did not
pay attention to meat and dairy pro-
ducts, and few became skilled in
those lines and few paid attention to
the better breeds Of cattle. Now, as
the town and city population is MAX
ing demands on the dairies and meat
shops the farmers are learning how to
supply the things asked for. With
the finely bred young stock from such
farms as these on the Catawba river
going out into all quarters of the
State into the hands Of young men
VINO have been taught how to handle
such stock the making Of dairy pro
ducts becomes a trade on the farm,
and the farmers learn how to profit
by this line of agriculture.
Plenty Of Jersey Cattle.
l notice in the counties up this
way as | look out OF the car
that on the farms in all directions Jer-
sey cattle are showing in considerable
numbers. One farm may have two or
IA ailOlilc pace q
handsomely marked young Jersey bull
VIII be seen. On another farm is no.
tlced a heifer or two, or two or three
evidently we'll bred COWS.
1t is impossible to measure the
value TO this State of such a herd OF
cattle as Mr.. Moore has gathered at
his farm here near Charlotte. No bet
ter blood is in the United States than
IS represented in this herd, and every
week or SO n Of the young animals
goes out to influence the herds on the
farms OF all sections Of North Caro-
una. Every time a farmer buys q
nnely bred animal he takes 6. pride
IN caring for his herd, and that puts
MIN In among the enthusiasts in ad-
vancing the status of North Cardinals
cattle and dairy industry. This rapid
adVance in the quality Of the stock in
the State is fully as remarkable as
the increase in the number Of cattle
OF the State, n the phenomenal in
crease in price in the last ten years.
Every man who gets a good Jersey
animal on his place becomes a mis-
slonary working for the Improvement
OF the cattle OF his neighborhood and
lor the improvement Of the quality
quantity Of dairy products. A
man who gets a Jersey COW begins to
De restless until he can get a barrel
churn n presently after he has az.
NV SOWS lie WANTS. a
cream separator and a siIo. When he
mas acquired these things he com
mences to make claims for his but
ter and by that time he has laid the
foundations for a milk and butter nro-
ouclns business in his netghborhood.
Revolution in Farming.
When he has gone tina far the
whole thing is under way. The man
who is making milk and butter is
MAKING some money from it. he is
making his farm much more fertile
ana enduring, he is making converts
among his n%eighbors in the Ga mo al
rection, and he is evyolutionizine
farming in his township.
MI. Moore has also given a lot Of
attention to hogs, and his nerd is one
OF the finest in the South. He com
menced to build it up by buving q
boar that he paid s1,1OO for. q price
that startled the neighbors and led
to the inquiry as to whether he was a
l mo n r nyIn