The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-02

y lhio~ INTO any market the aSS3-i
cation cattle might be shipped 10. the
idea being that the tick cattle of the
south would queer the prices OF all
southern cattle on the market at that
time. /
Eight Dollars n Hundred.
Derby started his cattle down the |
road from his farm To the station on
the day the big snow swept over the
State last winter. and the caught il. |
they dragged into Hoffman tired. wet
and drabbled. They were hurried into
the cars IN most ~urpromising shape, |
but the storm that threatened to be
their undofns was a godSend. for it
mad been q general storm, and the
cattle arrived in Baltimore to find that
a cattle famine was threatening. and
they brought nearly eight dollars a
hunored pounds. The opposition
cattle from the tick belt got in just
IN time to be there when the flood
gates of cattle were opened as the
storm went past. and they sold for
no more than they were worth. as
they deserved.
This encouraged the association.
and George Holderness, of Tarboro.
shipped IN a car that brought close
TO nine cents a pound, catching an
other favorable chance. Other mem
bers OF the association put some more
cars over, and a second time the tick
belt cattle tried to break the market.
and were intercepted by another that
shut the market out from the West
and let association cattle in fer q good
price.
A Richmond byuer had been watch
ing the shipment of cattle from the
North Carolina Association. and the
excellent quality Of the cattle made
a hit with him. He called Secretary
Curtis to the telephone one day and
asked him what he wanted for the
stock left in the hands of the aSse-
citation.
"Seyenty-six on the farm the sec
rotary replied.
The Richmond man offered several
points less and lost money on tele-
phone tolls rising ten cents at a time
until after he had been charged up
several minutes use of the wire, he
finally said that seventy-six looked
good.
1t has been a right interesting eX
perience, with war pretty near al
along the line reminding the old tim
erS of the days when Grant and Lee
were thanking each other step by steI
from the Rapidan to Richmond, fifty
years ago this month.
Production Factors Organized
> The results are that the association
, has organized the factors Of produc
+ ton Of beef cattle, of assembling then
at the mountain stations. of classify
! ing and shipping them, and of put
ting them III the market. Next fal
a when the feeders go to the mountain
to buy their stock for the winter feed
$ ing they will go TO the assemblin
points and from the men who ar
gathering and classifying cattle tn
q buyers will obtain M of sue
weight as they prefer. The man VIII
n likes nine hundred pound cattle Wi
{ ill his car with cattle Of hat weigh
He will make his bunch uniform i
A appearance, one man buying Here
fords. n buying DurhaTns, one buy
y ing Doddies, and each will la
herd that viii &c to market lookin
like q select stock instead of as
Noah had sorted out a pair OF EVER
& kind Of hernad animal to fill up ar
q other ark.
al The cattle that will go te the NORTH
& ern markets from the Carolina assG
re citation next spring are certain to civ
this State an enNiable name as q pre-
Queer Of beef cattle for the marke
4 II the farmers Of the State will tai
t a hand in h association and prot
y by what the members are doing, hel
le is a chance to put the production
beef on a high plane in the Stat
20 1t embraces the entire range of tt
beef industry, and is ~syStenatiZed
ID it's endeavor to systematize the il
dustTS.
lg The favored cattle among the fee
er erS in the association will run fro
T. nine hundred to eleven hundrt
d pounds. This is a good weight
~ send to market. 1t is likely that IL
or day of the big steer has gone I'll
a Denver Field and Farm in its issue
SO May 9Th, notes the tendency iowa
I'd smaller cattle for two reasons, OF
being that feeders are afraid to hand
ne stock that takes very long to fms
a, and the other that big cattle are Il
az first 10 be weeded out in the dinai
ishins of the herds. Here in Nor
ne Carolina the feeding season is shol
a-Cattle come into the grass late
of the Fall and the feeders do not Ii
as - run them on the feed lot Ov
lie ninety days, as it is necessary to 6
Ed the cattle off to market ea-ly enou.
is in the spring TO permit using the ia
up for cultivation and 10 get out t
he n
it Another significant thing from t