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

ing could better emphasize the story
Of six cent cotton thar the exhibi to
be seen at the stock farm which is
growing up three miles out of Char
lotte under the enthusiastic
ment of Edgar B.. Moore, of the Sell
wyn Hotel.
A few a ago Mr.. Moore bought
the land. not because it was a valu-
able piece OF ground, but because he
could get 1t and the location suited
MIN. He had a desire to raise vege-
tables and supplies for the hotel, and
along with the business intent was an
ambition to produce some good cattle
and to afford himself an agreeable
occupation separate from his business
in town.
II is still plainly evident from small
bits Of the land that here and there
tell the story Of the early condition Of
the tract that it was nothing to boast
or for fertility when it was secured. It
was badly broke in gullies. it's fer
tility injured by washing and its prom
ise interrupted by swarnps.
To-day this place is fertile. \ field
that is covered with a tangle OF sor-
gum and COW peas las been yielding
from three to three and a half tons
to the acre OF dry feed. Wher this
y ~ 10 Hoi yct cut L L IL Sucn q td1Slc
that q chicken can hardly make a way
through il. A piece of corn that stood
IN a bit Of bottom ground. a bit that
was so wet and Swampy that a mule
could not get through, stood so hish
and close that u mule could hardly
so through while the corn was there.
Where stalks had fallen down they
Knocked dow others until in places
II looked k n windrow afte" a storm.
1 nave seen corn fields in many places
where corn is a boosted crop, but I do
not now recall q corn field that beat
the corn fields at the Moore farm.
Soil Fertility Does the Work.
There Is nothing mysterious about
II. The whole secret is hat animal
nusbandry means soil fertility, and
soil fertility in North Carolina means
almost anything a farmer wants. With
TINS climate a fertile farm can pro-
duce with scarcely a reas Enable limit
certainly no limit that is TO be COM
pared with anything our farms are
making now.
Mr.. Moore is doing a lot of fancy
farming, but not of the kind that some
folks think of when you say fancy
Farming. He is handling the highest
type Of cattle. and he is doing it in a
practical way, showing that no cattle
are too good for North Carolina farms.
and he is showing what cattle will do
~ IlllIlS.
The cattle on the farm are Hol-
stems and Jerseys. The JERSEY is the
rest butter COW in the world. The
HoIsteln is the greatest milk producer.
Hoistein milk is not SO rich in fat as
the Jersey milk. By mixing the rich
Jersey milk with the abundant Hol-
stein milk both are improved, one in
quantity and h other in quality. SO
Mr.. Moore raises the two kinds OF
cattle. Then ha 1iEao tho tu,o hid
ana he would probably raise them if
they they did not serve the purpose
OF mixture, perhaps.
On the farm are a hundred and
nrty registered animals, and thew in
ciude some OF the best stock in Amer
lea a numbe OF them being imported
anlmal How much money these cat
tie cost may not be interesting. But
IL certainly must be instructive to the
observing loyal North Carolinian to
know that these cows are running
from three to five gallons Of milk a
DAY the year round Not that they
Keep up that yield through the whole
season. At the beginning of the year
tney do better, n at the close not 80
"eli' but that Is the average.
High Priced Stock.
One COW was working for a record
OF ten gallons a day, but she could
not stand by the heavy feeding. and
sne oieo uhder the pressure. Compare
inns ten gallons a day with the gal
Ion a day that is the record of a large
proportion of the North Carolina cows.
A COW that gives ten gallons of milk
a DAY does not cost Is much to keen
up as ten cows that give a gallon each
a uay. nor so much for labor to look
AFTER her. nor so nue. for ANYTHING
else, except in the original purchase
price. Some OF the cows at this farm
would not sell for the price Of twenty
ordinary razor back cattle, and YOU
could no buy a calf here for the price
oI Two or three or maybe half a dozen
ORDINARY scrub cows. Any kind Of q
uan at all at Mr.. Moore's farm is
worth a hundred and fftv dollars =,
rs NOT worth n more than it will
"A right GOOD crop Of calves is com.
heifers are kept to see wbat tho, III
ue,siop into as cows. To build up I
herd of superior excellence fron, ths
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