The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-17
SOUTH IS SUITED
TO STOCK RAISING
The Water Supply Abundant
and Accessible: Climate Also
Is Favorable
VIEW OF JUDGE MILLER
VIEW OF JUDGE MILLER
His Farm at Mt. UIIa a Model.
Stocked With Pure Bred
Hereford Cattle and Sheep
of The Purest and Best
BTeed--AII The Farm Ma
ch'nery of Modern Type

Judge b. B. Miller. of Salisbury, |
believes hat the South is will suit
eel to stock raising. Among his rea-
sons for SO holding are that the water
Supply is abundant and assessi Die and
the climate affords a long grazing sea
son and makes expensive> buildings
unnecessary. And in a recent COM
nlunication to the Yadkin Valley
Herald he gives additional reasons
for the faith that is in him. His let
ter follows:
MI. Editor: Referring TO your Te-
quest for some items about my pure
bred Hereford cattle and stock rails
ing in this county !. want to call at
tentiOn to a few reasons why the
South is we'll suited to s~tOck-raising,
tJ-wit: The water supply is abundant
and accessible: the climate affords a
long grazing season and makes ex-
lensiVe buildings unnecessary; the
farmer can grow two or more hay
crops OF the same land in one year
the ~by-products Of the farm-Corn,
slower, wheat straw, cotton seed meal
and hulls-prOVide a cheap winter
feed. In some sections they have to
furnish water by means Of Cisterns
or reservoirs and sometimes nave to
drive cattle miles for water while Sc
were winters require expensive build
iGgs and short summers permit only
enc hay crop.
THE Herefords are primarily beef
cattle, usually not giving more milk
than is needed for the calf. The dis
tinctiOn etWee q beef coy II Z
milk cow is Simpie-One converts
food into beef, the other makes mill
Of it. We prefer the beef cattle be
Il they do not require such con
slant attention and interfere less witt
o~o rai nrtN nrl nln h
Eerefords are REQ with white face
and white underlineS n are com
, r,only known as White-faces Tn
+ HerefoldS are very popular in tn
! ', est because they are good grazer
= and mature early. A good Herefor'
( Steer properly fed can easily be mad
, 60 weigh 1000 pounds, or more, as
yearling and viii bring SIS or more
on the beef market. Iearlings sol
. in prime condition are designated q
baby beef. A steer OF any of tn
= teef breeds because Of his eXtr
q weight and quality brings more o,
any market, at any age than a scru
steer under same conditions. IN
. " hitefaces are quiet in disposition
2 easily controlled and do not becom
= vicious. My herd consists OF pure
\ bred IIeIefords n grade Hereford
about the same number of each. TIL
p~urebreds are kept to raise breedin
;, stock while n grades are used fu
beef production
Cattle properly handled under cor
O ditions existing here will return
o reasonable profit and are, beyon
n question, the best agency known fC
! farm Improvement"
5 Judge M;Ilcr's Farm.
q The Yadkin Valley Herald, frol
IS which the foregoing letter is take
n. last fall sent q representative out
n, Judge Miller,S farm at Mount I'll
81 Of his trip the newspaper man saiC
le A Herald man spent d half day la
l. fal! on the farm Of Judge 3. 3. Mi
Ter out at Mt. lila. This section
re Rowan is progressive and the splel
Sc did people in that ne~ighborhood a.
in VIDE awake, this being shown 10y II
general conditions. Judge Z.
ic Miller, of this city, owns the farm {
a which he was reared, and he is pu
ID ting a lot OF grey matter into IL
le work OF building up q model farr
Ills farm equipment is up to dat
his methods the best ny test and h
stock in every instance first class. {
this farm one finds not only the pur
bred Hereford, but sheep of the pu
a est and best breed, full bred fowls
er several varieties and farm tools al
ne machinery needed for up to da
t. aiming. On this farm his half q;
n, were seen many things rejecting Il
n conditions under which the soil
to treated. 4 tractor pulling a gang
en- plovs was at work. Several fel
ne were thickly covered with alfalfa
ch tive sights not often<seen on a Sout
st eTn farm"