The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-03

humus, domestic uanures and vege-
iar:e matter.
TIE one crop has been t1iau until
every thinking farmer is convinced
that there is only one result-failure,
3A6 out Of this continued failure new
agriculture is dawning; it is farm di-
vers;Rcation and more live stock, the
TWO go hand in hand, one is essential
to the other, and either will not be a
complete success alone.
No farmer should attempt to go into
the business Of raising live stock with
cut making preparation for an amp e
food supply for shortage OF pasture,
and food is the rock so many are liable
to split on. Therefore the two re-
uuisites for a successful live stock in
dustry are an abundance Of home
raised food and a good strain of pure
bred live stock.
The demands for all Kinds of live
stock in the South will never grow
less, but will continue to increase from
year to year, and the farmers who are
making preparation to 60 into the
raising of beef cattle will find mar
ket already established. The state has
been divided into five marketing dis
tricts by DR.. w. w. Long, director of ex-
tension work in South Carolina, where
the cattle will be concentrated, on a
prearranged date, for inspection and
classification by an expert cattle man.
Buyers from the leading markets, SUCH
as Baltimore, Richmond, Jersey City
and other places, will be on hand to
purchase them at price far above
the usual local markets.
If the Minnesota and Michigan farm
er can deliver their dairy produces,
cream and butter, and they are doing
it into this state at profit, after
paying the express or freight for hun
dreds of miles, what would the profit
Of a Newberry county farmer be, If
he would use the same intelligence
and effort the Minnesota or Michigan
farmer uses in the production Of their
cream and butter?
Long ago up in those states the
farmers tried the one crop system
with disastrous results, and as result
they turned their attention to farm
diversifcation and the cattle industry
both dairy and beef breeds-and they
are today happy, wealthy and prosper
Gus states.
Why should the Western farmer
supply this county with part OF its
beef, practically all of its mules and
horses and even part of its hogs,
taking thousands of dollars every year
from the county, never to return, when
the Newberry county farmer can raise
just as good animals as any country
can grow?
The answer is plain, the farmers,
as a rule, have kept in the line OF
least resistance, the one crop-cot-
ton-never stopping to think of the
dire results to follow Now, am we'll
aware that there is an awakening in
the live stock industry of the county
by a few progressive farmers who are
looking ahead and are laying the foun-
dation for profitable farming, but the
number is far too small yet, and the
campaign for more live stock must
continue to be Waged if We are going
to have real prosperous people.
Then, and not until then, will there
be the true, broad prosperity to which
the county is entitled Cotton at 20
cents pound would not be as valuable
to the farmer in the long run as would
farm diversifcation and the raising OF
more live stock and the enrichment
thereby of the soil.
Western states with not one-half the