The Monticellonian., 1915-03-04
Big Stock Farm for Ashley
 County.

heFelOTQ CdUGle brought recently to Ashley county by Mr. E w. Gates, has resulted in numeros inquires from different parts of the state by people who want to purchase such stock, according to Mir. Gates.
 l That this stock was not pur- chased for resale but for breed ing purposes, in the assurance given, although it is said that in all probability within the next six months there will be formed a company of perhaps $50,000 capital for the purpose of hand ling thoroughbred stock in Ash ley county. Certain Missouri stock breeders have been watch ing this locality for numbers of years and have decided favorably toward entering business here. They have been influenced in this decision by the cheapness and quality of land and the mildness of the clim mtte which allows a two months shorter feeding season for stock than central and north Missouri, and a greatly reduced ration during the time when feeding is necces- sary.
 "These men have gone over the possibilities of this county thoroughly" said Mir. Gates, "they have looked at the land and 'chewed the corner of it to see if it would fade' and have been convinced that this county has practically all the advantages of Missouri and few of that state s disadvantages. The fact that we are below the quarantine line has kept stock men out of this county. If blooded stock of marketable age, 14 months to two years old, is brought down here from the North a great pro- portion of it will die from fever. Calves, however, can be brought with comparative salty by using modern methods of immuniza- tion. D
 The market for high grade stock is said to be more active in the South than in the North, for such stock is scarcer and the de- mand is rapidly increasing. Big money is being made in the cat tie business in south Arkansas now but the industry has scarce ly had beginning as yet and, according to the belief of MT. Gates, the advantages of this locality insure that the industry will assume gigantic proportions in the next few years.
 The herd of 50 Herefords which Mir. Gates bought at Grant City, Mo-, and brought here, af- ter having them immunize d at Little Rock, consisted of A bulls and 26 heifers. Neighbors took Is of the former and the re- mainder of the bunch is now at the Gates farm ? miles east of Crossett, making fine gains on Ashley county grown silage from a Orossett silo.
 From this herd, it is expected, enough males can be produced to very materially improve the cat tie of this locality. The Here ford Whiteface has been determ- ined upon as the best suited to this locality, as it is a better "rustler" than other strains, and is said to be less susceptible to disease. Native cattle are said to respond very quickly to the in- troduction of Hereford blood and the resulting animal is a hardy beef type, of many good qualities.
 The prosperity that has come to Missouri through the stock in- dustry will not be long delayed for South Arkansas, is the belief of those who are watching the trend of affairs, and the sooner the state can get the stock the soon- CT will this prosperity arrive.
 Strange as it may seem, the very cheapness of land has dis couraged some investors. 1t is said that large tract of Ashley county land which could be in- sured to produce S5 per cent as much as the $15O land in Mis- souri was recently offered to a