Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-07-28
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put the South can become great
cattle producing section, and in
very simple manner.
The most valuable export Of the
United States is meat, and very little
of that money now finds it's way to
the South. But interests are at work
and movement which recently has
been set on foot may revolutioniZe
conditions in this section.
The solution OF the question, as
pointed out by w. w. Long, head Of
United States farm demonstration
work in this State, is for each far
mer to try 10 raise at least one beef
year. Commissioner Watson in
his last annual report shows the
feasibility and praCticabilty Of this
by giving numerous instances Of sue
cess in this State, where an individ-
ual farmer, practically without
means, has raised not only beeves,
but mule and horse colts, and at al
most no expense.
The farmer of the Middle West is
dissatisfied. The grazing season on
the plains is all too short. The win
ters are long and severe and the
summers are more trying than our
own. 1t seems useless to make an
effort to get them to move. Cattle
tick, negro labor and other bug-a-
boos have caused the South to be re-
garded almost with dread
The Southern farmer, therefore,
must make his own fight in the eff
fort to show that this is a section
greatly favored by nature for the de-
veloping Of a live stick industry Mr..
Long is using every means at his
command to cause the people of the
State to produce cattle, and to create
cattle section by having each small
farmer to raise each year at least
one calf Of the beef type.
To encourage this he is trying to
build up the market and the indus
try at the same time In different
parts Of the State cattle markets
have been located At certain dates
in the year, it is proposed to have all
nearest points. Buyers will gather
there and the cattle will then bring
good prices.
Dr. G. NJ. Rommel, chief Of the
animal industry division of the Uni
ted States Denartmert o. A~~iCr'-
jur", h1a stated rast brnr cattle can
o1 Ivr0acod -. .rl SD,ih for iurgc.
"cnts pen pou-d and sno,uU bring
.'snt csu.s OF 'ngrr IN open mu:E.. .
lie rIOducl-S u Juul cattle has L,.u
proved success by Louis |. Guion
and others who have undertaken this
work on a buSiness-likc scale, pre-
pairing the grazing grounds so that
there would never he a shortage Of
pasturaGe, or of ensilaSe, but it is to
the "smal farmer" that Commits
sioner Watson and Mr.. Long have
been making appeals.
This section is beautifully adapted
to cattle raising. The winter has
few days when cattle cannot find
grazing upon clovers and other
cover crops, and the South IS the
home OF the bermuda and other
grasses that flourish in the summer.
Statistics show that this country
has been facing beef famine, and
after the European war American
beef will soar in prices and there
will be none for the people Of the
South if we can't get a good price
for our cotton. Raising beef cattle
is a defensive measure as we'll as a
money-makmg proposition.
The boil weevil is coming! That
is what experts and scientists tell us.
We arc really not so much afraid of
the boil weevil as we were a few
years ago, but he is on his way.
The reason this section feels more
secure is because we are gradually
planting more grain, and in other
ways varying the crops. Just one
thing more is needed to make all Of
the hillsides green with bermuda and
clover and to cause the meadows to
be filed with beef cattle.
The boil weevil may come. but if
he has no cotton bolls on which to
gorge himself. tn" farmer will not
suffer The country is beginning to
turn to the southeast for its beef
cattle and its grazing ranges.
What better breeding place could
be found than the southeast IN the
Southern States are millions Of acres