The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-01


one Of these has been located at
Derbys plantation, one At Beusaiem.
one at Carthage, and the other At
another point in the territory. Others
are to follow shortly, and the farmers
are TO be started on the road toward
better stock. At each point an aSso-
citation of the farmers IS formed, and
the hull is placed III the hands Of a
secretary. who is paid nominal sal
ary for keeping him, and for keeping
track Of the accounts of the affairs
of the association. The farmers IF
the Sand Hills were questioned as 10
! what variety Of stock they would pre-
fer and it seemed to settled down Ia
the ShOrthOrn. This is more beef
type than cream type, and this part
of the country will probably graVitate
! more to beef than to milk and butter.
| With the cream and butter idea COM
| ing into prominence in Lee, IL looks
as though the various types of cattle
are about to be established in the
Upper Cape Fear country and on the
right basis.
Interest In Beef Cattle.
This same thing is going on al
over the State. Beef cattle are at
tracing attention from the mountains
clear to the eastern counties, and the
cream idea is gaining ground as fast
as the beef idea. Probably the estab-
lishment of central creameries as at
, Hickory and elsewhere in the west.
, West Raleigh under the direction OF
f the Agricultural College Will put but
ter making farther forward in the
p State in a few years than blind drift
r ing would have done in a long time.
y 1t is not very long ago that a good
: many intelligent men held to the as
f sertion that good butter could not
n be made in North Carolina. Forum
ately that has been proven SO fire.
quently Of late to absolute nonsense
that it is no longer thought worth
o while to discuss whether good butter
e can be made in the State. No better
1t butter can be made anywhere in the
d world than in North Carolina. AS
It one Of the best markets is in North
2, Carolina, one that has never yet been
o supplied by the butter at hand, it is
hardly worth while to worry about
a a market for a Tong time yet to come
k AS the beef supply of the State has
/ never yet been sufficient to meet the
l. demands it is right evident that this
l. as a cattle State is ideal as far as a
S. market is concerned.
S. Fever From Ticks.
ID The first marked advance in cattle
n raising in North Carolina came wher
le it was discovered that tick fever came
D from cattle ticks. Prior to that time
r Texas or splenic or anything else The
le fever might be called was set doWI
st like the verdict Of a jury in New
Mexico where six horse thieves hac
lg ton Of Providence, cause unknown
as Since it was found that ticks spread
Sc serious, fatal and infectious diseas'
to among cattle, the ticks have been go
I'd ing at rapid rate. One Of the in
w teresting things in North Carolina
t. progress is the quick gait with which
ne the work of tick eradication swep
n down from the mountain counties
m through the Piedmont and out int
in the coast land. Nearly all Of the in
70 (,f hn 20 <taly
It now, and the rest will be in short or
ty der. When Tate Butler left the Stat
y he had brought the tick free lin
m down somewhere about the SOuther
,st railroad. In the short time since the
e it has continued until in places it
he almost in sight Of the coast. n
re doubt Dr. Butler is surprised at tn
he rapid action Of the good work he Sc
ay on foot.
is Cleaning Out Ticks Important
he Wiping out the ticks made 1t pos
ne sible to have better cattle and to ge
nd so much better results from thos
he that were kept that it is hard to real
zee ize that half dozen 70 a dozen year
is ago the State was Overrun with tick.
and it is still harder to believe tha
SO simple a thing as killing out tick
p was so bitterly opposed by so man
* people. 1t is probable that cleanin
on out the ticks is one Of the most i'm
Ill portant things in a financial way tha
If has happened IN the State in man
lc- years. The extent Of the movemer
,ut toward embarrassing Is almost in f1r:
he place IN its importance and value
ng the entire industrial and social fabri
,g- Of the State. 1t promises to esta blis
Dig a wholly new line OF industry and {
he social advancement. It is not to
much to say that stock farming mark
ase much of the difference in the custom
Ito and habits of the people Of the Sout
Lge as compared with the people OF tn
nd North and Of the old world.
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