The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-09
HONTE-RAISED MULES AND MEAT
ANIMALS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN EVER BEFORE.
MORE HOGS THAN EVER BEFORE

backs, and kIlI more hOSs Ah"i
Cholera. Would Make 1t Record
Breaking Year For Farmers.
During the month l have visited
% demonstrators, inoculatcd l4t
hogs as a preventative of cholera
wrote 81 letters and rode $50 miles
in interest of the work.
The first part of the month was
spent at the Agents Conference held
at Athens. The object of this con-
ference was to get the results IN va
rious sections of the state of the DIFF
ferent lines of agriculture practlced
by Georgia farmers, and to carry
them directly to the farmers that they
may profit by the experiences, De
they successes or failures, OF others
At this conference also was mapped
ont the line of farming that we think
most needed at this particular time.
We all. as never before, realize that
there is urgent need of change IN
our farm practices, need OF max
ing our farms self-sustaining. But
TO do this we cannot afford to go
blindly into a system of farming that
we have no results of, and conse-
quently know nothing of the pronts
or failures which will ensue. Some
of the things that the work advocates
for this year in Terrell county Will
be briefly given with the advantages
of the same. And in this connection
it may be stated that the things men
toned are not experiments, but act
ual facts; facts because they have
been tried by a number of farmers
of the county and we're found to be
successes under local conditions.
More and Better Live Stock.
In order to get the farms OF the
county in a prosperous condition
again we have got to raise more cat
tie, mules and hogs. The mules
shipped out of the county during the
past few months have to be replaced
sooner or later, and / know of no
better way to do it than for the farm
ers of Terrell to raise them, which
can be done at less than half OF what
they will cost when bought OF deal
ers. But we can't wait until the
mules are needed again. If we are
going to accomplish anything along
this line right now is the time to
start. There is one good jack at Par
rott, and we hope to get another
placed in or near Dawson in the near
future. It behooves every farmer to
give this matter of replacing these
mules his careful attention. We have
not the least hopes of supplying the
shortage in the beef consumed with
in the next five years. Our ill-bal-
anced system of farming will con-
tinue to be so just as long as we
are content with little or no cattle
on our farms. AS to the breed OF
cattle best suited for general farm
purposes some say one while another
will not agree, but it seems that from
the experiences OF men in the county
it is very evident that the breed COM
monty known as the milking short"
horn suits best, inasmuch as 1t gives
"a liberal amount Of milk as well as
a large supply OF beef A farmer
can't well afford to keep two dis
tinct breeds, one for milk and an
other for meat Both are needed,
and it seems that an animal that Will
serve both purposes is the one we
want. There are two cows of this
breed in the county weighing about
1900 pounds that are giving four
gallons OF milk per day each.
We note with a great deal of in
terest and pleasure the rapid deVel-
lopment of the hog raising industry in
the county. 1t is very doubtful If
there was ever more interest taken
than at present. Nearly every farm
ser is making preparations to harvest
"a hog crop this fall that will meet
all his needs and it is we'll that he
is. If this had been the case one
year ago instead of now we all could
have been a great deal more cheer
full and could have satisfied our cred
itors with much more ease. Let us
hope that this good work will con-
tinue, as it will without a doubt bring
prosperity to our farmers.
More Feed For Live Stock.
The greatest mistake that the hos
raisers are making at present is the
fact that they are not. preparing ear
" spring grazing, such as rye anc
rape. If we undertake to raise hogs
on corn alone We are going to b.