The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-01

ciS HAT Il three tunes y
cotton crop amounts IN ana
FIVE times as much as tn
crop is worth. From whj.h
be seen that if this live Stocs
ment puts North Carolina in th.
with the meat and dairy pr,+
States. 1t has opened To the :.
great new possibility Of wealth A.,
advancement that is canafr
echpsing anything thai has "
undertaken.
The movement now on loo,
encourage North Carolina farTrar.
undertake cattle raising both for a.
and meat purposes. Some sections
cline to one, and some 10 the otha
The western counties are r..ta.
building up meat industry. the ~
mands fer feeders and beef steer, III
the last few years crowding the ,.n'
ply. The result is that the Re.
Breeders Association is taklnp .1,
| matter in hand in a systematic ,a.n
ner and the future of the beef hraat
| ing industry in the mountain counts
| is bound to De one Of swift ann 49,
tended growth. The draft OF feajar.
to the farms Of the Piedmonr ,-,
| lower counties will continue under H..
| organization Of the association. ,.3
| that will afford a growing rnarEer
| for the breeders of the moanfsnr
| counties, which is putting the h.
I OH d ucllIlltc ana DrDr1T,f,ia
| basis. Each new experiment that =
reported gives encouragement. .aa
! the introduction of improved blood
is raising the grade of beef s. f,.t
that North Carolina is attraer51..
lmuch attention by its improvine Q1,5.
ty Of meat.
Looking At Feeding Proposition
Many Of the bigger farmers Ar.
taking hold Of the feeding proposition.
and here and there smaller farmer.
are entertaining the idea Of raisir.,
beef cattle. The less close attentio6
necessary inclines some farmers 4,
beef cattle rather than to dairy eat
tie as the latter require Systematic
attention every day of the year aH1
some farmers do not like 10 have eat
tie interfere too much with then oth-
er work. Beef cattle fit in better an
farms of this character. but it Is A..-
dent that the dairy type of COW /,
proving favOrite in many section.
and that the cream route and the
| separator and the Silo are coming
factors in North Carolina.
The Animal Industry Division "
) the Department of Agriculture at
| Raleigh furnishes men To discuss th-
question of either beef or dairy c.u-
tie with the farmers, and the question
has been discussed SO much thai now
in all directions centers of infection
: have been established an a number
t of forms of corporation among farm
erS have been awakened until The
State is pretty well aroused - Jhe
: possibilities Of live stock farming -
one kind or another. A noteworthy
f innovation is the interest shown by
| the town people lately in extending
5 the cattle industry. Every communl-
ty that has board of trade or cham
' ber Of commerce is investigating the
, question Of cattle raising, and IN
many places helping to provide in
!, proved stock for the neighborhoof
! use. Another thing that is noticeable :
!. is the gradual arrival at the hard" ware
: stores and the five and ten-cent stores
! OF dairy implements. A few years
: ago a farmer would hunt over halt
of North Carolina for a butter mould
that would make a pound PRINT or
for sheet Of parck.nent paper -"
In every town of considerable slze
q those things are found, and butter
> color at the drug stores. Here an1
: there you see cream separators il
), the s4ores, and barrel churns and
q swing churns are becoming more
: common than the old stone dastef
n churns that not long ago were 1'
n most prominent dairy exhibits 81 the
S hardware store These things shoe
d the change that mas commenced aut
k they say in most emphatic words tha
p it is a change that has made big pro
g gress almost over night
s Should Get In Touch
Already another important step 4
contemplated. So far the chang +
:" dairy farming has been an evolution
. of native farmers But all over tf
. State is discussed the possibility "
II | attracting to North Carolina dt.f
Q men from the dairy districts Of tho1
d other States that make a specially .
IS dairy products. There are three -
J four prominent centerS of dalrylnS y
n the country One is in the group
1. states that corner ur In the upPf
IS Mississippi Valley where limo.
It Iowa, MinneSO and Wisconsin t0utI
It There is great dairy territory W.
q a surplus Of men who know NJ" .
e make milk and butter and cheese
e eastern New York and Vermont is 4
n other prominent dairy region Nei
w eastern Ohio is a similar terfll't'
e Pennsylvania has two or three "a.
e sections. The ambition of some
n the possible dairy counties or Npi
n Carolina n in touch with III