French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-11
FARMERS INVITED TO VISIT
LIVESTOCK FARMS AT SPRAY.
win Give Prizes to Boys ;aGreat Work
by Virginia-CarOl1na cattle LON.
many; Raising BlOOded STOCK.

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The Virginia-Carolina Cattle Com
many. whose general headquarters are
AT Spray, have just issued an invita-
tion to the farmers of the South. large
and small. and to the young men and
the bows on the farms, to visit their
extensive stock and agricultural farms'
any time during the month OF May.
The invitation was suggested by the
recent of a letter from two members
Of the North Carolina Board of Agri-
culture. Messrs. R. w. Scott and +. r.
Latham. who wrote:
eve feel as citizens of the State,
after inspecting your grass lands and
cattle and the general layout of your,
MANS that YOU should extend an invi-
fation. to every young man in the State.
and eyerv farmer and would be cattle
raiser and grass grower, to allow them
fhe privilege of seeing what We nave
seen and getting a practical educa-
ton"
The farms containing 500 to 1000
acres each. The company. in a very
modest way. is extending he beneht
of their experience and the results OF
what they regard as the highly sue
c6SSlu1 uSNCIOPI4OAS "a
Guernsey cattle, sheep raising and the
breeding of young mules, an econom1-
cal and intelligent evolution of the
hog Industry that must inevitably re-
doWned to the financial benefit of the
farmers of the South.
They are producing pork on grass
and legumes with profit and satisfac-
ton. In this connection they say:
cit requires 10 years for a young
man to become a g~rasseologist, and he
gets his education from ocular demon
stration. This we think we can give,
i'm the highest degree, in blue grass
in the South. orchard grass, herd
grass. timothy and other. grasses. and
especially crimson clover and rape for
winter hog food; and sofa beans which
are little understood and little appre-
ciated in their various capacities by
the Southern farmer" ,
Nor does the Virginia-Carolina Cat
tie Company desire to conhne their ef-
forts in agricultural demonstration
work. to their own holdings Dr., their
own township. They make the state
ment that in as much as there has
been considerable agitation about the
farms life school in Rockingham Coun-
~, they declare that this invitation, is
given without any desire TO influence
or accelerate. public or political. senti-
ment whatsoever. And they will be
glad to helpsany> other township, Ruf1n.
or New Bethel. to establish such a
school, New Bethel possesses land of
value beyond the dreams of any man.
they assert:
"We would cheerfully contribute
500 If. any five or ten farmers in the
township will contribute $40 each In
making some experiments in acre lots
6 in that ltoWnship, giving the owner of
the land the benefit of everything ac-
complished, only requiring him to adj
here to instructions given him as to
how TO plant and what to cultivate"
Then in addition to this we will
give so in cash to any member Of the
Boys Corn Club who will write the
best article on why the Corn Club Boys
and the farmers should use p~edigreed
corn seed In raising corn. The Sec
rotary Of Agriculture at Washington
will be requested to make the award"
- They r also willing to aid In the
establishing of a. permanent county
chautauQua at Wentworth. the county
seat, and erect such buildings there
sas will accommodate the people OF the
county
Hakattitqde Of this company has a
pleasing phase to it. Then determi-
! natiot Ito remain Independent was
shown. when q sthey assert they re-.
Gently declined $4,000 rendered them
as a donation. that may or may not
have had" strings: to: it. the offer was
: declined. '@.% @
Then as if by way OF adding en-
/. phasis to the work being lone as well
as their willingness to assist any Sec
ton of the county or. adjoining coun-
ties. the further additional ipforma-
ton and efforts in that direction are
given:
"The Agricultural Society of Ameri-
ca has completed a building here of Is