The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
Hundred Head Raised at Allenville Net Neat Profit. Gained Two Pounds a Day for 100 Days

The record made by 100 head of cattle which were marketed in East St. Louis last Saturday for B. M. Allen demon strates that Alabama cattle can be sold at the highest market prices in competi- tion with cattle raised in the recognized cattle growing countries, according to a statement made. by MT. Allen to an Age Herald reporter last night. MT. Allen said that his stock which was raised at Allenville on the dividing line of Marengo and Hale counties, brought 79O at the highest and 7.5O at the lowest in the market.
 These cattle, or, rather some of them, were brought to Alabama from the plains of Texas said MT. Allen, 'and were fed on a strictly southern diet The 100 head averaged a gain of two pounds a day each, or a total of 200 pounds gain for 100 days feeding. The feeding demon stration shows that the main feed is corn silage velvet beans and Alabama alfalfa.
 AS GOOD AS ANY
 This experiment is further proof that Alabama cattle can command the highest market prices. The only thing necessary for Alabama to become the greatest cat tie raising state in the union is for the state to get rid of ticks. It has been proved in all counties that are now out of quarantine that cattle can be raised in this state cheaper and with less trouble than in any other state in the union The climate here is such that 1t is neces- sary to feed the cattle only two months during the year, and as to housing, that is hardly necessary at all.
 ''The eradication of the tick is merely a matter of education. The government animal husbandry bureau is, working tc the end that the people eradicate the ticks. They do not want to force the paign of education. In no county ir which the question of tick eradication has been put to a vote have the people refused to rout the tick. There are one or two exceptions, but in these counties the people did not have knowledge ot what eradication meant
 ''In both Hale and Marengo counties the tick has been banished. Dipping vats have been installed, and believe I was the first farmer in Alabama to have a dipping vat. Silos are being constructed throughout the state and the people are preparing to raise cattle wherever pos sible. I believe, too, that was the first farmer in Alabama to construct silc for use on the farm.
 
 DEMAND IS GROWING
 Ut was but short time ago that pure bred cattle were in little demand. On my own. farm at Allenville only a short time since, I started to raising registered cattle I found that there was prac- tically no demand for them. They could not be sold in Alabama. Now, however in the past few months more than a dozen registered bulls have been sold to Ala bamians, and the government bulletin on cattle raising in Alabama shows that more than 40OO registered cattle were shipped into Alabama last year.
 with the eradication of the tick in all the counties of the state, Alabama will grow cattle cheaper, larger and of better grade than any other state in the union.
 .'The stock which was disposed of Sat- urday at St. Louis was grown on my farm at Allenville, under the direction of c. S. Templeton, professor of animal hus- bandry at Auburn and B. Gibbons, also attached to the Alabama experiment sta tion.''