The Prescott daily news., 1916-04-22
ARKANSAS CATTLE
 AS GOOD AS ANY
Two Farmers Make Safes in St. Louis Market of Carload of Thirty White-faced Hereford Cattle at Top Prices.

Arkansas farmers can raise cattle just as good as any in the world.
 To prove this assertion, Dr. R. M. Cow, state veterinarian, cites the fact that Fred Gibson of Stuttgart last week sold in St. Louis a carload of thirty white-faced Hereford baby beef cattle for nine and one-half cents a pound, which is 65 cents a hundred more than was ever brought before by any cattle sold out of Arkansas. These cattle brought the highest price that has been paid in St. Louis this year They averaged 687 pounds.
 Clay Farmers Success.
 Also Dr. Cow cites the ease of c. II. Hit of Clay county, who sold on the St. Louis market last week five loads of steers that brought a price equaling the highest ever paid in St. Louis for Arkansas cattle. There were 82 steers in the five cars. They averaged 1,05S and sold for $S.S5 a hundredweight.
 The Live Stock Reporter of St. Louis had the following to say about Mr. Hitt's cattle and a drove of fat pigs he shipped at the same time;
 "When seen by Reporter repre- sentative he made the following re- marks regarding the feeding of the cattle:
 "'The string was fed for a little over four months on a ration of corn, cottonseed meal and ensilage. During the first thirty days each animal re- ccived four pounds of meal, after which ] increased it to five pounds and for the remaining three months of the time they were on feed each steer received about five pounds of the product. l fed all the ground corn they would eat and about one ton of silage a day. During the last month they were on feed I used a little hay, about 500 pounds to the drove every other day. They made excellent gains and were in fine mar keting condition
 "Mr. Hit also had on the market at a very profitable figure a drove of fat pigs. Of these there were 9S head that averaged 175 pounds and sold for $9.65 per hundredweight, a good price. The swine were handled right in the iots with the cattle and grew up along with the steers. The feeder expressed himself as very well pleased with the way he had been treated on the market and announced his intentions of visiting us again in the near future
 Must Eradicate the Tick.
 Some persons seem to have the idea that cattle can't be raised sue cessfully in Arkansas" said Dr. Cow. "The sales made by these two Arkan- sans show how false is this idea. Ar kansas farmers can raise cattle just as good as any in the world. All that is necessary is to get rid of the cattle fever tick Mr. Hit lived in Clay county, which is out of the quaran- tined district. Mir. Gibson's farm is in the quarantincd district, but he has his own dipping vats and his farm is absolutely free from cattle ticks. That is why he is able to get such good prices.
 "Mr Gibson is 9 rice farmer and he tells me that he finds that rice raising and live stock raising go well to- gether. He plants enough feedstuffs for his cattle and puts the remainder of his farm into rice.
 "Mr. Gibson is a remarkable farm CT. He employs bookkeeper and pays him a good salary. He knows to the cent just what profit he is mak- ing on everything he sells. He tells me that he is making more money from his live stock than he is from his rice. And he says that even if he didn't make a cent of profit from his cattle, he still would be ahead be- cause of the fact that the manure keeps his farm in high state of fer tility."