Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
NORTH CAROLINA CATTLE
READY FOR THE BUTCHER
experiments Made at Departments
Station In Haywood County Prove
Emfnently Satisfactory.

RALEIGH. N. c.. October 13.-Tho
recent shipment OF nearly 1000 head
OF steers from the Weighing station
OF the North Carolina Experiment
o'ation at Clyde. In Haywood County.
was distinct revelation to the many
visitors present. who had been invited
there. Approximately $4,000 worth OF
cattle left the mountain pastures on
that date. to be finished during the
coming winter by feeders in other
states. The arrival of the droves Of
me steers make one think OF bygone
Gays OF the Western runges. AS the
steers were driven in the calls of the
drivers. the believing Of the cattle as
tncy were herded in the pens and tho
SLOW moving stream Of varicolored
animals up tho runs to the cattle cars
formed a picture which made one wish
thus combat the growing scarcity of
good beef.
Modern methods were also In evil
dence. The moving picture photog-
rapher was on hand. The cattle were
all carefully weighed on large scales,
were divided according to weight and
condition and careful records made in
order That they might be OF future
value. J. A. Carter. of Marshall. Va.
and w. P. Rodisill of Culpeper Va.
were the two largest buyers. Mr..
Carter bought SIS animals from the
farm of I. L. Gwyn of Sprinsdale,
where the experiment station has a
spectal agent for making experiments
in feeding cattle. Mr.. Rudisill bought
the cattle from the remaining farms.
~ large crowd was present. and when
the special train, with two heavy en-
Eines in front and two others about
the middle. pulled out they all eH-
pressed themselves as having valu-
able and entertaining day.
The hundred bea6 which had heen
under experiment on Mr.. Gwyns place
were of particular interest. They had
been divided into four groups OF equal
average weight last fall and had been
tested out on different feeds and pas.
turage.
According to a report made to
tho Ashcville Citizen at the time.
the group fed on corn silaGe and
slower made an average gain in weight
of 29l pounds ut average cost per
animal OF S13.5l; the group fed on hay
made an average gan OF 307 pounds
at an average cost of S17.22; the group
fed on corn silage made an average
gain of $40 pounds at an average cost
of 1929; the group that was kept in
open pasture on grass alone made an
average gain of $40 pounds at An aver
age cost of $1l.90. one dollar month
being charged against each animal for
pasture"
IhlS statement OF results or the Vari-
GUS kinds of feeding beef cattle in the
mountains of Western North Carolina
establishes beyond any doubt tho won
derful opportunities for profit in beef
cattle raising there. and that is about
all the mountains are fit for after the
timber has been taken off them. said
+. tt Peden, who had been stationed
at the Springdalc farm for the past
three or four years making these ex-
periments for the Agricultural EN-
pertinent Station at West Raleigh.
One particularly interesting group
of fifteen two-year-old heifers were
brought out in a pen for loading when
Mr. Pedcn stated to the crowd that
they had been brought to the expert
ment farm as young calves during tho
fall of 1915, with an average weight
of 270 pounds. They have been on pas
ture winter and summer until to-day,
when their average weight Is S65
pounds. Their total cost two years ago
was $3.50; cost of feeding. $3.50; total
cost. $500. They were sold for ST.
o3S.4o. or a profit Of s505.50 for the lot
of fifteen. They were ordinary native
calves, and a dollar month had been
charged against each one Of them for