The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-25
REAL STOCK SALE USHERS ALABAMA INTO HIGH CLASS Special Trains Will Run to Orville for Big Events
 April 2 and 3 TAKE THE PRIZES AT EVERY EXHIBITION Four Thousand-Acre Farm Has Done Great Work in Fostering
 Stock Raising in
 Alabama
By JOHN c. MOSES

On April and Alabama moves Into the king row in the live stock game.
 On these dates will be held the first big auction sale ever held in this state. and one of the few in the south.
 This big event will be pulled off by the West Dallas Farms, located at Orr vile, IS miles west of Selma Located SIS 1t is, this 4000-acre stock farm is ac- cessibie from an points, and a crowd of g. thousand or more is expected to take advantage of this bred-sow and cattle sale
 And while the whole state and the south for that matter, is crying diversif- cation and more live stock here we have in the center of Alabama one of the largest live stock farms in the United States. And in competition the past year they have swept the boards in prizes, competing with all corners and barring none. Thus Alabama no longer ranks sec ond when 1t comes to big things in live stock And to encourage more enterprises of this kind the Louisville and Nashville Railroad will run special trains out of Selma to Orrville on these two days to accommodate the crowds.
 On the West Dallas Farms at the pres ent time are 750 registered Durocs POO reg istered Herefords. 100 registered Hol- stefns and 80 registered Jerseys, including good many isiand-bred animals.
 At this sale will be offered 80 Durocs, bred sows, gilts and few boars of ser viceaole age Among these are many show prospects. some grand champion sows of last falls shows, sows that have been crowned grand champion at some of the greatest shows in the country, and are good enough to do 1t again. It will be one of the greatest offerings ever made in the south
 This will be an opportunity for the Tit tie fellows" to get foundation stock that will improve any farm and start them right. The trouble with the Ala bama farmer has been the purchase of live stock that had poor breeding in past generations. stock that never could be improved and bred up to perfection. But the south is awakening and sees how far It is behind in this game. To start right we must have foundation breeders that will go forward and improve instead of going backward. Boars are needed on all farms that will be real herd-headers and boars that will put their owners into the hog business to stay.
 At the head of these 750 registered Durocs are such boars as Orion Cherry King. Imperator Pals Success, Bourbon Model, Pals Orion, Jacks Friend Cherry Chief II and many others. The blood lines of these great herd boars are the best in the world, being sons of cham pions and sires of champions.
 The main advantage of having a live kock farm of this magnitude in our midst Is thai breeders and young stock can be purchased that are acclimated, and will not have to overcome a change of climate as do live stock shipped from a distance
 The Duroc-Jersey hog sale takes place on April and the cattle sale on April 2
 The offering of 50 head of Hereford cat tie. consisting of bulls cows, heifers and cows that have calves at foot and are bred again. marks an epoch in Alabama's history that will be remembered Be- sides this breed will be offered Holsteins and Jerseys. This is a, great lot of cat tie. judging from their blood lines The Herefords are rich in Beau Donalds, Perfections, Prince Ruperts Dis- turbers, Fairfaxes, Anxieties and British CTS. No better can be purchased in any section of the country. although some of the older live stock farms have been in the game many years. The Hereford is beef cattle greatly sought by packing plants at all large market centers.
 The Holsteins and Jerseys come from a line of champions, many Jerseys direct rom the Island of Jersey, England. the home of this popular breed.
 Cattle are now quoted at between II and 12 cents and hogs at IA cents on foot Tt the big markets. Just figure a little hero and decide for yourself, MT. Farmer
 
 weevil year after year, buy high-priced fertilizers and wear out your land or to raise and sell high-priced live stock grow corn, peanuts, velvet beans, peas, soy beans, sweet potatoes and any other legumes that will build up instead of tear town. Live stock will build up your bank account; the weevil will break you 1f you don't diversity and raise live stock along with cotton
 Every farmer in Alabama should think seriously about the two avenues left open to the southern states-diversihcatio and live stock. It's no dream; it's a fact If ever we advance as other agricultural states have done, 1t must be through these two channels. And the sooner we hit the branch road and do these things. the sooner will prosperity dawn for all tiilers of the soil in this southland of ours.
 'All trains run to West Dallas Farms sale days" states R. N. Wood, the genial manager of this modern live stock in dustry. The Louisville and Nashville will run . special train each day, leaving Selma at 1O:So a. ni., reach the sales pa vilion an hour later. would like to wit ness this sale of thoroughbreds. but time won't permit But Age-Herald readers who love live stock can be gratified by knowing that since we have reached the king row in the live stock game in Ala- bAma. we can move in any direction from now on, and we expect to see many of these large stock farms spring up all over this big state of ours, a state that offers more and better farming and live stock advantages than any state In the union, barring none. where green pasture can be had i2 months out of every year.