Jackson County journal., 1918-04-05
FIVE NECESSARY STEPS FOR
SUCCESSFUL LIVESTOCK GROWING

For the success of livestock enter.
prises on North Carolina farms, five
fundamental necessary steps must
be considered. These are: better
pastures, better feeding,c areful
|sele ction of native or hish
grade females, the use of good pure.
bred males. and the better hand.
ling OF the stock. These are the,
essential steps in the building up
OF reasonably profitable livestock
industry On the average farm. To
neglect any one of the five means
to fail in the project.
investigations conducted by Mr.
j. M. johnson of the Office of Farm
management show that for each
milk cow or beef animal over 2 1-2
years old. the farm should be eouip.
ped with from 2 IL to three acres
OF good pasture. For young cattle
between 1 IL and 2 1-2 and 2 1-2
years. Z acres of pasture per head
should be provided. For the wear.
ling, or calf over 6 months old, one
acre OF good grazing is sufficient Tn
other words. there should be provid.
ed 5 acres of good pasture for each
dairy and animal of 2 1-2 years of
age, and for the younger ones about
; one acre per head for each year Of
age should be provided.
In making a permanent pasture
the fence should be both hoe-tieht
and sheep-tisht. A good brood sow
with six to eight pigs and few
e sheep may be kept in the COW mas.
e ture without interfering to any great
extent with the COW pasturaae.
!, these animals will infhis way gath.
Of er up much that the cows will
n. waste In. addition to this, the sheen
,c VII eat the tender bushes which
n ne ordinary COW will refuse to
as touch. By this method a few sheen
Is ''h' cause cleaner pastures. With
hese better pastures, Mr.. johnson
las found will come better animals,
by selecting from the livestock
v. N hand the b st females and usipt
k With them only pure-bred males
lie nose ancestors were of recoenized
oi aerlt' he herd may be improved
-ns ne procefs is not long and the re-
in suits are certain. 1t might be be-,
ich af to buy bure-bred COWS, ewes q,
ule brood sows, but there are not eno;,dh
. 60 around at the present time
~ nsequently such action is ;mnos
wv wv sloie to most farmers. but thew stil
,te. lave the foundations of good her,
tho y grading up the animals on hand
IN me livestock industry for the neg
llarter of a century must he an,
' 'ot will be largely built on these Grad
on, In' herds ~
for rure-bred animals, especial
the males, will still be wanted to a ores
Dea @ extent, OF course. and these wi
and nave to come from the pure-bre
,ws: heids.--To meet this need, it
Gust necessary to establish consider;
runs BILE number of herds and flocks. b,
snce the successful handling of the,
,o1ss I herds where the progeny is sol
% only for breeding purposes is dj
,gin- ferent matter from the every-ds
less production of milk and butter al
arge meat on the ordinary farm. To
~ ~ large extent, specialists must be e
S. 60 gagged in this work and much fina
Diary cial backing must be available.
runs The production of milk, butt
|ence and meat on the average farm W
D. Of be based largely on the use of t
e be- grade females now available, a
re Oh these improved by the use of pu
bred males; and then through b
with ter pastures in summer and m,
90 liberal feed in winter. each gene
ton will become better than
preceding one.
If complete spraying treatm,
WI Sloo for full-sized bearing ap
tree for labor, materials, and WI
Wer On machinery. and the result is