The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-17
Oakland. Miss, Jan. 2, l9

AT the lnStfSatlon o. SSNerai an
persuaded to address you relative t.
a matter the advocacy of which,
am sure will rebound very greatly
to the public welfare.
The bollweeviI and the war have
taught Us that while large cotton
patches are still desirable, certainly
so long as the prices for that staple
remain high, yet the .rnainstay fol
the progress and prosperity OF our
country in the future viii lie in the
increased production Of live stock and
poultry
The main factor in promoting the
production of any commodity is a
live and active market, wherein its
full value can always be Immediately
obtained. Our purpose should be to
make any kind of commercial live
stock as current, at its full value, as
bale of cotton and almost as a five
dollar treasury note. To attain this
end We must.profit by the experience
of other live stock countries.@
/ spent the summer OF 1873 in the
blue grass region Of Kentucky. One
morning in July. while visiting 4
friend a few miles from Paris in
Bourbon county. his father asked
me if I would like TO see his steers
/ gladly assented and he carried me
to the pasture and feeding place.
where he showed me between Q and
rs fine. fat. sleek looking, animals,
each apparently weighing from 1000
to 1900 pounds. Such a sight was
in Mississippi where had only seen
scattered yokes hauling cotton in the
fall, and occasionally around saw
mills. | had probably never seen SO
large a bunch together before. and
naturally asked how and where he
had gotten them and what he was 60
ing to do with so many. He told
me that he was preparing them for
the Cincinnati market in September.
that he bought them at Paris farmers
sales-day or trading day" in March,
from Is or 90 other farmers who were
not prepared to pasture and feed
that these sales days were regular
throughout the year. but that of
March was regarded as the most i'm
portant. as TO that-prepatory for the
spring and sumner-evety farmer
brought and and all kinds of live
stock to sell, and as many more were
there just as anxious 10 buy.
] am advised that Maury- county.
Tenn. has these sales days every
month and that the one al Columbia !
the first Monday in January, known
as mule market day" is an event Of
world wide rotability On this day
mules are brought in by the hundreds
thouseands-and are sold
to buyers from all mule centers. And !
the sale days for mule colts. on the
first Monday Of September, are less
notable, but Of almost equal import
ance.
The recent inauguration of "hog
sales days" throughout Alabama has
proven a blessing in increasing pro-
duction and in rapidly teaching the
people the best methods of finishing ,
for the market.
1t IS scarcely necessary to argue !
the benefits of these sales DAYS. The |
reflection Of moment makes that |
Their great good lies in furnishing
the medium for the ready and pro-
fitable disposition Of unfinished hogs
and cattle. AS soon as these are of
fered in quantities, and there are |
ments will be necessary Public scales
plenty no for good beginning, feed
ers will arise ali owed the country
and especially among farmers near
The shipping peints These feeders
nay be a little crude at first but in
short time they will be sending out
l quality Of stuff equal to that of the
,orn belt. Note the success of Mr..