Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-02


is a fantasy %of the imagination.
They have not stopped long enough
nor studied the question with SUIT
fcient care to clear the cobwebs out
of their minds relative to this i'm
portant question. II they had they
long ago. There is an old adage
that actions speak louder than
words" 1t is equally trite to say
that demonstrations to the open
minded constitute the most CONVENE
ing form of teaching. ...i T..
Let US see what has happened
right here in Georgia and other OF
our southeastern states when the
purebred sire, representative OF good
blood, has been mated with our ma
tive cows. Last year there were
a lot of calves exhibited at various
fairs throughout the state. They
represented the progeny of the cross
Indicated above. They were exhib-
tied by the members of the calf
clubs in our various counties. One
of these calves at seven months OF
age weighed 600 pounds. This is as
much as many of our native cows
weigh at six, seven or even eight
tanned from one of those ancient
and honorable animals that repre-
sent the lowest strata of bovine so
ciety. If so you know what a waste
of money and energy the. purchase
eat it constituted. Imagine eating
a cut taken from calf ieven
months old that has attained a
weight of 500 pounds! Undoubtedly
such meat would melt in ones n I til
inf1ict UPON ourselves the necessity
of eating such undesirable meat
when our natural conditions AXE
it possible for US. to produce as
choice cuts as can be obtained NY
wh5re in the world?
Other examples of what blood will
do are illustrated by the fact lat
another of the calves exhibited by
a calf club boy was found at 10
months Of age to weigh goo pounds,
months of age. weighed $50. pounds.
The total weight of these three an
imals. therefore, was 1880 pounds.
The value was $334.50. The elves
exhibited at the 1918 fairs sold for
This was equal to twice the rrice
that native cattle of the "ancient
and honorable" variety would ' ing
after they had been kept until they
attained an age Of from tWo tol
calves in question, which Sold for
'$534.50,- were but "a months of, ge,
or an average Of but little over l.
months. They were worth, !. Ger
$500 apiece. The owners of these
calves could sell them and raise
about two. more, so that they would
obtain, in period of. three years
a :, value from such calves of :. ELL
over $500, whereas, the native ami |
NAL, if having the same weight as
any Of these these, would bring probably
This Illustration shows that by
handling the one, class of, calves
about. six times the return, would be
obtained as from the handling Of ma
tive stock. Is it any wonder. there.
FORE. that the intelligent and skillful
farmer finds the handling of pure
bred live stock a profitable enterprise,
and is it any wonder that the man
who has confined his efforts to the
of Scrubs finds his line of
business uhpfofftable? is true that
extreme on either side t0f. the ques- |
ton, but even if we could no no bet
ter than produce an animal worth
$3.50 every two to three, years as
against, one WORTH $780, wouldn't, the
be we'll worth. while? Can
you imagine what a Transformation
it would represent in our live stock
business, and what a large Increment
it would represent to our landowners?
For the information of our readers l
would like !. to. say that !, the great
champion calf of the calf club ex-
y
crosses of. pure-bred blood on a scrub
liquidation. This. animal was =, SO
transformed as cbidpared with its |
dam as. to; make the average, individ-
ual, believe that it. was a pure-bred
and could not possibly have had for
a mother an animal so entirely differ
emit in all respects from her progeny.
The thing for us to: do, therefore,
is to kill out the scrub sire and then
proceed to improve, our, live stock by
purchasing and using phre-bred bulls
to head our herds. This is not diff
fcult or costly undertaking. There
is not community in Georgia which
could not take advantage of , this
proposition. IF there is not some in
maybe a dozen farmers can get to-
.gether and make the investment
necessary to- afford the community
the benefits which flow from the use
of a pure-bred sire. In this connec-
ton I wish to say that it is a mis-
take to cross beef and dairy animals.
The community. should: either. keep
these two classes of alive stock, sep
larate or else should centerits efforts
on the production Of either beef or
dairy cattle. There is no reason why
these two classes of stock should not
be raised side. by side in, the same
community, and for that matter main
tanned on the same FARMS, but they
must not be crossed if success in the
production of either. beef or dairy
enterprises Is the goal to be attained.
What may a community expect to
derive in the. way of a return. from
an investment in a good bull?' There
is nc reason why 40 calves should
not be raised per year through the
use of good sire: This one cross
Of beef blood on our :. native cows