The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-09-03
MOREPUREBRED
CATTLE COMING
JOHN HITCH AND J. L. CLARK
ADDED SPLENDID HERDS TO
THEIR FINE CATTLE
BIG STOCKER SALE OCT. l TO
ATTRACT BUYERS HERE FROM
MANY STATES

Mr.. John Hitch has just got in
three More Angus cows from Illinois.
He is continually adding to his al
ready well established herd of high
bred Angus.
Mr.. j. l.. Clark and. S. G. Aber-
nathy, County Agent, have just re-
turned from a trip to Ypsilanti,
Michigan. A visit was made to a
large number of the Holstein herds
of that section and car of well bred
Holstein heifers was purchased and is
being brought back to Blount county.
All of these heifers are out of good
producing dams, four of them are
bred to $500 pound bull and three
to $500 pound bull They are
quite an addition to the dairy inter-
est of the county, and especially to
the Holstein blood. They were all
carefully tested for tuberculosis and
came out fine. 1t would be worth
while to see these heifers when they
come in, as some of them are real
pictures. Mr.. Clark is expecting
their arrival either Tuesday or We'd
nesdav.
about $50 heifers and steers have
been listed to date for the Stocker
and Feeder Cattle Sale, October 1st.
By far the greater part of the cattle
are seers ranging from 500 to 1900
pounds. There is not county in
the State that can show better grade
of steers for such sale, and it is
gratifying to see the spirit in which
the men have entered their cattle.
This sale promises to be one of the
biggest projects ever put over for
Blount county, for the county as
whole and especially for the cattle
interests. Some of the cattle men
have asked where we will get buyers
for 400 head. We have a large ter
ritory from which to draw buyers,
and these buyers will not hesitate to
coe if the cattle are here for them to
bid on. A letter came in Monday
from man in Hartsville, S. c., stat
ing that he was in the market for
three cars of cattle and asking for
the date of our sale. The animal
Husbandryman from Clemson Col
lege, S. c., writes that he expects to
send over a number of farmers from
his section to buy cattle. Every
County Agent in East Tennessee has
been notified of the sale, and will be
allowed and encouraged to come and
bring buyers with them. The one
from Claiborne county told me last
week that he would be with us and
would have some buyers come from
that county. 1t is not question of
getting the buyers to come, but
rather one of getting the grounds for
the sale and pens for the cattle.
Plans are on foot to get this arranged
for this week, and all preparations
completed we'll before the day Of the
sale. There are yet some farmers
with stocker cattle to sell, small lots
who have not listed them. Remem-
ber that this sale will be of especial
benefit to the man with only few
cattle who would otherwise have diff
ficulty in getting men to see their
animals. We would like to see more
men with three or four head put
their cattle in and get the advantage
of car load lot sales.
Boys to Raise Hogs
Some one has said that corn is too
high to feed to hogs. The Russell
Bros. out at Rockford, fed 115 head
on clover and grass pasture, and with
600 bushels of corn produced 10000
pounds of meat. Figure little
yourself and see if that was not a
paying game.
1t is interesting and gratifying to
note the way other sections of the
state and nation are casting eyes on
Blount county. Almost every day
some one writes from out of the
county asking about the climate, soil
conditions, and the outlook for live
stock growing in Blount county. The
past week one wrote from Montana,
one from Pennsylvania, and another
one came down from Illinois to look |
for location. When we have some |
thing worth seeing, the rest of the
world likes to come and get view, |
and many seeing will want to settle
down near by and get into the game |
of the successful men. The possi- |
bilities are here, and some of the |
goods already produced, let's keep
the good work in livestock going. |
Better livestock of all kinds should be
our slogan.