The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-09-21
s10O TO IMPROVE
PASTURES in TERRELL
.,,rpAr, RAILROAD WILL GIVE
ChN ',tT AMOUNT FOR BETTER
= GRAZING FOR CATTLE.

MI, management of the Central
r ~ railway believes a solu-
o. # the pasture problem will be
'ivH ..oaIcnlable benefit to our stock
;.ars and because of the crying
"a for more good pastures as soon
NV nossible, if we are to make the
'' .doss with cattle raising which IS
assibIe: and being firmly convinced
t g' the lack of better pastures is
: tbs greatest flaw in our agricultural
.rstem today the Central of .Geor,
Es'g Enlieves it worth while to invest
sso ga in an effort to promote
S Sot pastures, and wants to spend
Dt h"ndred dollars in Terrell and each
a. n thn other counties it serves to en-
VI onu , the building of some real
p"T To prove the value of good pas
4,ros there must be some practical,
'G ilibIo demonstrations of what a
s st'J- nasture is. These will cost
s sowetbing in time and money. but
t fTi agricultural department OF the
G thS of Georgia railway will glad
G'. nbora in the expense, and will pay
toIf If the cost of the pioneer efforts
+ lT,r making some permanent pas
t vr the total amount so paid IN
ooh county not to exceed 500. This
: 'I not a donation or gift, but an IN
rpstment. the purpose of which is
n hasten the bringing about OF con-
Jtions which will mean greater pros
nori+v agriculturally for the coun-
fps in which the work is conducted,
and eventually for the railroad which
serves those counties.
The Central of Georgia simply
wants TO cooperate with the men
Who will take the lead in establish
mo real pasture as an object les
son in each county, and thus prove
+bp value of good pastures. The flfst
s+pp is to find man who has some
cattle needs a pasture, and is willing
n snend some money to get one.
Sncb q man can greatly benefit his
community at the same time he IS
bplpjng himself. Every farmer VINO
has ten or more head of cattle should
be interested in making a better
pasture, and it is hoped they VIII
ask ]. F. Jackson, agricultural agent,
Ia Of Ca. Savannah, Ca, for cir
mIar which outlines the require
ments for a test pasture, and copy
Of the form of agreement under
which the Central of Georgia will
nov, i+s share of the cost.
This section must raise more cat
tie That we shall do so is a certain
ty Better pastures is the only thing
we lack. The cattle tick is going
will soon be gone. Better cattle are
coming. There has been a great IN
crease in pure-bred cattle during the
past five vears-and we want more
But to compete with other cattle
raising sections we must have cheap
feed-an abundant supply which cat
tie can get every hour in the day,
and without labor cost for putting
4 it before them. The answer is pas
lures
We have an abundant rainfall. We
4 have a long growing and grazing
season. And we have a great variety
B of grasses and forage plants. But we
have never really tried to build per-
manent pastures.
If northern cattle raisers can
show a profit from pastures on land
worth two or three hundred dollars
or more, and find it profitable to
manure, fertilize and devote consld-
erable time and labor to keeping
these Pastures in good condition
surely we can afford to spend some
money in building permanent pas
lures on our cheaper land.
The experiment stations are try
4 Ing out different grasses, and the
agricultural colleges are testing
methods of preparation, seeding,
fertilizing. etc, but final test must
be made by the cattle themselves.
If we had real pastures no other
section of the country could beat US
in raising cattle profitably. II value
Of live stock products Georgia and
Alabama now rank twentieth and
twenty-fifth on the list of the states
of the union. When our live stock
production has increased to proper
proportion compared with crop pro-
duction our agriculture will be
founded on a permanently success
fuI basis. We shall no longer fluc--
tuate between feast and famine; but
only between prosperity and greater
Prosperity.