The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-27
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Herald made a strong appeal to me. l am always interested in the good news which Dick Johnston puts in his double column, For the Good of the Com munity," but necessarily the larger part of this data is based on the industrial
 It's mouthful expression when one talks about Imperial Jefferson and 1t is no mere boast for this county is great principality within itself, and m spite of tine men of vision who foresaw it's greatness, none were really able to feresee what kingdom it was to grow into through the faith and daring of the men who were to build on their founda- tions.
 Let us keep heralding its wonderful riches in coal. dolomite, iron and it's man. ufactured products, but while laying stress upon 1t as a manufacturing cen- ter, do not let us forget that it is doupiy blessed, for the lands which cover the vast deposits of minerals is capable of a high state of production and offers to
  chance to raise foodstuffs for a sure market.
 But for the purpose of this article l am not so much interested in the agricul- tural side of Jefferson as I am in the matter of cattle raising. The article headed, Pure Bred Jersey Calves for Boys" caught my eye. The Chamber of Commerce for several years has made an effort to stimulate agriculture and the stock industry in the territory tributary to Birmingham. The committee, of which John Frye, the president of the Traders National bank, is chairman, did line work.
 l recall trip which I made with the committee to the Alabama Polytechnic institute for the purpose of getting Ill touch with the then president, Dr. Thach, to offer it's aid and to get the advice of the various heads of the institutions as to the best way to stimulate food produc- tion as war measure. It was the means of some of our leading men in this min eral section to get f1rst-hand view of what Auburn, the state and the govern ment were doing to take care of the sit uation. The members returned home en- thusiastic over what they had seen and heard
 1 During several seasons I went with one or more men sent out by the Chamber | Of Commerce to the surrounding towns | to meet the bankers, merchants, farm l CTS and others interested in bringing about better trade relations. We learned that when it came to production thai there is no limit to the agricultural anc stock raising possibilities in Alabama, for | it is blessed in a way by the God o 1 Providence as few sections of America l We soon found that before much couIc be accomplished the market end of pro duction would have to be improved, anc 1 ever since there have been those wh' have worked towards solution of thu most difficult problem which we have te face in cashir3- in on the great crops harvested and he large number of cattle raised Alab,.ssia, in spite of it's efforts is yet behind some of the other states 1T handling the situation. I haven't tim' to go into the matter fully here. but cal only commend the efforts being mad' by our commissioner of agriculture, th' authorities at Auburn and the varieu chambers of commerce who are tacklinl the task.
 In the end the marketing difficulty wil be met. The thing I want to call at tention to now is the producing end. think it a matter which ought to b lbruited abroad that the Chamber of Com merce in this great mineral district ha formed committee, the purpose o
 which will be to aid boys in raising pure bred stock This is the first fruits Of tn Appointment as secretary of><the cham
 ber's agricultural committee of H. \ Brown, who has made good as the coun
 ty demonstration agent, and knows wha
 he is about, and has the confidence of tn
 farmers of Jefferson county
 The plan is a simple and practical one
 and has been successfully worked else
 where. Here it is: The chamber is t
 guarantee $2,0o0 to finance the boys wh <. are unable to finance themselves. Tn
 calves are to be turned over to the boys who will be instructed in their feed an
 care. In the fall we will have an auc
 tion sale of the calves, who, by tha time, will be approaching their frs
 years maturity. We will buy 6-months old calves, all registered pure-bred stock
 The calves will be insured in i've stoc ft insurance company and the boys will D lgiven expert instruction as tosfeed an the like. When the calves are sold tn
 boy will receive the difference betwee
 the sale price and what he is charge
 for the calf.
 Now, this is start in the right d
 rection. It is rich in possibilities.
 meaAs that from 90 to 8 boys will hay a chance to get pure-bred Jersey cal ] Young America lines the best Give boy charge of sure enough, classy an
 nal and leave it to him to take care ( lit. There are few things which will pa better than Jersey COW we'll handled
 and to start score or more boys
 Jefferson county along the right pat with something to pet and raise that / worth doing means that while you hay , helped to insure the milk situation yo
 have at the same time aided the boys making some money and getting ioy fer live stock.
 believe that the time will come, an that before long. when there will be hur
 dreds of calves in the hands of Jefferso Icounty boys. It may be that the job wi
 get beyond the Chamber of Commerc
 and hope it will. for want to see tn la s~R I<x.v< <lx<>r ~n.s