Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-11

| issue that Georgia-raised animals
| have won the highest honors at the
| international live stock exposition
Those familiar with local conditions
were not surprised when this end
had been achieved because it was
self evident to the competent live
stock expert that local conditions
were such under wise management as
to make it easy of accomplishment.
The interest and enthusiasm aroused
| in live stock farming would seem to
| indicate a continuance OF the rapid
| development already witnessed. Inc
| reasons for this are not dlthcult 70
| understand. In the first place, while
a live stock revolution has undoubt-
| edly been brought about, much still
| remains to be done and it will take
years of effort and purposeful breed
| ing to eliminate the scrub sire al
| together and place the grade of our
| live stock on the highest plane as
| to quality and profit. There is also
a little insect which has taken up
! its abode in Georgia in recent years
what will do much to sustain ana
necessitate our continued interest IN
the boil weevil which in spite, OF
the destruction and loss 1t has
brought to our farmers, is helping
to uncrown King Cotton and make
our state center of diversified ag-
riculture and live stock industries.
The weevil, like the poor, will always
be with US, and now that our farmers
have come to realize that the main
tenance of live stock offers them
profits equal to those derived from
cotton, a new era OIL olVerSlHcalIoH -
destined to follow.
The principal lines of live stock
industry in Georgia at the present
time are hog raising, dairy farming
and beef production. Only modl-
cum of attention has as yet; been
conferred on the rearing OF horses Sc
states possibilities along this line.
In fact, this still remains neglect
ed interest If we consider the great
demands which our farming opera
lions make on work stock. or course,
breeding should not be- engaged IN
on an extensive scale: Until recent
ly our farm owners have seemed to
think that the best practice was 10
buy their work stock. There are
those who held for long time that
the bones of mules and horses rails
ed locally could never be of such hne
quality as those possessed by AMI
mails reared in sections where lime
stone in particular PERFORMANCES:
Careful investigat' IN of this subject
has never adduced facts to sustain
this position. Even if it were true,
this defect could easily be overcome
by feeding the young animals after
foaling a ration in which the essen
tial mineral elements were Supplled
in proper quantity and in desirable
form.
Sheep raising has never been con-
Quoted on broad and comprehensive
basis, though local conditions are
ideal for the maintenance of this
class Of live stock. The trouble still
lies in the fact that the worthless
cur dog has the right Of way over
ri Shaan
laws have been passed but they have
also been repealed and the sheep in
dustry of Georgia is shrinking rath-
err than expanding.
Our poultry husbandry has taken
on new life but has not attained the
proportions which the greater. in
terest now evidenced in this business
indicates is likely to follow.
A good many breeds Of live stock
are now maintained successfully in
Georgia All of them have done well
under wise management and judi
cious handling. The outstanding
breeds Of hogs are the Duroc-Jerseys,
the Poland Chinas, the Hampshires
and the Berkshires. The white breeds
have never made much progress in
sey, Holstein and Guernseys are the
breeds principally kept. OF beef cat
tie, the Shorthorn, the Hereford and
the Aberdeen Angus are the breeds
apparently regarded with favor. OF
draft horses the Percheron is certain
ly the favorite up to the present
time, though comparatively few draft
animals have been bred or kept in
the state. There is a growing evil
6ence of the benefits which have been
derived from the maintenance Of
Percheron sires in many communt-
ties. Jacks, Of course, are kept in
considerable numbers. The cotton
planter has generally preferred
light, active mule and so these jacks
have been used on mares Of only
evidenced, however, with regard to
the type of mule now desired. The
invasion of the boil weevil requires
that the land be broken more deeply,
especially to insure the complete COW
ering into the soil Of the cotton
stalks in the early autumn. The gen
eral appreciation Of the necessity of
using larger implements and Guilt
waiting the land more thoroughly has
also brought about desire for a
decidedly heavier type of work stock.
In the case of sheep, the Southdown
probably takes first rank, followed
by the Shropshire and Hampshire.
Just why the various breeds men
toned came into popular favor, 1t
would be difficult to say. 1 judge
different communities has eXerted the
chief influence in this direction. Pro
gressive spirits in various localities
who possessed a far-Seeing vision of
the chief public need, are L rather
think responsible in large measure
for the prestige which some Of the
breeds mentioned enjoy. The people
Of the southeast are of Anglo Saxon
origin and at an earlier date there
were importations of Devon, Durham
and Jersey cattle. The initial intro
auctions have no doubt exercised a
large measure of influence on the in
terests conferred in the various breeds
at this time.
1t would be difficult to say that we
have q number of very distinct breed
large, containing approximately co.
600 square miles and the reorganiza-
ton Of our animal industries on their
present basis is q relatively new &C
complishment. Therefore, our breed
ers and fanciers are as yet rather
widely distributed and this condf-
ton is likely to continus for some
time to come. In other words, some
time must elapse before the number
of pure bred animals of the various
merous in such large state as Geor-
gia as to give a one-breed character
to the animal industries of given
section.
Cochran, Ga, was the home of the
1918 Hampshire grand champion boar
at the International Live Stock Ex
position in Chicago. In 1919 this
same town supplied the Duroc-Jer-
sey grand champion boar There are
also excellent herds of Poland
Chinas and Berkshires in this COM
munity which by reason Of the facts
cited above has become a well and
favorably known hug breeding center
to the people of Georgia and the
southeast in general.