The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-07-22
THOROBRED CATTLE BOUGHT FOR
PASQUOTANK COUNTY FARMERS
First & Citizens National Bank of This City Anti
ci pates Shortage of Live Stock When Stock
Law Goes In Effect

mloralization of the live stock in
dustry in this section when the
State Wide Stock Law Act goes
into effect on Jan. 1, 1922, and
believing that thorobred live
stock is essential to the fullest
development of the AGRICULTURAL
possibilities of the Elizabeth City
region, the First & Citizens Ma
tional Bank of this city will as
sist the farmers Of this section
to acquire thorobred cattle to
take the place Of the scrub stock
which must go after the first of
January. The First & Citizens
National contemplates the pur-
chase of several car loads of full
blooded Guernsey heifers and the
first car load of 20 head has been
ordered.
These cattle will be sold to respons-
ible farmers at cost and the bank will
arrange convenient terms of payment
| where it is not convenient for a pur-
chaser to pay cash. The bank will make
no profit on the transaction and will
give the farmers the benefit of the saw
ing made by purchasing these cattle in
car load lots for cash.
The first car load of these Guernsey
cattle for the First & Citizens National
| &c o1o Nv 1aSc
ity~on thorobred cattle than Prof. w.
w. Fitzpatrick, Southern Representa-
| tive of the American Cattle Breeders
Association. Prof. Fitzpatrick was for
eight years professor of animal hus-
bandry in Clemson College and it is
said of him that he is responsible for
the fact that there are more thorobred
cattle in South Carolina to-day than in
any other State South of the Potomac.
Prof. Fitzpatrick was in Elizabeth
City a few days ago the guest of Wal
ter L. Cohoon who is a thorobred live
stock enthusiast and devotes much time
Ito calling the attention of livestock
breeders to the possibilities of this sec
tion when he isn't busy with his many
road projects. Prof. Fitzpatrick was
carr ed away with the possibilities as he
saw them here and he sees no reason
why Eastern North Carolina should not
eventually outclass the state of Wis
consin in the production of fine cattle
and dairy products.
Scrub Cattle Must Go -
Pasquotank has never been a forward
county in cattle breeding. We had only
! Il A10 hoo1 Af aoftIo hT tho nf
1910 and this number has dropped to
1921 by the census of 1920. Ninety
per cent of these cattle are Of the scrub
variety and profitable only on free
range. On Jan. 1, 1922, when the Stock
Law is effective, the farmers of this
county will have to dispose of just
about 1000 head of cattle that can not
be kept up with profit. 1t is a fine
thing to weed out this scrub stock, but
if something isn't done to replace it
with profitable milk, butter and beef
producing herds, Pasquotank will find
itself in a hole and the manufacturers
| of commercial fertilizers will tighten
their grip on the farmers. And so the
county is blessed by the fact that a
public spirited and foresighted organiza-
tion like the First & Citizen National
Bank steps in right at this time and
starts the ball rolling by encouraging
the immediate stocking of many farms
with thorobred stock.
This isn't the first time this same
bank has rendered such effective help
to the farmers of this section. In 1917
this bank placed so thorobred pigs with
Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck and
| Perquimans pig club boys. The result
was wonderful stimulation of interest
in better pork production and the ef
feet is, seen to-day in a better breed
| of porkers in these counties.
| Again in 1913 this same bank distrib-
uted two car loads of seed wheat among
| the farmers of this section, inducing
many to produce their own -four, and
the result is that wheat is to-day grown
on hundreds of farms in northeastern
| North Carolina where it had not been
| grown in years. With it's capital and
surplus of $36O,OOO.OO and deposits of
more than $2,OOO,OOO.OO The First &
Citizens National Bank is in a position
to help our agricultural population and
it must be said to its credit that it
doesn't neglect its opportunities.
Will Pasteurize Milk
|, While the First &, Citizens National
is preparing to bring in these thorobred
Guernseys, other agencies are at work
to put the livestock industry on a sure
footing in this section when stock law
has eliminated the scrubs Farm DEM
onstration agents in this and neighbor
counties are stressing permanent pas
lures these days and encouraging farm
ers everywhere to- put in more pastures.
| And the biggest boost of all for bet
ter live stock will come on Nov. %.
70 and 80, and Dec. I, when the North
Carolina Live Stock Association will
stage its big annual show at the fair
grounds in this city and bring to this
section the greatest exhibition of thor
obred cattle, sheep, swine. and poultry
ever exhibited in Eastern North Caro-.
lima. That big show is going to arouse
the interest of northeastern North Car
olina agriculturists in better live stock
production as nothing else caD Tnoi