g&turday, August 17. 1912.1
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BUY STALLIONS RATHER THAN
-mares: V ;
The Right Way to Grade Up Our
. k, v . work Stock. ' v '
MR. W. S. Corsa; White" Hall, 111.,
who advertises Percheron stal
lions , In The Progressive Farmer,
says that "Nine: out of ten inquiries
are for Percheron mares" and In
commenting on this demand of Sou
thern farmerssays: "I take the po
Bition. that S 1.0 00 . exoended for a
pure-bred- Percheron stallion will do
any community ten times the good
that the same r amount spent for
grade mares .will do. I can see from
my correspondence .' that ' The ; Pro
gressive Farmer has made a telling
campaign for; the use of grade draft
mares iri; the South; so far so good,
-but how to get the most grade draft
mares for the ' least money , is the
business side, of the proposition. A
good: Percheron: stallion will grade
up all the horses in a community and
will continue to do so year alter
' year. I have at home a little Wes
tern pony mare , that weighs about
900 pounds. ,'A daughter of this
mare by a Percheron stallion is now
suckling a good, , lusty mule colt.
k This" daughter - of. my pony, 900-.
i pound mare, and a - Percheron stal
1 lion is just.' the- kind of- a mare that
all of your people are writing about.
She has the Percheron quality and
smoothness of . finish and weighs a
little over 1,400 pounds."
; The writer ha;s often stated in The
Progressive Farmer that no farming
community ever did or would "have
suitable farm work stock that did
not breed them. A few will buy,
just as a few are now seeking to buy
grade Percheron mares, but the
masses will not do so. To buy the
- mares from: which .to breed suitable '
farm: work stock costs. more than: we
will : expend, for that purpose- -We
must ".breed them if we ever" have
' them ;in sufficient numbers.
TnlHner Mr. Hnrna's nrnnnsltinn for
example r $1,000 will buy only-four,
or five grade - mares butja stallion
costing 1,0 00 will, in a single year,
eire . 5 0 'such animals and continue to
do so for a number of years:
. A good stallion may easily sire
during his s life 400 colts that . will
grow to maturity, or 200 mares.
There is. no question about the su
perior value of the Percheron stalf
lion to a community, but there are
difficulties in- the way. Our people
are not rich., and $1,00 0 is "a lot of
money with -most of Wr farmers.
Many more can buy a jhare or two"
at $200 or $250 each than can , pay"
$1,000 for a stallion. This is the
difficult part of our problem.
We are glad our readers are 'buy
ing" Percheron mares, but those who
c can should also buy Percheron stal-.
' lions. Any good salesman can go
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reasonable prices for the, breeding
up of our farm work stock, .
.' Mr. Corsa is exactly right; a1 good,
mediunvsized, Percheron; stallion
bred to our native mares 'will pro
duce exactly the sort of mares we
need to do farm work and raise
high-class mules. '
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Ration for Grazing Cows.
GEORGIA dairyman sends us
four tags, showing guaranteed
composition of as many feeds, which
he says he must use. The cows are
on ' good pasture and he desires a
grain ration from these four feeds.
No.' 1. This! is a cottonseed meal
which is on the. market for fertilizer
purposes, because only the . per " cent
; of nitrogen is given.,: It is guaran
teed to contain 6.18 per cent nitro-
. genr which is equivalent to S8.62 per
. cent of protein, which is. the feeder's
standard, Price $23. per ton.
No. 2. This is a wheat bran and
the guaranteed composition is: Pro
tern, 14. bo per cent; rat, 4.0 o per
. cent; fiber, 9.50 per cent; sugar and
starch, 56.62 per cent. t Price $36
: per ton. -v.
No. 3. This is a mill feed, "made
of wheat and corn mill feed," and is
guaranteed to - contain: ; Protein,
J into the South with a Percheron stai- ,13,00 per cent; fat, 4.00 xper cent;
lion and organize a company to c-uy fiber,- 9.50 per cent; sugar and
him -at from $2:000 to $3,000. At
least , French and German r Coach
stallions have been sold by the
scores at those figures and more.
. We do not -believe in that method
of buying stallions, and we neVer
"did believe that imported Coach
stallions were the sires., needed, to
improve qur farm work stock; but
perhaps this method of buying draft
etailjons would be. better than not
to buy them at all. ".
v ; If one man in each community
Vfcannbt; be induced to. buy a good
starch; 58.62 per cent. Price, $36
per ton.
No. 4. This Is dried beet pulp
and is guaranteed to contain : Pro
tein, 8.uu , per cent; rat, &.00 per
cent; - nDer, inot overj zu.uu per
cent; 'other carbohydrates (sugar
and starch) 60.00 per cent. Price,
$30 per ton. . ' ... . V
v No. 1, or the cottonseed' meal is
cheap at $23 a ton. ; Nos. 2 and 3,
the wheat bran and the mill feed are
priced out of all proportion to their
feeding value. No. 4 or the dried
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Terms and prices
such -as competitors'
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and sexes constantly ;
on hand tor sale.
Write at once for lit
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Order stallions direct from this farm. Save two or three large profits. We guarantee
every representation and Eire life insurance policies. Eventually why not now ?
Our terms easy. . - - - .
GLENWORTH STOCK
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AHen S. Edelen,
Owner, Borgln, ly.
EEKKSIM1ISE PI(G v
Bred under the supervision of an EXPERT from the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Every litter is closely culled, nothing but the choicest
being reserved for breeding purposes. 75 pigs and bred gilts for sale at
farmers' prices. " . v - ,
Can also offer 6.000 pounds of home-grown Hairy Vetch and Oats
at 6c the pound. Soil for inoculation furnished free with every order.
Can use 200 bushels of choice seed oats in exchange for pigs.-
V'V- ALEX, D. HUDSON, Newberry, S. C.
IFDCrVQ Emlnent's Ooldmont Lad, 1st prize N&t'l Dairy Show and 8 other shows:
JfjlldJEiliJ Grand Champion Ohio State Fair; ' headed 1st prize herd at S shows; a
daughter brought $1,500 at Cooper's and others hffve brought big prices; a son of Golden
Fern's Lad. Blue Fox's Eminent Eminent of Wyldwood; Fern's Interest and Tononas
Stockwell are the sires used on over 150 head of Imported and American-bred .cows.
Foundation of herd Is Tormentors crossed on Golden Lads, which produces type and full
palls. We have a number of 2-year-olds, Island Type, giving 85 to 40 ihs. Calves out of
8. 10. 12 and 15-thousand-lb., high fat, officially tested, show-type cows. We guarantee
satisfaction. " . .
Illghland Chief 25th, sired by Premier Longfellow's Rival Sows of
LongfeUow, Premier and Masterpiece blood. We ship what we sell.
Satisfaction guaranteed. . . ,
DERKSIIIRES :
TAYLOR PLANTATION, Columbia, S. C.
draft stallion and keep' Jilm for pub- beet pulp is also too high in price
lie service,; then two or more should for its feeding as compared with cot-
join their means and buy such a . tonseed meal. ' ; -
Btallloh Those : who '.buy the stal- With, dairy cows on good pasture
lions may not profit largely, but 'the we would, use none of these -feeds,
community where such .-a stallion except the cottonseed meal. In warm
does service will be benefited far be- weather and the cows on good green
. yond the cost.
pasture, as much as five pounds of
The ration might be improved by
the addition of dried beet ptilp, but
it is not at all likely that the increase
in production would pay the increas
ed cost. " ' ' . 1 ;
If the dairyman thinks the ' addi
tion of few pounds of any of these
high-priced feeds to the ration of
five pounds of cottonseedmeal would
bo profitable, let him try it and in
case the increase in milk will pay
a profit onthe increased cost of the
, feed, then they should - be contin
ued; but unless they pay they should
not be used; for .the cheap cotton
seed meal and good pasture will
There .is no work which ourag- cottonseed , meal a day may be fed make a good ration,
rlcultural Institutions can do which to a dairy cow weighing 1V0 00 pounds - .
will bring , better returns than to and no injury result, either to1 the . Attomey"Why do you wish a divorce
encourage and aid our people in the -cow or the quality of the butter, in from your wife?" . v
.buying of good . draft, : stallions at case .buttqr is being made, ::) V-'coKe BUr:rtit" X'' m1' to .he''f
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Virginia Herd of Mnle-Foot Hogs
. . . ,
"MR. PARMER: If you are going to put your
money in hogs buy the best. The pure-bred mule
foot are harder have greater vitality, mature
earlier and cost less to raise. Have largest herd
in the South. Young' stock for sale. All stock
registered. ' .
' OAK GROVE STOCK FARM, .;
Cluster Springs, - , 1 Virginia.
STERLING HERD REGISTERED DUROCS
Can furnish pigs not akin; service boars
and sows bred for July and September far
row. Highest quality.
B. W. WATSON, Forest Deport Vs.
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ing; what you have to sell in The
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