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DAIRY AND BEEF CATTLE SPECIAL
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Vol. XXXII. No. 16.
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Carolinas, inia; Georgia, and Florida.
FOUNDED 1 AT RALEIGH, N. C.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1917 SI a Year; 5c. a Copy
PROVIDE AN ABUNDANCE OF FEEDS AND KNOW HOW TO FEED THEM
OOD breeding is important, but good feeding is more important;
more livestock are needed, but more feed and more feeding knowl
edge are even greater needs. What an inconsistency it is that the
South holds the world's record in corn yields per acre, and yet every
and soy beans are especially valuable as hay-producers and, planted
with corn, provide splendid grazing during the fall and early winter.
Velvet beans, particularly in the lower two-thirds of the Cotton Belt.
I are one of the very best all round crops the dairyman or beef cattle
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GOOD PASTURES ARE ESSENTIAL, TO THE MOST PROFITABLE LIVESTOCK -PRODUCTION
year buys hundreds of millons of bushels of corn; that our climate is
exceptionally favorable for the growth of hay crops, and yet we buy
hay by the trainload.
In beginning the business of dairying or beef cattle raising, wise in
deed is the farmer who at the very outset grasps the fundamental
irutn that plenty of feed, plus a knowledge
oi how to use it, is of first importance.
He
.roust know that inchest of nure-breds,
under-fed or improperly fed, will be no bet
ter than scrubs, not so good, in fact, as
scrubs with plenty of feed.
In planning for plenty )f feed at all times,
perhaps the permanent pasture should have
first consideration. For either dairy or beef
cattle, a first-class pasture, one where grasses
and clovers grow in profusion, is indispens
able. In nearly all the South, Bermuda
grass and lespedeza should be the basis of
ur pastures, supplemented by white and
bur clover in most cases, and in some in
stances by other legumes or grasses particu
larly adapted to local conditions.
Then comes the problem of meeting the
need for concentrates and rough feeds for
supplementing the pasturage and finishing
the beef animals. For these purposes we
have in cowpeas and velvet and soy beans
three of the greatest of all crops. Cowpeas
grower can raise, providing; as they do heavy crops of nutritious beans
that furnish grazing from fall well into the winter.
The silo also is a dairy and beef cattle farm adjunct that must not be
overlooked. It enables us to provide a succulent fall and winter feed
from materials that might otherwise largely be wasted. Dairymen
and beef raisers who have tried the silo
are practically unanimous in praising it,
and agree that any man with ten or more
head of cattle to winter should have one.
Finally, no farmer has any business
trying to make, money with cattle, either
dairy or beef, unless he has the type of
mind that is willing, anxious, to go right
down into the subject and learri every
thing possible about it,' about feeds and
feeding, breeds and breeding,, herd man
agement, keeping herd records, know
ing the animals that pay and those that
don't.
Livestock farming is a double-barrelled
problem, in that it calls not only
for skill in animal husbandry, but skill
as well in growing the crops to feed
them.
To the man who is willing to learn
everything possible about these two
phases of the business, it offers excep
tional opportunities.
- DON'T FAIL TO READ-
Are You Feeding Ticks? ........
Dairy and Beef Cattle Experiences .
Suggestions for Beef Cattlemen . . . .
Making Money with Beef Cattle . . . .
Fertilizers for Cotton and Corn . . . .
More Light on Spacing Cotton to Get the
Biggest Yields ...........
Nine Things to Do This Week and Next .
A Success Talk for the Farm Boy . . .
Insanity in Townand Country: Exploding
an Ancient Slander ........ 17
Is Your Teacher Inspiring and Broadening
the Pupils? 17
Celebrate Baby Week . 18
Diversification Means Better Utilization of
Labor 23
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