Thursday, August 16, 1906.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND COTTON PLANT.
JOYS OF THE STOCKMAN'S LIFE.
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Mr. French Writes on the Pleasures of Dealing With Animals and Grow
ing Things No. 34 of the Sunny Home Stock Talks.
Messrs. Editors : The writer does
not possess air the characteristics
deemed essential in a preacher, but
as you have furnished an excellent
text in the July 26th issue of The
Progressive Farmer, I want to en
large upon it a little from the stand
point of the stock farmer. The text
referred to is the "Thought for the
Week,' an extract from the writings
of Old (Jorgan Graham: "It's good
to have money and the things that
money will buy, but it's good, too, to
check up once in awhile and make
sure you' hain't lost the things that
money won't buy."
There is money to be made, now
in all branches of farming, and this
is certainly true as regards the branch
known as live stock farming, but a
great many men are going into the
breeding and feeding of live stock
who are going to meet with partial
disappointment simply because their
whole interest in the stock business
centers around the dollar to be made
out of it.
Now, the writer knows from a life
time experience in handling live stock
that there are other things that will
afford the true man as much (if not
more) pleasure than the dollars he
pockets when his pets have to go on
the market.
Has he not visited the barn or
fields, lantern in hand, at all times
of night to see that these little thfcigs
he expects later to have the care of,
get their start in life without any
mishaps?
The natural instinct of our domes
tic animals is something wonderful
to contemplate. At night many a
time when sudden storm or flood
has overtaken the new-born animal
in the field has the writer known a
wild, nervous heifer to follow the
stockman half a mile to the barn be
cause he has her little one in his
arms and she feels that she must go
where he goes. And how her great
eyes express her relief when the lit
tle one, all safe and sound, is de
posited on a good bed of straw in a
warm box stall! And with what
jealous care she follows the young
ster, when, with tail in air, he takes
his first spin around the pasture with
the other calves! Before this time
the stockman will have formed a
pretty good opinion as to whether
the young calf has the making of a
great herd bull or whether he must
go in the class with the other ninety-and-nine
as good average animals.
Then the development of the young
animal affords interest daily. Just
hear him some day when in a distant
pasture he hears his "daddy" roar
ing, and for the first time answers
him in his kind. The effort would
be mirth-provoking if only for the
genuine earnestness with which he
gives the challenge. It reminds us
of our youthful days when from a
safe distance we replied, "You're
'nother," to an older boy.
Then there is the pleasure of go
ing about the pasture among the cat
tle and sheep in the evening when
the day's work is done. How the
cows and heifers gather about me
reaching their long black tongues
out after salt or some other dainty.
Perhaps lady Nosegay will be caught
chewing up the gtockman's sweaty
overalls, or perchance, will be felt
the gentle thud of Sir Richard but
ting said overalls if the salt doesn't
come his way fast enough.
Then when the stockman visits the
barn the last thing before going to
bed, what a real pleasure it is to hear
the puff and grunt of the well-fed
animals. Of course mingled with
these may be the tones of anger with
which the adventurous porker may
protest when being nosed about by
the cows or steers, but then we may
console ourselves with the thought
that he is only one of the lowly ones,
and ought not to protest when cuffed
about by those mightier than he.
Then there is the pleasure the
stockman may have in contemplating
the beauties of his green pastures
(and there is nothing in nature more
beautiful than a gently rolling green
pasture), his well-kept fields of for
age crops,, his whole farm increasing
in productiveness year by year.
'Tis a busy life, to be sure, but con
trast it with the life led by the "crop
per" whose only hope is to wring a
few more dollars out of patient moth
er earth and who is obliged to leave
the farm in order to live his real life,
since there is nothing in his narrow
business that appeals to his higher
nature.
If you want to make your business
part of your life, young man, con
sider earnestly the claims of live
stock farming in its its fullest sense.
Indeed, it is the ideal life.
A. L. FRENCH.
R. F. D. 2, Byrdville, Va.
FIGHTING THE CATTLE TICK IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The South Carolina Live Stock Asso
ciation is Anxious to Have the Pal
metto State Take Up the Progres
sive Work Now Being Done in
North Carolina.
The following statement in refer
ence to the cattle tick is being circu
lated by the South Carolina Live
Stock Association and speaks for
itself:
"The common cattle .tick is a fa
miliar sight to all our poeple, but
very few outside of those engaged in
the cattle business realize the im
portant part it plays in hindering
the development of the cattle indus
try in the State. .The cattle tick car
ries the "germ" that causes Texas
fever, a disease very fatal to grown
cattle. Cattle that are raised on land
infested with ticks are inoculated
with the germ by becoming infested
with ticks immediately after birth.
At this age they suffer a very mild
attack of the disease with no visible
external symptoms and after they
have passed through it they are then
proof against the infection and can
be exposed to ticks later in life with
out harm. But if cattle are raised
on land where there are no ticks and
afterwards moved to tick-infested
lands, they- will become infected
with the disease. They will also
suffer from the disease if they remain
on the land on which they were rais
ed and tick-infested cattle are intro
duced among them.
"Because of these facts the Federal
Government has established a quar
antine line across the country divid
ing the regions infested with ticks
from those in which there are no
ticks. No cattle can be moved from
the tick-infested regions across this
quarantine except when they are be
ing shipped, for butchering, to a
slaughter-house which i has direct
railroad connection. South Carolina
is placed below this quarantine line
among tick-infested regions. Hence,
cattle cannot be shipped from this
State to points above the quarantine
line except for immediate slaughter.
Cattle for dairy purposes or for feed
ing or breeding are barred. Thus,
the market for the cattle produced in
the State is considerably restricted.
"Some of the States included with
in the tick-infested area, notably
Virginia, North Carolina, Texas and
Oklahoma, which - had within their
boundaries an area in which ticks ex
isted only on a few farms or ranches,
have succeeded in having such areas
placed above the' quarantine line,
thus opening new .markets for
the cattle .raised therein. This was
accomplished by the passage of a law
by the legislature establishing a State
quarantine dividing the slightly in
fected area from the other part of
the State arid the eradication of the
ticks from the infested places in the
slightly infested area. When these
conditions were brought about the
State quarantine line was then adopt
ed by the Federal Government and
made a part of the National quaran
tine line. This plan is just as feasi
ble in South Carolina as in any of
the States mentioned. In a great
part of the State since I the passage
of the stock law, the cattle tick has
become almost extinct and exists only
on a place here and there. The first
step in the matter, however, must be
taken by the Legislature."
also ground for suspicion; It means
barnyard filth.
See that the milk bottle Is put on
ice as soon as delivered; that uten
sils used for milk are used for noth
ing else; that they are washed, scald
ed and drained, without wiping.
Wipe off the mouth of the bottle be
fore pouring out. Protect from dust
and flies' as well as heat. In cool
weather keep in well-aired place
rather than the ice ; box. Use only
crockery of glass as containers. Good
milk should keep twenty-four hours.
Do not demand large measure; the
milk will surely be "distended" to
cover the dealer's loss. Mary Hin
man Abel, writing on . "Safe Foods
and How to Get Them," In the De
cember Delineator. 1
"Don'tsT for the Woman Who Buys
Do not start out with the idea that
the milkmen are all tricksters; there
are good men in the business who
need most of all to have their profits
increased by a larger trade.
Don't, take loose milk. Choose by
preference the delivery in bottles, if
you can be sure that they are filled
at the farm or at the distributing
dairy. Measuring out in the street
dust is a disgusting practice, but still
another element of danger is added
by the use of bottles thus filled. The
bottles ) are not sterilized, may not
even be properly washed, and may
come from houses where contagious
diseases have occurred. Having se
lected a dairy, be loyal to it; if you
have complaints to make see that
they reach headquarters.
Whether in country or city, the
householder Is not to put her reliance
on any so-called "tests." She is not
to buy a -lactometer or a neat little
case of chemicals. The average wo
man has neither time nor training
for such exact use of these appliances
as alone can give value to results.
But of one condition, the most ig
norant , can judge : sediment in milk
means unclean methods; -it is not to
be tolerated. "Hold back the last
spoonful in pouring" is a common
household rule far better, send in
your complaint to the central office.
An unpleasant or "cowy" odor is
Seed Wheat, Oats, Rye.
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NORTH CAROLINA SEED RYE,
Per Bushel, 99 Cents. ,
WINTER TURF OATS,
Per Bushel, 65 Cents.
FULCASTER, TURKEY ISLAND AND
RED CHAFF SEED WHEAT,
Per Bushel, $1.25. ..
All sacked In good, new sacks, f. o. b.
Hickory, N. C.
Wanted l.ono bushels of North Caro
lina PEACH SEED.
HICKORY SEED COMPANY,
- Hickory, N. C.
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Several sixty to one hundred Horse
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