, Thursday, October 7, 1909.
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THE PROGRESSIVA FARMER.
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sheltering the cattle from wind and . Southern farm products might be
rain: care and skill in getting the j removed by a united effort on the
m
cattle on full feed so as to avoid
deranging their digestion ; regular
feeding; an abundant supply of good
drinking j water; suitable bedding
when fed in a small lot or under a
shed, and dozens, of other details of
management are all important fac
tors in determining results much
more important factors, we fear,
than most Southern feeders imagine
-which the man can and must
control.
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The Markets for Southern
Beef.
HE COMPLAINT, is general
; that there is no good market
I for beef cattle here in the
South. This certainly has an ele
ment of truth in it, but a more ac
curate manner of stating the fact
is: "There are no good -beef cattle
to be marketed in this part of the
South." It is probable that a good
grade of beef cattle when put on our
Southern markets do not command
as good a price as they would on
some of the larger cattle markets,
but as a general rule we believe the
quality of cattle fed in the South
command their full relative .value
on our local markets.
There are two methods of market
ing open to us. One is te ship to
the larger markets to the north of
us. These markets are not too far
away for many of the cattle sold on
them are handled a greater distance..
We are, however, greatly handicap
ped in the matter of freight rates,
which, owing to the small number of
cattle shipped, are much higher.
fact, freight rates on farm products
shipped from the South are very gen
erally higher than for similar dis
tances in other portions of this coun
try. This embargo on traffic in
part of Southern farmers,- but in the
absence of this, the other method of
marketing is often open to us, name
ly: the making of a satisfactory mar
ket at or near home, s This requires
some effort and financial sacrifice,
but our own experience teaches us
that a satisfactory local market can
be developed at no sacrifice except
a small one on the first lot of good
cattle offered. r
How Beef Cattle Will Add
to Our Profits.
N CONCLUSION, why should
we feed beef cattle? Those
who will feed dairy cows,
raise horses and mules, or other
kinds of live stock, need seek no an
swer for this question, but those
who are not now raising feeds for
live stock and whose lands ; need
stable manure, should weigh well
the following two reasons:
1. We need to utilize all the feed
3ruffsvnow produced and to grow as
much more as possible in order to
utilize our lands and labor to the
best advantage.
2. The great Southern agricultural
problem today is increased soil fer
tility, and in no way can the fertili
ty of our land be increased so safely,
certainly, and - economically as
through the application of stable
manure. -
One illustration of the marked,
permanent improvement of soil by
the feeding of cattle on it may be
taken from the work of the Missis
sippi Branch Experiment Station at
McNeill in the southern part of the
State. .';.::;...,-;
During the fall and winter of
190 2-3 cattle were fedparked on
a portion of the Station farm.
"During the past six years the
plats of land on the parked area
Have You tSeedo, Poultry or Stocll For
Sale?
VERY WEEK we have inquiries for some kind of seed, plants,
poultry or live stock, either not advertised at all in our columns,
or not advertised from the section from which the inquirer wishes
to buy. We are very anxious, therefore, to get a complete list of every
person in 'bur territory who has for sale now or will have for sale any
time during the coming year any kind of seed corn, cotton, tobacco,
oats, wheat, rye, clover, vetch, etc, or any kind of cabbage, asparagus,
sweet potato plants, etc, or any kind of improved poultry or eggs, or one
or more animals of any improved breed of hogs, cattle, horses, goats,
or sheep. Even-lf such a person does not wish to advertise, we may be
able to refer him to some probable purchaser. If you have, therefore, or
will have next year anything in the way of improved seeds, poultry,
eggs, or stock to sell, please fill out the enclosed blank, cut out and
mall to us and we will send you a 50-cent copy of Editor Clarence H.
Poe's "A Southerner in Europe."
P. O. . . . ... ..... State . .... . Date. . . . . . . ., 1909.
Publishers The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. C.
Gentlemen: I have now for sale, or expect to have for sale next
year, improved seeds, poultry, eggs or live stock as follows:
1. Seeds (here give names of all varieties) : . .... ... . . . ... .... . . .
2. Poultry (here give name of breeds) : .... ... . . . . . . ........
3. Improved live stock (here give name of breeds) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;
....... . ... . . . T j : . . . .. . .
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-.v Tours truly,
. ; t : r Name. ...... ; .... . . ..... . ; . . . . . .
If you have nothing to sell yourself, but will send us the name of
any one else whose name has not already been sent us, who has seed,
stocky eggs or poultry to sell we will also greatly appreciate it and send'
you a free copy of "A Southerner in Europe."
. i
have made a' calculated" yield of "3,-
800 pounds of seed cottoh r more per
acre than similar-plats fertilized the
same way have made oii unparked
soil. This would, j if calculated for
the five acres, give a total of 19,000
pounds of seed ; cotton increase due
to the manure from these cattle.
"SimilaV work with corn shows an
increase for the s!x years of 108
bushels per acre, f or a! calculated
total of 540 bushels on the five
acres. The effect pf thiaj manure, is
still perceptible on this land'
. it is not uncommon I to hear it
given as an excuse for kot feeding
live stock, that enough live stock can
not be fed to supply manure for all
the land each year. Here is a case
where the feeding of cattle, on land
increased the average yield of corn
18 bushels per acre for 0 years; and
mark you, my dear reader, that Mr.
Ferris says, "The. effect of this
manure is still perceptible on this
land" after six years.
To Organize Negro farmers.
At a meeting lof the Executive
Committee, of the Virginia Farmers'
Union September 23 rd, "a resolution
was adopted whereby jthe colored
farmers are to be jorganlzed also, as
agricultural
a large percentage of the
products of the State results from the
labor of the colored farmers. It was
decided to provldeUor them, an aux
ilary membership, py which they will
not come into direct social 'contact
with the Union of -the white farmers.
but will derive such he
t
efforts as may be in
them." I
This seems to us a wise and pro
gressive move, anq one which the or
ganization will do jwell to consider in
other States.
p from our
justice due
Farming is Profitable
In,Southcrn Railway TerritorT.
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There ia no better occupa
tion: for the Average Alan than
I Farming and no Section is Su
I perior jto the South for a Good
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Business and should by carried
on by the Application of the
Best-Business Principles. The
Proper Location, the Study of
Soils, Seed Selection, the Wise
Choice and Rotation of Crops
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