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editionJ FARM EDITION JIAT, 1949 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Department; the Beef Cattle Com mission is working with this de partment on Bangs disease control. 12 Work toward getting a suit able place for having livestock shows for livestock men in the county. County Agent Wayne Corpening advises the folio. nng bulletins arc available at hi' office: Judging Beef Cattle. I ehornir.g, Castrat ing Branding and Marketing of Beef Caltle. Block Leg. Feeding Officers Of Haywood Hereford Breeders MORE ABOUT Commission (Continued from Page 1) available in the county. 4. Promote the keeping of a grade cow herd and the saving of young heifers. 5. Before selling animals on the market, first see whether a neigh bor needs young heifers for re placement. Filling a neighbor's needs this way will tend to in become yearlings. 8. Assist in sponsoring the West ern North Carolina feeder calf sale, to be held at an Asheville live stock market Sept. 28. Calves will be graded and sold according to their grade in a lot. 9. Be responsible for letting all beef cattle producers within the comnunity know of this feeder I Steinh- calf sale, and recommend that they etW'Pment. t hold calves until that time. 10. F remote more pure hied i, " "sili he :n cut Cattle for Beef. Raising lieei cat herds in all breeds of beef cattle. crease the number of beef cattle in the county. tle, Feeding Cattle tor iviamei, This is necessary so that the proper Beef Production on the (arm. Cat type bulls can be obtained for the grade cow herd producers. 11. Each community should car ry out fully the recommendations tle Lice How lo Lradieate, Cattle 6. Grade producers should use Grubs or Heel Flies, and Shipping Fever of Cattle. better bulls of the beef type. Well, there goes all thehot water!" 7. Beef animals should be de uiiy horned and castrated before they being made by the N. C. Veterinary FARM IV ' iv::;. ing'ALrH i This photograph was made at the annual meeting 01 the Haywood Hereford iireeciers association after they had elected officers. Seated left to right are: and Glenn Noland, vice-president. Standing left Underwood, Hoy Haynes, Dr. J. L. Reeves and Dr. A. I'. Clinc. Paul Swaffer of Statu College, extreme right, was the speaker. Photo by Ingram's Studio. ('. ')'. Frauds, secretary; M. O. Galloway, president; to right are the directors Dwighl William's. David MORE ABOUT Good Cattle , (Continued from rage 1) qtfently greater income from feed piibduction and from pastures with iir,the county. lany of the old pastures are considerably depleted and on a great number of these there is evidence of lack of lime and phos phate as shown by growth of bnjjbmsage, briars, and other use legs''; plants. Probably no better sUj$fstlon could be made than to uffcfe Tjecf cattle farmers to con-tiHtti-lhcir pasture improvement, p&Tculaily by the use of recent ly" introduced pasture plants such air"tadino clover, orchard grass. anq, tne lescues. 3jic use of these plants in pas tuSr mlxlures is certainly beyond thJF" experiment a I stage. fr)oy have proved their worth J7i . i New Beef Cattle Bulletin Published By State College "Raising Beef Cattle" is the title of a new publication released this week by the State College Exten sion Service.- It is a revision of Circular No. 208. Among the many phases of beef cattle discussed in the new bul letin is detailed recommendations on seeding and managing pastures. Ladino clover is recommended for beef pastures in most loca tions. Recommended seeding mix tures for pool-, medium and fertile aifd the county agent's recommen dation for seeding new pastures or rCseeding old pastures with such plants as these should not be ques tioned at all. I should like to urge, In regard to the herds of the county, the es tablishment and improvement of more cow herds From the standpoint of dependa bility and safety there is no phase of the beef cattle production pro gram which is more suitable for counties such as Haywood than the maintenance of a good quality cow herd . Thickbodied. deep, rugged beef type cows mated to early maturing beefy bulls produce calves which have in the past and will always in the future, find a ready sale. The maintenance of a good qual ity cow herd is as free from specu lation as any type of livestock farming, and cows furnish a means of marketing grass and feed unex celled by any other type of live stock. I should like to urge that more attention be paid to culling non productive, poor quality cows from these herds, the use of better qual ity hulls, and that a little more attention be paid to the milking qualities of the individual animals within the herd. Second, 1 should Ike to suggest that the quality of hay used for wintering cattle, particularly young stock, be improved. Most of the hay is cut from na tive meadows and in a great many cases these meadows are lacking in fertility as well as in clovers. It would therefore be fitting, I think, to suggest that fertilizing and liming these meadows and the seeding of more clovers in the plant mixtures would be wise. It is a well-known fact that only through clover or other legumes do you get a high percentage of pro tein in the hay, and also it is only through well-limed and well-ferti-lized land that you get a high per centage of minerals in the grasses. Most of the mature herds that I observed in Haywood were quite well wintered, but not enough at tention is given to the younger slock, especially calves. 1 would like,' therefore, to sug- . gest thai calves which have been weaned in the fall be given the best quality hay and if there is a lack of protein in the hay that this protein be supplied by purchased protein supplement. A calf weaned in the fall should gain about one pound per day from then until he is turned out on grass the following spring. This gain simply takes care of his normal growth without trying to put additional flesh on his frame. In order to get such gain it is necessary that an animal be sup plied with a ration high in protein and mineral content. Now, just one olher suggestion. I saw more cattle lice in Hay wood county than almost any other place I've been during the entire winter. I, ice are easy to control, and lousy cattle never put on weight as they should. I would like to suggest, and even urge, that methods of controlling these lice during the winter time be adopted on every beef cattle farm before another winter comes. The county agent's office can sup ply up-to-date methods of ridding cattle of lice. No beef cattle farmer should at tempt to get into the next winter without adoping these recommen dations. I hope that no one will take these few suggestions to mean that I intend to be critical. However. Haywood county with its reputation for producing good quality cattle can, I think, well af ford to take every possible means of protecting that reputation. Every county in North Carolina interested in the beef cattle busi ness is adopting methods of im proving production and quality. If Haywood is to continue to be one of the leading beef cattle coun ties, it will need to affect improve ment even more rapidly than some other counties which have never been particularly noted for beef cattle production. In my opinion, if the recommen dations and the leadership of Wayne Corpening and his assis tants are followed, Haywood coun ty will continue to be known as the best beef cattle county In North Carolina. land arc listed for the iijedinnnt, mountains and the coastal plain. The publication also lists a daily ration for winter feeding calves, yearlings and older animals. A copy of this new publication will be sent to anyone who re quests it. Address a card to the Agricultural Kditor, College Sta tion, Raleigh. Ask for Extension Circular 208. Farmers going into the beef pro duction business for the first time are advised to start with native or grade animals. These involve a smaller investtnenl than purebreds. Then loo, breeding and raising registered cattle is a specialized business and only a small percent age of those entering it make a success. Other sections ill the bulletin arc devoted to such problems as selecting and caring for the herd bull, controlled breeding, culling, dehorning and marking. Dr. C. D. Grinnels, professor of veterinary science at Slate College, and .1. T. Conner, former extension insei specialist, contribute an added sec tion on common diseases and para sites in caltle. Winter Grazing Is Important A day's grazing is worth more in the winter than in the summer. Tall fescue and Ladino clover have certainly increased the number of days in the year in which grazing is practiced on the Animal Hus bandry Farm of the "North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. By holding the cattle off during the fall and allowing growth to accumulate, E. U. Dillard and R. L. l,ovvorn have greatly improved the winter grazing program. Beef cattle grazed in this manner were removed from the fescue-Ladino December 22 in 1047 and .January 11 of the following winter. The system works better with beef cat tle than with dairy cattle and bat ter with tall fescue-Ladino than with orchard grass and Ladino clover. MORE ABOUT Waynesville Boy (Continued from Page I) alent of one third of 25 acres of pasture. 12 acres of hay crops five acres of corn, seven apple trees, I a half acre of potatoes, and 100 grape vines. Besides this, he took care of sev en beef cattle and three dairy cows. The keeping quality of Long Island cauliflower was improved by spraying the crop with hormones, or growth-regulating substances, two weeks before harvest. A Prize Winner In Fat Calf Show ! ' ' h 'i ' -fflffT This ia one of many chaice fat calves owned by H aywood breeders. This is Dan Davis son of Mr. Tl"""'v,an Tv'"1 of Iron DiifT shown hld ng his prize calf. ' Invest In YourFu UILD Y0 ture- mm mm Hi Th f II Ah 1Y Til m mm Breeders Of R e&istere d ereforl torn ,iis& . - nv, tiXJHM, m v1pi We have 100 head top - quality females selected from outstanding herds of sev eral diiierent states. These cows are being mated to outstanding herd sires o such breeding as WHR Royal Domino, 51st and WHR Princeps Mixer, the kin ri 1. .. oi nera sires used by the Wyoming Hereford Ranch, Albert Noe, and other to I 1 t w-r Dreeaers ot neretord cattle throughout the country. We Have Young Select Breeding Stock For Sale At Private Treaty urracejiand Farms M. O. Galloway, Owner VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME D. H. Willf"1 ) I
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