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in Hi c.Mw of this pktur conr.rti grew pasture oratMt Into bom-dry
Tttoiniii-coneciitrat during thr-mmul trip through thn hug dnw. , Dried
gran It pnrnriztd, itMia-lraatad end proud .tat pollats lor tisrag In tU
tall ilai la Hm bockoround. ODtrarlna at 50 tarn par day, t big McNair Farm
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"Curb service for cattle" it totne
tl.i i new under the sun.
Tae term aptly fits beef-reeding
procedure adopted by the McNair
Farms near Lauriuourg. Instead of
wasting single pound of weight
foraging for food, the white face
Hereford's simply stand and eat'
and grow heavier.
During the cooler month) of' the
year, tilt beef are herded onto a
concrete ; feeding platform' from
which they need never stir. Water
is piped along one side V -along the
other extends an ever-loaded feed
trough. The pasture comes to them
euro service style. it.
' Pen feeding is facilitated on the
' McNair farms by the nearness of a
modern' dehydrating plant which
mixes- exactly the diet desired fo:
the cattle. Roughage such as straw
corncobs or even cotton burrs is'
-- pulverized and mixed with cotton
i seed meal, salt, vegetable fats, mo
lasses, and dehpdrated sericea Its
peHeza or Coastal Bermuda grass,
.which provides Vitamin A and other
unidentified . growth factors. The
mixture is fed at exactly the desir
ed rate. Thus the beef cannot choose
the "dessert" and leave the spinach
"Curb service for cattle" is a win
tertime use for two dehydrators
which operate during the gras-grow-ing
aeasbn to dehydrate sericea les
pedeta and coastal Bermuda grass
as a Vitamin A concentrate for
mixed feeds of all kinds. '
drier re ; , ires k-ss t i t.iree mln
ntes. Ti.e pulverfc 't-1 silage then b
steam-treated and pressed int pel
lets. Pelletized grass th-.n Is stored
in huge silos awaiting shipment or
J regrinding for home t eedinj on M
jNair farms.' -' sv. '
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The hot drums' exhaust a Vapor of
pleasing aroma; and at night, the
oil-fired blasts cast' a ruddy glow
across the landscape. Pellets pour
forth lit a warm, steady 'Stream
still bearing something of the odor
of the pastures where they were cut
only hoars earlier - ' .
Inert gas is forced into the silos to
displace oxgen and . preserve ' the
pasture - fresh vitamin content of
the pellets, : . H ---.
Superintendent! Hubert 1 McRae
estimates the dehydrators process
50 tons of finished pellets per day
a considerable "Industry" for agri
cultural Robeson and Scotland coun
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Good as Dehydrated Alfalfa
S: B. . Hervejr Evans, Jr.; youthful
manager of the McNair farms says
that ' independent experiments -conducted
by N. C. State College and
'by the farms in conjunction with the
college both proved that ' coastal
Bermuda and sericea lespedcza are
"equal to w superior to" dehy
drated alfalfa in Vitamin A content.
Since the major portion of dehyd
i rated alfalfa now comes from Kan
sas and other midwestern states,
Evans decided to dehydrate a local
product and save the freight. Hun
dreds of acres haye been seeded to
'I sericea lespedeza and to the -less
3 common coastal Bermuda.
. McNair farms use the concentrate
I to feed both beef and turkeys, rais
' J ing upward of 200,000 turkeys per
' .- year for wholesale to meat proces
sors. ! v During grass growing months,
l bugh harvesters crawl across ihe
rich pasture lands, cutting i and
)j blowing the grass into big Prairie
Schoolers.. These convey the grass
' into dump trucks which haul and
dum it into the dehydrator chutes.
ueaiea to temperatures or, iw ae
grees, large revolving drums tum
ble the silage through the not blast
irnyh as clothes drier - and the
grfcs emerges 4lry enough to be
pujvertoed. ,The "trip through the
, Manager Evans confirms that de
hydrators- are relatively uncommon
In North Carolina and that conTete
pen feeding perhaps , is even rarer.
These are but'a few of many agri
cultural activities on the McNair
Farmsj for which the slogan "we
practice diversified farming ' is a
real understatement. : .
The dehydrator, for, instance, de
monstrates its versatility both sum
mer and winter. When frost calls
a halt to capturing vitamins in gras
ses, the dehydrators turn . from
drying grass to two -bid weather
uses. One is that of mixing feed for
use on the farms. The other is de
hydrating manure.
, "Whole" Beef Utilized
The concrete feeding pen Is loca
ted close to the dehydrators so that
manure easily can be transferred
to the dehydrators ' for - processing
and bagging. Dehydrated manure
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iinas a reaay marKet. particularly
for fertilizing flewer( gardens. Just
as slaughter houses are credited
with saving all except the Die's
squeal, so the McNair farms utilize
the "whole" beef.
Manure is accumulated literally
in "acre-feet" quantities and is held
in reserve to keep the dehydrators
operating during otherwise slack
seasons. The feed mixing for home
use likewise fills the slack gaps.
Hervey Evans, guiding genius of
the McNair enterprises," explains
ine operation as "a part of our
plan to utilize our land and our sup
ervisory talent for maximun produ
ction." Evans, who is a director of
Carolina Power k Light Company,
points out that the farms apply a
lot. of that company's power lor
mechanizing farm operations and
for a degree of automation, as in
automatic watering for the thou
sands of turkeys.
Responding to the question of fu
ture uitllzation of the dehydrators,
the Evanses regard the two-year-old
operation as still in the experi
mental or t -i?e but hint the
experiment eventually may extend
beyond coastal Bermuaa ana seri
cea "SWM.
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, Elizah Barbour
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Jacksonville
" 252-72
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LeonP.Barwiik'
& Sinitn - iidddl
29074 '-'
284-72 ..
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; 29673
'i 29072
28872
F 28673
27473
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E 300 72 ,
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' SV; 218 72- ". ' '
214 72fe:
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'22072:
IfiX 70: i v of
23872
Total 5480 lbs. -
Jerry O. Smith
& Nobles
23872
26072 -238--72
23272
266-72
26072
22072
17272
23872
22672 ,
18072
. 26872
210r-72 '
?i;,;v 22r 72 ,:
i," 194-72:'
, ; '.172 72
f,' 18672
Total 3,790 lbs.
f$72J()()
W.L. Jones
L. 27472
22072
29672
19673 j
I 16272
20471 ;
21471
296--72
30071
19673
16272
27472
22072
' Total 3,228 lbs, -
fAve.1 $71.83
Frank Mercer
Beulaville
30072
30072
29072
28072
15272
18672
28072
Total 1,788 lbs.
Ave. $72.00
Mark Smith
Pink Hill
24671
26871
28671
29271
25271
25672
25671
26871
Williams &
Thomas
Beulaville
19873
20073
20873
22273
19073
24273
Total 1,260 lbs.
Ave. $73.00
) Total 2,124 lbs.
Ave. $71.12
Fred Barbee &
William Whaley
30074
30074
26873
23673
12675
Total 1,230 lbs.
Ave. $73.69
W. H. Pate Morgan Maxwell
270 74 & Smith
25073 26472
21473 27473
23873
22472 27072
20871 27072
28672
Total 1,404 lbs. .
Ave. $72.73 Total 1,364 lbs.
Ave. $72.20
Natt Sbivar & "
Lewis Jarman L. E. Adams
Liddell 30072
26675 30073,"'
27275 i 30072 J
Ss J
25676 30072 ; !
Total 1,324 lbs. Total 1,500 lbs.
I Ave. $75.40 j Ave: $72.20
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