Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 23, 1910, Image 8
PROFIT ON PALMETTO FARMS
IN FEEDING MARKET CATTLE
Can we, with economy, feed
beef cattle in this State? Can
we feed cattle for market and
at least get the manure for our
trouble? Can we feed beeves at
a profit?
These questions are often
asked the dairy division of Clemson
college, wnich has prepared
a brief summary of results of
feeding a lot c" about thirty
cows. This summary is of
interest as by this means is presented
facts and not guess work.
Feeding the lot was begun on
November 13 and it consisted of
a mixed bunch of steers and
heifers, nearly half of each.
By February 25 they had
gained 3,896 pounds, or a gain of
218 pounds each, averaging a
little more than 141-2 pounds per
head per week.
' This, as any feeder knows, is a
very good gain and was particularly
good in this instance, as
they were a mixed lot of mountain
cattle, obtained locally, and
of a rather low average in
quality.
In this time they consumed
105,600 pounds of silage and
21,162 1-2 pounds of cotton-seed
meal, or an average of 37 pounds
silage and 71-2 pounds meal per
head per day.
If silage is valued at $3 per
ton and meal at $50 per ton,
then these steers cost to feed at
rate of 171-4 cents per day. To
offset the cost of the feed was
obtained the gain of 14 &-15
pounds per week, the manure,
and the increase of value to the
whole animal that comes fr^ ?.
uit auucu ucsil.
In some sections it is expected
V- to sell the animal for at least
one cent per pound more when
fattened than they cost when
thin. Using these figures, the
account stands as follows:
Silage consumed in the 15
weeks, at $3 per ton, $158; meal
for the same time at $30 per ton,
$315; total cost of feed, $473.
Weight at start was 22,850
pounds. At three and a half
cents per pound, the amount
would be $799.75. The gain was
5,896 pounds, making the selling
weight 28,746 pounds. If sold
at a gain of one cent per pound,
28,746 pounds at 41-2 cents per
pound, $1,293.17; from this take
cost, $799.75; balance, $493.42.
Cost of food, $473; selling
price above all cost, $20.42.
The foregoing shows that this
industry may be profitable as an
aid in building up the farm, but
the following cautions are presented
with the suggestion of
fattening only a few, say a car
lot, the first time and let the
business grow as one becomes
accustomed to all the conditions
to be met:
If cattle are brought from a
distance, study the freight rates
and see if that may prohibit the
.. enterprise.
In buying be careful that they
are not weighed just after receiving
food and water.
Learn if the market in which
you wish to sell will take heifers
or if it pays better for steers,
and act accordingly.
Do not feed too long, but yet
enough to satisfy the market.
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# wnen caiue are nearly finished,
the cost of gain is much increased.
Buy as late in the season as
possible and yet get them at low
prices and sell on the markets
before early lambs and grassfed
animals are offered.
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First Week Jurors.
At the meeting of the jury
commissioners Monday morning
the following venire was drawn
for the first week of the summer
term of the circuit court for
York county. The court will
convene on July 11, with Judge
Shipp presiding:
J. S. Rainey, R. M. Wyatt, J.
A. Bolin, J. M. Whitesides, W.
L. Leech, W. S. Wilkerson,
Broad River.
W. A. Brandon, Bethel.
W. W. Hovis, J. L. Aycock, J.
H. Campbell, John E. Clinton,
Bethesda.
J. E. Warmoth, J. J. Plexico,
J. R. Brandon, Bullock's Creek.
S. J. Bell. J A. Adams .1 C.
WaJker, J. H. Shillinglaw, J. H.
Milling, W. J. Creighton, H. A.
. Dozier, Catawba.
C. E. Colter, C. C. Carroll, W.
A. Blalock, Ebenezer.
D. G. Culp, W. H. Crook. J. A.
Moss, J. T. Young, A. L. Parks,
Fort Mill.
R. H. Brison, VV. H. Ferguson,
A. J. Boheler, W. H. Hagins, J.
L. Clemmer, King's Mountain.
M. L. Mitchell, J. F. Carson,
York.
Capt. W. E. Stitt, of Charlotte,
was a visitor to Fort Mill
Tuesday morning.
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Interest in Benton's Success. x
The fortunes of "Rube" Benton,
the Macon baseball pitcher
who has just been sold to the
Cincinnati team of the National
league for $7,500, the highest
| price ever paid lor a minor
leaguer, are being watched with
considerable interest by two
Fort Mill ball players, Springs
Parks and "Pug" Ferguson, both
of whom caught Benton in a
number of games which he
pitched for Lancaster a season or
two ago. Benton was then employed
in a Lancaster cotton
mill and got an occasional afternoon
off to help out the Lancaster
club. If he sticks with the
Cincinnatis for a few years and
saves his salary, he will be able
to cut out the looms and spindles
for all time.
Through York Corntjr.
Mrs. Anna Lyle Poe, wife of Mr.
Orin S. Poe of the Roddey-Poe
Mercantile company, of Rock Hill, died
suddenly Monday afternoon at6o'clock.
She was the youngest daughter of the
late Capt. W. L. Roddey and one of
Rock Hill'B most estimable and
lovable women. She leaves besides
her husband six children.
W. F. Lucas, at the Highland Park
mill, in Rock Hill, while walking alo.tg
behind the mill building Monday morning
with a long iron rod en his shoulder
let it come in contact with the
Southern Power company's wires to
the transformer house at the mill and
was knocked down instantly and for
some time was thought to be dead.
The physician stated he thought he
would recover and without any serious
results.
Horace Brown, a Catawba township
farmer, took to Rock Hill Monday
morning a stalk of corn and a dozen or
more stalks of cotton that were simply
riddled by the hail Sunday night. Mr.
Brown stated the line of hail extended
for several hundred yards, practically
covering a four-horse farm at his
place and damaging things very badly.
There was considerable hail in the
neighborhood of the dam of the
Catawba Power company, three miles
north of Fort Mill.
Mark Culp, a negro boy, had both
legs fearfully mangled by a passing
freight at the Manchester mills, in
Rock Hill, Friday morning. Culp tried
to swing the train as it was passing
and missed his footing, both legs being
terribly crushed up close to the body.
The crew put him into an empty box
car and took him to the city where he
was taken in charge by the railroad
physician and carried to the hospital,
but the boy died before he could be
operated on.
The First Baptist church of Rock Hill
was the scene of a beautiful marriage
Thursday night, when Miss Inez Frew
and Mr. Harry Elliott Ruff were made
husband and wife. The church was
crowded with relatives and friends of
the popular young couple and the scene
was one of striking beauty, the church
having been handsomely decorated for
the occasion. The bride's pastor. Rev.
R. T. Marsh, was assisted in the
ceremony by Rev. Alexander Martin of
the First Presbyterian church.
The board of trustees of Winthrop
college at its annual meeting Thursday
arranged for Winthrop to thoroughly
and cordially cooperate with Prof. W.
K. Tate, State supervisor of elementary
rural schools, in his new work for
the rural schools of the State by electing
him professor or elementary education
at Winthrop. This new work of
Prof. Tate's for the rural schools of
the State is made possible by appropriations
made for it by the Peabody board
and the Southern education board. Prof.
Tate's work will be under the direction
of the State superintendent of education.
Mrs. Sarah E. Kimball, wife of S. J.
Kimball, of Rock Hill, died at her home
at 10 o'clock Thursday night after an
illness lasting for several months. Mrs.
Kimball had been a sufferer from
Bright's disease and recently she grew
worse, paralysis of the right side setting
in, from which she never recovered.
Mrs. Kimball was before marriage
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Gordon, and
was 45 years old. She was married to
* Mr. Kimball in 1886, and was the
mother of three children, two of whom
are dead. In addition to her husband
and son, W. E. Kimball, Mrs. Kimball
leaves two sisters, Mesdames V. B.
McFadden and T. O. Flowers, of Rock
Hill, and two brothers, Messrs. R. K.
and D. B. Gordon.
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S. B. McMASTEK,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
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hot-weather bargains
in our splendid stock of Furniture.
Lots of folks are
taking advantage of our bargains.
We are sure that you
too could find something here
you would like to have. Can't
you come down here where
the goods are to be seen?
HAMMOCKS
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outlay; not only for this summer,
but for years. Our handsome
pillow Hammocks, with
neat fringe, have several special
features over other makes
that we will be glad to have
you examine carefully before
you buy.
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