The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 09, 1915, Image 2
THE CATTLE PRdeLEM
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The production of l>eef cattle 111 the
Carolina* g? Ii??t II nev\ undertaking,
not any more than Is jww hr*W*ltUr,
In which South Carolina once exccll
ed. Yet both th?M> branches of the live
atock industry are at ihl* lime aUtioat
ItOH-CXlstent, SO HH product lift.,
won 1th I* eouceriwl.
If beef cattle have boon gumwafully
raised in South Carolina, why have
they almost disappeared? To answer
this, it Ih iwesaary to understand
something of tho condition* or causes
that have made cattle raising an un
profitable business. Then we cai^ Sfifk
those condition* necessary triiUcy fbr
establishing the industry ui*m our
farms an. a profitable undertaking. IU*
low I lint the retarding factors In
South Carolina's l>eef cattle Industry,,
in the order of their Importance ;
First, absentee land owners.
. Second, ? the strange Infusion Into
our native st??ck of the Channel Isle
dairy breeds,
Third, the cattle tick.
Fourth, laek of eare In selecting
bulla and the careleaa habit of fijlHng
to cant rate undesirable animals.
Fifth, -lack of fence* and pauturaa.
Sixth, lack of murketa.
I ^*?t us dlacusa theae causes briefly
and In order.
It la needless to dwell on the fact
that any live stock requires the prln
clpal's presence for Its nueeeaa. In
fact, thia is true In a degree of all
fanning, giving rlae to the old proverb
that the master's foot is the best ma
nure. Absentee landlords do not tend
to make a section flourishing 111- uny
branch of agriculture.
Taking up the second factor, we all
know that the Channel Isle dairy
herds are all right for dairy purposes.
They are perhaps our most prepotent
breeders and have for, huntlrMls of
years been bred away from boef types.
THey are not rustlers. They can not
or will not Rime to advantage. They
are generally angular In form, bony,
with little |K?wer of resistance to ills
ease, and they succumb easily to lid
verse conditions. They do not respond
to feed ami are nearly always unpro- <
lit able feeders. We have found that
it pays to breed good bulls to our na
tive cows when they are free from dai
ry crosses, it takes too long to elim
inate the dairy traits, even with good
bulls, to make the ell'ort profitable.
Third. Certainly every one knows
the 'cattle tick and the "?um>c it wreaks,
and it is not necessary to waste time
referring further to this pest.
Fourth. I have handled many hun
dred head of native cattle and find
tluits more than 7,r? per rent, of the
males are allowed to grow to maturi
ty without being castrated. This Is
bad practice and is one thing I think
the demonstration agent should strive
to eliminate. Nothing but a pure bred
sire should ever be used. Let us en
deavor to grow a little better stuft'
each year. For another thing, let us
eliminate the practice of breeding heif
ers too young.
Fifth. No man can rals*? cattle In
an agricultural community without
fences. To try to do so Is to lose much
of the benefit of live stock. We can
not, without fences, glean our fields or
, keep our neighbors' cattle <>fT. The
average South Carolina pasture con
sists of three loosely stretched barbed
wires around the bead of a branch,
taking In the neighboring hillsides and
gullies, growing broom sedges, briars
and old field pines ? a line place to
have a good boast starve, of course,
the waste land should be used for pas
t u rage, but the briars should be nit.
the pines cut and put into the gullies,
and tin* broom sedge destroyed. As ;t
matter of fact, broom straw furnisher
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good early pasturage and If the Kround
Jfcgtttelt ?M ihs ?tr*w
rut twl<* durtiiK the year, wo will have
fair imatiirauc; but iwrr or whit? fin*
v? r l* fur more l>euortelal to both cat'
iff 1 1 1 1 1 1 ,?t*ture. ?*?r -experience has
been that at least ?mk? <??<!
better two) In absolutely neeeaMary to
maintain a good pHaturet
Our lack of g<?od markets in due
mainly to our lack of mnnethtn* go<al
to nell. With good cattle,; I llrinly l*e
lleve w e ahould have good markets.
Now let um consider the all Import*
ant question -eun l>eef rattle Ih? profit*
ahly raised on South Carolina farina
on a proper system of crop rotation?
My anawer Is yea, If we <*ouMlder good
cattle; no If we |a?ndat In scrubs. Any
one of the three brepds of cattle with,
v^hlch I aiu familiar and have had ex-!
IK^Uence will pay Its way and leave
our lamia more fertile each year, but j
we muat fence our ) statu re* ami plant
nutritions granaes and legumea. Mow
the paHture. but do not rake It and,
above all. do not burn If off. Cattle
graze and fatten better oil a paHture
where the h<m1 Is tilled with vegetable
matter. We have found lesisMle*a,
burr elover. white clover, liermuda
grass, Mallfln grass, orchard grass and
lu?rd? grass profitable, and even crah
grass, when young, will Ik? of some
good.
I>r. I.ong asks me this <|ueatlon : |
"To Wliii f extent In South Cafolinif
should the average farmer attempt to
ratao cattle?"
I have gone over this question from
various points of view and conclude
that any farmer owning his land or
even leasing land should sell at least :
one cow each year for every two bales
of cotton raised, 'hike, for Instance,
a two-horse farm with 100 acrea of
land, planting In rotation 15 acres In
cotton, if> acK's III corn, 15 acreft In
oats followed by peas, tlve acres In
lots and gardens and 50 acres In woods
and pastures.
Consider that such a man wl^l make
15 bales of cotton, which will give him
l.'l, 000 or M.OOO pounds of seed to be
t radwl for meal and all fed to live
stock. Seven hundred to l.(KK) pound*
of meal will tit a steer for market and
seven *steers to be fed will require
5,000 to 7,000 pounds of meal, leaving
the remainder of the meal to be fed
to breeding cattle, yearlings, etc. He
would get 'JO to .'10 tons of stover and
ten to 15 bales of straw which, with
peavlne hay. should winter his cattle
and feed his mules. This would give
this farmer at least $450 for his cat
tle, costing only the rough refuse of
the farm and time usually otherwise
land III spent. This method would re
turn to the soil, practically all the ele
ments of fertilizer commonly sold ofF
the farm and would easily furnish a
heavy manuring of his cotton each
year.
The absence of a live stock Industry
has resulted In an abnormal and ill
advised use of commercial fertilizers.
1 do not decry the use of commercial
I fertilizers. .Until the end of time we
must supply to nearly all of our soils
certain fertilizers and these elements,
when rightly used, will pay J urge pro
tits: Hut we shall never use fertili
zers to the greatest advantage except
in connection with stable manures and
pastures. When the pri<*o of cotton
remains at 10 to Vli cents and above,
we can pay our bills from year to
year, but we are never assure* I of a
cotton or corn crop where commercial
fertilizers- alone are used. l\Ve dej>end
too much for results upon the weather
conditions. But when once we have
a soil in which is Incorporated stable
manures, we have a soil that will pay
handsomoly for almost any application
of commercial fertilizers which we
may care to give it. This may seem a
digression from the main subject of
beef cattle, but it is a matter closely
allied t.? the cattle business and a
very important part of it. 1
According to federal bureau <>f crop
ostium tea. on JhV^un ryj/ 10 fi, we had
ill tiuuth 1'uroUufe 3U0.UW, v tittle a?
HKMlimt .'$8?,OO0 In 19X0,, tt KHln of 1,000
head in iflve year**. and one ???#W for
every Mi bale* of cotton grown In
fwmtb Carolina. Not more ttoan tine
third it (bene- animal* ever tasted cot
tonyeed meal, which lacuna that ualy
a factional (tact of thin cotton pro
duct I* fed, f ' *' f
tixporlijiant station* nay HI per cent
of the value of uieal Ih returned In well
cared tor manure, Our experience Is
that we get a wuror return for tueal
put th?oug/t cows than in.eal ?dded di
rect to the land.? *L, I. Colon lu Clem
m?n College Heading (5ou?? Hulletlu.
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Present Situation Will be Leaaon To
Many 8ays Writer.
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Kdltor Chronicle: To<lay the ground
1* covered with snow, therefore gives
uh the day in doors and our thoughts
go ?ut on things material. God give
UH men? a, time like this demands
strong mind*, groat hearts, true faith
and ready hands.
Three months of the new year hre
gone and some of our good resolutions
that were to tide uh over 1015 with
bright ^hearts niv broken. Stern fact*
are l<H>kiii|r the Southern farmers in
the fu<<e. Just how stern none can
tell except those whom this calamity
has twisted Itself ahout, almost leav
ing that divine spark of hope blacken
ed and charred, and the imor depend
out victims to blliTfl "rtC^pntr. but from
these solemn lessons will come expon
ents of the never forgotten school who
will establish a system big enough,
broad enough and strong enough to
, face a more serious crisis than any
[that has yet. visited us. One of the
wisest things that Abraham Lincoln
ever said "You can't fool all the peo
pie all the time," and we hoi>e some of
the mistakes of the past will lx> cor
rected. The present climax of affairs
lias not entirely ruined the farmera.
It has come as a little dearly lyought
dxperienta. Tt Ih irde from this fail
ure he will come forward a , wlaer
man ready to play the big game and
not merely sit In the grandstand. I
trunt this very thing may prove the
whole undoing of the present system
| and If it does It Is one- of "heaven's
choicest blessings. When dire neces
sity goads the agricultural i>eople to
It they will organize and co-o|?erate
but I am afraid not before. Up to
h? present w? have been dormant,
so to speak, great possibilities have
j been within our grasp yet we have
filled to see them, (Sr to improve them
at least because there was nothing ur
gently Insisting on our acting. Wc
have seen years glide over our heads
and youth deepen into the noonday
jftnd the shadows of life's twilight fall
across our western path and yet been
i Idly content but whdh the future opens
before men who have suffered their
scanty substance to be taken from
them for a mere pittance, hopes of Im
provement center around this uwaken
lug. We must have co-operation, rural
I credits and a good marketing system.
| Foreign markets are always precarious
j " "(I partial. Foreign nations exert an
j efficient legislntlon over our substance
| and often saves or sink the value of
jour property from 15 to 50 per cent.
Such a state of uncertainty and sub
. Joctioi) no lull ion ought not to ofiflurt*.
' In the time of r when commerce
: becomes congested and our produce
I is excluded from It he accustomed mar
( ket on i' .supply of Imports come to us
j at enhanced prices and finds our pro
I duce disposed of at a price that allows
i no margin for living or else spoiling
<>n <?ur hands and the circulation of
j currency diminished. The results of
, this forced sale is more biting because
i <>f the one crop system. Had we as
farmers diversified our crops the fall
| ure to sell our cotton would not have
, mattered so materially. If large acre
: age had been devoted to food crops
, tban the cotton could have been held
until It would bring a living price.
, J. F. West.
< aiudeii, S. March 111.
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-Meeks Orltiin, Thomas Oriftin and
John Crosby, three negroes, must pav
tile death ]>enalty for murder at a
date to be assigned by the Chester
county court. The negroes were con
victed more than two years ago in
Chester county for killing an aged
Confederate veteran by the name of
T.<hvls. J
(Joveruor Manning, at the request of I
solicitor Cooper, has revoked the or
der for a special term of court at
Abbeville on April Nth. The special
term had been called for the trial of
< Maries Logan, the negro accused of
fbe murder of Mrs. Scott.
THE MIGHTY COURT OF THE UNIVERSE. THE HUB OF THE ARCHITECTURAL
SCHEME AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
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All visitors to the Panama-Pacific International exposition at 8an Francisco at some time during tnetr stay ax
the exposition make their pilgrimage through the Court of the Universe. Thla Is the largest court on the grounds
and fs the central radiating unit of the architectural aud ground plans. Node sculptured groups embellish It, the
two Homeric groups ? the Natlp&s of tho Ka?t and tho Natlbns of the West ? surmounting the giant arches at the
cast and west portals. By night th" beauty of the court la enhanced by the flood lighting effects
MEASURING THE STARS.,
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What U MMnt by Pirrt and Seoond
Magnitude, and $? On.
The cIummII|ciI(Iuu Of the star* Into
orderwur magnitude. j^amdju* uo
their A|>par*?lii Ul'ighUii*v?. was uudor
ill lu*u a lit l U* hastily. wilL tin* rexuM
1 1 1. 1 1 in. ui.4 <1.11.1 have been (OQUd
which art' brighter thaU stars of the
(I rut i mi 1 1 1 1 Hi le Aldelmrun 1m a typical
Htar of the tlrst magnitude. Imii HtrliiN
In miivb brighter Consequently i in
system of classics tlou ban to l*> ex
tended.
A star of the II rat magnitude Is 2.5
times aa bright as a Htar of tbe second
magnitude: a atar of tbe second iujik
nltude la 2.0 times aw bright aa a star
of tbe tbtr<) magnitude and *o on.
Stars which are 2.5 tlniea aa bright aa
a atar of tbe drat magnitude are called
Htara of 0 magnitude. while at am 2.5
times brighter still are said,, to be of
the ?I magnitude, and ho oh.
Professor Ceraskl baa made measure
meuta to determine the magnitude of
thp aun. reckoned In this way By
adopting different methoda of measure
ments be reaches' very accordant re
Biilta. aud it appear* that our aun is a
atar of the 30.6 order of magnitude,
which means that It sends ua ns much
light as 880.000.000 of atars of the nrst
magnitude.
At the distance, of a little over four
light years? i. aooUt 20,000 times its
present distance? it would be a atar of.
the first magnitude, so that, considered
as a atar, it Is nothing out of the ordi
nary,? Piitshuigb Qagette-lP|mea.
RAVING A CITY- .
Duoazef's Method Was Unique, but II
Paoifled Madrid.
It was in the year 1808, after a batf
tlo in the 8paulsh revolution of that
year, and the streets of Madrid were
filled with angry crowds that were
bent on destroying everything and
every one* Suddenly an unknown ufan
appeared at the city ball.
"Give me a 'baud of musiciaus," he
said, "and before uigbtfail 1 shall con
trol all Madrid."
lie must have been a man of rare
personality to have been able to per?
suade the authorities in that dark hour
to give him anything.
Hut be got the musicians and went
oht with them to wander through the
city, while they played be sang? pop
ular street songs or souie old national
nlr. When these bored the listeners
tie mounted .old boxes aud told funny
tales and got the populace amused aud
laughing.
By nightfall peace reigned In the
city, and the mob broke up and went
home to b?d. The man's name was
Felipe Ducazel, and he was only twen
ty-two years old when be cleverly
achieved this result.
We are told a deal about heroic
things In, saving countries by long,
terrible rides at night or by the sacri
fice of oneself by dying In somebody's
stead, but few of us hear of any .one
who saved a town by laughter.?
Youth's Companion.
Children in Korea.
With their short waists and full
skirts a bunch of Korean girls look
like old women. Very quaint are they
and very wide nwake as you see them
squatted on the floor at a Sunday
school or church gathering. When
they come In with their Bibles and
hymubooks they bow on hands and
knees until their foreheads touch the
floor, then adjust themselves to their
inexpensive, bneklcss floor seat, wait
ing in quietness and perfect patience
until things start Children are al
ways placed at the front In these gath
erings. the girls ort one side of the par
tition which separates the sexes and
the boys on the other side. They Sing
ifrtth a gusto and intensity that seems
to lift the slanting Korean roof.?
Christian Herald.
Breakfast Table Revelation*.
To girls about to marry one would
tender the advice that they study their
intended victim ot breakfast If he is
one feeding like forty, reject him as
the. direct descendant of Circe's herd
Of swine. If he is 'melancholy, beware
of the abrupt curves of bis tempera
ment If he Is boisterous and face
tious. remember that an empty drum
rfVes the greatest reverberation and a
chatterbox at 8 a. m Is as tiresome a& v
chanticleer at 3 In the morning By
their breakfasts, my sisters, ye shall
know them - London Saturday Review.
Miaaing Marks.
"I 8a w n stage Englishman In a play
last night who didn't use the adjective
telly-' "
-IS that so?"
^Yes. And he didn't any 'My wordl* j
either."
, "Strange. At least he wore a mono
det"
?No."
?Then how In the deuce did you 1
know he was a stage Englishman T'?
Birmingham A g^- Hern Id.
Cause and Effect.
"1 wonder why It Is so' damp and
foggy In London?"
??ft, Is the fault of their government"
"How do you make that out?"
"fhey have such long reigns there."
-Baltimore American
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The School of Experience.
Tbe average man never fully realizes
tbe truth of the adage about a fool and
hi* money nntll after he has bumped
tgalnst some other man's game ?
St. Lbnls Post-Dispatch
A Mean Question. t
have been to consult a beauty doc
tor about my complexion."
?'Doe* be hotd out any hope?**? Kan
Journal.
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We have for sale the most suitable
property for Office Building, Hotel
or any other business, located on
Broad Street, near the Court House.
This property can be bright at W ar
Prices. For full Information see
!aw& perry
, REAL' . 1
J. yt. McCORMICK, Prop.
i W. BOND, Manager |
MCCORMICK & CO.
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Night Phone 143. Day Phone 70.
AMBULANCE SERVICE.
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From January to December you will find at this place
a select line of Candies, Fruits and Vegetables to help
put the finishing to any meal. Hot Drinks in cold
weather; Cold Drinks in hot Weather~or as you like it
We are ready and anxious to serve you any day In the year.
Camden Candy "Kitchen
Spero Beleos, Proprietor.
Phone 78. Camden* S. C;
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Camden Undertaking Co.
C. W. EVANS,
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS and LICENSED EMBALMERS'
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Office and Show Rooms at 535 DeKalb Street
Office Phone 91 Residence Phone 283-L
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