148 The Dawn of a New Constructive Era 



and better production on the part of our people; and we trust 

 will prove entirely profitable to those responsible for the estab- 

 lishment of the new and important enterprise. 



I believe all of us must be convinced of the South's unex- 



very aci - (-elled possibilities in live .stock production, of which many of 

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our people have already taken advantage, with profit to them- 

 selves. 



We already have an abundance of food materials for animals 

 that would surprise even a Northern or Westenn stockman, and 

 these are capable of large increase. 



We have broad acres of unoccupied fertile lands which 

 simply await the touch of the intelligent husbandman in order 

 to spring into full fruition, and add more wealth and prosperity 

 to our Southern country. 



We have representatives of almost every breed and variety 

 of live stock, and an increasing interest constantly being mani- 

 fested in their greater development. 



We have adequate legislation, in practically all of the South- 

 ern states, to afford protection against the fatal diseases to which 

 farm animals are susceptible, and which gives encouragement to 

 those engaged in the industry. 



We have our State Boards of Agriculture to look after and 

 foster the industry from the standpoint of the state. 



We have our State Colleges of Agriculture and our Experi- 

 ment Stations, and our various branches of Agricultural Exten- 

 sion Service, all bending their efforts to educate and inform our 

 citizens, and encourage and increase interest in this great work. 



In short, we not only have the materials to work with, but, 

 in addition, various and important agencies laboring, in an edu- 

 cational way, for the good of the cause; and which are being 

 more and more taken advantage of by our people, and through 

 which advancement is being made. 



And we now have one of the most valuable aids to the stock 



Cheap Money grower in the development of his industry, viz., the privilege of 



a Help the use of money, which he may obtain on reasonable terms, 



through the medium of the recently established Federal Farm 



Loan Banks. 



One would naturally imagine, therefore, that all of the needs 

 of the South had already been amply provided, and that nothing 

 more was necessary but to go ahead and prosper ; and in a meas- 



