TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE 289 



STOCK RAISING IN TENNESSEIS. 



The Agricultural Department at Washington, in bulletins sent to 

 the public, shows much apprehension for the effect of the drouth that 

 has prevailed in the West is going to have on the supply of beef 

 cattle. The fear is apparent that there is going to be a material 

 increase in the price of meat. The increase in meat prices has been so 

 continuous and so persistent for several years that the public will 

 not be surprised at further advances, and being thus promptly ad- 

 vised of what to expect, the people may make such preparations as 

 may be indicated for meeting the emergency. 



It is noted that the information has been received in the South 

 with a tone of hopefulness, at least in the newspaper press. For 

 years the Southern States have been neglecting the feature of cattle 

 raising, once a profitable part of the farmer's annual output. A 

 widespread call is being made upon the Southern farmer that he 

 again become a cattle raiser. 



Commissioner of Agriculture Peck, who has given the subject 

 much study, is sure that the raising of stock in Tennessee, included 

 in which is the raising of beef cattle and sheep, is one of the mani- 

 festly profitable openings the farmer has for making money. Ten- 

 nessee has large areas of waste lands that properly cultivated could 

 in a few years be made into rich grazing lands. This State is subject 

 to no prolonged drouths and its climatic conditions are altogether 

 favorable to cattle raising. The diseases to which stock is susceptible 

 may be easily controlled with the proper care and attention, and the 

 only drawback lies in the apparent indifference of the farmer to the 

 means and methods, so easily accessible, for redeeming his worn-out 

 lands for the purposes of pasture. 



Experiments with alfalfa are going forward in many sections, 

 and while results have not been as immediately satisfactory as were 

 hoped for, there isn't the slightest reason for doubting that with 

 proper care, patience and determination, it may be made one of the 

 staple crops of this region. 



At any rate, the conditions offer the people of Eastern Tennessee 

 a magnificent opening for increasing the money value of their holdings 

 by a generous experiment in the production of meat cattle. — Chatta- 

 nooga Times. 



Bowel Trouble in Chicks — Well-boiled rice mixed with a little char- 

 coal will often check this compaint. 



