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great numbers of cattle, but the city of Atlanta is so situated that 
some day a good market may be developed there. It would he a 
central point to which the farmers of Florida, Georgia. Alabama. 
Tennessee, and North and South Carolina could ship their cattle. 
There is no one who is more capable of telling whether the cattle 
of a State are improving than the commission men or the packers 
at the market where those cattle are sold. They see the stock daily 
for } T ears, and the buyer for a packing house has to make a study of 
the cattle which he purchases in order to know what he can pay for 
stock. His knowledge extends from the animals as they stand in 
the yards until the carcasses are weighed in the coolers. Eecogniz- 
ing these facts, several men representing commission men, packers, 
or butchers were interviewed. 
Mr. F. A. Suttles, of the firm of A. L. Suttles & Co., commission 
men and wholesale butchers, made the following declaration : 
Most of the cattle which are sold on this market come from Georgia, South 
Carolina, Tennessee, and North Carolina. A large percentage of the cattle 
coming from the latter two States are fed cattle, but some fed stock comes 
from central and south Georgia. Mr. W. P. White bought 250 head of cattle 
of Mr. Comer, whose farm is near Savannah, Ga., and shipped part of them 
to this market. These cattle were sold for 7 cents a pound on the farm. One 
car of this lot which was shipped to this market contained 15 grade beef calves 
ranging from 16 to 18 months old and weighing an average of 631 pounds. 
They sold for $7.37^ per hundredweight, or $16.75 per head, which is not a bad 
price for yearlings. 
Georgia has just as good land for raising cattle as Alabama. Tennessee, or 
Mississippi, if the farmers would only plant some grasses upon it. The tick 
is undoubtedly a great drawback to the cattle business, and cattle do much 
better where they are not bothered by this pest. 
In an interview with Mr, T. A. Plaster, cattle buyer for the White 
Provision Co., of Atlanta, he expressed his views regarding the 
cattle situation thus: 
Better cattle will naturally come in the wake of tick eradication. The 
cattle that are here will improve in quality and better cattle will be brought in 
for breeding purposes. The effects of this improved blood will show up within 
a few years to a considerable extent. The quality of the cattle in Georgia 
is improving some, and more cattle are fed than formerly. We get some good 
fat cattle from central and southern Georgia during the winter and spring 
months, but the people of north Georgia do not furnish many cattle. Good cattle 
could be raised all over the State if the farmers would try. We expect the 
cattle business to improve right along. The State law which requires all 
cattle shippers to have their cattle free of ticks before they can be moved is a 
good law, and it will not be very hard for the shipper to dip, spray, or use 
some other method of cleaning the cattle of ticks. This law has not bothered 
our trade in the least. 
Mr. J. K. Shippey. of the firm of Shippey Bros. & White, is 
quoted as follows: 
The quality of the cattle sold in Atlanta has improved quite a little in the 
last six years. The greatest amount of improvement is yet to come, however, 
