1,350 Blooded Stock
Brought Into State During Last Fiscal Year—Cattle, Hogs and Sheep
Reports made to Mr. E.S. Millsaps, District Agent for the
Agricultural Extension Service in the Piedmont region of North Carolina reveal
that approximately 1,350 blooded animals have been brought into this district
during the fiscal year ending July 1 last. Mr. Millsaps’ territory embraces 23
counties, the figures showing that 369 registered males and 981 registered
females came into these counties due to activities of county farm demonstration
agents. Complete returns were not obtainable from every county, due to several
changes in personnel, which probably hold the figures lower than they otherwise
would be.
According to Mr. Millsaps, this importation of pure bred
stock is probably without precedent in the extension work of the State. His
figures do not take into consideration the natural increase of blooded stock
from animals already brought in, but only those animals which have been
imported from outside the State, or from other counties. For a number of years
there has been a healthy increase in home produced stock, but the new blood brought
in this past year gives a great impetus to this number, and is greater than in
any previous year.
The leading breeds of cattle which have been brought in are
Guernsey, Jersey, Holstein, Hereford, Angus and Shorhorn; of hogs, Berkshire,
Duroc-Jersey, Poland China, and O.I.C.; of sheep, Hampshire and Shropshire.
These seem to be the most popular breeds, though others have been brought in.
Mecklenburg leads for the animals by importing 161 fine
animals. Rowan comes next with 160 to her credit; Rutherford third with 126;
Catawba fourth with 107; and Wilkes fifth with a total of 92 imported. The
other counties in the district run lower. Mr. Millsaps sees in this movement a
greatly increased interest by the farmers in having the best stock only. This
will mean that the animals will return more for the feed and care given them.
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