a County, has started along
right lines, and the manager gave me some figures on calf production
which show that his herd are producing a larger percentage of calves
than we get in Texas.

"But your luxuriant range grasses and abundance of stock water are
almost unbelievable. Your range will carry from three to ten times as
many cattle per section as the Texas land in a normal year. And when I
say normal year I want you to remember that sometimes the rain clouds
forget all about Texas for months at a time, and then our ranges suffer
from drought, as large sections of them are doing at this time.

"You have a sheep country as good as exists, and a goat country better
than any other. It is too bad that you do not raise more sheep on your
ranges, for they do not hurt the cattle pastures, eating only the tender
blades down under the more mature grass. We run thousands of sheep on
our cattle ranges in Texas. The goats will be a distinct benefit to the
Florida ranges, as they do not eat much grass when they can get
underbrush, briars and weeds. By having those cleaned out of the
pastures the grass will have a better chance to grow.

"I am informed that Florida does not have to combat coyotes, which are
our worst sheep enemies, so you really have no serious losses to
anticipate on your sheep investments. And yet there are very few sheep
on the ranges we have visited. It is to be hoped that your cattlemen
will use more sheep on the ranges.

"The range country should become the calf incubator for the Southeastern
States, the offspring being sold at weaning time or as yearlings. That
will give your ranges a larger carrying capacity for breeding stock and
let the grain-producing sections do the finishing."--_From the
Manufacturers' Record, Sept. 13, 1917._

CATTLE RAISING IN FLORIDA.

As I Saw it on a Thousand-mile Tour of the Central Part of
the State.

_By A. C. Williams._

Wasn't it Saul who went out in search of asses and found a kingdom? You
men who are familiar with the Bible can answer that. But I can testify
that I, while not in search of asses, duplicated Saul's experience
during the past month, when, in company with M. Sansom, W. N. Waddell,
Caesar Kleberg and Tom T. East of Texas, Dr. L. J. Allen of Oklahoma,
Geo. M. Rommel of Washington, P. L. Sutherland, C. L. Gaines and J. G.
Boyd of Florida, I had the pleasure of a thousand-mile trip through the
central part of the State of Florida.

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