Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-04-10
THE WEEKLY BANNER.
B -..southern pairy Products.

The question has often been
asked, how much butter is pro-
+ sIuced at the South DO We sup
bly, our own markets, or are We
obliged to import dairy products :
The matter of butter productions
is no-longer question with US.
1t has been proved by actual prae-
tice that portions Of our section
are most admirably adapted to
stock growing and dairying,
Then.she point is, do We utilize
advantages7 Let us examine
the figures and see.
In 1880, the FIVE states of Geor-
pia, Alabama, Mississippi Louis
lana and Texas produced $780,
40 pounds OF butter and Io3565
pounds Of cheese.
These states have a population
Of {, 46y,o77, and have S2s,S7o,683
invested in mich cows. The
states of New York, New Jersey,
pennsylvania, Delaware, and
Maryland, produced 2Io,f7441o
pounds of butter, and o,4s6, 622
pounds Of cheese. These states
have a population of II.67S,4zo,
and $50, ooe, sos invested in mich
cows. The States of Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois,, and
Wsconsin, produced zIo.S44.63S
pounds Of butter, and 6,2o4.Sz6
pounds of cheese. These states
have population of II,3o6,668,
and S86, ooo.676 invested in mich
cows. IN other words, the Gulf
states produced 6 pounds, of but
ter for every person. The second
group of States produced 10
pounds, and the third about the
same. Il vii be remembered too
chat in the Northern states there
is a very large manufacturing
class.
saaNow what causes the differ,
/ enes Il I'VE have the sod and eli
mate to not only supply Our mar
kets, t1t to ship many tons of
butter and cheese to the very
places that are now supplying US.
We have the soil and climate, but
have we the stocka We had in
1880, 10000 cows. We pro-
duced 366o2, 40 pounds Of butter
or nearly "a pounds for each cow
The second group of states had
2,5o4, $50 COWS, and produced
2Io,I 40 pounds of butter or
81 for each COW. The third group
with 2,ooo.Ss2 cows produced
zIo,S44o3S pounds of butter or
20 for each COW. The total num-
Der of mich COWS in the country
in 1880 was I2,443,I2o; of these
the Gulf states had about IS per
cent. The total amount Of butter
made was z17.2so,z88 pounds.
Ofthis about 4 per cent was made |
inofther Gulf states. We have
about II per cent Of population.
bThis state of things is wrong.
We have no business to have
these figures shown against US,
when by more energy and thought
We can make such a vast differ
.enee. &Our first step should be
to improve our stock. This is an
imperative necessity. 1t is nom
sense to say that, all farmers
should aim to be breeders OF thor
oughbred cattle. This never can
be. There are hundreds ofherds
in the South that barely pay their
way. They are oflittle value ex-
cept tosbe used as a Foundation of
a herd Of larger and better animals.
Farmers complain that they do
not know how to handle animals
to. best advantage. Experience
proves that this knowledge comes
to. a man just in proportion as his
animals improve in beauty and
quality. We are obliged to study
our workssmore carefully, and i'm
provement and convenience will
force themselves upon US.
In the three years since these
figures were taken, a most COM
mendable change has begun,
Our herds of fine stock are in
creasIng and the next census will
show vast change. We present
these figures to show what can be
done if our people viii only try.
LII. w. c., in Southern Live
Stock Journal.