The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-11-02
very short time until he will be realizing
larger returns from bis farm than L. pos.

larger returns from his farm than L. pos.
sible In any other way. a few head OF
his cattle are paying the expenses Of tho
entire herd with their milk and butter,
and besides this, the herd is paying
clear profit Of not less than si1 per cent.
on the amount invested in 1t In manure.
In the face of such q showing 81 this, il
is very poor business man Who claims
that there Is no money In cattle.
A JERSEY DAIRY.
Nobody in this County is ahead Of, or
even up with, Mr.. Wade q. Hioklin, Of
Guthriesville, in the dairy business. Mr..
Hicklin has small herd of pure blcoded
Jerseys, and ia realizing as big profit
for the capital invested, as L. derived
from any other Legitimate busins@ In
this country.
II am a great lover Of 6ns cattle" I"
says Mr.. Hisklin, "but would not think
depending any time or money on them if
1t didn't pay" Mrs. Hickin takes the
same view, and both taking hand in
the management, they have splendid
thing of it. They not only derive
great deal of pleasure, but handsome
preht from the business.
A representative of the Enquirer visit
cd Mr.. Hickin recently. He had only
short while to stay, but he saw and
learned great deal that was Of interest.
The frat thing WAS the herd. It consists
of fifteen or sixteen head Of blooded cat.
tie, including nine sleek, well.fad Jer.
ssys, all registered or entitled to registry,
and having pedigrees running back to
the days when progressive people fret
began to take an interest in fine stock.
"That is my bull, over there" said Mr..
Hicklin, indicating an animal which
bears all the marks of the full blooded
jersey. "He is juat twenty five months
old, and is oat of R0mping Dolly by
King Kotfse, Jr. Romping Dolley's
butter record is thirteen pounds In seven
days, and King Kofse, Jr., now owned
in Tennessee, sold for $500 when only
five months old. I don't believe a finer
bull than this was ever brought to thia
section.
eve are milking six COWS now" said
Mr.. Hicklin, In answer to queu-
ton, and two more will be in within a
few months. Everything in the lot will
givo four gallons of milk q day when
fresh, but scme of them are not giving 80
much just at this time. We make some.
thing over six pounds of butter day,
and have no trouble In selling all 80 can
make in Columbia at twenty-five cents
pound. We just ship Il In a bulk any.
where from twenty five to fifty pounds at
time, and parties in Columbia take all
that ne can send them"
From the COW lot, Mr.. Hicklin led the
way to the silo. II have just built thia,"
he explained. eft is just like that OF
DR.. Blacks, recently described in tho
Enquirer. It ia nine and half fsst
wide, nineteen feet long, sixteen feet
high, and contains abou! forty 6Ve lous
of ensilage, composed of thirty Eve loads
Of sorghum. cane, 6vs loads Of green corn
stalks, and ten loads of peavines. With
me this silo is an experiment. 1 had
the cane, cornstalks and poavines, and
having no place to put them, just deeid-
ed to convert them into ensilags. If it
spoils why it will just spoil, and If it
keeps all right, then so much the better"
Mr.. Hicklin's COW stables, which we're
next visited, are arranged in q manner
altogether worthy Of the fine stock for
which they are intended. There are
number of stalls, each provided with
managers. and passage way, with
trough in The middle, running by all the
stalls, the full length of the stable, to a
manure pile outside, which contributes
to the ease and convenience With which
the droppings may be cleaned up. This
is attended to every morning, and the
surroundings present an appearance that
give evidence of the utmost care and at
tention.
my cattle were brought here on the
10th day of last December" said Mr..
Hicklin, "and since that time I have
hauled out thirty two loads of solid ma
nure. This is source of considerable
profit to cattle raisers, aud it alone will
60 along way toward paying the eh'
pensa of feeding the stock that make it.
"But of course" he continued, "the
butter is the biggest thing in the busi-
ness. would like you to stay over and
see our system of making it, and of
handling milk; but as you aay you can't,
1 will have TO try to tell you about 1t, !"
and with this, Mr. Hlcklin proceed to ex-
plain the operation of his improved
creamery cans, and different arrange.
ments for convenience, and for securing
best results. "We don't churn anything
but the cream, he said, and Of course
there is very little bustsrmilk. The
skim milk we feed to the calves, which
We always take from their mothers when
they are three days old.
The ohurning is done in sixteen gal
lon swinging churu, and it takes from 30
to 35 minutes to convort churn full
into butter. And such buiterl Mrs.
Hicklin supervises the working up of 1t
herself 1t is a beautiful golden color,
almoat ss 6rm as cheese, has a perfectly
delightful taste. and will keep nice aud
sweet for weaks. Mira. Hicklin did not
tell how theso results were produced, and
the writer did not thiak il exactly tair 10
ask her. He felt that that was her se-
cret-the reason why her butter always
brings not leas the FIVE cents q pound