The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-02-12
The Clemson Dairy. )

While the Legislative investigating
committee is investigating conditions
and affairs at Clemson Collegei it should
not fail to look into the conduct of the
College dairy, under the direction Of
Prof. Hart, and render a full report Of
it's observations in that interesting
institution.
Tho dairy is well worthy of such
attention according to all the accounts
we have of it. It's fame has already
extended far beyond the limits OF the
State. It's cheese and butter products
received high commentator, and some
prizes, We believe, from the authori-
ties at the Atlanta Exposition. Com
petent judges have pronounced its
cheeses among the finest made in the
United States, and a Northern visitor
declared that he was paying so cents
a pound at homefor butter Of the same
quality as that made every day by
Prof. Hart. As was reported in the
Ne1os and Courier recently, the owner
of one of the largest and finest herds
Of dairy cattle in the South, a North
ern man, visited the College a few
weeks ago for the express purpose Of
employing one Of Prof. Hart's gradu-
ates to take charge Of his dairy bust,
ness, and was much disappointed to
learn that there were no graduates
yet. The butter of the.dairy is ship
ped to Atlanta and other distant
points, and finds ready sale in compe-
tition with the best grades in the mar
ket. A sample that was exhibited in
Charleston last week received the
highest praise from housekeepets and
other experts who examined and tried
it. 1t was firm IL texture, of a golden
yellow color and of a flavor that limited
at clover fields and carried conviction
Of scrupulously clean cans and pans
and churns, and of knowledge and
skill employed in every stage of its
manipulation. Such butter is made
at the dairy every day, and one of the
most interesting facts in connection
with it's making is thatit is made from
milk furnished to the dairy by the
farmers generally in the neighborhood
Of the College. What is being done
for them by the College dairy could be
done for the farmers of any district in
the State by a central dairy Of their
own establishment, conducted by q
competent manager. The main pur-
p%ose,of the College dairy is to train
such managers from among the boys
at the College, to direct diaries in
every part Of the State to the great
advantage Of stock growers, and the
great satisfaction of consumers of
dairy products. 1t is pity that every
butter making farmer, and his wife,
in the State cannot visit the College
dairy and see for themselves the pro-
ducts it turns out. The next best
thing to such visitatious is to make
the good work of Prof. Hart widely
known, and to give him all the sup
port he needs in it. The Legislative
committee can contribute a good deal
to this end by investigating this de-
partment especially, and reporting
simply what it sees and learns there
for the information of the Legislature
and of the people of the State gener-
ally. It is an important adjunct of
the College, is doing practical work,
and work that will be immensely valua-
BILE to the State in a little while. It
deserves official recognition and liber-
al support, so that it may not be Grip
pied for means to carry on it's work in
the best way. The committee should
not look for faults and shortcomings
only in the management of the Col
lege. 1t should give the institution
full credit for every success achieved
as we'll, and a notable one is in the
establishment and conduct of it's dairy
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