The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-25
Inquiries regarding DaIrying cheerfully an
awarad-
THR cow A SOURCE OF PROFIT.
Paper Read Before the N. c. State
pairymen's Association ut Concord.

Bureau OF Animal Industry.
Washington, D. O., June Is. SO.
Prof Frank E. Emery, Secretary
North Carolina State Dairymen's
Association:
MY DEAR SIR:-It is gratifying to
note the activity of your association,
as shown by the meetings held every
few months, in different parts If the
State. These meetings cannot fail to
be productive of good. I wish very
much that I could join you at Concord
on the 9Th inst, but duties here pre-
vent.
Persons unaccustomed to dairying
and who have seen little of this branch
of farming, are slow to take it up. But,
although slow, the growth is sure. The
demand for butter and milk is az GER
tain, and as steadily increasing, as
that for bread. People who have tried
it, showing patience, industry and
| Judgment, have found the profits Of
handling COWS and their products TO be
very much greater than those of grow
ing grain. A good COW is a regular
source of profit nearly all the year, as
we'll as a great comfort to the family
of the owner.
1t is surprising to fad 50 many places
in differrnt parts parts of the country,
in North Carolina about az much as
anywhere, in which a regular and sat
isfactory supply of milk is wanting.
And yet everywhere, including your
State, there are conspicuous examples
of those who have taken advantage Of
this fact, and have been enterprising
enough to 60 into the business OF milk
supply and found it to be one Of the
most profitable branches of agriculture.
The manufacturing communitie1 which
are growing In your Safe, and the
numerous places visited by tourists
and invalids, offer increasing oppor
tunities of this sort.
The local market for good fresh
made butter, supplied regularly and in
even Quantity and quality. only needs
to be sought to be found. E very where
I 60 in the South, there is complaint
of the diff 1uity of getting good butter,
and general regret is expressed at the
lack of home supply and the necessity
Of sending to distant States for cream.
cry butter.
The people of North Carolina pay
large sums Of money every year for
butter and cheese made in other States.
Yet there is no good reason why your
State should not supply itself with all
needed products Of the dairy and have
a surplus besides, to sell to neighbor
ing States. If the business was en-
tirely an experiment in your State and
doubts existed as to it's prac liability
and success, it would be easier to I'm
derstand. But there are just enough
excellent examples of dairy farming in
the State to be encouraging to others
and yet go few that it is plain that
many more could do just as we'll with
out at all interfering with those al
ready in the business.
One curious fact about dairying ia
that the fears of some people about
over doing the thing are never realized
In various parts OF the country there
are sections where dairy farming began
In q scattered, nsystematic sort of
way, but has grown until these are
among the most dense and exclusively
dairying districts in the Union. They
do practically nothing else; all inter
ests are conferred upon the COW. Yet
there are some Of the most thrifty and
prosperous farming communities in the
land. They have no fears of over pro
duction. Beginning by supplying
themsel YES aud their neighbors-they
now CO operate control large quaint
ties of products, have mastered the
business and supply distant places
very likely in North Caroline, with
butter and cheese.
The evidence is overwhelming that
no III need hesitate to go into dairy
ing from fear that there will be over
production within a generation to
come.
No one agency has been so helpful in
the development and Improvement of
dairying in America, as the associa.
Eion, organization and cooperation of
dairy farmers. In nearly all the States,
wherever a few have got together, as
sociattons have grown up The meet
rg5 are characterized by an enterpris
ing and generous spirit Dairym e
strive to learn and excel, and they are
noted for being always ready to tell all
th3y know and help their fellows TO
success 1t has long been evident in
American dairying that every DOOR