The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-01

milk for coffee and no butter for bread.
We marvelled. IL the farmers and
others would wake up Is to the real
value Of the products OF the dairy, and
the comforts they bring 10 every home
there world be a great spirit given TO
it within the next twelve months.
We are gratifed to see that the chief
OF the dairy division Of the United
States department OF agriculture, Mr..
Henry E. Afford, has no little faith in
North Carolina Cor becoming a famous
state for dairying. He believes that
the extension OF the industry in this
state. with such resources IN climate.
water and soil, capable OF 90 easily
producing an abundance and variety os
excellent forage. is a question OF only
q short time.
But he finds wide want and is sur
prised. as he we'll may be. at the in
difference Of so many as to milk and
butter supplies He writes to Professor
F. E. Emery, secretary Of the North
Carolina Dairymen's Association, that
in this state there are conspicuous ex-
amples OF those who have taken ad-
vantage Of this fact, and have been
enterprising enough TO go into the bus
mess Of milk supply, and found 4: to
be OF the most profitable branches
Of agriculture. The manufacturing
communities which are growing in your
state, and the numerous places visited
by tourists and invalids, offer increas-
ing opportunities 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"
Why shall not every home have one
COW at least and a good one? Where
there is economy and industry there can
be secured a COW There are plenty OF
farmers that should be stocked with
from FIVE to twenty cows, and with
much profit. The Southern Farm Mag
aZine says that northern ideas and ways
as to the dairy have been introduced
into the south by northern settlers. All
who have followed their examples, or
who have worked ever on their own
lines, have found the business profita-
bic. They are agreed that it pays bet
ter than grain, hay or the other crops
of their section, but have a peculiar an
tipathy against breaking away from old
familiar methods and lines Of farming
practiced by their fathers. The local
market for butter and cheese in the
southern states is said to be greater
than the supply, the retail price Of
cheese especially, being in some places
nearly three times greater than the
price received by the factories in the
north making it. The conditions in
many sections OF the south, particular
Iy in the Piedmont district along he
Southern Railway, are most inviting
to successful dairying.
1t is a good way to diversity indus
tries. Let North Carolinians rouse
themselves and go more into dairying.
One of noticeable things about the
dairy business is that while profitable
in itself, it really improves the farming
conditions. The Southern Farm says
that "dairying IS an excellent method
of building up land. The shrewd mar
will see in it only a present profit, but
he will see his land increase not only
in productiveness, but in value from
yea to year, while in crop farming
just the opposite is the case. Dairying
takes nothing from the soil, but rather
adds to it, While our farmers are ac-
tive in trying Ito speed the plough"
let them strive also to develop the dairy
industry on every farm.