The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-07
BUTTER MAKING IN FLORIDA.
The Dairy Industry "A Growing One
i'm That state.


Recently representative of the Morn
ing News, in company with Mr.. A. Simons,
visited the dairy farm of Mr.. H. A. Bar
rows, near Monticello, Fla. Mr.. Barrows
has a number of very fine COWS, and the
latest improved machinery for carrying on
the dairy business He has planted twenty
acres i'm canteloupes (5S,00O hills. Run
ming dairy farm, however, is Mr.. Bar
rows principal business. Some idea of
his methods is gained from communica-
ton in Hoard's Dalryman. Mr.. Barrows
In the course of his article, says:
Il have this day expressed you 1a-pound
prints of my butter, and request your crit
icism as to color, sailing, flavor and tex
ture, and would be pleased to have your
suggestions as to the corrections of any
shortcomings. 1t is claimed by dealers of
Jacksonville, and other places, that butter
cannot be made in Florida to equal the
product of Elgin (of which district l am
a native born), but If / am any judge,
think it can be.
Ny feed consists of corn ensilage, corn
and cob meea bran and cotton seed meal,
with feed of crab grass and beggar weed
hay absolutely not a morsel of pasturing)
in a proportion recently approved by you in
Your paper.
When 1 came here, two years ago, I
knew absolutely nothing about dairyng,
much less how to handle milk and cream
to produce a good quality of butter;
never made an ounce of butter in my life
before twas brought up in mercantile
business), and I am not satisfied yet in
the article / am producing, and shall not
be until l can make butter that shall
be top NOTCH although my present out
put is pronounced by consumers as AL,
in their judgment.
1bre.t .e1,r
1t into my head 1 must have a silo. Ac-
cordinSly l built one the past year.
10X12x20 feet in the ground, and 10 feet
above, with which 1 have been so thor
oughly satisfied that 1 shall build a du-
plicate silo this year of same dimensions.
My cows so enjoy this feed that as soon
as the first basketful is carried in in the
morning, general chorus goes up, each
begging for their share, and when put
ting in the afternoon feed, they stand
around the gate with their heads up, ask
ing to come in; once all the feed is in and
the gate opened, each cow legs it" for
her place as fast as her well-hlled I'D
ders will allow
1t is enough to delight ones soul TO see
them enjoy ,theiF rations and they bounti-
fully repay it all when milking time
comes; bountifully, say, when you con-
slider them all practically natives, with
some mixture of Jersey and Holstein, but
without any particular attention by Tor
mer owners to breeding for results.
I have been in various business VEN
lures, but never so thoroughly enjoyed
any work as my present business.
I feel that 1 have but just begun to
learn the rudiments of the business when
1 consider the possibilities that-may be
achieved, from close attention, study and
application, as rapidly as possible, of such
methods, as experience has proven to
others, to be essential to complete sue
cess.
The editor of the Dairyman, in answer
to Mr.. Barrow's litter, says: 1.-THE two
samples of butter We're received and sub
mitted to an expert, who gave SO points
for one, and 95 for the second sample;
number two being scored down points on
account of poor grain, and this deficiency
came as our correspondent explained, from
too high a churning temperature, giving
of course rather mushy article.
with this sample of Florida butter be-
fore us, we decidedly disagree with the
claim of the Jacksonville dealers that but
ter equal to Elgin cannot be made in Flor
ida--it certainly can as shown by the
sample"
This speaks well for dairying in Flor da
1t shows that as good butter can be made
there as anywhere. The dairy industry
is getting a foothold here in Georgia also
and II will not be long before Georgia
dairymen will be furnishing a large part
of the butter required by Georgia mar
kets.