The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-05
DalryIng and stock Raising in Prime
Edward County.

October LIST, 1901, and ending Octobe
lst, 1902 When / began this busines
| knew very little about dairylng, an'
my experience with stock raising wa
very limited, but / always bad fond
ness for nice stock.
/ spent several days with Prof. w
ID. Saunders lin the creamery at the
V. p. IT, BlacksbuTg, Va, and tn,
points | gathered there together Will
several daily papers which / took,
made abeginning. For twelve months
beginning October 1901, MIXED, nine
Jersey cows which came fresh all along
during the year. Some were dry part
Of the time. From the nine cows /
sold ]. 6ll gallons Of cream, which net
ted me Sl,2O4.67 From this take
$4,000 paid for bean and cotton seed
meal and you have 81 ,0l4.67 an average
of $1,000 per cow profit. This does not
include the rough food, ensilage, &c. /
estimate that the skim milk, which
give to calves and pigs, and the man
ure will more than balance this.
L hired one hand extra, on account
Of my dairy business, which cost me
about $4,000 For any one TO succeed
at dairying and stock raising, he
must give it his personal attention,
which is true Of most all business if
made success. i find that this bust
ness does not interfere materially
with growing tobacco and other crops.
They grow together very well and can
be carried on together successfully. 1t
is, think, we'll for a man not to be de-
pendent on any one thing for a living,
but have it so arranged that II one
fails the other will hold him up. A lot
Of peas, clover and other heterogeneous
crops have to be grown; this Of course is
improving to the land. A large guam
tity Of manure can be made both in
summer and winter. / find that
make more and better manure in sum-
mer than in winter. This / use for
top-dressing which secures stand Of
grain and grass. The winter manure
is used broadcast in the spring, for
corn and tobacco. Some will say you
Craze your lots so close. My lots are
grazed but little. feed sorghum from
about September LIST 10 December, and
then ensilage, straw and hay until
April, then rye for a while, and pasture
on broom sage the remainder Of the
year, or until about September let. /
believe there are many dollars hidden
in the old broom-sage fields for some
one who who will convert it into milk /
and place it on the market. The de-
mand for.cream in our State is fargreat- |
er than the supply. The bulk of cream /
and butter consumed in Richmond /
Norfolk, Newport News and many /
more Of our Southern cities comes from
the North.
Why not furnish our state with all
The pure sweet cream and butter she
wants, and keep our money in circula-
lion more In the South? We have
many advantages oyer the Northern
States; our climate is ideal, and it takes
/ very little to keep the animal heated
We can grow corn, peasand many other
,rops that will not do so we'll farther
north. We have an abundance of broom
age pasture which produces a very fine
quality Of cream and butter free from
Dad flavor, and it needs no cultivation,
or resolving. No expense
except the fencing is required.
One might ask perhaps, what amount
# money will it require to begin BUSH
less Of this kind. One having a farm
With suitable buildings ana fences, and
tocked with eight or ten good COWS
would have to lay out about $1,000 in
ash for silo, separator, milk tester,
ans, jackets, ice-box and many other
hings necessary. Ice, Of course, is in
when sweet cream is ship
ed. Immediately after the milk is
Irawn from the udder, it passes
Trough the separator which takes out
II Of the cream. The cream then
asses right over an aerator and cooler
which reduces the temperature 10 about
0 degrees. 1t is then placed in ice-box
when the temperature is brought to
bout 40 degrees. There IL can.be kept
light days or more, and be put on the
market perfectly sweet. This may
eem strange to some, but / have held
feam for seven days and shipped 100
niles without the use Of any preserya-
I've, (save the ice box and had no
rouble with souring. If absolute
leanliness is practiced, and the cream
sparated from the milk before the ami
nal heat is out, and then the tempera-
ure quickly brought to 40 degrees and
eld there the bacteria is checked so
hat it will not sour for many days.
l am very much interested in dairying
nd Stock raising, and while my ex-
erience is very limited, | think can
lfely say that If our farmers would
ncourage this line Of business, il would
ring about a wonderful change for the
etter. Money would be coming to US
{ the end Of each month that is now
eng sent away. Not only for cream
} be used for ice cream in our cities,
ut for cheese, butter, butterlne and
lch stuff This might not please the
ommission merchants who furnish
be farmers with cash and provisions
uring the year, but it would be an
leal thing for the farmer and the
ierchant, who want the cash.