The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-09-11
the VIEWS OF AN EXPERT.
What Has Been Done In Development
OF Dalyin9 and Stocking Raising.

conspicuous work in agricultural mat
tiers and his connection with the South
Carolina department OF agriculture.
and now with the Southern Cotton On
Company, as District Manager, at At
lanta, Ca. In writing about the inhu-
ence Of cotton seed products on the de-
velopment of dairying in the south.
says:
About 1850. a few wealthy and en-.
terprising Southern planters imported
some Devon cattle from England.
These were turned loose In cane-
brakes with the native scrubs and al
lowed to roam over large areas or
wooded country. picking up a precari-
Gus living on the scant p~asturaga at.
forded by the woods freshly burned
: over by the forest fires In the spring.
Although widely scattered and a few
in number. the prepotency Of this breed
was so great that in many sections the
evidence Of this infusion Of good blood
Is still visible in the stock.
mo well-to-do planter at that time
considered that he had mich cows
enough TO supply the wants OF his fam
lily unles he owned at least twenty-five
or thirty head. These droves Of hak-
Wild and half-famished animals wese
located towards nightfall by the ring
ing Of a bell hung around the neck Of
the leader. They were driven to the
cow-pen, sometimes miles from where
they were found IN the woods. q spas
modic effort vas made to extract milk
from them. penned up e night. n
a second attempt made upon them the
next morning. The average Yield was
about one quart per COW.
THE idea Of increasing this produo-
ton by judicious feeding was not
thought of. This was the rule. but Of
course there were notable exceptions.
People who did not own unlimited acres
0: land. and who appreciated milk
and butter. took Better care OF Their
cows, fed them regularly, and allowed
them to pasture during the day on
their neighbors' land. This p%asturing
was more to give them proper exer-
else, and keep them healthy than to
: afford them any means of subsistence.
To such an extent had the cattle in
terests Of South Carolina In 1880 depre-
! eta ted that the repairs to the farm
fence cost more than the value Of the
cattle in the State, and the probability
Is that the same was equally true OF
nearly all the Southern States"
Then came the NC Fence Law"
! which compelled the owners to fence
the cattle instead Of the cropa This
forced the farmers to W good mich
COWS, or none at all. as 1t became too
: GXDSNSlNS W leu RoOt SNoSn' <AcNus
this time, or perhaps q little earlier.
appeared the Jersey" on the scene, a
breed OF cattle as suited TO the needs
! of those who were too DOOR to " q
COW. and too proud to milk a goat"
| But this beautiful little animal soon
. demonstrated that she was not q
gutter" and. furthermore, that she
filled a long felt want" and. with
proper attention. gave rich returns on
her cost and keep. and. like the Irish
! mans pig that he raised In the CABIN
with his children, she paid the renf
as well as the freight AS compared
! with the Devon, she was smaller 10
statue and ave less milk. but the pro
portion Of cream to water IN VIVA. sne
did give. far exceeded that OF The LIS.
Won. the Durham, AND Hoiste'n: atfa
she promptly became the prime q
lite Of small families and butter.maA.
ers. But she could not live without
feed, and butter could not be produced
proftably on corn meal. wheatbran- o
! cowpea diet, nor could Il be produced
at all on what the Jersey could PICK
up in the pastures.
Nature, always lavish, but proyfdeHS
hid away coal in the earth for ages.
/ only to be uncovered when the worfo
needed 1t most. pointed the way to the
gold fields only when this precious
metal wars absolutely required for the
worlds commerce. and covered from
sight the phosphate rock OF the caro-
| hnas until improvident man had de-
stroyed the fertility Of the fields, Ike
wise she held back the material re-
quired to make dairying In the South
possible and profitable. until condi-
lions were favorable for its use.
The advent Of the Jersey COW Gre
ated a demand for a cheap n rcn
food, which the oil mills supplied WITH
hulIs and meal. In a list Of fifty Of
! the leading feed materials OF the Uni
led States, the National Department OF
Agriculture ranks cotton seed meal
frst, in feeding value and places the
value of cotton seed hulls for the same
purpose above the best timothy hay.
! The use Of these products has fully
sustained the departments reports.
and dairy farming Is fast becoming an
industry Of importance and this has
beer largely the result Of the liberal
policy o.! the Southern Cotton OIL Co.
h. of the Carolinss and Georgia. which
has headquarters at Columbia 9: c..
/ Atlanta. Ga. Savannah, On. and Char
lotte, n. c.. Goldsboro. n. c.. and Au-
gusta.t Ga
, Around the large cities In the South.
datries are successfully operated. sup
plying the people with wholesome
! milk. and rich golden butter from COVE
fed on hulls and meal. The country
! PILLS have accomplished the same
thing for the farms and snah towns
! Around the factory wi the sRah
| mills make dairrinR possible. and pro-
ftable. as the demand from the opera
! tiyes IL sufficient to consume all the
milk and butter that can be produced
and the use Of meal for fertiaaing the
land. whicl, is aold reasonably by the
! Southern Gotten Oh Company. has
greatly enlarged the area devoted TO
truck farming Of all kinda
without oil mill products daryins
! would he Impossible In many sections
OF the South. The abundance. cheap
! ness and convenience OF the products
has already developed the business 10
an interesting extent and II is oaly In