Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1902-09-17
THE VIEWS OF AN EXPERT.
What Has Been Done In Development
OF DairyinS and Stocking Raising.

nuoNn III tHe South on account or his
conspicuous work in agricultural mat
ters and his connection with the South
carolina department OF agriculture
and now with the Southern Cotton ON
company, as District Manager. at At
lanta, Ga, in writing about the infiu-
ence of cotton seed products on the de-
velopment of dairying in the South.
says:
About 1850, 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 OF
wooded country, picking up q precari-
Gus living on the scant pasturage af-
1orded by the woods freshly burned
over by the forest fires in the spring
Although widely scattered and a few
in number. the prepotenCysof this breed
was so great that in many sections the
evidence of this infusion of good blood
is still visible in the stock
NO we'll to-do planter at that time
considered that he had milch cows
enough to supply the wants of his fam
lly unIeS he owned at least twenty-five
or thirty head. These droveS OF half
wild and half-famShed animals were
located towards nightfaI by the ring
ing or n 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, a spas
modic effort was made to extract milk
I.
second attempt made upon them the
next morning. The average yield was
about one quart per COW.
The idea of increasing this produc-
ton by judicious feeding was not
thought OF. This was the rule. but of
course there We're notable exceptions
People who did not own unlimited acres
OF 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 pasturing
was more to give them proper eNcr-
else, and keep them healthy than TO
anord them any means of subsistence.
To such an extent had the cattle in
terests of South Carolina in 1880 depre-
clated 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 mo Fence Law"
which compelled the owners to fence
the cattle instead of the crops. This
forced the farmers :. own good milCh
cows, or mono at n, as IL became too
expensive to feed poor stock. About
this time, or perhaps little earlier.
appeared the Jersey on the scene n
breed Of cattle as suited to the needs
of those who were too poor to own a
cow, and too proud to milk 4 goat"
But this beautiful lit3le animal soon
demanstrated that she was not a
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 rent"
as well as the freight As compared
with the Devon. she was smaller in
statue and gave less milk but the pro-
portion OF cream to water in what she
dld give, far exceeded that of the De
Won, the Durham, and Holstein. and
hnrn a ~ Y,.f,,, Co.
lte OF small families and huttor-maIi-
erS. But she could not live without
1eed. ana butter could not be produced
prontably on corn meal, whcatbran, or
coWpea diet, nor could il be produced
at all on what the Jersey could nick
up In the pastures.
Nature. always lavish, but providcnt.
MD away coal in the earth for ages.
only to be uncovered when the world
needed 1t most, pointed the way to the
gold fields only when this precious
metal was absolutely required for the
world $ commerce, and covered from
SlSht u" phosphate rock of the Caro-
mas until improvid"nt man had de-
stroyed the fertility of the fields like
wise she held back the material re-
qulrEa to make 6airylnS in the South
possible and profitable. until cordi-
uons were favorable for it's use
The advent OF the Jersey COW Gre
ated demand for 4 cheap and rich
food, which che oil mills supplied with
hu!ls and meal: In iist of tif,y OF
the leading feed materials Of tn. I'ni-
ted states. the N"tion3I Department Of
Agriculture ranks cotton seed meal
hrSt. i'm feeding value and places the
value Of cotton seed hulls For TN" same
puEpoS" above the best timothy hay
Th@ =sc ~. iN"gU products kas furty
sustained ~" departments reports
ana dairy farming is fast becoming an
INDUSTRY - iHrroStanre. and tHis EaG
been largely the result of the liberal
DOIlFF the S1lthnTn tr4ff,n