The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-13
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been WelI.equlpped ana WIFI bne OK
ception of California, they are the
only States that have become promi-
nent in dairying. New York stands
head In dairying, but il has q we'll
equipped $4,000 dairy building at
Cornell University and a $40, 900 one
at It's Experiment Station. In the
former special instruction is given in
the manufacture of butter and cheese
and the sciences of breeding and
feeding cattle and the latter build
ing Ia used as a laboratory in which
such experimental examinations are
made as tend TO remove the r
from some hidden truths which will
possibly aid the human race in its
struggle for bread. Wisconsln's
building for special instruction in
dairying cost $40, 900 and the Legis-
lature of Kansas has appropriated
SS4, 900 for the erection and equip.
ment of a building in which special
instruction in dairying may be given
TO young men who are TO take charge
of diaries and creameries.
Some people may say that persons
who desire special instruction in
dairying should attend the dairy
schools of other States. But they
are too far from them. The majority
of young men who are anxious TO
secure such an education, are sons of
farmers, a good many of whom are
in very poor circumstances.
The South has a good many good
schools that have sent out pulpit
orators, politicians, lawyers, doctors,
and statesmen, but they have not
given the world many scientists.
Southern young men have been in
spired and encouraged TO become
Websters, Clays, Calhouns, and
Haynes and as a result agricultural
pioneers are very limited among
them. But from a far sighted bust
ness standpoint, young men who pre-
pare themselves for the dairy in
dugtry and have un1agging indus
try, will achieve more than a good
many of their professional friends.
Ihave already given what l CON
ceive to be two of the main reasons
why dairying in the South has not
become one of the leading and most
profitable agricultural interests, and
I would suggest two remedies which
If applied, would undoubtedly bring
about favorable results not only
from a financial point, but serve az a
key TO some of the ethical and social
problems with which we are con.
fronted.
SUBSTITUTE FOOD CROPS FOR COTTON.
First, instead of trying 80 raise so
much cotton-the treaoherous friend
of small farmers-cOrn, cow peas,
oats, rye, clover, lucerne, vetoh, sor-
ghum, alfalfa, and grasses should be
grown. This would furnish food for
large herds of cattle, and would sup
ply the soil with humus, which inn
proves it's chemical and physical con
ditions.
VOORHEES, says, "An GRE of an
average crop of red or crimson clover
or cow peas will contain one hundred
and fifty pounds of nitrogen, equiva-
lent TO that contained in fifteen sons
of average stable manure" And
Hon. E. W. Allen, Assistant Director
of the Office of Experiment Stations,
says: "Grow more leguminous
crops. They furnish the cheapest
food for stock and the cheapest ma
nure for the soil. They do tkis be
pause they obtain from the air q sub
stance necessary for plants and ami
mails alike, which costs in the form
of fertilizers and feeding stufs from
15 TO 25 cents a pound"
OUR YOUNG MEN sHOULD STUDY DAIRY
ING
Second, a special course of instruc-
ton in dairying should be offered by
each agricultural college, and young
men should be encouraged TO attend
them. And when they become
equipped with theory and practice
of dairying, send them out into the
extensive and inviting fields of South
r dairying, like spies TO the Prom
ised Land the time will soon come
when the Calebs and Joshuas will
return and persuade their friends to
60 with them.
SEE COLL AT HOME
History tells us that in 1848, when
gold was discovered In California,
thousands of men rushed to that