Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-22
DAIRYINC IN The SOUTH.
Circular No. 8. Compiled by j. F.
Merry, Asst Gen. Passenger
Agent, Dubuque, Iowa.

grass and timothy pastures, and red
top and clover meadows, to understand
how it is possible to carry on the
dairying business successfully in a
country with a semi-tropical climate,
and where tame grass pastures and
meadows are practically unknown.
The object of this circular is to show
that successful dairyipg in the South
is not wholly dependent upon condi-
lions that are absolutely necessary to
succe S in the m re northern and west
ern states
The South produces greater
variety Of forage plants than can
pr ssibly be produced in the North,
furnishing two and often three crops
per year. The Sou them dairymen, by
sowing turf oats, hairy vetch, or
alfalfa, during the months of August
or September, may have excellent
winter pasture, giving him decided
advantage over his brother dairyman
of the North, whose cows, at that
season If the year, instead of pastur-
ing in the open air, are housed in
warm easements and feed upon ground
fec d and dry hay.
The South not only has a great
variety of forage plants and native
grasses, insurirg ample food pro-
visions for both winter and summer,
but 1t has also what is necessary to
successful dairying-plenty of pure
water. DR.. VIM q. Stubs, director
# the Louisiana Experiment Station,
says: Nowhere on earth is there
such an abundance of running wafer
as in the Southern states. The APP
palachian chain of mountains prccipi-
tates its rainfall on the east into the
Atlantic ocean, ard on the west and
south into the Gu Of Mexico, through
many streams. Springs abound In
many sections, and creeks and brooks
permeate nearly every farm. Arte-
sian wells, at a nominal cost may be
had by every Southern dairyman. In
deed, the water supply for stock,
through the South, may be consider
ed nearly perfect"
Question No. l. What branch If dtli-
ryiaq Is most profitable IN the SOUTH
Mr.. Henry E. Afford, Chief of the
Daily Division U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, d. c., who
is an acknowledged authority on the
subject. has answered this question in
an articl~ in the Southern Planter. -
quite from him as follows:
The branch of dairying which offers
the most immediate and surest profit,
in the Southern States, is undoubted-
~ that of producing milk for the sup
ply Of nearby cities and towns. AL
though almost every locality has some
sort Of milk supply already, the BUSH
ness is, as a rule, very unsystemati-
Ically and unsuffi;iently done. There
are In the South, hundreds of places,
if not thousands, where the supply is
Unsatisfactory in quality and un-
certain and irregular in guam
tity. The whule service is sus-
cepbib!e OF very great improvement,
and 1T is m rally certain that rich
reward awaits the man or men who
will intelligentlY and energetically
ccupy this field aud really satisfy the
wants of the community.
"The greatest profit will accrue to
hose who go at once to the top and
tim to secure the cream of the trade
~ adopting the most approved meth
IDS and Offering consumers, at fair
prices, better milk than they have
previously been able to procure, uni
form in its high quality, safe because
pure, delivered In attractive form and
10 condition to insure good keeping
properties. The large cities and towns
offer the best opportunities, the very
oest being towns of industrial actiyi-
ty, which give promise of healthy
growth and the steady increase Of q
pop ala tion Obliged to buy its food
'upply and with money to pay for IT,.
A man who will locate within easy
reach of such town, and make mar
xet milk, prepare it and sell it, &C.
;ording to the best Of modern meth
Ids, is about as sure of success as in
my line Of agricultural effort any
where In this country.
There are, besides, many places
both large and small, where by very
moderate Effort and without any radi-
al change Of system, the local milk
supply cln be vastly improved aud
consumption greatly increased, by
simply making this business a spec
ialty, Offering good, clean milk, regu.
larly and well delivered.
Prof. Afford is unquestionably right
In his statement that suppl, ing cities
and fowls with pure milk is the
branch OF dairying that offers the sur
est profits in the Southern states.
And he might have added that the
conditions on the Southern Division
of the Illinois Central Railroad are
especially adapted to this line of dai.
rying, inasmuch as there are on this
line three large cities, viz: Louisville,
Kentucky; Memphis, Tennessee, and
New Orleans, louisiana cities til
are rapidly increasing in populati ,l.,
In commercial Importance, and now
having an unprecedented industrial
development. These cities consume