The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-04-21
FARMER AND PLANTER.
DA1RYINc m THE SOUTH.
4 Lane Of Farnas Indsstry That II .
Constant source Of Ready
Cash Inooue.


The farmer oe the old south detest-
Cd the idea OF churning except when
done by the old black nanny or some
Of the children. The farmers wife
dreaded the daily routine of churning
with its problems Of '.foaming milk"
white butter and cleaning pans, cans
and crooks While making Just
enough butter for our own use" it is
impossible to break away from these
tresome problems. In fact, butter for
the farm family costs twice as much
per pound In labor and feed as does
the best creamery butte1 The cows
are often fed at q loss. the milk is set
improperly, cream is not fully churned
and there is no help derived from i'm
proved machinery or labor saving de-
vices. But the farmer who makes but
ter for market as q side crop or who
sells his cream to>a factory located 100
miles from the farm finds all Of the
tiresome details lightened and simpli-
fed by the dairy inventions of our
day. The cheap hand cream separator,
improvements In setting milk, better
churns and cheap transportation have
brought about this improvement and
money has flowed In upon farmers by
SIS, SIS or $40 each month and proved
. real surprise to the good man or
woman who had risked few dollars
on this new enterprise.
In new and rapidly developing
country cattle raising is limited chiefly
to beef production because natural
feeds are cheap. Such cattle are usu-
ally crude, unfinished specimens and
I'LL the markets with low grade stun.
Improved blood soon appears in the
breeds of cattle and the local supplies
Of feed are used to finish the cattle
grown on farms or small ranches.
These better bred cattle constitute
the class quoted as feeders. The
southwestern cattle interests have now
reached the feeding point" From this
time forward thousands Of finished,
well fatted cattle will be turned on
by those farms upon which q surplus
supply Of feed is found. Here lies
the greatest possible profit per acre
and per man In cattle raising.
We should not express surprise that
Texas and other southwestern states
have recently imported butter by the
ton from the older states. The cattle
industry here has been operated upon
q pioneer basis, known IS the range
system. This has Influenced the man
ner OF keeping COWS, even in the older.
well settled portions Of these states.
The lessons taught under this old re-
gime was briefly: "The southwest Is
naturally . COW country. therefore 1t
Is useless, It IS extravagant to supply
feed for cattle or to provide for them
with system" With the passing Of
this fallacy and the increase Of feed
ing facts among farmers the farmer Is
confronted BY the question. Can I
make money feeding dairy cows!"
II any class Of cattle can be fed
probably in = country dairy cattle as
suredly can. We zee the reason for
this In tho proven fact that more OF
the feed il returned to the owner when
fed to the milk COW than when fed to
the beef steer. Add to this the estab-
lished fact that there Is = smaller vari-
alton In tho market price Of dairy prod
ucts than meat and We discover IN IS
sured income based ON secure markets
and cheap production. The dairy farm
q has cash In hand because he ''foota
up weekly or each month and knows