St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23
FARMER AND PLANTER.
DA1RY1NG IN THE SOUTH.
Il Line Of Farm Industry That IL .
Constant source o. Ready
Cash Income.

The farmer ct the old south detest-
ed the idea of churning- Wneh
done by the old black nanny or some
of the children. The farmers wife
dreaded the daily routine OF churnlng
with its problems OF "foaming MIX
white butter and cleaning pans, cans
and crooks. While making Just
enough butter for our own use" II IS
impossible to break away from tnese
tiresome problems In fact, butter 1or
the farm family costs twice as much |
per pound in labor and feed as does
the best creamery butter. The cows
are often fed at loss, the milk IS sci
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 a side crop or VINO
sells his cream to a factory located loo
miles from the farm finds all OF the
tiresome details 1ightened and slmpl-
fed by the dairy inventions OF our
day. The cheap hand cream separator,
improvements in setting milk, better
churns and cheap transportation nave
brought about this Improvement ana
money has flowed in upon farmers by
SIS. SIS or $40 each month and proved
real surprise to the good man on
woman who had risked few ooilaFs
on this new enterprise.
In a new and rapidly developing
country cattle raising is limited cnleny
to beef production because natural
feeds are cheap Such cattle are usu-
ally crude, unfinished specimens ana
fill 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 TINS
time forward thousands OF finished,
well fatted cattle will be turned on
by those farms upon which 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
a pioneer basis, known as the range
system. This has Influenced the man
i ner of keeping cows, even in the older,
| well settled portions OF these states.
The lessons taught under this old re-
CINE was briefly: 1.-THE southwest Is
naturally a COW country, therefore IT
Is useless, it is extravagant to supply
feed for cattle or to provide for them
with system" With the passing o.
this fallacy and the increase OF feed
ing facts among farmers the farmer Is
confronted by the question, Can
make money feeding dairy cows!
If any class Of cattle can be fet
prof1tably in country dairy cattle as
J suredly can. We see the reason fo1
: this in the proven fact that more o
/ the feed is returned to the owner Whel
fed to the milk cow than when Ted Z
) 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 an as
sured income based on secure market
+ and cheap production. The dairy farm
E or has cash In hand because he foot
S up'' weekly or each month and know
1 the extent Of his success or failure Il
:, time to change and improve upon III
t system. Unlike the farmer VIII
$ grows crop of corn or cotton Tor
wear he gets his returns continual
y and does not need the assistance G!
It of the credit system.
The cash returns each month, u
+ growth Of pigs and calves fed npo
+ nourishing milk slops, the sale now m
e then OF a good calf. constant increas
b IN the richness Of his lands-thsse a
Ic sufficient arguments to keep the flrmt
selling cream or butter without mel
IL tiontng the pleasures Of q full suppl
Ie 10 the household Of all those tab
e dainties and. necessities that are to
II found only upon farm where goc
it mich cows are kept going = months
e the year.-Texas Farm and Eancn.