The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-08-28
FARM DAIRYING.
"A Successful and Growing Industry in
North Carolina.

In an Interesting Bulletin on Farm
Drying, published in the report Of
the North Carolina agricultural Elk
pertinent Station. Mr.. j. G. Kendall.
professor of D%airying, at a. and NJ.
College, says in regard to present and
future prospects in dairying in this
State:
by referring to the last census re-.
port it is found that few States have
made equal progress with Nortk Caro-
lima in the Improvement of her live
stock, and more especially her dairy
COWS. While the average yearly pro
d%uction is low. it has been improved n
a striking manner With the eXcep-
ton OF Tennessee there is not an
other Southern State that can show as
large an average production of milk
per COW as North Carolina. 1t is not
only in dairying that this State is
forging ahead, but a1ong all lines of
agriculture. And With this advance
ment comes an ever increasing demand
for agricultural knowledge.
I'VE realize that North Carolina has
not been and is not now classed as a
dairy state. And yet dairying is by
no means least Of her varied indus
tries. North Carolina has 224,631
farms, nearly as many as New York
state. and on these farms are kept
233,17S dairy cows, valued at $4,426.-
1O9. This State ranks 18th among the
90 States ana leTGllOIieS IN the value
of her dairy products. According to
the last census eport the dairy pro-
ducts for that year We're valued at
$G,115,391, which shows dairying TO
be V under existing conditions no
mean industry. 1t is equal to nearly
twice the value of the wheat crop.
more than haif the tobacco crop. ard
more than a third of the cotton crop.
North Carolina is blessed with the
natural conditions for a large and sue
cessful dairy industry. Mild climate,
requiring inexpensive buildings and
live stock shelters, long and favorable
growing seasons for growing forage
crops. Cattle can be pastured nearly
the year round; cotton-seed meal, one
of the cheapest and best Oncentrates
for dairy cows, is right at our door;
large yields Of practically every for
age crop can be produced, and at the
same time improve our land and
Tighten one of the biggest drains on
our profits: the fertilizer bill. And to-
gether With everything that goes 70
make cheap production possible,
comes the home market for all KINDS
OF dairy products at high prices. Cheap
production with q ready market are
the two requisites Of a profitable bust
ness.
Thousands of pounds of butter and
butter substitutes are annually shipped
into all Of our larger towns. In fact
all of the large markets are controlled
by shipments from outside of the
State. We hold that this state Of af-
fairs should not be allowed to exi:/.
There is no reason why our m
should not receive the profit to be de-
rived from this source. thereby in
l~creasing their prosperity and the gen
eral prosperity that always follows
the establishment of d successful ami
NAL industry.
1.-The future prospects for dairving
in North Carolina appear very prom
Using. And one of two things must
take place. We must fit ourselves 10
carry on this line of work or people
from other states are coming here and
carry it on for us"