The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-13
Dairying in the soutIA \

The following paper MAS read pe<
fore the State Farmers' lnstithte at
clemson College by Harris ef
pendleton, S. c.: A&A
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentie-
men: 6tI
I do not see whyPrpfessorlH Harper
assigned me this duty when there
are others who could have handled
this subject so much better than I.
NV subject is clarifying jim the
South" Now let us consider the
dairy COW for atmoment and see if
we can do without her. Milk is the
natural food forman and all animals.
The first nourishment the new born
babe takes is milk, and@itfs the same
with the new horn calf, in fact, this
is the first food of all animals. Com.
slider for afmbment what a very
small perceMtageLeonld Nbe raised If
it were not for milk. Then, again,
take, forrinstance, the sick, and milk
is one of the most n~ourishing diets
that are used in ting sick room. "
AS 1 see it the dairy COW should
occupy one of the first places on the
farm. Outside of her Importance,
which I have already spoken of, let
us see ifsitleannotsbe3 madegproft-
able. One of the great beauties of
the dairy cow is-she does not run on
a credit SYSTEM She settles her ac-
counts every twenty-four hours, and
if properly handled viii pay you a
nice dividend on. the money paid, for
her. / know of no investment that
will pay as handsome a profit asa
dairy COW. She will pay for herself
and all expenses in twelve months.
Let us Investigate this and e if
it is not true, The grade
Jersey coWawfQ cost you $40 She
will give S5e0 pounds Of milk in
twelve months, which is a low esti-
mate. This is about 440 gallons of
milk. This milk at a low estimate
can be sold at twenty cents per gae
lon. Now every one knows this is
ten cents below the average price
paid in our towns and cities, bntawe
must make our estimates on q con-
servative basis. AT twenty cents per
gallon 440 gallonssof milkSwnH bring
s8S; the cost of the cow is $40, cost
of feed $50, which makes the total
cost for cow and feed $40. Now we
have the cost of COW. The 440 gal
Ions of milk sells for $SSs the man
ure for $12, the calf s5,<total gross
income of the COW $105. Deduct the
cost of cow and feed, $40, and you
will have SIS left to her credit.
I want to ask you If YOU can make
an investmentsof fS700uwhtah would
be the cost of a nerd Of ten cows and
their feed,Land enter any other bust
ness and in-twelye months make such
a dividend on your investment. The
quickest road to a dollar is through
a dairy COW. Her cost, as well as
her expensasf for Twelve months you,
still have a profit of fifty per cent. on
your investment. GOae man can milk,
feed and take care of ten head.
The great Beauty in dairy farming
is that it pays both ways. Any dairy
farmer can double the production OF
his farm in ten years, This within
itself would be a handsome profit.
I have tried to Show you what a
useful and necessary animal the
dairy cow Sis,S and that She can be
made profitable, and I a say to you
that there is. no place on the globe
where dairying can be made, as, prof.
liable as in this Southland-of-ourS
Why? Because we have more natur-
al advantagss5h an in othefscodntries
which I have investigated l. have
$500 I:--~11-S E@~o~- kA1ItA~4yAr 4%hAcO
United States, and being interested
in dairying have discussed the sub
ject fully withrthem, both as to- feeds.
and the price obtained for their pro-
duct. Why,o gentlemen, we lget twice.
as much for, our, milk and cream as
the Northern and Western dairymen.
get for theirs. There is NJ, place on.
the globe that 50 many varieties Of
forage crops can be raised in n
season as in the South. Why, we
can raise two cfeps<on1our land a
year-3esides, We can grow many
more rieSies-of~gF azing-gEasses
than the Northern and Western sec
tons, and it is more nutritious, as it
has a longer: season in which to grow
and mature It is not so woody a
fibre.
The
Washington sees What a great indus
try the South han RingAA her sdpoT
unde7eloped and Enea$GoFernmeRtI
has aDpropriStsd 100000 to nelp sdez,
velop dairyingsan the South. The de-
partment is MadF to send men3of eE-
perience to NoHr farms to help you
start the indusfFy and work it out,
SO you can makeFit pfoftablessWhat
more can you ask for24sThissappro-
priation the South shoAldtfeel5under
many o~biigatfons to Congressman
Lever for obtaining. 1t means great,
things for the South if our, people,
will take hold oflt and develop it.
All, .~gentlenaen, if the farmers Of
our old State MOULD put lust one-
half of her cotton fields in BermGda
grass and gpzihto dairy farming.