The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-12
GOOD COWS PAY
MORE THAN COTTON.
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Demand in North Carolina for
More Mixers and Less of
Fleecy Substance.
BUTTER MAR kET ENCOURAGING
Those Who Have Investigated
Urge Farmers to Look TO
Their Interest.
Demand in North Carolina for
Fleecy Substance.
BUTTER MAR KET ENCOURAGING

The following from the Raleigh
News Observer is attracting no little
attention in the Old North State, and
is worth attention anywhere in the
South:
The demand for good butter made
at home is great in Raleigh, Colds
boro Nowbern, Wilson, and every oth-
er town in Eastern North Carolina.
Every dairyman near Raleigh who
makes good butter has standing orders
for more than he can supply. The
farmers in the cotton sections have
devoted themselves too exclusively to
growing cotton. often thinking the,
soil and, climate was not well adapted
to stock-raising. As asmatter Of fact;
those, farmers who have raised stock
and given personal attention to dairy
ing have succeeded better than those
who have devoted themselves exclu-
sively to raising cotton. This week s
Progressive Farmer quotes Mr.sC. G.
Nj oore, president of the State Cotton
Growers Association, as saying:
The same. energy applied to the
| COW that Is put into cotton on the
average farm in Eastern or Cotton
| Carolina will pay two dollars from the
4
| actual and correct accounts covering
| a period of twenty years at farming.
1T know that the COW Is the better
/ diyidend-payer Of the two"
Commenting on this observation Of
4 Mr. Moore after travelling all over
I Eastern North Carolina and leading
| in the fight Of the farmers for better
! prices for their cotton, the Farmer
| SAYS his statement rings like a silver
dollar striking a stone pavement" and
| adds: #
The tremendous strides in our in
I, dustrlal Development, building whole
| factory villages almost In aSnlght and
1 making over towns and cities IN day.
4 are creating clamorous markets at
ourtverys doors. Last w4>ak5 we referred
| to the case of, single Richmond firm
/ that sent $500 to New York State for
I milk IN a single month. In Mr.. !. ..
| Wade's article this week mention Is
made OF the census fact that the South
| Atlnntlc States send away 100000 a
year for dairy products. Writing from
i Wilmington. Mr.. c. C. Moore gives some
4 striking statements showing the hun
4 gerfor the people In that city, in Dur
ham, and in Washington, n c.. for
4 .clean, sweet country milk and but
4 ter" ~ 8N \.
4 The underlying reason why the far
4 mers have not gone more lntosthe dairy
I business Is that ii has been difficult to
4 get capable labor. Tho most of the
s available labor has been trained tc
raise cotton, That tleecy staple car
4 stand more neglect and poor cultiva-
I ton than any other crop, Farmers
: the world over grow the crop thai
. their labor Is trained to cultivate
i That's s,why Eastern farmers 20 little
4 into dairylng; the trained labor Il
mot at hand. But there are many more
y fine COWS In the East than ever before
. there are more prosperous darles; far
mers who have the determination anf
4 patience are training labor from tn,
!. lflonse method in cotton cultivation t
4 little cleanliness and care needed In thu
u dairy; Industry; and the success 81
a many Is an incentive TO Others.
4 More cows and less ,cattonafis ont
need Of Eastern North Carolina sngrlI
4 lSculture, hi rs