Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-29


COOPERATIVE Dairying.
The twenty-second annual report
of the Georgia experiment station has
just been published. 1t should be
carefully read by all Georgia farmers,
; for it is full of valuable information.
A feature of this report is the an
nual report of the director, Hon. Mar
tin v. Calvin. This is his third re-
port as the director of this institution,
and from this report even those who
do not know the man will readily
recognize that no mistake Was made
when he was placed in this response
BILE position. There is no mar in the
State better qualified than he to fill
it. An indefatigable worker. he car
ried into this field of work a love for
it and a practical knowledge which
are causing the States experiment
station to accomplish really what it
was designed to accomplish, and
make it a great factor in advancing
agriculture in the State.
In Director Calvin's annual report
the various subjects are, of course,
only summarized. In their variety
they show the extent of the stations
activity and the all-embracing ma
ture OF the efforts that are being
made to lead the farmers to- advance
in every line of farm industry. But
even in this summary form Director
Calvin's report contains more meat
for progressive farmers than any nut
of equal size which might be chosen.
For instance, just n short para
graph refers to. cooperative dairyi1g,
and yet a wide and most interesting
subject is at once suggested Thereby.
Years ago, under other directors, eff
forts we're made at the station to IN
troduce cheese making in the State.
Barns were built, a cheese-making
plant instituted and In experienced
cheese maker put in charge. AS in
Mr.. Calvin's report ne mention is
made CT this, the presumption is that
cheese making has been abandoned.
But if this be the case, the other
branch of dairying. butter making,
is receiving more attention, which it
deserves. Efforts are being made 10
interest the farmers in better stock,
and n of the finest herds Of Jerseys
in the country is kept at the station.
Plans for barns, for building silcs
and everything pertaining to dairy
ing is furnished to any farmer on
application.
Why should not u farmers estah-
lish cooperative dairies? This would
certainly be a profitable business.
More stock should be kept on the
farms to help increase the soil fertil-
ity, and by this cooperative dairy
system it would be doubly profitable
to raise and keep cattle, as we'll as
to have a steady source of income
from the farm.
Butter is always in good demand,
and the high price Of meat will in
crease this demand; standard dairy
butter will Always command a good
price. The farmer may not be fixed
to operate a butter dairy by himself,
which to be successful requires 70 be
done either ON a large scale by eX-
perts supplied with all the latest i'm
proved appliances, or on a small scale
by the. farmers wife. The first may
involve greater expense than the
farmer cares to assume, and the lat
ter would place too heavy a burden
on the wife. But by the cooperation
of a number of farmers a butter-mak-
ing plant could be established at some
eligible place and put in charge of a
competent manager, to whom the
cream could be delivered daily, as is
now done at cooperative cheese-mak-
ing plants.
BY this practical method a regular
daily income could be provided for
the farm in addition to the regular
crop income, while at the same time
raising stock for the market and
abundant barnyard fertilizers to in
crease the fertility of the land, and
all at slight additional expense.
In this and in. many other ways
Mr.. Calvin, as director Of the State
experiment station, is doing much
work along practical lines which will
lead to good results.-Augusta Her
aid.