The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-30
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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 man in the
State better qualified than he to fill
it. An interchangeable 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 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 station s
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
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For instance, just one short para
graph refers to cooperative dairying,
and yet a wide and most interesting
subject Is at once suggested thereby.
Years ago, under other directors, eff
forts were made at the station to in
troduce cheese making in the State.
Barns were built, cheese-making
plant instituted and an experienced
cheese maker put in charge. AS in.
Mr.. Calvin's report no mention is
made of 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 to
interest the farmers in better stock,
and one of the finest herds of Jerseys
in the country is kept at the station.
Plans for barns, for building silos
and everything pertaining to dairy
ing is furnished to any farmer on
application.
Why should not our farmers estab-
lish cooperative dairies? This would
certainly be 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 aways command a good |
price. The farmer may not be fixed |
to operate butter dairy by himself, |
which to be successful requires 70 be |
done either on a large scale by ex-
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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 burden |
on the wife. But by the cooperation
of number of farmers butter-mak-
ing plant could be established at some
eligible place and put in charge of
manager, to whom the
cream could be delivered daily, as is
now done at cooperative cheese-mak-
ing plants.
BY this practical method regular
daily income could be provided for
the farm, in addition to the regula:
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
LII 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
cad to good results.-Augusta Her.
Id.