The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-05
How They Do il in Denmark.


E.77E HEAR a great deal about the wonderfully
kNM prosperous dairyinG that IL carried In
C0W Denmark. Away up there far north ~
the inhospitabie land Of Labrador on this side,
the farmers are wcli-to-do. and supply . large
part OF the dairy products that England needs. A
writer In an English paper who visited Denmark
says:
"on farm Of $50 acres Waited. everything 10
so arranged ~ to produce . regular supply of milk
the year round. and no, keep England waiting for
the butter she won't produce for hcrssls On this
farm there were $50 COWS. ~ horses and coo
pigs. and 81 men and women TO look after them
and the farm work. Tho owner In assisted By q
manager. = feeding master and . foreman. lie
told me tina, he could easily keep moro eovs and
more pigs and produce larger crops ~ he could
only get the labor"
Blu, note tina; this man has moro than one
horse TO every Is aercs and keeps large stock es
cattle and hogs He has ccmentcd pits 10 catch
all the liquid drainage from tho stables and sAvca
everything In the way OF manure. and MAKES uon-
derful crops of forage on that land where mea
have been farming IL since tho dawn OF history.
while right here in tho South. where tho land has
been cultivated In . far better climate for hun
dred or two years. 40 are talking about "worn-
out" land.
IL In tho cattle and tho manure and the rotation
VI s'"Pa snat nav" mado INC dincrcnco. and have
Kept those old lands in q cold climate decreasing
w production. while our virxis soils have hesn
wasted Tho demonstration work OF DR. Knapp
ana MS helpers Ia rousing people to tho fact
that large crops can be made In practicing q good
meshod on few acrca- What ws nov need 10
demonstrations that take In tho whole farm.
showing tina, by good farming. . proper rotation
Oh crops. and the feeding OF stock. NO can make
the farm Increase In tho production OF our money
crop and make good crops all around while using
but fraction Of tho commercial fsr,ilirsr. foe
"hien our farmers arc annually spending millions
OF dollars they need not spend and going In debt
Tor what they need not buy
Dr' Butler we'll saya that The disadvantage OF
'S'em OF cropping which does not give profit
aoie employment throughout tho year 10 men and
eams are many and far-reaching an affecting tho
Aoof ana other economic conditions of the
farm"
You will note that the Danish farm. with It's
:. "s winter Keeps 81 hands. and would keep moro
" they could be had,
! have n near neighbor who ~ort. soo acres
VI ihhd and large part OF IL Ia used for truck
and berry culture. lie keeps 20 hands all winter.
anu increases TO III In summer. and makes money
enough every year TO buy a dozen farms In many
parts OF the South. He makes n good deal OF
manure but last year bought 4. 900 tons of New
nork stable manure at n cost OF S27s per ton de-
Nseren, an he nnds that while using over 10 tons
VI ieruiizers he cannot keep his land In the best
CONDITION Without stable manure toe This man
''arten with nothing but youth and energy on as
poor piece OF sandy soil as can be found moth
ing out sand and sassafras bushes. and recently
refused 100000 for his land.