The log cabin Democrat., 1911-04-06

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 A 8&A < &%#M from other states Esssl'sasasaa a1A2A--a- every year. If armers hundreds of miles from our state borders can sell us their dairy products and make money, after pay ing all transportation charges, why cannot we make even more money by producing the butter and cheese right here in the state? In doing this would we not also build up and conserve the fertility of our soils?
 The consumption of milk per capita is increasing People are beginning to realize the great food value of this product. It is the cheapest source of animal food. One pound of nutrimeut in the form of milk can be produced with much less food taan can one pound of nutriment in the form or beef. As a result of the rapid growth of our population more milk will be consumed in the future than at pres snt
 Compared with the North, our longer growing seasons enable us to grow a greater diversity of crops, and this cheapens production. Our mllder ell mate enables us to produce milk at less cost because we are not obliged to provide as expensive buildings to keep out the cold.
 One Sf the greatest obstacles TO cattle raising in the South are cattlc ticks. but any enterprising daiTyman can, with patience and perseverance,, rid his farm of these pests. That 1t IS possible to keep a good grade of dairy cows in this section is proved by the fact that in a great many portions or the south there are existing some most excellent herds of pure-bred dairy cattel. Successful dairymen claim that, considering the climate, crops and markets, there is no section Of the country where any more money can be made in dairying than in the South.
 Advantages of Dairying
 There is no other line of livestock farming which, when properly con ducted. will produce greater profits than dairying. The hog is profitable animal, but will not consume the rough feeds of the farm. Poultry raising is profitable, but, like the pig, chickens cannot consume the rough feeds or the farm Swine and poultry raising fit in we'll with dairyIng because skim milk is one of the best feeds known for both pigs and chickens. The beef animal is not as economical @ pro ducer of human food as the dairy COW.
 A dairy COW should produce in one year at least 5000 pounds of milk and the equivalent of 300 pounds of bu1- ter. At 20 cents per pound the but ter would be worth $75. It costs about s35 to feed the average COW a year, thus leaving a profit of $40 from the butter In addition to this there is the skim milk to be fed to the calves, pigs and poultry, and the manure to be placed upon the soil to increase it's fertility. Hundreds of tons of cot ton seed meal are yearly being shipped out of this state. This meal shoul1 be kept in the state and fed to dairy cattle, and after being used by them for the production of milk from 8b to 90 per cent of the original fertilizinS value of the meal would be left in the form of manure for the conservation 2 of soil fertility.
 Where the farmer practices the one crop system he does not have steady but If he is in the dairy business he has work to do every day in the year A dozen good dairy cows properly managed should return a profit of $500 annually.
 In addition to the great amount of manure that can be applied to the sol where dairying is followed there are a number of crops that can be grown for dairy cattle which are in them selves soil improvers. Any Of the le guminous crops such as COW peas, soy beans, Japan clover. red clover and alfalfa are most excellent feeds fol the dairy cows and besides they ado fertility to the soil.
 When corn is grown and made into silage the whole corn plant is utilized to a much greater advantage thar when it is allowed to mature and the stover and corn fed in the dry state | Corn silage, cotton seed meal anc some of the leguminous feeds abovf mentioned make a ration for dairy | cows that Is hard to excel.
 The Dairy Cow.
 The strictly dairy breeds of cat tlo have been bred for a great many generations for one purpose-that o producing milk-and how great a sue cess has been wrought is shown by the fact that there are cows that hay, produced in one year over 20,0O' pounds of milk and the equivalent o over 1000 pounds of butter. Ther' are whole herds that average mo:'