The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-25
NET PROFIT OF 1924 PER cow.
Young Farmer Tells How He Made
Record With Dairy Herd.

the recent meeting of the South GRO
lima Live Stock association in Col.rt-
bia was by Mr.. Boneau Harris r.,
Of Pendleton, on "How 1 Made My
Herd Pay Mr.. Harris, who is hard
~ more than a boy, has the record
dairy herd in the State aid what he
has to say should be Of great in
terest to the many people who are
beginning to pay some attention to
dairying as a business, either separ-
ately or in conjunction with general
farming. Following is the paper:
MI. President, and Gentlemen Of
the Live Stock Association-A few
days ago I received notice from
yCur secretary that | was expected
1T this meeting to tell you how l
managed to get from our herd Of Jcr-
seys a net profit of $124 per cow for
the year 1909. l shall not attempt
20 make you an address, as this is
entirely out Of my line; for the past
fifteen years of my life has been
speht in the COW barn, and those Of
You who keep a herd know full we'll
that when it is cared for properly,
the care-taker has no time for speech
making.
But [ shall endeavor in just as few
words as possible to present the facts
10 YOU just as they are. At the end
Of the year 1903 1 knew that we had
a good herd Of Jerseys, and | decided
that | wanted to know just what
each cow was doing separately. so l
began under the directions of Mr..
Welch, Of the dairy division Of the de-
partment Of agriculture to keep a
complete milk record.
At the beginning of January 1
began with Il COWS, and during the
year | added three more. At no time
did the herd contain more than II
or less than IA. The highest testing
cow tested 6.5 per cent, and the low
est 5.2 per cent, with an average for
the herd Of SIS per cent. During the
months OF January, February, March,
April and May these cows received
each a ration consisting Of corn
stover to 10 pounds, cotton seed
meal 1-2 to 4 1-2 pounds, rice meal
1-2 pounds, boiled cotton seed
pounds. They We're kept entirely on
this ration during this period, except
that occasionally corn-and-cob meal
Prom the first of June / began to
pasture and feed soil crops, such as
sorghum and corn. with cotton seed
meal alOIe, and I continued this until
frost when | began again to feed the
same ration as for the first five
months. I had no ensilage, and for
the latter months l used as bulk food
corn stover and hay, using for my
grain ration cotton seed meal and
boiled cotton seed, whi.h gave splen-
did results.
Now the above are the facts IN
regard to the feed; but of course OBI
er details come in for their share n
the obtaining of the profits, and
shall mention these. In the "rst
place, | had herd of high testing
COWS. The lowest number of pounds
of milk from any COW during any
month was little under $50 pounds
and the highest a little over 500
pounds.
I'm the second place, these COWS
We're all fed and MIXED by my broth
er and myself, and always had my
personal supervision. Ald in the
third and most important place, the
milk was carefully and skilrully ham
died. When the milk went to the
dairy, it was handled by my sister,
who I can say played a ,arge part
in getting these COWS to keep up their
record.
1--WE were enjoying splendid
cream trade and getting a good price
ranging from $1.15 TO $1.35 per GAL
Ion. do not think Of anything more
TO bc said about the matter, except
that the tests are reliable, having been
m@de by Mr.. Welch aAd that l have
complete and accurate record Of
each COW, which speaks for itself"
What Mr.. Harris has done surely
can be done by anybody else Nth.
equally good COWS TO start with
and equally careful management
feeding. handling of milk, and DISPOSE
tion Of products; and his example
should be followed by hundreds who
can make money in the dairy bust
ness; for there is a great demand in
this state for dairy products, as is
shown 10y the fact that thousands of
dollars are annually spent for for