Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-31
MONEY IN MILK.

Having for years maintained the
practicability of profitable cattle
raising in York county, and having
persistently insisted that failure in
this pursuit argued the incompetency,
inefficiency or other short coming in
the individual rather than any trouble
with the business, it is natural that
furnish some proof, and at last we
have the pleasure of announcing that
the proof Is forthcoming. Mr.. c. Hen
ry Smith, r. F. D. carrier on Yorkville
No. 4, and one of the most successful
practical farmers in the county, has
furnished the evidence, which to our
mind Is most satisfactory.
Mr.. Smith needs very little intro
duction to the readers of The Enqui-
rer. He was one of the first York
county farmers to begin experiment.
ing with the terrace idea as substi-
tute for bitches, having taken the
matter up Immediately following the
heavier work of the late DR.. Will
liam M. Wolker, Of Yorkville. La
ter on, when nine farmers out
ten held that it was impossi-
BILE to raise hogs at a profit, Mr..
Smith demonstrated the contrary.
Next he went into celery raising and
produced this delightful relish in COM
mercial quantities at a very small
cost; but gave 1t up after a few years
because of the difficulty of finding a
market Then after having made
in 1908, the York County Farmers
Union gave so much impetus to corn
growing competitions by Offering lib
eral prizes for the largest, second larg-
est and third largest yields on sim
gle acre, Mr.. Smith won out with a
yield of SO bushels, and received prize
money In the sum of $136.
Through a third party some days
ago it came to the attention of The
Enquirer that Mr. Smith could furnish
some interesting information on the
subject of profitable milk production,
and the reporter has not been slow to
follow it up. BY special request Mr.
Smith came to this office yesterday
bringing with him butter-fat bills
showing the amounts he has been re-
ceiving from the creamery, since he
commenced disposing of his product to
that institution shortly after its estab-
lishment, and certain other memoran-
da, by which he was able to corrobo-
rate various interesting statements.
II first began to give attention to
cattle eight years ago. said Mr..
Smith, in answer to a question, start
ing with two pure bred Jersey heifers,
two grade Jerseys, and two other
calves, all of which together cost me
$3S. l have sold off $3.50 worth of cat
tie and now have on hand thirty head,
all Of them Jerseys and grades, except
four shorthorns. | estimate the pres
ent market value of my herd at about
$500, although l would not think OF
selling out at any such figure. Count
ing the cattle have sold against cat
tie / have since bought, it is fair to
say that my present herd, including
eleven mixers, eleven calves, four
shorthOrns, and four cows soon to
come in, represents natural increase.
when I first began to give atten-
tion to CATTLE l bought Jerseys. with
the idea of selling butter. The cows
came in, in the course of time and l
came to Yorkville to engage the but
ter. l found it impossible to contract
the output of the three cows l then
had at 90 cents q pound, and return
ing home in disgust, my wife and l
decided to turn the cows and calves
together and let it go at that. Later
began to invest in shorthorns with
view to seeing what | could do with
beef cattle, and was making pretty
fair progress; but upon the establish
ment Of the creamery, went into that
and changed my plan again. The first