Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-02
HELP DAIRY INDUSTRY
Special Efforts Making to I'M
prove Southern Conditions.
Products Now Obtained From Farms
In South 10 Not Begin to Supply
Needs Of Immediate Vicinity
Gull Out Poor Cows.

The department of agriculture. by
direction of Secretary Wilson. Is
making special efforts to improve the
dairy industry in the south. There
Is great need In the south, as well as
in other sections of the country" said
Secretary Wilson. ''for an increased
production of dairy products. and the
department through its dairy experts
Is trying to bring this about.
I'm the first place, 1t is needful
that the farmers in the south should
produce a larger amount OF milk. be-
cause the milk and other dairy prod
ucts now obtained from southern
farms do not begin to supply the
needs of the immediate vicinity. Tne
consuming public needs more milk
and the farmer needs to know how 10
make money by supplying 1t at a rea-
sonable rate Hence both more DAIRY
men are needed, and a fuller knowl-
edge of modern methods OF dalrylng.
"One of the things most urgently
necessary is to increase the average
production Of milk per COW, by Gull
ing out the cows whose yielding abil-
ity Is small-which take up stable
room, feed and the farmers labor
without giving an adequate return
therefor. The only reliable way to
distinguish between COWS that are
good at the milk pail and those that
are not is to keep records Of their
actual performance. This practice
the department is bending every ef-
fort to get the farmers to take up,
and these efforts are meeting with a
gratifying success.
1.-THE field man of the department
goes into locality, talks to the
farmers, and finds one or two men
who will carry on herd record work.
He shows them how. and helps them
In testing the milk and In working up
the records, until they are able to
do these things for themselves; thus
helping them to weed ont their poor
cows and make a better profit out OF
the remainder of the herd.
THE records furnish needful infor-
nation about the work of the farm
In other respects as well, such as the
feed consumed by each COW. and the
cost of feed The field man gives in
struction in feeding problems, show
ing how the same or a larger quanti-
ty of milk can be obtained from
cheaper rations; and gives sugges-
lions In the selection of feeding
stuffs The dairyman is encouraged
to grow more roughage for his cattle,
such as corn for silage, leguminous
hay and soiling crops.
''The aim of this work is to get one
or two well conducted dairies in each
one of a large number of commune
ties, In the expectation that large
number of men In each community
will pattern after the work of the
ones cooperating with the depart
ment; or In other words, to use the
one or two men as pivots. A good
case of this kind is shown in a GER
tain locality in North Carolina. About
four years ago a field man began
with two dairymen keeping records
One of these herds was an excep-
tionally good herd; the other had
large number Of poor individuals.
These poor cows were weeded out,
while better ones were bought, and
the profits were materially increased
Since that time about dozen men
have taken up record work. and a
large number of pure bred cattle
have been purchased. Nearly dozen
silos have been built in this one To-
cality. and several new barns and
dairy houses have been erected. and
as mWay more remodeled. The gen.
eral interest in dairying has so in
creased that at the present time a
small creamery is running successful
ly in this locality-so much milk is
produced. After three years of this
work three days short course in