Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-04
GOOD FARMING

There has not been a great deal Of
late in The Enquirer about the York.
Vile Creamery association, or the
work of the creamery; but for the
benefit Of those interested 1t is proper
to say that the business is still NOV
ing along nicely, and that patrons
generally continue to find there a
ready market at good prices for all the
butter fat they can produce, with the
creamery management constantly cry
ing for more. aH
While most of the creamery patrons
are still operating on small scale,
milking only two, three or four cows,
there are others who are broadening
out and becoming enthused over the
prospects of still larger and more
profitable operations II the patrons
generally will only pull together In a
way that will make every man do his
best. There have been two or three
aspirants for first place leadership in
butter fat productions; and at times 1t
is nip and tuck between them; but
just now 1t appears that this place
rather belongs to Mr.. c. H. Smith, who
Is not only making a record In butter
fat productions; but is probably r,ak-
ing the most advantageous use Of b.
products.
fifteen milch cows and fifteen calves,
and is making every edge cut in way
that promises further increase. His
checks for butter fat during the past
fourteen months have run like this:
December 1911, $62.S7; January, 1912,
$3.50; February 1882; March,
1856; April, $95.25; May, $75.5S;
June, $67.85; July, $71.67; August,
$49.90; September, t41.S6; October,
s3709;. November, s3E55; December,
$6744; January, 1913, $S457.
"The quantity of butter fat has been
off little for some time past, and the
Ftest has been lower" said Mr.. Smith
the other day; but 1t is getting better
now. Last month, In order TO be sure
there was no mistake sent sample
Of cream to Prof. Burgess at Clemson
college, sample that was drawn at
the same time with the sample drawn
at the creamery-and the result was
Identical with the test made by the
creamery, q per cent. 1 gather from
this little incident that when we are
unable to give the cows what they
should have, it will tell me in the but
ter fat test"
Asked as to whether he thought he
was making a fair profit on his cows,
Mr.. Smith replied without hesitation
that he was sure Of II. am making a
profit on butter fat alone without
counting skim milk, manure, and re-
fuse that helps raise the hogs. / have
not yet got my check from the cream
cry for February, but 1t is going to
amount to close to $50. My meal bill
for the month was $45 and my hull bill
$40, or $65 all told. and feed fifteen
cows and fifteen calves, to say moth
ing of what went to the pigs, and
leaving OUT the manure. I'll not try to
give you exact estimates; but you can
see from that about what have been
getting. 'n. -.
Mr.. Smith said that last year he
raised % hogs that averaged 200
pounds each, and all the money cost
was rs bushels Of corn and $32 worth
of rice bran, little over 500. He got
$500 pounds of pork which at II cents
foots up $506. The manure from the
cows during the year amounted to
something over 1000 bushels, and as
this was used in making better crops,
Including cotton, corn, japan clover
and other things, 1t is difficult to es-
innate its actual value.