The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-15


Information and assistance are given
10 make the best results cay TO be
obtained. This supervision OF the
chamber OF commerce. which calls
upon the dairy division oi the Depart
ment of Agriculture. ~" Clemson Ag-
ricultural and Mechanic! Colleges
lnd such other sources for help
as may be needed. VIII 2come an as
surance OF protection IT, tie guarantor
md OF the maximum profits and
quickest eXtinguiShmcnt ol hi: loans
the dairyman. Trc chamber of
commerce VIII assist in corning milk
testing associations. bu,l a,srciutionB,
md other cooperativc h"lp5 as their
usefulness Is indicated and will sug
;est helpful government bulletins. ex-
pertinent station bulletins, and other
literature, ana will help to procure
iiicsc instructions. ending them
,hrcugh the guarantOg+' associations
to the dairymcn. When necessary the
chamber OF commerce "'il send man
70 the various communities giving
personal instructions :.ut direct infor-
nation of the most practical kind.
which will be OF inestinablr benefit to
mcrce will keep in communication.
with the secretary OF each guarantors'
association, furnishins blank forms,
record sheets. etc. and will advise
rations from time to time in accord
ance with the comparaj.:c value OF the
teodstuiIs.
Great Returns
The benefits occurring from Il greatly
Iatr In, . fpI
over Anderson county, such as must
result in times from carrying out of
this plan, could not be overstated,
since such an industry has practical
" made over Wisconsin. Minnesota
and other states. Among these bene-
its may be given briefly the changing
Of farmers gradually from bank bor-
rowers into bank depositoJJ and their
business WITH The retail merchants
from q credit to a cash basis, since
they Will receive money every day for
their products instead of once year.
The output Of corn. cottonseed pro-
ducts. and other crops will be market
ed in their most valuable and profita-
bic form and the fertility Of the land
will be increased. instead of, as at
present, decreased.
that the dairying industry will auto
bring about a great increase
in the production of hogs, since the
SKINNED milk, one OF the most valu-
able by-products of .tle industry, can
be utilized to an advantage aside from
raising calves only by being marketed
in the form OF pork. The farmer can
produce two hogs, fed largely from the
rirrnr ri Gov nri, 1,A
tains, and the pork production may
and will become great help in work.
ing off the indebtedness due to finan-
cing and in providing profits.
Estimating the productiveness of
each COW at 200 ponds Of butter fat per
year. taking into consideration the.
1t together with the value of the ma
nure produced per COW, each dairy
cow represents in community. al
value Of from $50 to S100.
Thus, on an estimate of Thousand.
cows in community there should be
a return Of $50 to 800 per annum.
But the dairy industry represents "a
far more important item than that
which. Is derived from the sale of the
dairy PRODUCTS, namely. the matter oil
and increasing the fertil-
ity OF the land.
Better Than Cotton
We are told that an acre of cotton
$50 pounds of lint robs the
soil OF approximately $976 in nitrogen,
acid and potash. and an ac-
re of corn producing so bushels would
rob the soil of approximately S24. 90
Of those fertilizer ingredients, while
each dairy cow properly fed will re-
turn from $25 to $50 Of these fertili-
zer ingredients to the soil.
The principal advantages. however.
In keeping dairy cows on the farm Is
that the products of the soil ere not
sold directly as such. but are sold In
the form OF butter fat which takes
no fertilizer INGREDIENTS
from the soil. The result is that the
more COWS kept on the land the richer
the land Will become. the more feed
stuff may be grown per acre and In re-
turn, more COWS kept which produce,
more Fertilizer, ETC., resulting in a
continuous process OF soil building. It
requires no enthusiast to understond
that such O process will enhance the
value of the land and build up the
community along the most substantial
lines. The value OF barnyard manure
does not only show itself I'M the pos9,
session or nitrogen, (, phosphoric acid
and potash, but its eivantages. are all.
so important in that 1t increases the.
wnter-holding capacity OF the soil and
its porosity that is. its air hoidil.; ca.
pac!ty No one VIII question the hem
eht derived, especially in a great por-
tioh OF our state where moisture IS very
essential IN the use Of manure for the
purpose OF increasing its water-hold-
ing capacity.
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