The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-02-13

| we mus' reailze tnat the planting
OF one crop necessarily on the same
land, the shallow preparation of the
soil has so CALLED much of our lands.
especially in the Piedmont section.
until much of it has become verita-
BILE eyesore to the true and scientific
farmer. Starting as we do under
these unfavorable conditions. we
must have each county understand it
it incumbent upon it to first learn
and accept for it's motto the old Eng
lish saying, "No manure, no land"
We can begin by planting our un-
available lands in Bermuda grass.
one of the South's best friends. as
permanent pastures; next on our cul-
tivatable lands by deep blowing; the
application of lime where necessary;
the rotation of crops, especially the
growing of legumes, feeding the leg
umes to the live stock on the prem
ises; the application of manures back
to the soil; the breeding in all lines
from purebred sires; the better feed.
Ing, better quarters, the more inte,li
gent care of live stock of every kind.
When we have accomplished these
things our progress is irresistible
and our growth assured. BY doing
these things we bring pleasures in
the toll of the farmers life, adding
contentment and joy to each member
of his household and prosperity
throughout the length and breadth of
the State.
Now as to Professor Burgess's and
Mr.. Mason's second request, you can
all see that they both seem to think
our little county association sue
cess, yet l must admit that neither
nor any other member realized until
the coming of this letter that we had
done aught to attract attention out
side of the county, more especially
the attention of these gentlemen who
have statewide acquaintance.
Six years ago this coming summer
we organized the Union County Dali
ry Assoc etion, with fifteen men,
bers; collectively they owned about
one hundred and fifty head of cattle.
Not man of US knew how to organ
ize or had ever belonged to an organ
ization of this kind, hence you can
readily see we were inexperienced,
md wrote to Clemson college as to
how to proceed. If my memory
serves me right, they sent us Mr..
WaIch JIyhn foil ~l
mulated constitution and bylaws
for US. Further, l feel very sure that
the sole idea of every member in the
beginning was restricted to the one
idea of cooperation in buying cotton
seed meal and hulls at the lowest
possible price for the association.
Mr.. Welch's talk so interested US
|aHid being free of charge, from time
to time, we invited other experts to
visit and talk with us. Later on we
invited Clemson college der ,nstra-
tion and educational train to stop in
our town, and l want to emphasize
the fact right here, that trip was
worth more to us than any one thing
we have ever received. Previous to
this we were satisfied in our own
mind, if we had good field of young
broom sedge of crab grass pasturage
for the good old summertime for our
cows and by the cooperation plan
secure our cotton seed meal and hulls
for winter feeding as cheap as possi-
BILE, there was nothing more required
to open up a first class dairy. The
lectures on this occasion were so
painstaking and instructive, until
much enthusiasm was manifested by
the association and our progress,
whilst not as much as l would like,
has increased from year to year.
Aside from the lectures on hand
ling milk and butter, + cannot omit
to mention here that we learned
Hoard's~ Dairyman was an accepted
authority on dairying, and that dry
corn stalks, after frost, cut in to
stove was as valuable food, ton for
ton, as cotton seed hulls. On this
same occasion many cows were test
ed and our membership began to
throw off its lethargy dealing death
blow to many scrub bulls and look
more to the grading up of their cat
tie. We quit retailing sweet milk
out of five and ten gallon cans at tine
door of each customer, and commenc-
ed delivering in clean bottles; we
purchased improved churns, butter
workers and butter presses, we
bought scales, and even got extrava-
giant enough to buy butter paper, and
delivered our butter in neat packages
weighing 16 ounces to the pound.
We have fenced in hundreds of