The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-06-25
Opportunity for Tennessee.

"Tennessee's natural conditions are
excellent for dairy farming. Iii one
Of the best adspts d countries and least
developed along this line. I" This is
what MIR. C. A. Hutton, attached to
the dairy department of the u. S. De-
partment of Agriculture says of the
opportunities offered in Tennessee for
dairy farming and the work of organic
ing creamery associations. Mr.. Hut
ton is now engaged in work of this
character with the University of Ten
nessee, and has already secured the
hearty cooperation of the Industrial
Department of the Nashville, Chat
tano9ga & St. Louis Railway and sew
eral other roads operating in the state
in the furtherance of his plans for
making Tennessee a great dairy state
while it is not generally known, !"
continued Mr.. Hutton. Tennessee
creameries are to-day turning out as
good grade of butter as that brought
into the state from Northern cream
cries, and this home product can be
bought at 2 cents per pound less than
the Northern butter for the reason that
it is made closer to the consuming
market.
COOPERATION NEEDED.
what Tennessee needs just now to
advance the development Of the dairy
industry" he continued, sis a little
more cooperation on the part of her
citizens. Let them ask for Tennessee
made butter, increase the demand for
the product of the creameries already
established in the state, and then others
will soon be established.
At present there are cooperative
creameries at Knoxville, at Murfrees-
boro, at Manchester and Chapel Hill.
and Mr.. Button is creating much inter-
est among the farmers and dairymen
in other sections of the state in an
effort to show them the great possibili-
ties of this industry, which is practi-
cally new and untried in a territory
which is unusually favored for its sue
cessful prosecution.
Thousands of dollars are being sent
out of the state into other sections an
nuaIly for product which can be made
in Tennessee. and made just as good,
IL not better, than the Northern pro-
duct which is being marketed in this
territory.
The cooperative creameries already
established in Tennessee have been
built up through the cooperation of the
iairymen and farmers of the several
After they are establish
ed, Mr.. G. A. Gilbert, associated in the
work with Mr.. Hutton as dairy manu-
featuring expert, looks after the manu-
featured product, and sees that the
butter is kept up to the standard re-
Iuired and that the output of the sew
sral creameries is uniform.
RAILROADS ASSISTING.
In addition to the work being done
oy the railroads in the matter of in
.reasing interest among the farmers in
better agricultural methods, and the
ptroduction of pure-bred live stock on
he farms the work of Mr.. Hutton and
Mr.. Gilbert with the University of Ten
lessee has been and is receiving their
hearty and liberal support, and they
lave been of great assistance in further
ng the work of creating greater in
crest in this practically untried in
ustry which will bring thousands of
olIars into the state and at the same
ime afford profitable employment to
of persons. The Industrial
)epartm ent of the Nashville, Chatta-
ooga & st. Louis Railway has aided in
he work of establishingithese cooper
tive creameries along its line, and
lands ready at all times to further the
york in other sections,
1t is believed by those who have
iven the matter though, that once the
armers and dairymen of the state are
reused to the possibilities of the cream
ry business, and are brought to
of the opportunitieslof such
market, that Tennessee will come in
D her own as a dairy state, and that
ennessee-m butter will be "put on
he map" as Mr.. Hutton expresses 1t.
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