St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-03-20
DAIRY AND LIVE STOCK POSSE.
ByLIYIEs IN LOUISIANA.


EILITIEs IN LOUISIANA.
The following article was written
by Mr.. Harry D. Wilson for G. c.
Lewis, demonstration agent OF st.
TamnaEy parish, La:
Louisiana, with its splendid rail-
road facilities, great pure water sup
ply, good and cheap lands and the
best climate on earth, should be the
greatest livestock and dairy section
in the Union, but our stock growers
and cairymen must get away from
the idea that some other fellow must
grow his feed. Even with the splen-
did price our dairymen receive for
their milk and butter they cannot
make any money il they buy all the
feed their stock eat On my recent
trip out west, I visited many up-to-
date farms mot dairies but dairy
farms) where / saw from one to six
s!los on every farm, large barns fill
81 with hay. corn and fodder (stalk
and alD, oat and wheat straw.
Thess farmers are selling milk from
IL to Is cents per gallon and ride in
automobiles, have pretty homes and
everything looks prosperous: Most
Of these farmers sell only the butter
fat from the milk and keep the skim
milk for calves, pigs and chickens.
l want to say right here the calves
don't look all fraz"led up and have
to walk real close to the fence to
keep from falling, but they look tat
and click. We don't have to go out
OF the State to find some real pros
porous dairymen and dairywomen.
l have In mind a real up-to-date
dairy near Monroe that is owned and
operated by two young ladies (the
Misses Miller). They have only the
very best high grade cows, two silos
aad large hay barns. They don't
cell Any milk but separate the milk
and make batter. The butter sales
from this dairy ran from $500 to
1890 per month, and they have g
net yearly income of over $4,000.
These ladies grow almost all the feed
they aeed and run the farm and dairy
on strictly business principles. l
know several other splendid diaries
located at Baton Rouge, Shreveport,
Tangipahoa, New Iberia and other
places in Louisiana, that are making
good.
Now, let's see what it will take
for q small dairy farm to be q sue
cess. First, he or she must have
good cows, good barn and good silo.
Then grow enough corn or sorghum
and soy beans fill the silo. Next,
he should grow at least half enough
hay and some kind of feed with the
ensilage. Then his feed bill will not
amount to very much. Every dairy
man should plant a good acreage of
soy beans as they are very rich and
Is the most profitable forage crop
that we can grow. For winter crops
plant crimson clover, rye oats, and
rape for your dry stock, calves and
pigs to Craze on. Every farmer that
milks four or more cows should have
a cream separator, as milk that II
separated while warm will make
from Is to 80 per cent more butter.
than milk that is allowed to stand
the old fashion way and let the
cream rise and then skim. The
quality Of butter is much better
made from cream that il separated
than the old style. And then you
have the skinned milk to. feed the
heller calf. pigs and chickens.
Don't overlook the biggest item Of
profit on the dairy or stock. farm.
That Ii the fertilizer. Nothing builds
up farm and lasts 20 long as..the
fertilizer from the barn yards. So
get busy every day and save Il all.
Don't 60 to town and buy CONNER
cial fertilizer, which il very. ,evpen-
sfve and a poor investment ct its
best. l would like to see every farm
er In dear old Louisiana q stock and
dairy farmer and his 4 wife and
poultry growers, % the
two 60 hand in hand. With z little
work each day our lady folks coula
make many dimes and would be in
of John, Bill, Ed, ETC.,
and would not have to ask them for a
little change to buy q new frock or
little things for the house. Here in
Louisiana where nature has been SO
kind to us, we can grow % much
corn per acre as any State In the
Onion.' After we have grown q win
Ter crop Of rye, oats, clover or rape
,r early spring crop of potatoes, cab
)age, lettuce, beans and many other
vegetables. SO with this abundant
'eed crop possibilities, ard milk sell
ng for 4 IL cents April / to Oc-
ober l., and 5 1-2 cent g October
o April 1, and butter s .slling for 35
md 40 cents per pound there is no
eason why this should not be the
,est dairy and live sto ck section in
he United States.
In conclusion l wan to say thai
70 agricultural country can be great
nd prosperous that don't grow live
took. corn and forags, crops. Just
ompare the one crop system farmer
hat grows exclusive cane. cottor,
r any other one crop with the live
took and dairy farm Ter, and see who
ives In well paintt I'd houses, mas
ne teams and rides in an auto
lobile.
NOTICE OF FINAL. PROOF.
atom Rouge, La. March Is, 1915.
/ Proof under la " und er which en-
~ was made.
Notice is herel " given that