The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-02-02
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Interest in creamery for New
berry county is still growing and
spreading Just the other day l re-
ceived letter from Mr.. R. H. Lem
mon, county agent of Fairfield county
stating that he would like to organize
a cream route and ship to our cream
cry when it goes into operation. The
Lexington and Saluda county agents
will also very likely cooperate with
Ms and ship some cream.
For the information of ~ who
contemplate going into IN cream
business | Will state some of the es-,
sentials necessary to success in this
work
First: Better Dairy Cows.
AS all Of you will find out by test
there are very few COWS in Newberry
county that deserve the name, dairy
COW. Possibly not half the milk
COWS in the county would pay for
their upkeep if feed were charged
to them at mark prices. Many more
would just about pay their board bill
but would not pay anything for care
and attention. A few would pay all
expenses and dividend besides
These are the only ones worth while
in the creamery business. The most
economical way is to begin with the
COWS We have and, after testing, cull
out. the Improbable ones, retaining
those that give profitable Yields. Sc
cure the services Of a pure bred bull
OF known quality and breed up your
herd from him. In three to four years
you should have fairly good grade
dairy COWS at minimum cost Each
neighborhood should join together
and buy a bull comparatively. The
bull could be kept at some central
point in the community and in this
way each one will have cheap and
convenient service of pure bred sire.
After three or four years, to prevent
anbreeding, the bull should be ex-
changed with some other neighbor-
hood for bull of same breed. thus Sc
curing the service Of a pure bred sire
for a number of years at a minimum
cost.
Second: Better Pastures.
Most peoples idea Of pasture is
a piece of waste land with a fence
around it. 1t may consist of woods,
sWamps, bitches or. gullies; anything
that cannot be cultivated profitably
in cotton is. the place most farmers
choose for a pasture. This is a mis-
take. Land that. will not grow farm
products proftably, will. not, as a
general. rule, make good drained, fer
tile soil. This should be freed, of
shrubbery and .noxious weeds and set
to some, good pasture grass. Bermuda
and carpet are probably the two best
grasses for this section of the coun-
try for summer grazing. Carpet
grass being a perennial and well
adapted to lowlands is, in my opin-
ion, superior to bermuda. The pas
ture should also be set to bur clover,
which will furnish grazing, rich in
protein, at least two months before
the grass is ready in the spring.
soruzzi rye, crimson clover, red clov-
er, ETC., make excellent grazing and
patches of these should be provided
to supplement the pasture during win
ter:
Third: More Feed.
1t is a we'll known fact that dairy
cow cannot thrive on fresh air, SUM-
shine, exercise and promises. She
must have plenty of good feed. She
is the most efficient animal machine
il existence for the conversion of the
gross products of field and pasture
into the most. palatable and nutrI-
tious foods for human consumption.
YETI many farmers fail to supply this
animal machine with sufficient raw
material to insure economical pro-
duction It requires about half the
cow will consume for the mainten-
ance of her own body, therefore, if
you give her only half rations What
milk she produces Will be produced
at the expense ct ner body. To he
profitable. she ahould rave full, hall
anced ration. Can the farmer afford
to buy these, feeds? AS a general rue
a farmer cannot afford to buy any
food or feed that he. can pre- lace on
the farm and the farmer who expects
to go into the creamery business and
make money, bu?ins his feels, is
doomed to ap:ointme1t and fall
ufe. The fact t';it the dairy COW is
thus furnished a market for them is
the main source of profit in her The
farmer who expects to sell cream