Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-07-18
The Story of Jones
OF Montgomery County

feel, we believe, more than passing IN
terest in the story of a man, who, after
years of improbable farming, was
able, by taking thought, to increase his
income over $500 in one year.
This man we will call Jones. Jones
is a Montgomery County farmer. The
figures from his business are taken
from careful estimates for the first
year. and from actual records the
second
Ipzes vas like q man with pain
II lis csck who mas tried everything
IRON pills and pellets TO poultices and
plssters and found no relief Jones
farming was an everpresent ache. He
had experimental with all sorts OF
treatments; he had changed from sell
ing milk to selling cream and again to
making butter; he had fed grain and
he had gone without grain But the
business became no better, the pocket
book put on no weight, the bank nc.
count remained thin and anaomic.
Jones Weighs His MIX.
Finally Jones did an unusual thing.
firing OF the blind turning from one
nostrum to another, he began real
search for the cause or causes OF the
trouble. He suspected that there was
something wrong with his dairy The
milk pals did not seem as full as they
should be. SO his first move was to
weigh each cows milk daily. While
this put no more milk in the pail, 1t
did bring Jones face to face with the
fact that his cows were not producing
as freely as common experience has
indicated they must produce In order
to prove profitable After giving the
matter considerable thought and talk.
ing It over with his friends he decided
that 1t was not fair to condemn his
cows on the evidence OF the milk
scales alone He decided that they
were not so fed that they could pro-
duce well, even tho they we're natur-
ally good dairy animals Moreover, it
hardly seemed uke good economy to
try to bring back Immediately all the
cows to full production. He put into
practice a plan for feeding each COW
well before she calved, putting her
into condition to produce, and then of
giving her an opportunity to demon
strate her ability. Some OF the cows
surprised Mr.. Jones by their splendid
response. A few others showed little
inclination to work and were sold for
beef.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Jones had gone fur.
Their. He had made as careful an esti-
mate of his business for the previous
year as he could from memory and
such figures as he had. In this he
found that, as nearly as he could de-
termine, he had sold during the year
$50 worth OF butter for each COW in
mis- herd His figures for the year fol-
lowing the change show that the COWS
produced on an average SIS worth OF
butter. which, with less cows. meant
an increase in income of S3j6 over the
previous year; this in spite of the fact
tha, the changes were made gradually
turnout the year, % that they had not
in many cases bad an opportunity to
be operative for more than a short
time
Studies Ne Business.
Satisfied that his efforts with his
coEs we're in the right direction, he
made more careful study OF his bust
ress OF the previous year When he
had sci down his receipts and expenses
" orderly fashion, his figures looked
ike this:
Receipts.
Cattle sold ..........s 5000
Butter sold .......... 10000
Horse sold ......... 125eo
Pork sold ........... $500
Poultry and Eggs. s6.o0
NIOpS -....-....ss.s Nv
Other income ....... 27l 90
$4,000