The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-12-06
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comes the thought of stock. There ii
money in milch cows. Five gooc
average milch cows, well kept anc
propely cared for, will support the
ordinary family. The world must
have butter; it will have milk. Then
these cows are worth SO much in pro
ducing fertilizing for the renovation
of the farm.
Now to realize properly on these
cows, there must be a market for the
milk and butter. The market is al
ready here if the farmer will get
ready to get it. Fully one third of Gre
nada is put to it to get milk and butter
almost all the time. AS to getting
the milk and the butter to market, !
want to suggest that if We could get
enough farmers within a radius, say
of Is miles of Grenada, to keep three
or four cows for dairying purposes,
a motor milk truck could make the
rounds every day and bring the cream
from these thirty or forty farmers to
market. There would be somebody
here to buy. A cream separator
could be had at nominal cost and if
need be, three or four farmers could
own separator together. This is a
.ay of community of purpose and ef-
fort. The farmers seem slower than
an, other class 60 learn this. Suppose
.here were half dozen milk trucks
running out from Grenada daily,
what financial benediction such an
enterprise would be both to the town
ana to the country. The farmer
wouio then have money the year
round. We would see better farm
houses, more silos and altogether a
more happy and contented people.
Grerada, instead Of being town of
A 1000 people, would soon have 5000
souls enjoying its life. This is easily
Gone. 1t is no dream. And let me
tell you that something like this must
be done otherwise our population will
dwindle rather than increase. At no
distant day, it takes no great vision
to see that stock-raising will be the
main business through this section.
These hills echo that now. The gull
leys proclaim it Then why wait for
the next generation or for some one
else to start what we ought to know
must come!
When we speak of stock-raising,
too many have baked because the
idea has become prevalent that none
but "bloOded stock" will do. That is
mistake. By this do not mean to
champion the cheap cow or hog, but l
do champion for our farmers a happy
medium between these two. The
fact is, that with the same feed, the
ordinary hog, for example, will take
on just as much fat as the registered
hog.
Then another matter along this
line. Wool is high and the scarcity of
sheep throughout the world brings
anew the lesson that there is money
n raising sheep. Our fathers in
,hese parts used to raise sheep.
Sheep are self-raising. About all
hat is necessary it to kill the prowl- |
ng dogs and have pastures where the
heep can be swapped from one to the |
'ther every three or four months so
Is to guarantee safety against the
tomach worm which is about the only |
'est outside of the dog that hazards
heep raising. Along with the sheep
ONES the goat. They get their feed
vhere the grown is brown and bare.
The price of beef admonishes us that
ur meat markets must and will use
1ore OF other meat substitutes.
we do~not need, SO much, anybody
show US. We need to utilize what
re already know. l want to saw
gain, land renovation. keeping what
ature gave US in soil is the slogan
Or u.s. If we do not begin the prac-
ce OF this, our citizenship will grad
ally slip away from us. People will
where there is the greatest produc-
witty of soil. Our lands are lust as
ood, yea better for stock-raisinp.
ian the rich delta. And when it is
,nsidered what our lands cost us and ;
nat we have in other things besides !;
'st Land" we are ahead of the del
J. Ihe delta must single shot OH cot !
N and when that one shot fails. all ,
ills with them.
NOW IN conclusion, l believe | can ,
lth certainty appeal to Grenada to J
d US In every possible way in stock
Using. l believe l can safely saw
at Grenada is ready to get behind
proposition something like l sug-
'st Tor sending a milk truck ont g
those farmers that will agree to t
lt SO many cows into a pool or Joint e
rangement to furnish cream. S
l want our farmers to think. am
u expecting hasty action. What
undertake in new ventures want
TO think over well and then get in n
"a stay with what we start out to do q
le trouble with too many of farm :
ans is that we aim to high at one j
mp. But in all of our plans, let us c
t forget the care of our soil, land d