The log cabin Democrat., 1920-11-26
MILK AND BUTTER PROVE PROFITABLE MISSISSIPPI FARMERS Find Combination of Dairying and Cotton Growing a Solution of
 Their Problems.

Commercial Club to foster the dairy ing industry in Faulkner county, tn, following story by Eugene Butler II the current issue of the Progressiv, Farmer will be read with interest The fact that tremendous price de cllnes in every other farm produc' have not affected milk, butter ane eggs, all of which still stand at the highest prices, is certain to attract many farmers to dairying. The article follows:
 From January l, 1917, to January l, 1920, the state of Mississippi in- creased its dairy COW population 2C per cent or, numerically speaking 96,OO0 animals, This commendable growth is probably due to realization on the part of many farmers that dairy cows and cotton can be made a smooth-working and revenue-pro- ducing farm combination, and that by using the two together, many of the disadvantages that accompany the production of either of them alone may to large extent be avoided In other words, the old idea that cows and cot ton can't be made to work in double harness seems to be on the wane; for, if the keeping of a few cows per farm had meant the abandonment of cotton as cash crop, no such growth in dairying as has taken place during the past few years would have been recorded
 Among the many Mississippi farm CTS that can give favorable testimony to the dairy COW is Alexander Camp bell, of Attala county. MT. Campbell was growing cotton exclusively until the boil weevil began knocking on his financial door. He then made the mis- take of dropping cotton altogether, and from 1912 to 1918 depended al most entirely on dairy cows as rev. enue producer. However, he has gone back to cotton production on a limited scale, for he has found that after a few years of dairy farming cotton is a more profitable crop, as yields are larger and this means smaller produc- tion costs.
 As the weevil began to reduce cot ton yields in that section, other farmers followed MT. Campbell's lead and went into the dairy business on a small scale. In time, the COW popula- tion of the community was such as to warrant the establishment of cream cry, and in 1914 one was built at West, on the Illinois Central railroad. This creamery was among the first estab- lished in the state. It came at a very opportune time, for it was the means of keeping many farmers from going to the wall during the dark days of the weevil's arrival and low-priced cotton in 1914. While the creamery at West was a pioneer back in 1914 it is now one of many; for, starting in 1912 with one creamery producing 17,000 pounds of butter the state of Mississippi now has approximately 2s creameries making over 100000 pounds of butter and paying many thousands of dollars to their patrons
 Starting with few grade animals MT. Campbell has gradually increased the size of his herd until he now has four pure bred Jersey cows, three pure bred Jersey heifers, 10 producing grade heifers that are seven-eighths Jersey in breeding, and three grade heifer calves. MT. Campbell also has pure bred Jersey bull sired by Viola Jolly Eminent, and out of St. Lam. bert's Pogis Pearl, COW with year ly production of 10000 pounds of milk.
 The dairy herd is fed ration oi corn, oats and lespedeza hay, all o1 which are produced on the farm. MT. Campbell gives his cows credit for much of the progress he has made in putting the farm on a paying basis He has found that dairying pays well that the market for the dairy COW and her products is not subject to the violent fluctuations so common witl other forms of livestock, and cotton Good COWS, well-fed and taken car, i of, have been profitable during the pas tWO yCdiS WliCH lllC IdLItIllilS Ol pSt cattle has been largely losing busi ness. On the Campbell farm the COW have helped to finance the farm. Tht income from a herd of good cows i evenly distributed over the year, an, may be used to meet obligations a they fall due.
 The dairy has filled out the labo schedule and made it possible for botl man and mule to do more in a year time.
 The keeping of cows necessitate. the growing of reed, and as the bes hays are obainable from legumes, is a pretty hard matter to keep th' man that grows his own feed iron building a richer soil At any rate
 Mir. Campbell has found that cro yields have grown larger since he be pan keepinp cows and growing les