The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-06-30
TENNESSEE SELLS
FINE LOT OF JERSEYS
THIRTY-FIVE HEAD PUREBRED
HEIFERS SENT TO ILLINOIS
viii Be Used For Demonstration
PurpOses-Several New CO-operat-
i've Creameries Being Built in Ten
nessee-Tennessee Club Boys To
Compete in International Livestock
Contest in Atlanta, Ga.

Tennessee has again been recogniz-
ed as the home of fine Jersey cattle.
This recognition came from the state
Of Illinois a few days ago, when w.
S. 0'Hair, of the department of agri-
culture of the University Of Illinois,
and H. A. DeWerff, county agent,
Benton, ILL.,, came into Tennessee and
purchased 35 head of purebred jersey
heifers to be used for dairy calf club
work for boys and girls in Mr.. De-
Werff's county,
The heifers were all purebreds and
were tuberculin tested. They were
selected from the herds of Maj. T.
S. Webb, Mrs. H. HI. Galbraith, Uni
versity Of Tennessee Experiment Sta
ton Farm and Geo. w. Callahan, all
in the vicinity of Knoxville. This is
another compliment to Tennessee Jer-
seys. Just such things are placing
the state on the map as the greatest
producing area of the high class Jer-
seys in the United States. In this
connection it may be interesting to
note that for the two-year period end
ing December 20, 1920, 1926 head
of dairy cattle were exported from
the state and in the same time only
1882 head We're imported. There are
now over 1900 breeders Of regis
tered Jerseys in Tennessee, and the
number of dairy cattle has increased
from 497 900 in 1910 to $4,000 in
1920
While the increase in the number
of cows has been large, it is pointed
out by dairy specialists Of the Divis-
ion of Extension that improvement
in quality has been of even greater
importance.
There has been a steady increase
in the number Of purebred herds, in
the number of herds placed on Of
fetal test, and also a greater interest
has been shown in the use of pure
bred sires. AT first it was difficult
to convince many of the farmers as
to the value of keeping a few good
dairy cows. In spite of this, how
ever, the development of the indus
try has been steady and substantial
one. 1t is not the object of those
working in the interest of the de-
velopment of the industry to make it
major industry, but rather to es-
tablish a system that will supply the
home demand for dairy products and
at the same time build up and main
tain soil fertility, both by supplying
manure and by enforcing a proper
rotation Of crops. This will make it
possible for the cotton farmer, the
tobacco farmer and the farmer who
follows general farming to produce
their crops at greater profit. This
was the aim of the Southern Dairy
Extension work, the first large-scale
extension project attempted, which
was started under the direction of
the dairy division of the department
of agriculture as early as 1906 in CO.
operation with the various colleges of
agriculture in Southern States.
Several new cooperative creamer-
les are now being built in Tennessee,
the latest being in Giles, Williamson
and Bradley counties. In Montgom
cry county creamery association
has been organized with a capital
stock of $4,000 and pledge of 500
cows secured. Plans are being mace
to build and operate county cream
cry in the near future.
IL.