Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-08-24
Dairy Meeting at Johnston
Successful.

Ihere was surprising interest
shown in the dairy meeting held at
Jsslnston last Thursday, Aug. 1S.
Farmers from Edgefield, Roper's
Cross Roads, Trenton, Harmony,
RMlippi, Long Branch, Johnston, and
various sections of Saluda County
we're present, numbering in all "a
bout $50. Mr.. ]. W. Cox, one of
Jshnston's young farmers, -as well
ass a lawyer, presided over the meet
Ing in, a very pleasing manner. He
stressed the need of our farmers
turning to other issues besides cot
sttoh and urged earnest cooperation
among our peaple.
], Two very interesting talks follow
ied., giving the inside of dairy
mans life. Mr.. B. R. Tillman of
Trenton, who is the proud owner Of
some, twenty of the best Jerseys to
besfound anywhere, talked at length
soi his experiences. Mr.. Tillman
stressed the matter of being kind to
the herd, saying that the person
who hits his cows is going TO get hit.
he also told Of the Importance of
using the Bah X tester and the
scales to rid tn, i of the "board-
iers in it. AZ lg these things
can be obta.. Clemson Col
Iege and the d. par. 4nt of Agricul-
ltare at Washington, he said. Mr..
Tiilman is building his herd SO as to
not have any cows in it that will
give less than about 500 pounds of
butter each year, which it seems to
as is real cow. Feeding plays a
great part in the game, SO says Mr..
Tillman. He says that one can raise
his own feed alright, but he may find
fonble in properly mixing the home
feeds unless he studies the matter
aRdsgets a little help from Clemson
College. He says that Ciemson's feed
man stayed with him one day and
Showed him how to properly mix his
Feed and this work has been worth
Intsa5 dollars to him. The siloS is.ia;
paying part Of ones equip is
the opinion of Mr.. Tillman, as well
as of every dairyman. Mr.. Tillman
says that the dairy industry proper
ly developed will make the "Ridge"
a rich country. He says that the bus
mess has paid him and has paid him
well, but he wanted everyone to un-
derstand that to succeed meant work
all day long for 365 days in the year.
He said that the man who expects
to get Sundays off, the Fourth of
July, Labor Day, and such like, had
no place in the dairy business.
Another talk just as interesting
as that of Mr.. Tillman's was the one
by Mr.. w. A. Mobley, Johnston's
only dairyman. Mr.. Mobley said
that Mr.. Tillman had left little for
him to say, but he would further
stress the matter of ones work and
help about the barn. He said that he
had been in the business for ten
years and the best hired man he had
found was the plain "Allen" Mobley.
He told of how he had used care in
caring for his cans, etc., until he had
gotten his milk very low in bacterial
content. He says he is shipping into
Columbia and that his milk is being
used for babies. Plenty of hot water
and steam will kill bacteria, he says.
Mr.. Mobley says that, it took him 10
years to learn that he could not get
along without a silo. He fills his
twice each year.
The other talk was given by Mr..
C. Schmolke, of the Extension Ser
vice of Clemson College and the
Department of Agriculture, and who
comes as an experienced dairymay
from Africa, where he had fifteen
years in the work there. Since coming
to America, Mr.. Schmolke has taken
a two-year course at Iowa State Col
lege, specializing in dairying. Mr..
Schmolke says that the condition
brought on by the boil .weevil is sim
liar to the one of his country when
ostrich feathers went to pieces on
account of the ladies' styles changing
His people turned to dairying, he
said and were saved. They did not
make as much money as they had
been. making, but they made a sub
stancial living and had steady in
come. Mr.. Scbmolke says that our
IL 4bo corno h11t thau |