The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-12-01
A New Industry.
Editor County Record,

HuiSoi SSohSy 1sSSSAS
1t has recently been my pleasure
to note through your columns favor
able mention of the establishment by
the writer of a creamery and poultry
house here in Florence. The plant
j now under construction and will be
ready for operation Deforea Christmas.
1t will be known as the Colonial
Creamery Company, whose intention
it is to manufacture butter from sep
srated cream shipped in by the farm
ers and also for the purpose of buying,
n;lk-feeding and dressing poultry and
the handling of eggs, all to be pur-
chased from the same source.
May l take this opportunity of ex-
pressing my appreciation of this fav-
cradle recognition? i is gratifying
to know that we nave publications
that gives recognition to all classes OF
industries that promise relief to our
Southern farmers who now find it nec-
essary to free themselves from the
one crop idea.
For years I was located in the
Southwest engaged in the same line
of business and after returning to
civil life at the close of the recent
war availed myself of the opportunity
of becoming associated with the larg-
est produce house in the state of In
diana. This connection was made on
account of the fact that desired to
get more general experience and
some of the northern ideas of conver-
sion and conversation before / en-
barked in business for myself in the
Gear old Southland.
In looking for location I spent
several months touring the country,
through. Kentucky, Tennessee and
North and South Carolina. In my
travels I found many possibilities tina,
held out hopes Of quicker returns than
did Florence. This feature however
did not appeal to me for the reason
that considered it more or less super
fetal. Rather instead I chose this
point on account of the fact that il
offered the greatest possible future
development and expansion on ac-
count of its utter lack of production
due largely to lack of education, its
favorable climatic conditions, soil
needy and responsive to animal fer
siiizer combined with adequate rail;
road facilities covering the entire
Atlantic Coast from New York to
Florida. 1t seemed to me that nc
other point offered such possibilities
for developing a large and useful in
dustry as did the Pee Dee section OF
South Carolina.
Since having decided definitely to
locate here I have familiarized my
self more thoroughly with other parts
of the South and find many points of,
fering just as good en- opportunity
While 1 shall endeavor, by the goth
of December, to afford every cream
producer, within the radius of three
hundred miles of Florence, a ready
cash market for his cream, providing
the product. is properly cared for and
shipped at regular intervals, the mat
ter of encouraging other plants
should be fostered.
l would really and truly like to see
every publication in the South vigor-
ously get in behind this matter Of
produce development which includes:
first, cream production; second, prop
e. development of young dairy stock;
third, poultry and eggs; fourth, hogs.
Another product which must not
be overlooked is the manure produced
from the above mentioned, including
the cow herself. In the course of a
few years, if this manure is properly
conserved and economically distrib-
uted, it will materially reduce our
commercial fertilizer bills, and make
it possible for US to produce, on fewer
acres, more feed stuffs with less ex-
pense and labor.
There should be no question in the
minds of any of US relative to the
matter of our comparative cost of
produce as against its cost in the
Northern states. The man that ad-
vances an argument against the pro-
duce possibilities of the South on ac-
count of his idea that it will cost too
much to produce it, is to be pitied
more than censured. His want or
lack of knowledge in this respect is
largely attributable to his greed for
knowledge of cotton production. Since
the boil weevil has become the great
est "ield agent" of the creamery and
produce business, our one time cotton
farmer is now confronted with the alb
solute necessity of fortifying himself