The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-02-24
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Breeding Dairy Cows For Fall
Ereshen Has Numerals
ADVANTAGES.

Advantages.
A dairy COW will give about 20 per
cent, or one-fifth. more milk or but
terfat if she freshens in the fall than
if she freshens in the spring, says
G. A. Hutton, dairy specialist, d.
vision Of Extension, University Of Of
Tennessee. Many other advantages
gained by having the dairy COW
freshen in the fall are pointed out
by Mr. Hutton, which are given
here.
If the COW is fresh in October or
November she will milk we'll through
the winter and when turned on pas
ture in the spring the succulent
grasses stimulate production, thus
keeping up the yield until the hot,
dry season, when flies are so bad.
The greatest yield is obtained dur
ing the winter, when the price Of
dairy products is the highest. Dairy
products bring the farmer about a
third more money in winter than in
summer.
More time is available for dairy
work during the winter, when there
is less field work to do. The winter
dairyman has better balanced labor
program than the summer dairyman
and is better able to meet the farm
Iqbor problem.
Calves dropped in the fall thrive
better than those dropped in the
spring and are ready to take care
Of themselves when turned into pas
ture in the spring.
The average CESSATION period for
the cow is 282 days. October and
November are good months for dairy
cows to freshen Cows bred in Janu-
arv and February will freshen in
October and November.
East Tennessee Has Nine Cheese
Factories.
G. NJ. Tobey, cheese specialist, re-
ports the opening Of another CO
operative cheese factory in East Ten
nessee, making nine now in operation
in this section. The new factory is
on Weaver branch, in Sullivan coun-
ty, and, according to Mr.. Tobey, it
began operation with 100 to $50 gal
Ions of milk daily, which is a larger
amount than any Of the other plants
began with. This factory was the
third one to BE erected in Sullivan,
the other two being at CRYSTAL
Springs and Mill Point. The factory
at Mill Point did a $4,000 business
last year. The eight factories in
operation in the section last year did
business Of more than $4,000.
They are run on cooperative basis
and they afford a splendid outlet for
the surplus supply of milk on the
neighboring farms and bring the
farmers nice sum of ready cash.
Farmers Find Cooperation Leads to
Better Marketing.
Experience has shown that farm
ers' cooperative marketing associa-
tions, organized along sound business
lines and with a sufficient volume Of
business, will offer regular, de-
pendable service to producers, say
specialists Of the Division Of Ex-
tension, University Of Tennessee.
Impossible results must not be ex-
pected, but producers, by organic
ing, can accomplish much that as
individuals they could not undertake,
as has been proven by number of
associations in many counties of
Tennessee.
Cooperative marketing associa-
ti0ns can assist in standardinzing
products, in improving grading and
packing. in furnishing storage IA
cilities, in gathering and using
market and crop information and in
locating new markets. A marketing
association can do much more adj
vertising than single producer
could afford and it can buy farm sup
plies at quantity prices for its men,
bers.
Size Of Garden Has Effect on
Methods.
This is the time of year when
much thought is given the garden
by both farmers and many people
in the cities, and in this connection
they should remember that the size
of the garden should have a definite
effect on the gardening methods
used. This is based on the expert
ence Of gardeners who have worked
both small and large areas.
The distinction holds between the
garden of limited area and the farm
garden. One seeks the greatest pos
sible production from a given area;
the other maximum production from
a given amount Of time and labor.
The gardener who has plenty of
land at his disposal will do we'll to
have long straight rows spaced far
enough apart for horse cultivation,
or at least for easy wheel-hoe work,
and he need give little attention to
the conservation Of space by inter-
cropping and succession cropping
The gardner whose land is limited,
however, and whose leisure hours are
relatively plentiful may be an in
tensive gardner.
He will have his soil as fertile as
possible, space the rows closely and
try to follow one crop by another the
same year Radishes grown be-
tween rows Of parsnips or carrots
will be gone before the latter crops
need the space. Lettuce may be
grown between cabbage rows and
even between cabbage plants in the
row. Onion sets may be thrust into
the ground wherever there is va
cant space and used early as green
onions. Peas and early turnips may
be removed in time for late snap
beans.
Club Boy Tops Big Sale With His
Pig.
Leonard Orr. Of Blount county,
Tenn, raised purebred Poland-
China gilt last year in the pic club.
He won third prize in the county pig 1