The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-08-31
Cattle Ticklers for South Carolinians.
The following is furnished The
County Record by the Department of

The following is furnished The
County Record by the Department Of
Agriculture, Washington, D. c.:
One serious drawback to dairying
has been discovered in South Carolina,
in the region that only recently was
freed of the cattle tick. One promi-
nent farmer who has an excellent
herd of Guernseys that has been win
ming prizes for him on the show cir
cult says that out Of five farms he
owns the only one on which he was
obliged to pay an income tax last
yearwas his dairy farm. His other
farms are devoted largely to cotton,
corn, and tobacco. He has not yet
advertised a sale Of his cows.
c. w. Schmolke, native of South
Africa who has been studying dairy
ing in this country, is now manager
of a creamery in Sumter county, S. C.
He says if this state had two-thirds
as many cows as Wisconsin it could
do away with five-sixths Of its fer
tilizer bill. It w be some time be-
fore the Palmetto state has that many
COWS, but individual farmers in sec
tions where ticks are no longer a
factor are reducing the fertilizer bills
on their own farms by introducing
the dairy cow and returning the ma
nure to the fields.
Being between two fires is not
much worse than being between the
cattle tick and the boil weevil, the
position still occupied by many South
arm farmers. Many a farmer in
South Carolina who did not appre-
ciete the advantage of the eradiction
Of the cattle tick, went in for cows
when the cotton pest arrived in num-
bers two years ago. Now they con-
slider themselves fortunate in having
dipped the tick before their more
persistent enemy arrived. They have
cut down the cotton acreage and are
now growing velvet beans, corn, and
cow-pea hay, about the only feeds
that are needed in addition to pasture
to keep a COW producing proftsbly.
In the Pee Dee section Of South
Carolina the dairy COW is increasing
in favor since the TICK has been lick
ed. Farmers who have been in nan
cial straits on account Of the boil
weevips appetite or for other causes
have been given credit to buy cows
by bankers who realize that a milk
producer is pretty safe bet when
there are no ticks around. In the
town Of Sumter, where there is a
creamery capitalized at $4,000, the
bankers have put up tho money for
many carloads of cows that have been
brought in during recent months.
They take the recommendation of
creamery manager as to the number
of cows a certain farmer may handle
advantageously and give him the
needed credit.
The Sumter Creamery Of Sumter,
is attracting a great deal of atten-
tion in that part of the country. The
capital stock of $4,000 is owned by
farmers and business men who are
interested in farms, no single person
having more than $1,000 worth of
stock. In addition to the regular but
ter business, the creamery retails
milk, cream, butter, and cottage
cheese, and an ice-cream business has
been started. "A lunch room has been
established at the creamery, which
is in the main part Of the town, and
there is a rest room for the conven-
and comfort of farm women. A few
years ago, when the cattle still held
this region, such an institution as
this modern creamery would have
impossible.
In a certain South Carolina COM
munity there is small farmer who
recently became an enthusiast on
dairy cows. But before he tried COWS
he decided that bank stock was q
better investment. He put $1,000 Of
hard-saved cash into bank that had
just been organized. The bank, ow-
ing to bad management, went to the
wall and most Of the money was gone.
Then he bought two purebred Guern-
sey cows. Each cow had a heifer
calf. Before these calves had reached