The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-05-05
THIS is THE DAY
! OF DIVERSIFICATION
Farmer Must Change His System OF
Farming From Old Rigid
Cotton System

It is a universal fact that the Sou
tbcrn farmer must change his system
of farming from the old rigid cotton
system to a more diversified one;
branching out into a new field which
promises a wider range of crops and
more continual income in all
months of the year utilizing live
stock through which to sell those
crops. The extension departments OF
the state departments of agriculture
are advocating this, seeing in 1t
more stable prosperity for the SOU
thern farmer. True, cotton always
will be the cash crop of the South
and rightfully should be, the point
being that it is not the only source OF
income and where one thing tails
there may be another to fall back on.
In this new capacity the dairy cow
plavs a large part. Considering that
through the sale of cream the dairy
cow will return a steady income OF
approximately S45.00 per month
from only 10 gallons of milk per day,
leaving all the skim milk, manure,
calves and varied forms of dairy
foods for the daily meals. she neces-
: sarilv can not be overlooked and Of
fers a real hope Newberry is soon
/ to have a creamery through which the
farmer can dispose Of his butter fat.
There will also be a. poultry plant IN
connection offering a sale for poul-
try and eggs-one Of the most pro-
! fitable by-products of the dairy COW
as skim milk is most profitaoly TED
to poultry and hogs:
| Looking at the fact that the farm
er has the COWS or wishes to purchase
few and the fact that a market Tor
cream is about to be established there
is only one remaining factor-the
consideration of which can not be dis
regarded, farmers must grow their
feed at home. 1t is folly to think OF
hauling the cream to the creamery
and getting check to buy feed to
haul back to feed Che COWS. The far
mer who contempIates this must do
it conscious, or unconscious of the
fact that no profit will be the result.
The way around this problem is SIM
ple. Grow those feeds at home. No
country was ever more suitably
adapted to the growing of proper
feeds which may be balanced into a
good dairy ration than the South and
more specifically South Carolina or
even Newberry county. To produce
butter-fat the cow must be fed suit
able feeds and all suitable feeds can
be grown at home.
! In answer to the question, "What
feeds must I grow?" there is this to
offer. There must Hbe legume hay
:. That may be of sny of the clovers,
alfalfa, vetch and oats, soy beans,
sorghum any or any grass hay. There
must be grains, such. as corn, oats,
velvet beans, cow PEAS, soy beans and
cotton seed meal. Finally pastures
for the summer months must not be
overlooked. Pastures need attention
Just as any other crop, then silage is
the best succulent feed known to the
dairy industry and if man has 10
or more COWS a silo is indispensable
Green pasture crops are also of great
Importance and the farmers well
know the value to land when green
crops are grazed, and no animal sub
mits more proftably to the grazing
of good pastures and green crops than
the dairy cow.
Finally the farmer must. learn to
have his COW come fresh in t''e fall
of the year-thus avoiding the dry
hot months and fields of late summer
The dairy cow is an interesting ami
nal and responds to good treatment
more quickly than any other animal
and at the same time defies any ami
NAL to respond to that sort of treat
ment with more profitable returns.
The dairy cow is conducive to diver
sifed systam of farming and to the
slogan of 'Iive at home" No human
food has ever been devised to take
the place of the natural product of
, the dairy cow-milk and its products.
The dairy extension force of Clemson
college, cooperating with Mr.. T. NJ.
Mills, county agent, and the business
: men of Newberry, together with the
, officials of the creamery and the
chamber of commerce are planning a
dairy campaign of the county in con-
nection with the creamery soon. Far
mers are urged to take advantage of
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