The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-09-13

dairying by small farmers in the To-
cality. In the previous six weeks,
80 dairy cows had been brought in
and sold, and in two weeks II men
had made inquiries for from 2 to IL
cows each. Practically all these far
nlers who are now keeping cows are
raising corn, velvet beans, hay, and
pasture.
In speaking of the success of men
who have taken up dairying following
the eradication of the tick, this crea-
merry man told of a farmer in the
county who now has four purebred
Gucrnseys and three grades of the
same breed. In the beginning, owing
to d lack Of knowledge Of feeding, lie
was selling only 6 orr pounds of but
ter a week and was making no profit
Through the assistance offered by the
creamery he improved his feeding
methods ,and three weeks later he
was selling $50 worth Of milk week.
Another farmer in the locality be-
gan dairying Is months ago with a
few purebred and some grades and
is now selling $35 worth of milk a
day, business that would have been
impossible for him in the days before
dipping. Although such figures are
incomplete and do not show cost of
production, they do show that former
cotton and tobacco growers are max
ing regular and substantial returns
from few cows.
Some men have increased their in
comes by selling milk with the expen-
diture of very little cash to get a
start. A farmer who owned three
cows, now free of ticks, wanted to
know if it would pay him to feed
them sell the cream. He was told that
they would pay and that an invest
ment in a cream separator would soon
be paid back In the extra butterfat
saved. Now the separator is paid for
andp the three cows are making him
$35 month.
None of these farmers have found
it necessary to put much money into
buildings, but they have found that
it pays to collect the manure and to
turn such materials as straw and
stalks into fertilizer.
Hogs are increasing in this new
dairy territory, and one of the larg-
est hog farms in the country was re-
Gently established in the county. This
farm takes al 1.-The skim milk and but
termilk from the creamery. Many of
the cow farmers who have skim milk
on hand say that it makes an excell-
ent poultry feed, increasing the pro-
duction of eggs noticeably.
Cows That Freshen in Fall Are Rest
Milk Producers
There arc varying opinions as to
the best time to have COWS freshen,
but after thorough study of the
records of 10,870 cows in Cd testing
associations the United States De-
partment of Agriculture has found
that cows dropping their calves in the
fall produce more milk and butterfat.
ranked first 20 times in average milk
production; winter freshening ranked
first 18 times; summer freshening 10
times; and spring freshening z times.
In butterfat production fall freshen-
ing was first 38 times, winter 13
times, summer times, and spring 7
times. The tabulated results and de-
tailed explanations have just been
published in Department Bulletin 1911
Influence of season Of Freshening on
Production and Income from Dairy
Cows, by j. C. Mcdowell. .'''
On an average the cows that fresh
ened in the fall, September, October
and November, produced $3.50 pounds
of milk, while those that frcshened in
the winter, summer and spring pro-