The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-05-19
AGRICULTURAL. COLUMN
Articles on Agriculture and
Home Economics by County
and Homo Demonstration
Agents.
Care Of Cream for Shipping and
Selling to Cream Station

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aream station at Due West was
forced to close and now that it has
reopeued to receive cream again
Tuesday, we should do all that we
can to get the most money out Of it.,
to make it a success and better
market in the future by furnishing
cream Of good quality. This can be
done only by giving the milk and
cream proper care.
Clean Utensils Very Important
When milk is first MIXED from
the udder Of the cow it is absolutely
sIean and sterile and will keep sweet
If kept so.
The utensils should be thoroughly
washed, scalded and placed in the
sun after each milking.
The udder of the cow should be
washed and dried, then MIXED with
dry hands.
Care of Milk
Immediately after milking, the
milk should be thoroughly cooled.
this can be best accomplished by
cooling with cold water, either by
placing the milk in deep bucket
and lowering into a well, or by
placing in a tub of cold water.
After the cream has "risen" to
the top, it may be skinned off and
added to cream from other milkings.
Never mix warm and cold cream or
warm or cold milk together as they
vii! Immediately sour.
The cream should be kept in a
cool place until ready for delivery.
Boil Weevil Poisoning Demonstra-
tions
Mr.. V. V. Williams, specialist in
Boil Weevil Poisoning has been Sc.
cured by the Extension Depart
ment from the Delta Laboratory,
Tullulah, La. He will have charge of
Boil Weevil Poisoning Demonstra-
tions throughout the State.
Mr.. Williams has been actively
engaged in the poisoning work in
Louisiana and 1 feel that he can be
of a great deal of assistance to Abb
beville County.
1t is my desire to have ten farm
ers in the County who are planning
to poison and will poison under Mr..
Williams direction.
These farmers will be selected
largely from a standpoint Of &C
eessibility in their communities and
neighboring farmers will be notified
from time to time when dusting
demonstrations will be given on the
farms of the farmers selected. In
this way 1T is hoped to reach
maximum number of farmers with
authentic instructions On poisoning.
The South vs.. The North in Hog
Production
40 you know that the South has
natural advantages over the North
that make it possible for the South
10 grow hogs more cheaply than any
other section?
Our Advantages
l. We can Craze hogs twelve
months in the year.
2. The mild climate permits every
SOW to raise two litters of pigs
year.
8. We can grow a greater variety
of feed crops and with less cost.
4. We do not have to have expen-
sive houses.
5. Due to type Of crops and eli
mate, the hogs can harvest their own
crops and at the same time increase
the fertility of the soil.
6. We can arrange to market our
hogs at the top of the market every
year in April and August without
their having been fed one day dur
ing the entire seven months.
Do you know that in spite of the
sbove advantages, the Corn Belt to-
day produces not less than three
fourths of the meat consumed in the
United States?
Now since the arrival of the boil
weeviI, aren't you missing a good
chance for something to take the
~fsce Of so much cotton? Why not