The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 09, 1916, Page TWO, Image 2
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TO HAVE TICKFREE
LIYE STOCK.
FARMERS BEGINNING TO REALIZE
FULL BENEFITS OF TICK
ERADICATION CAMPAIGN.
In the ever-growing area frorr
the enttlo tick has been elimi
nated demonstration agents are now
showing the people how they car
realize the full benefits of their sue
cess in the campaign or eradication
. Purebred stock is being brought ir
r to improve the quality of the native
cattle, farmers who have never paic
any attention to live stock are beinj
instructed in the fundamental prin
* dples of economical and efficienl
feeding, and cream routes anc
creameries are being established ir
sections where they were unheard ol
in the days of the ticks.
An interesting instance of what t
creamery can do for a community i.?
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afforded by the nistory 01 me out
established in cooperation with Clem
son college in South Carolina. Ir
September, 1914, the creamery hac
five patrons whose 25 cows furnished
.608 pounds of butter fat that
^ month. In October a cream route
% a. v r v
1 was established and the number of
patrons increased to 17. More routes
were started from time to time,
each new one bringing in more pa.
trons, until in August, 1915, aftei
a year's work, 227 farmers were
seuding in the cream from 833 cows
The total amount of butter fat delivered
to the creamery that month
}- was 14,815 pounds. For it th<
farmers received $3,851.88, an aver
age of approximately $17 each.
The significant feature of this
creamery's success, however, is nol
* the amount of money that it broughl
in, but the fact that it opened up ar
absolutely new source of income t(
the community. Before its estab
lishment dairying was unthought of
If there was a surplus of milk on i
farm it was usually disposed of as
butter at the nearest store in returi
for a little sugar or tea. The ordi
nary run of farm butter, however
was so little thought of that evei
when taken in trade it brought onl]
about half of what the creamer]
could afford to pay for the buttei
^ fat. In consequence no one regard
ed milk as a reliable source of in
come. That it could be actually
made to bring in cash each montl
was revelation. So new to the peo
pie was the idea, indeed, that th<
checks from the creamery were fre
* 1 ! 1
quently stored away instead 01 De
ing cashed, and the managers hac
to go over the routes and explair
the necessity for turning them in.
When the creamery opened th(
proper equipment for dairying was
practically unknown. The people
had to be instructed in the use ol
- the separator and in practicallj
every detail connected with the
handling of cream. Furthermore,
the available cows were all native
scrubs which received little attention
and gave in return little milk.
All this has been changed very materially
already and is being changed
still more. Of the 44 dairy houses
' built in South Carolina during the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, 40
were built by patrons of the creamery.
On one of the cream routes
the farmers united in the cooperative
purchase of a guGd bull and on
five others live-stock associations
have been formed for general improvement.
The number of cows is
also being increased, one man distributing
a carload among his neigh'
boys'. Another farmer is described
in a letter as "trading bales of cot'
< ton for cows."
The importation of good bulls,
g- T both for beef and dairy herds, is of
jflMM^yroecial significance, since this was
the
cic ron
inR up the
and there
feeding
attractive
true
kind
poor
B|^H|HA} as
BH|HB^Hk
grading up herds are very great.
The history of a large plantation in
Tennessee is an instance of this.
The place was an old cotton plantation
which was so run down that
, much of it had been abandoned altogether
and was overrun with
sedge grass and briars when the
owner determined to make it into a
stock farm. At that time Tennessee
was not yet free from ticks, so that
he had to do his own dipping. In a
[ year he succeeded in getting rid of the
scourge, and purebred Shorthorn
bulls were then brought in, These
were used with the native cows,
j which ranged in value from $12 to
$20 a head and weighed from 500
r
* to 700 pounds. The calves which
^ resulted weighed an average of 800
j pounds when they reached the Chicago
market, and sold for 8 cents a
^ pound, or $64 a head. They were
then from 15 to 18 months old. This
farm is now shipping much of its
breeding stock into the tick-free
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ft
It is, of course, not every stockman
who can afford the exclusive
j use of|a purebred bull. The small
farmer with one or two cows gains,
however, just as much in proportion
by breeding them to a purebred ini
#
' stead of a scrub, and the gain is
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even more important to him. For
J this reason the department is now
' encouraging the formation of livestock
associations and bull clubs in
which a number of farmers unite in
the purchase of a bull. The county
agents and special demonstrators
are also urging upon farmers in the
' areas recently freed from the ticks
the following plan for getting a
start in the livestock industry:
1. Get Bermuda grass started on
all pastures. Improve the pastures
further by sowing some lespedeza
and bur clover on the uplands and
some alsike clover or white clover
on the bottom lands.
2. Grow more hay and other forage
on which to winter the stock; or
erect a silo if you have as many as
10 dairy cattle or 20 beef cattle.
3. Bring in good bulls to use for
grading up the native cattle. Do
not try to use purebreds to begin
with.
4. If not able to buy a bull for
individual use. form a bull club.
5. Form a community club or
county live-stock association so that
members may exchange bulls every
two years and thus obtain maximum
service from a bull without breeding
him to his own offspring.
6. Heifers of the beef breeds
should not drop calves unm mey
are 30 months old.
7. Breed all beef cows so as to
1 calve during February, March, and
April.
8. Breed ail dairy cows so as to
calve in the fall.
9. Wean the beef calves in the
P
fall. Give them plenty of good,
bright hay, silage if available, and
about 1 pound of cottonseed meal
' per day for the first month. After
that they can be wintered on the
roughage produced on the place and
a little concentrate.
10. The breeding stock in the beef
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neru may ue given mc i uu vi mc
stalk fields until the middle of winter
and then fed on rougnage. As
the cows will be carrying calves,
they should be kept in a thrifty condition.
11. If possible, dip all of the stock
each spring and fall to keep them
free of lice and to put their skin in
good condition.
12. Never keep a grade bull for a
sire if a purebred one can be secured.
Rank Foolishness.
You occasionally see it stated that
colds do not result from cold weather.
That is rank foolishness. Were
it true colds would Ik? as prevalent
in midsummer as in midwinter.
The microbe that causes colas nourishes
in damp, cold weather. To
get rid of a cold take Chamljerlain's
Cough Remedy. It is effectual and
is highly recommended by people
who have used it for many years as
occasson required, and know its real
value. Obtainable eveywhere.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic^yflMhitcontains the
well known
and
out
Builds Bp
Report R. C. S. Commission.
The seport of the Red Cross Seal i
commission for this year has been ?
completed, and the final report of |
the 1915-16 campaign has been made I
public by Miss Julie Heyward, agent j
for the seals in South Carolina. The
outcome of the sale this year,though
not as large as was expected, shows
an encouraging increase over the
sales last year.
The seals were on sale in 150 j
towns in this State, and there were /
sold during the holidays approximately
239,000 at one cent each.
This means approximately $2,390
for anti-tubercuiosis work. Out of
i this amount only 10% is sent to the
American Red Cross, while the remainder
is spent in South Carolina
by the various anti-tuberculosis
leagues and by the Red Cross Seal
commission in advertising and relief
work in the struggle against tuberculosis.
There are in South Carolina six
anti-tuberculosis associations, some
of them small but all doing good
work?Charleston, Columbia, Greenville,
Spartanburg, Sumter and SociHill?o ">/ !
in tKioco nlncpq 7Sl<C of
CIJ Hill auu iu luvuv ?
the proceeds from the sale of seals
is kept to aid in the work of the local
association.
Wood's Productive
Seed Corns. ,
Our Virginia-grown Seed
Corns have an established
reputation for superiority in
productiveness and germinating
qualities.
Wood's Descriptive Catalog
tells about the best of prize-winning
and profit-making varieties in
both Whit* and Yellow Coma.
Cotton Seed.
We offer the best and most improved
varieties, grown in sections
absolutely free from boll weevil.
Our Catalog gives prices and information,
and tells about the best of
Southern Seeds,
100-DAY VELVET BEAN a, aoja v
Beam, SUDAN GRASS, Dallis Grass
and all Sorghums and Millets.
Catalog mailed free on request.
T.W.WOOD & SONS,
SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va.
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Recover
So her doctor said. Her
friends and neighbors felt
sure of it too. They have
used Peruna themselves
and know of its merits.
That old cough that had
worried her for years and i
years, for which she had \
taken all sorts of cough
medicines, has disappeared.
Peruna is doing the work.
J She will recover. Indeed,
| sne nas recovered.
Her name is Mrs. William
Hohmann, 27C4 Lincoln Ave.. '
Chicago, Ills. She had .suffered |
with catarrh of the bronchia! jj
tubes and iiad a terrible coup'r. ,
ever since a child. As she pet 'j
older she grew wor?"\ She
coughed both wintor ar.d sum- if
mer. Iiad to sit on at iiiph'.. j;
Could not sleep. "Eut ail that
has left me new. Peruna has j!
cured me."
There are others, ar.d there ;
is a reason.
Some iiooa woros.
Rev Sam Greene,a colored preacl
?r of this county, sent us the follow
ing and asked that it be published:
"Some among the best things i
life are, to work hard, be truthfu
and deal squarely, for the more w
make for our employers the mor
they will have to give us."
These are good words, and if th
colored race, as well as the whit<
would make this their standard c
living, how much better the worl
be. Be truthful,'.honest and pers<
vering, and the world will treat yo
right. The man who goes right i
his dealings and gives his best ser
ices, no matter how small the job h
is doing, is not the man who stanc
on the street corners talking of har
luck.?Saluda Standard.
Put two men in a bed, one wit
the toothache and other lovesic!
and the man with the toothache wi
go to sleep first.
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