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Vol. XXXII. No. 25.
SATURDAY, JUNE 23, J917
THE DAIRY COW A GREAT
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S a means of supplying one of the very best human foods at a low
cost, the dairy cow is first among livestock. And, when rightly
fed and managed, she will produce food at almost as low cost
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balanced, no cow, however good, can do her best. And during
these times of high-priced feeds economy, demands that the home
raised feeds be used as far as possible. There is still time to make
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GOOD DAIRY COWS, RIGHTLY FED AND CARED FOR, ARE A SOURCE OF CHEAP. AND EXCELLENT HUMAN FOOD
per unit of heat value as, it is possible to produce it in any form, animal,
or vegetable. Mr. Reed made. this clear in last week's paper. - -The
South needs more dairy cowsmillions more of them. There's
hardly a family, white or black, landowning or tenant, that does not
need at least two good cows, -and many
might well have more than this number.
One cow, however good, is not enough,;
because even with the best .of manage
ment one cow does not assure us an ade
quate year-round : milk-suppjly; Two
cows will provide all the milk needed by.
the small family; but' in order to do this
t is necessary," first, ;tnat the cows be
good Qne's; and, second, that they have
the best of care, and attention.'
Right now the average Southern farmer
can devote" hlmseif to no better tdsk than
that of , getting these cows, in case he
does not already Ha ve them; and then in: .
Minng an abundant supply of the best
home-raised feeds. ' -
For without . plenty of feed, rightly
. DON'T-FAIL TO READ
Prepare Land Early for Fall Irish Potatoes
What the Garden Gives Us in June .
Humus: The Part It Plays in Soil Fertility
Lest We Forget . . ..
Cultivating Corn , to Save Moisture
Plant Plenty, of Feed Crops for the Milk Cows .10
A Variety of Comment ". ....
Lightening the Summer Work for the House
wife :t : i..-a',..::;; '
Better Marketing Facilities Needed . . . . .
Plant Som Spanish Peanuts Now: . . ..' .
a Bermuda pasture, and we regard a good pasture as one of the very
first essentials in cheap milk production. When tb the Bermuda we
also add bur and white clover and lespedeza, we will have as nearly
a year-round pasture as it is possible to have, and will have gone far
toward solving the feeding problem.
Rough feeds for winter use must also be
provided; and that we may have plenty of
these big crops of soy beans and cowpeas
should be planted and made into hay. A
good sized patch of ; Abruzzi rye for win
, ter grazing will also be of immense help.
Then by exchanging the cotton seed for
meal and feeding this, we'll have made
these do double duty in helping supply
milk and butter and soil fertility.
Given these two good cows and plenty
of good feeds and we have taken a long
step toward living at home and living,
too, on the most wholesome food that
can be had.. Don't fail to provide your
farm with plenty of good milk cows; they
will help you far along the road to inde
pendence. V . ' : ,
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