First Creamery In This County, Paper Read By A. Arey, State Dairy Specialist. Although milk is one of our essen tial foods, and is necessary in the diet of children if satisfactory physi ical and mental development is to be obtained, the expansion of the dairy industry has been slow, but gradually in this state. Wholesale over-pro duction in dairy products as with cot ton or other staple farm crops is now likely to occur. Due to the confine ment necessary in keeping milk cattle nnd the more complicated nature of the business tanners in North Caro olina do not take to dairying as read ily as to the growing of cotton and tobacco. However, as the population increases, land values rise, or in times of agricultural diversity, efficiency in farm practices becomes more neces sary in order that a fair return may he secured on the farm investment. For such conditions the dairy cow is well adapted since she is the most 11 economical producer of human food of &11 domestic animals. It took the cotton panic in 1914, immortalized by the ‘'Buy a Bale Movanjent” to give the dairy industry of this state its first great impetus, Banks, business men and farmers un ited in an effort to put cows on the farms. Wonderful results were ob tained from this united effort. In some localities the development was too rapid. Men purchased cows before making provision for their feed and care, which resulted in a financial loss to them. Others began operations with the number-of cattle that could b<‘ properly fed largely from * feeds grown on their own fars. These farm i ers have stayed with the business and w addition to enjoying a regular monthly cash income from the sale (.f dairy products they are improving their soils and reducing their annual fertilizer bills. Just following the outnreak of the world \\ ar, cotton and tobacco prices ! went soaring. Cotton and tobacco j were kings and furnished sources of j “Easy Monev.’’ Farmers lost their I enthusiasm for dairy work. For sev j eral years landlords and tenants alike drove their automobiles and spurned the lowly toil of extracting the lac teal fluid from old Bossy. This seem ; ingly prosperity did not last long. The i deflation period began in 1920 and it ; was those farmers who stuck to their | cows who suffered least. In spite of this up and down prog i ress the last federal census shows | that substantial growth has been made in our dairy development. Tim number of daipr cows including heif from January 1, 1920 was* 354,-557, as compared with 308,914 reported for April 15, 1910. This represented an increase of 45,043, or 14.8 per cent. The farm value of dairy products in 1909 was $5,789,583 as compared with $14,912,137 for 1919, an increase of 157 per cent. First Creamery in 1909. The first commercial creamery that we have any record of was organized in Cleveland county at Mooresboro in 1909. Two others were organized soon atfer the Mooresboro plant, one at Shelby and the other at*Stan"ley, Gas ton county. These plants manufactur ed only butter from sour cream deliv ered to the plants from nearby farms. At first the output from each factory was very small and after a few years operation the plant in Gaston county was closed on account of an insuffi cient amount of cream to operate on. The Cleveland county plants have en joyed a gradual, but steady growth. Since their organization other sec tions have become interested in cream ery work and at present we have 1ft creameries in operation, which manu factured 1,800,000 pounds of butter last year at a market value of $731, aoo. The development of our city milk distributing plants can be used as an index to the growth of the dairy, in dustry around oui; larger cities. With the exception of two, all eleven of the present plants have come into exist ence within the past ten years. Their combined output of milk for 1923 was two million gallons. Thi? business has developed along with and without any loticeable effect on the retail milk in “Let Me Say This to Mothers * Who Force Castor Oil and Calomel on Their Children*' (I’irst of a Series of Three Interview:; with W. L. Hand.) • rn1 ^ in Charlotte. I make Liv-0 -Lax. It is used in nearly every home in Charlotte in place of calomel and castor oil. Charlotte women will tell you so, will tell you how glad they are to have Liv-O-Lax. “In fact, the mothers of Charlotte were really responsible for the dis covery ot Liv-O-Lax. ‘•It happened in this way— Originator v I was in the retail drug business for twenty-five years. Nearly every day, some woman would come into my store an dsny—1‘Haven’t you some lifjukl remedy that I could give the children in place of calomel? I hate ■to give them calomel. I cannot get them to take castor oil and they can not swallow a pill.’ A Real Disoovery, “This set me to thinking and ex perimenting, hut it was only after a long period of trying out numbers of prescriptions that looked good but always failed in some particular that I at last hie upon a mixture that does the work. I named it Liv-O-Lax be cause it ser/es a double purpose, re lieving congested liver and constipa tion at the same time. It is easy to take and children like it. • “For several years, I made Liv-O Lax just to fill the daily demands I have mentioned, in my own store, but when finally the reputation of Liv-O Lax spread from Charlotte into the surrounding towns and counties, I had to give up my drug store and go to manufacturing Liv-O-Lax in a large way. What Every Mother Knows. “That’s the story of Liv-O-Lax, and I want you to try it .because I think you know that there is such a close and mysterious relation between bil iousness. constipation, indigestion and colds that, like the hen and the egg, it is hard to tell sometimes W. L. H.VN'D, Charlotte, N. C. Whose long-continued invc-t’gc. tions and experiments are re counted in this interview. which came first. You know a laxa tive is needed in all these conditions and yet the usual laxative fails, as a rule, th relieve colds and biliousness because it has not sufficient action on the liver. Glad to Send Samples. “You can get Liv-O-Lax at your drug store. It is not only a remedy for children, but does the same work for grown-ups. If you would like a sample bottle write jng.” W. L. Hand, president. W. L. Hand Medioine Co., Charlote, N. C. Ad flue ~ h*m Royster Fertilu months so that your its use will swell the earnings from I fOW can you tell Royster’s ** “cured” Fertilizer from fertilizer that has not been aged? The greatest difference is seen in the more profitable crops grown by the cured fertilizer, but there is a difference even to the untrained eye! After the first mixing, Royster’s goods are placed in great bins where they age from four to six months. They are then re-milled and bagged. The fine grinding of the ingredients and the close association of the plant-food elements bring about a more complete chemical action dur ing this aging, making a fertilizer which is readily available to the plant from seed time to harvest. The curing and re-milling are two of the reasons successful farmers say “Royster’s helps to make bigger and better crops.” Don’t buy fertilizer in a hit or miss fashion any longer. Put your faith ip the old, well-known Royster reputation and ask for Royster’s Fertilizer by name. F. S. Royster Guano Company NORFOLK . COLUMBIA - ATLANTA . MONTGOMERY ROYSTER TIelcf “Tested Tertjfizers j / Th<> ice creatu industry ofthe state has enjoyed a phenomenal growth. I radically all of the plans now in , operation have been developed within ! the past ten years. It is difficult to se | cure reliabe information on the quan j til.v of ice cream manufactured since !u large amount of it is made up by drug stores and cafes on which no data is available. The record that I have been able to secure indicate that one million gallons of ice cream was manufactured in this s\ate during 1923. At present % u considerable amount of the dairy products used in making this cream is imported from other states. This should not be the case and I hope that in the near fu ture our milk production will be in creased so that the local supply will be equal to the demand. First Cheese Factory. In the fall of 1915 a small cooper ative cheese factory was started at Cove Creek, Watauga county. This plant has acted as a nucleus around which a fuirly large cheese industry has grown. The development of this phase of the industry has been lather slow, hut there were many obstacles to overcome. The cattle of this section were of the beef type and it was necessary to cgplace them with dairy cows in order to secure economical milk production. The beef cattle re cived very little feed and care from their owners during the winter. Dairy cows cannot withstand such Adverse conditions without reflecting it in the milk pail, so it was necessary for the farmers to erect silos and better barns in order that their milk cattle might receive the feed and care neces sary for profitable milk production The combined output of cheese from the factories in operation last sum mer, (as the majority only operate during the summer months), was ap proximately 160,000 pounds. The Cove Creek factory h*s been experimenting in the. manufacture of Swiss cheese for the past two years and have found that this type of cheese can be made'there of as high quality as that imported. Plans ire now being made bv this factory to begin the making of Swiss on a com mercial scale since the returns to the farmer for milk converted into Swiss cheese is greater than that for milk manufactured in Cheddar cheese. Improvement in Quality. A great improvement has been made in the quality of our dairy cows durine the past ten'years as shown by official milk and fat records and show ring exhibits. Mr. R. L. Shuford of Newton was the first man to do of ficial testing. He began in 1909 and has had cows on test continuously since then. Other breeders have taken ud the work until at present we have 25 representing all four of the impor tant dairy breeds with around 140 <*qws on test continuously. The first cow to complete an official record was a Jersey with a production of 8,330 pounds of milk and ^g.7 pounds of butterfat. Since this record was made a large number of other cows have completed records which showed a gradual increase'in the amount of milk and fat produced. Last year a senior 3-year-old Holstein cow, owned by Mrs. J. F. Stephens, of Greensbo ro, produced 20,664 pounds of milk and 669J5 pounds of fat. During the j same period a junior 4-year-old Jer sey cow owned by R. E. McDowell, of Charlotte nroduced 12,451 pounds of milk and 739.9 pounds of fat. Such Records go to prove that our present average of milk production of 2,666 pounds is not necessary and that good milk cows well fed and cared for will make records of production in this state that will compare favorably with those of our best dairy sections. During the past ten years marked progress thas been made in grdding up of our milk cows by the use of good pure bred sires having regis ter of merit backing. Some of our breeders realize the importance of “good sire” and have spent much time and money in securing the best bred bulls that their means will permit. Their efforts along this line have not been in vain since there are cases on record in this state where the average milk production of the offspring of a good bull was 18 per oant higher than that of the dams. Only the more important phases of our dairy development have been re ferred to. There are many others of minor imortance that could Jre enum erated, but as yet the field for dairy development in this state has only been scratched considering the natur al advantages offered in this branch of agricultural endeavor. have the markets, a mild climate, favorable conditions for growing feeds and have proven that good production can be obtained when our cows are well fed and carejl for. So I predict for the next ten'years a much greater devel opment than has taken place during the past ten. Davidson and Wilson. Charlotte Observer. ,While Davidson College is peculiar ly grieved by the death of Woodrow Wilson, It has consolation in the hon or reflected upon the institution by its most illustrious son. It is porperly a source of pride to Davidson. and should always be, that “Thomas” Wilson, as Davidson knew him as a a student, obtained a portion of his preparation for his marvelous career withjn h$r venerable walls and upon haf campus. Incidentally, the death of Mr. Wil son was the ocasion for a bit of the most far-reaching publicity that Davidson has ha8 in years. The Asso ciated Press carried to the four cor ,,trs oi me nation on Sunoav night the story of Woodrow Wilson’s year ' as a student at. aDvidson college, a i story of such interest, on the occasion j of his passing, that it must have ! found space in practically every stand 1 urd morning newspaper in the lend. It j i# n pretty sufe assumption that mll , lions of people read the little story of j Wilson's college days who did not re j member ever having hV«rtl of David son college before. FATHER AND SON SERVED IN NAVY FOR 10G YEARS Reaf A trict for less than $24,000. Located* on North Washington street, 1C5 ft.i frontage, depth 70 feet. Unusual op-" portunity for the man who knows values. Call W. C. Harris, Paragon* building, Phone 668. 2-5#». EVANS E. McBRAYER will sell you SHIRTS and SOCKS at prices based on 15c cotton. EVANS E. McBRAYER Can save yon $5.00 30 a suit of clothes See him today. » • / _ EVANS E. McBRAYER Will sell you a suit of clothes of qual ity for less. • S e e him today. ( SEE THE SHOES AND OXFORDS EVANS E. McBRAYER Sell* for $4.95. EVANS E. McBRAYER For your Spring 'Suit, Hat and Oxfords. He will sell you your outfit for less 100 STYLEPLUS SUITS > N AT $22,50 and $27.50. EVANS E. McBRAYER