The Kinston contingent that went west a short while ago in quest of information as to dairying and perhaps other things, came back fully imbued with the thought that dairying would pay in Lenoir County.
It would pay if carried on more largely because it evidently does pay when pursued on a limited scale. Our long growing season, making two crops a year profitable, our good markets for dairy products, and our mild climate are conditions that are most favorable for this purpose. Every growing child should have at least two pints of milk to drink a day in order to develop a strong, healthy body and mind. Each home should see that it is equipped for providing itself with this almost necessary supply. This being done, the surplus could readily be disposed of.
Already Kinston has become quite an ice cream manufacturing center. So much is required that it has become necessary to seek a supply outside of Lenoir County. This should not be the case. Lenoir County should at least furnish enough milk for Lenoir County purposes.
And in addition to present demands for milk, a creamery would afford a profitable market for much more than is now available. This is another enterprise that should be established here when there is a sufficient milk supply in sight to furnish it. It would mean profit to the creamery manufacturer, to the farmer who supplies the milk, and to the man who wants to build up his land by enriching it from the dairy barn.
There are a whole lot of things Lenoir County can do besides feed the boll weevil.
From the editorial page of The Kinston Free Press, Saturday, Sept. 23, 1922, H. Galt Braxton, Editor.
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