Dairying in Caldwell county is making progress, says Count Farm Agent Roberts. The dairying industry is gaining friends every month. Within a few years there will be a complete change in the agricultural life of the county, in the belief of Mr. Roberts. The natural facilities for keeping dairy cows in Caldwell county and for profitable dairying only need a little development along the right lines. Some of the advantages of dairy farming over the present system of farming Caldwell county are defined by Mr. Roberts as follows:
Dairying provides a steady cash income from the sale of cream or milk throughout the year.
Dairying improves the soil and increases land value.
Dairying equalizes the distribution of labor throughout the year.
Dairying provides a profitable market for feed crops grown on the farm.
Dairying utilizes waste land for pasture, which might not otherwise be used.
Caldwell has climatic conditions so that feed crops can be grown successfully.
Soy bean hay is an indispensable crop for dairy cows. Early spring pastures and full pastures of wheat, oats or rye help to shorten the feeding period and reduce the cost of producing milk.
Good cows.
Proper feeding of cows.
A profitable market for butter fat.
A good dairy cow should produce at least 6,000 pounds of milk or 200 pounds of butter fat per year. Few cows in Caldwell county come up to this record of production.
Good cows may be obtained by purchase and by breeding and testing, and the Caldwell Co-operative Creamery offers a profitable market for butter fat.
Fred H. May, editor and manager of The Lenoir News-Topic, published advice on dairying from the county agent as his lead editorial on Friday, April 27, 1923. D.W.M. Roberts was the Agricultural Extension county agent.
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