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FARM DEPARTMENT
Conducted by P. H. Ward, Farm Demonstration Agent
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for sale
Successful Marketing ! county, tfie aboved mentioned for-
Sineo the establishment of the ees often eall n country 1 f.i confer-
parcel post system, the marketing cnee somewhoro in the county and
of good butter has become an easy subject along with other sub-
matter even in small quantities, jeets is discussed. A shipment of
The work of Mias Elizabeth D. butter is made by some member cf
Abernathy as a leader of the Pleas- the Normal Butter Club to this
ant Valley Community in Tonnes- conference as a demonstration of
see has proven beyond a doubt that the certainty of the undertaking,
the quality can be so standardized After these conferences some oi.e
in a community ns to furnish but- or uiore of the above workers go
tor that will please the must exact- '"to the communities of those who
ing city customers. Tne ( Sample became interested in the work
of Mrs. Alexander of Tennessee, through the county conform t and
whose letter appeared in Hoard’s organize n community club. Whoa
Dairyman cf July 14th U also the newa la gins to spread around
proof of the fact that a single through the country that certain
farmer can find a profitable tnui- people arc shipping butter through
ket for farm butter. ! t,;c mail and getting almost double
. what they had been getting, the
State Normal School is Working interest begins to grow. The work
Out a System is sometimes started in a county
Encouraged by the" success of b >’ fi , n , din » one person who makes
Mrs. Alexander as an individual K ood gutter and showing her how
We believe that good home made | and by Miss Elizabeth Abernathy to " x 11 01 Cupping by parcel post,
butter of absolutely first class quali- j as a leader of a community, the Distribution of the Butter
ty and put up in attractive shape j Extension Department of the Nor- j To bcK ; n j 1( ( | le bu(tM . 0 f tbe
could be sold in considerable quail- mal School at Florence, Ala., has , , T „ .
........ . . , . r . : . , . , i r ii « .i *i club was all sent, to Florence where
lily in this town at forty to forty undertaken to do for all North Al- .
five cents to the consumers. And abama what the above parties have 11 was uispected and distributed by
done for themselves and their com- >be Extension Department of the
munities. A few good butter- Florence Normal School. Florence
makers were found and organized a town of 7,000 people and offers
into the Normal Butter Club. a r 0 ^cly market for from 500 to 800
The requirements for membership , ,,
...... - „ pounds of this butter per month..
in tins club are ns follows:
1—To guarantee every pound of Distributing points can usually bo
butter by agreeing to replace any found in one or more towns located
package that is unsatisfactory or to in the counties in which the butter
refund the money upon the return ; 3 madCi For the people in a town
of the butter. (0 b e a D7c to get from the surroud-
2.—To read carefully bulletin . .
No. 541, “Farm But termaking” mg country a superior quality 1m -
Rnisc milk cows
There's money in it.
A high class milk cow is worth u
hundred dollar.? or mor > any cl. y.
We do not say that it will pay
better to raise a milk cow in Clrady
county than it will n beef animal,
but the evidence points that way.
•Swat the cattle tick. The Fed
eral Government now believes that
it will be possible to rid the South
of this pest, in the next five years.
Get ready to plant oats. In this
seetjon they should be'planted be-
twoen October 15th and December
1st. And certainly not later than
January 1st.
Plant some Dwarf Essex Rape
now it will help cut wonderfully
with those hogs a little later.
Plant as you would Rutabegars
and you will succeed with it.
who says that will not beat coll on
growing?
Plow the Gution Fields
Wlint we co isider to bo a mis
taken notion on the part of some
prevails in regard to steps necessary
• for the fall control of the boll wee
vil. Stress has been 'laid on the
destruction of the cotton stalks
early in the fall, and this is import
ant, but at the same time it must
not be overlooked that the weevil
will go through the winter, protec
ted by any kind of trash and weeds,
so we believe it is just as import
ant to insist on fall plowing of the
cotton fields ns it is to insist on the'
destruction of the stalks.
The policy that we believe
would accomplish best results in
and to follow as nearly as possible ter } lul °P “ a ^ altr “ ctiv °
nnv suggestions sent out by the package creates a public sentiment
that helps in more ways than one.
club
3.-To use a dairy thermometer Distributing points arc usually
found in towns in winch there lives
either county superintendent of ed
ucation, a farm demonstrator, a
in regulating the temperature in
handling the cream and milk.
4.—To use in molding the but- , , ,
. « • , . , ,, , county home demonstrator, or a
ter, a brick-shaped mold of the ...... ... , ,
' * nmnniiin ni o omittr.v niirn a
type selected for the club.
5. —To use the parchment paper,
principal of a county high sclioo 1 .
And one or more of these persons
arc always glad to assist in the re
ceiving and distributing of the but-
mast every case in tins county is butt0r carto and cnrton con tain-
10 Rut thc s ' a!1 ' s J, ust T S T nS | ers selected for t he club. 1
cotton ,s all gathered, plow the | stamp ev «y po „nd of . < ........
ground thoroughly, harrow well . . , * ceiver at any distributing point is
and seed to oats. As we have re-1 ? l To forfeit membfrahip in »ven the authority by the prod, c
peatcdly stated in these eolumua, the tIub when i find that I cannot ers to reject entirely and return
oats are one of the best crops Ihaf ^ the de of buttoi . that wi u the maker s expense any pack-
we can grow, and there is no better - h tl . ade worked up by the a « c lha , ls unsa ' sfact "7 f ° r 0,Te1 '-
placn to grow them than after the ^ j ing on the market, shortage m
cotton crop. |' U ^' , , weight is observed by the receiver
We. are very sure that our lands j Quality for the consumer ant a ai i d i 3 checked against the producer,
need all the humus that ran pos-! reasonable profit for the producer, with just a little effort c n the part
siblv be gotten into them and the' ‘ 3 tbe * nol . ,n °'. 0 c a ’’ I of the receiver in letting the people
practice, of burning cotton or corn) Suggestions in leaflet form are of his town know that lie ii re
s'idles should never be followed by . snnt occasionally to al mein icr* of ce i v j n g f or distribution a good qual-
the club. Every member of thc ity 0 f butter made in thc best reg-
club, after being a member for a
few weeks, is asked to write a short
paper on thc subject, “How I make
Butter for Parcel Post Shipment.”
All of the worth while suggestions
found in 1 hese papers are passed
around to the mepibers of the club.
As evidence that standardization of I "commferion“fe allowed to pay the
quality is being accomplished j cxpunse of receiving nnd distribut-
through this method, four pounds .j 0 g
of butter made in four different | The butter of tile club, wherever
homes located in four different is p ,. oduced) is put up in onrton3
communities have been delivered ihat havo the same printed matter
ally comas m through only or.e at one time to one customer and on them s0 that any butter
season of thc year and therefore the one customer was unable to de- duccd in a county where it cannot
the credit system lias been the in- tect any appreciable difference in , )e gold can be sbipped to
evitable result. This system with quality. As further evidence of
its numerous handicaps is sufficient the quality, the club now has sev-
to retard thc progress of any class ' end customers who have been us-
of people. , ing a good grade of creamery but-
Following the slogan, “Alabama ^ ter until they came across the but-
must feed herself,” the farmers in t or 0 f this club and they now glad-
North Alabama arc beginning to 1/ use this instead.
practice of burning cotton or corn
s'.idles should never bi
a progressive farmer.
Making Farm Butter
Profitable In'
J. T. McKEE, Alabama
The average southern farmer is
losing heavily because of the fact
that lie has usually only one source
from which he receives' money.
Because of this, his money gener
u la Led country homes and made
according to certain scientific prin
ciples, the people will gladly come
t,o his home to get the butter.
Whenever the amount sent to any
one point becomes large enough to
become a burden to the distributor
utilize some of the farm wastes by
feeding more dairy cattle and sell
ing butter to their neighbors in
town The parcel post brings
Plan of Organization.
Since'it has been found that
good buttermakers living in dif-
rcady market for good quality but- ferent communities can make butter
ter to every farmer’s door. The j of uniform quality, and since there
abundance of feed-stuffs that can ( is a ready market in almost every
be grown on the farm, together with
the almost twelve months a year
pasture, make it possible to pro
duce the butter at very little cost,
an income of from $30 to $35 per
month is being realized in Lauder
dale county, Alabama, from the
some
certain point where it can be sold
with the butter of other counties.
Large consumers such as boarding
schools, infirmaries, restaurants,
etc., receive butter from several
counties and yet it will be uniform
in packages and largely so in qual
ity because every producer is fol
lowing the same directions as every
other producer.
The Essential for the Success
of the Movement
In the first v place, there must al-
county for considerably more but- ways be quality of the game d
ter than is being produced in the neccssary t0 mnko a privatc busi .
county, the work is beginning to ness Buccccd . There must always
be organized in a number of coun- be gtrict adhcrence to plain busi .
ties 1 he Extension Department negs methods. No amount of just
of the Normal School is receiving sympathy for the producer by the
thc hearty eo-operation
consume, will make a success
sale of butter. There is a market demonstration, county homo de- | this movement for any length of
in Alabama for a few million ■ inonstration agents, county super- time worth the beginning . 0 n the
pounds of such butter as is being n.tendents of education, county
produced by some buttermakers on high school principals, and rural
Alabama soils. ! teachers. To begin the work in a j
seuiwtsT
DONALSONVILLE,
Georgia.
er 3,4,3.6 and 7.1916
This Will Be a.Great Exhibition
Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, Pet' Stock,
Vegetables, Fruits, Grains and Grasses. Farm Machinery, Au
tomobiles, Carriages, Wagons, Merchants Displays, Musical
Instruments, Flowers, Fancy work, Plants, Pictures, Culinary
and Household Articles.
Liberal Premiums, Purses and Prizes Will
Insure Good Exhibit in Every Department
Agricultural methods of modern times exemplified. Ample space for Auto
mobiles with reliable attendant in charge. Live Stock Exhibits will embrace
the best specimens of modern breeding. A fair for everybody with educat
ional and entertaining features.
Aeroplane Flight Each Day
An angements have been completed with a reliable'company to furnish
an aeroplane that will make flights every day during the Fair. Interesting
stunts will be performed by the aviator while in mid-air. This is one of the
free attractions offered by the Fair Associations.
Don’t Miss It!
Dreamland Exposition Shows
will furnish the attractions for our Fair, bringing to Donalsonville their large
Carnival Company, which consist of a number of good shows, many con
cessions, merry-go-round and Ferris wheel, Free acts etc.
Worth Many Dollars to You
Just at this time when this entire section must learn new farming
methods in order to successfully combat the Boll Weevil, you could not do
better than come to the Southwest Georgia Fair and meet your friends and
di scuss the matter with them in the midst of a diversified farming exhibit.
To Visit This Fair Will be
Worth Dollars to You.