SOUTHERN CREAMERIES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 3034, 25 July 1893, Page 4

SOUTHERN CREAMERIES.

Dairy Prospect* In the Bftld Climate ci the South.

The development of the great resources for dairy enterprise In the south * deserves careful attention for one reason among others—that the mild winters afford the best opportunities for butter and cheese making, when all the northern dairies are m enforced idleness or working under disadvantages on account of the cold weather. There are creameries now at work m Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina and North Carolina, and there 1b no good reason why this should not be the case even m Florida. Butter made m the winter might be shipped to northern markets and to foreign countries, where theprices paid are enormous. This foreign business is now m the hands of the Danes and French, and those countries do not possess the conveniences that are found m the southern states. The feeding is so cheap that butter may be made for ten cents a pound, and the profit from the manure that would be made, and which is so much needed, would easily be equal to half as much, The conditions of the season are reversed m the south, for the mild winter affords equal advantages for butter making that are enjoyed m the summers of the north, with a large preponderance m favor of the south. Dairying would cheapen the cotton product, for it would fit the soil well for this crop and would supply the best manure for it

In thr southern mountains the business may be carried on every day m the year, and the fine grasses there grown, with the cheap pasture m the cool summers m the shady woods, where a variety of grasses and edible weeds and the numerous cool springs afford the finest facilities for summer dairying m the whole country. Butter of the finest quality may be there made for less cost than elsewhere m the world.—American Agriculturist :