Family's Undertaking Recalls Early Butter Making Days
The Roberts family near Garnett farms cows that yield nine gallons of milk daily and, with other animals, still has surplus. They churn butter the old way using an antique glass Daisy churn after a hunt for a hand churn. The mother makes about a pound and a half of butter each evening as plans to switch to a table model churn arise.
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Kenneth Mace Garnett
Mike
Wynonna Roberts
Orson Roberts
Garnett
Brownie
Roberts
Mrs. Roberts
Anderson County Hospital
Abraham
Linda Peckham
Jeffery van Horn
Cow Population Down but Milk Production Up in County
Franklin County dairy farms show a 50 percent drop in dairy cows since 1950 to 6,000 head while total milk output declined less than 20 percent due to higher per cow production. The 1967 DHIA figures report average milk per cow above 13,600 pounds, with farms tending 60 to 100 cows and investments around $130,000.
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Franklin County
Farm Management Association No
Many Successful Dairymen Recall 4-H Projects
Bill Merhoff describes how dairy farming is a major, dynamic sector in American agriculture and outlines how 4-H dairy projects shape future dairymen. The piece notes 22 4-H dairy members in Franklin County, highlights the long commitment of the program, and cites county data: 4,000 dairy cows producing 31,500,000 pounds of milk annually in Anderson County.
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Bill Merhoff
4-H Agent Dairy
Anderson County
Maurice Harrington
State Department of Agriculture
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