—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 3, 1961 16 Cows Arrive In America In 1611 To Start It All THE VIKINGS, who are reported to have reached the shores of North America long before Columbus sighted the West Indies, carried cattle with them to provide their meat and milk. However, dairying as a recognized part of the American agricultural economy was first envisioned and planned by the leaders of the Jamestown settlement. Three ships, the Susan Constant, the Godspeed and the Discovery, one of 100 tons, one of 40 tons, and a, pinnace of 20 tons, set out from London, December 20, 1606, bound for Virginia On May 13, 1607 the ships put in at Jamestown island, which attracted them , not only for defense reasons but also because they could tie their ships to trees on the shore. Captain John Smith—he whose fame has grown from an encounter with the In dian maid Pocohontas more than from his more lasting -exploits became president of the new colony in Sept ember, 1608. Until 1611 the settlers were dependent upon im ports of meat preserved in salt and what they could hunt in Virginia, plus their own limited cultivation of wheat and other crops and the corn which they got fr om the Indians through tr ade. The supply of such im portant foods as butter and cheese, which were included in the ships’ provisions on each trip, apparently, was totally inadequate. "Milke . . A Great Nourish- ment And Refreshing*' Lord Delaware, who left the colony after one year because of illness, wrote in 1611, in a report to the Vir ginia Company: “The Countrey (meaning Virginia) is wonderful fer tile and very rich and makes good whatsoever heretofore hath been reported of it, the Cattell already there, are much encreases, and thrive exceedingly with the pasture of that Countrey: the Kine all this last winter, though the ground was covered most with Snow, and the sea son sharpe, lived without other feeding than the grass they found, with which they prosj ered well, and many of them readie to fall with Calve: Milke being a great nourishment and refreshing to our people, serving also PORTABLE, direct-drive fans dry fiay and grain to safe moisture level in days—with or without heat. Save the valuable leaves on your hay crops; eliminate losses in stored gram. 2 sizes. Ask for specs and prices. 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Dairying Gets Governor's Support Sir Thomas Dale took ov er the command of Virginia when Lord Delaware was forced to leave because of ill health, Dale, like John Smith, believed the colony must be self-sufficient in fo od, He assigned a separate garden to each man, as op posed to the common garden philosophy and thus he insti tuted the first form, though FOR HEAVIER PIGS AT WEANING 7 Feed WAYNE An Improved, more palatable Tail Curler that speed* pigs on to heavier weaning weights faster than ever before. Highly fortified with amazing growth stimulating powers, Tail Curler is famous for reconditioning hogs of ail ages. Get some for your little pigs today LIME VALLE r MILLS H.D. 1. Willow Street H. M. STAUFFER MOUN & SON'S, Inc. FEED SERVICE Witmer - Ronks - Leola H. D. 2, Columbia SUNSHINE FARM MILLERSVILLE SUPPLY SUPPLY CO. Litiiz 8c Newmanstown Millersville ROHRER'S MILL GRUBB SUPPLY CO. H.D. 1, Ronks Elisabethtown C. E. SAUDER & SONS HERSHEY BROS. R.D. 1. East Earl Heinholds J. K. STAUFFER & SON ROSS C. ULRICH, JR. Lawn 8c Bellaira R.D. 2, Peach Bottom modified, of private enter prise in the colony. Dale de signed and had built the first barn for dairy cattle and directed that hay be gathered and stored for the winter feeding. He also built a .blockhouse on Jamestown island to protect the cattle from marauding Indians. He issued orders to colonists not to allow the livestock to wander because both wolves and Indians were responsib le for large livestock losses Dale wanted to encourage families to come to Virginia so he established a rule that every man arriving with his family would receive a hou se of four rooms. In the vicin ity of his house the immi grant was to have 12 acres of ground if he would ag ree to raise wheat, maise (Indian corn), roots and herbs. Provisions to supply the family for' 12 months were also provided, but af ter the first year the family was expected to be able to be self-reliant. Cow Becomes A Symbol To Settlers Phillip Alexander Bruce, author of the book Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century (pub lished by The Macmillian Company in 1895), states, in discussing Dale’s program for family settlement: “Tools were also present ed to him, and, for the more comfortable subsistence of his family, poultry, swine, several goats and even a cow were given to him,” indi cating, apparently that cows were in Virginia, as else where in the world, consid- TAIL CURLER ered a very important form mnly stated in the tc4 of wealth. this regulation that its» Cows To Civilise The Indians cipal object was to C iy “It is an evidence of the and Christianiaze the j) abundance of cattle in the gines The cow has peri Colony at this time, that a ed both a conspicious a , cow was given to every In- useful part in the histoi dian chief the members of the human race, but p whose tribe had brought to ably never before or , the proper authorities heads has so high a compl a of eight wolves. 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