Litchfield enquirer., 1875-01-28

top and bottom. On this floor, which is to be occupied only by Alderny COWS, are two rows of stanchions of oiled yellow pine, on either side of ten foot passage-way which runs the entire length of the build ing. These rows are divided by passage crossing the main one at right angles in the center, thus making four sections of stanchions, each of which has ample &C., commodation for twelve COWS, giving room for forty-eight in all. Spring water flows continually into an iron tank on this floor. On the northside of the barn and over the room just spoken of, are two large doors opening into a dormer i'll the center of the building. These are approached by @ gracefully curved roadway of masonry, thirty feet wide, the granite walls of which are of massive stone three feet thick, and the entire space between them is filled with stone and gravel closely packed. The upper story, which has capacity fo- about one hundred and fifty tons of hay, is divided into two roadways-on the barn hOor-on either side of which is a large hay mOw. This building forms the north boundary of the barn. yard. On the west is a large and finely built barn erected in 1873, and other buildings are to form the eastern boundary next spring Occupying the cattle sheds now, is herd of splendid Alderny COWS, which MT. Starr has select cd with great care, both in this and other states;and among them is the cow Edith" which took the first prize at the state fair last year. All the stock is full-blooded, registered in the herd book of the ''Amer- ican Jersey Cattle club" of which MT. Starr is a member. There are three bulls on the premises-''Litchfield," Scotia" and ''Prince Edward"-which are choice specimens; the sire bull, 'Litchfield, ''is magnificent animal; he is of solid fawn color, gracefully shaped, and has partic- ularly fine head and clear eye. The stock as a whole will bear the closest scrutiny.
 The Dairy which is and will remain speciality on this farm, is a great attrac- tiOn, and nothing is more noteworthy about it than its thorough order and clean liness-two essentials which are decidedly important. Every modern improvement that experience has proved to be of value in the best known dairy regions of the country is supplied. Water is furnished in unfailing quantities from reservoirs which contribute to every needed place on the farm, and the most perfect arrange ments for cooling in the summer are pro- vided. The cooling pans used are the 0CGp O1ACCy SuC OAu tk1COTy budU tllG 1dEStE the surface of milk the greater the quanti- tty ot cream to be had, being now general : ly abandoned by the most accomplished dairy men. These pans are nineteen and a half inches deep, and eight inches in di- ameter, being in shape like an ice cream freezer. I saw the tidy woman who su- perintends the dairy skim several of these pans, and took the measurement of cream got from one of them, which was a fair average. There was a depth of eighteen and a quarter inches to begin with; the solid cream removed was of clear thick ness of four and three quarters inches, or Q trifie over twenty-five per cent, of rich creami None of the butter is "worked" by hand, but passes through a butter worker, an ingenious and excellent contri- vance which has been used for some years in the first class dairies of Pennsylvania, and which insures absolute cleanliness while doing its work perfectly. The but ter made is eagerly demanded in New York, and brings readily there ono dollar pound, this being the result of "fancy farming"
 have not, in my short visit here, had time to go fully into all the details of this farming enterprise; nor have I attempted to make report of many things which might we'll demand attention, and which are in my possession. It has seemed to me that here is a striking example of system in work, of practical intelligence, and of results which will be valuable to the farming interests of the state. There was nothing here, when Mir. Starr began, to invite from general appearances pro- tracted labor; his eye. however, saw what might be done, and he had the determina- ton to go forward. and the calculating judgment to move with the same order and discipline that have characterized his business efforts through life. Besides giv- ing him satisfactory results in the com pensation for improvements and outlays for them, he has secured what is of more consequence, perfect health, and in his delightful home is one of the happiest men to be found anywhere. ASH.