New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-10-16
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HOUSE, FARM. GARDEN
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!aa AMot,el Farm

why should farming nOt@be sclentifc2
Because the .manufa cturer.. labors in a
scientific way, his profits are- greater and
surer than the agriculturist who has Meth
er machinery nor,system i, but it is the
unreasonable custom of smany to sheer at
all nnovations. and tolook at all method
lc variations lat upon, the old usages as the
tanciful and improbable scheme Of Wis
1o f'p 1'es51w with more money than common
sense, It's the people who, sheer that
are. usually the most defcient,in the latter
quality, however; and; had they a little
more OF it they might perceive that care
full bookkeeping and the adoption Of i'm
proved methods, and supplements are as
necessary in farming as in any other busia
ness. taqfI& tn tsi~s,. .as9f .gs.I7s,s a.. ?
In side hollow OF that hill from wheel
Litchfeld first became visible L to u us sew
| eral very distinct echoes can be obtained.
1.and this resp hsiveness of the ..puurple
glens'i gave a name to this farm Itgis
Echo Farm--a pretty and POLITICALLY sug-
gestive name, indeed, which conjrres up
VISIONS of loneliness, and sets one to
dreaming Of enter tWining vines knitting
their plant. tendrils and sweet-scented
leaves through the.hospitables porch and
open lattic; the cbeckerd. orchard of fruity
abundance; the garrul Jus brook that
never tires Of its. own monody;Y the rev
verberant trees that appease li1e's turmoil
with their easy undulations; lofty barns
messy with age; and Gathering mills down
in the seclusion of grassy holloWs.ss
But, alas! dear reader, model farming
IS not ldyllic or Arcadian; it is infexibly
utllltarian; it keeps all its build ;ngs in a
perfect state of repair; it sub rdinates
the picturesque, if it ever recogn yes it;it
pulls down the old mill becauset hat ven
erable is in the way of the. rectangular
new dairy; it ,diverts the brook from it's
ferny course into The most common place
of earthen pipes; it tears away the mines
that obscure the light, and it looks upon
every thing with prir Of the most rae
teal eyes set in a head that weighs, meas
ures, ADULTS, nalyzest with chemical ex-
actness. The proprietor of Echo Farv
conducts it as mandatory. A record
is kept of the milk and butter produced
by each cow for each day, each month,
each year,, all the feed is weighed and
the quantity enterd upon books, both that
purchased and that produced; and sep
crate account is, kept Of the yield Of each
ield.' Nothing is wasted, nothing is
done 90 e. BY guessing, and nothing passed
unrecorded. The emplimcnts are of the
latest or most approved model Three
sets of '"horse' hay forks are in use by
which hay is unloaded at the rate of ton
in four ,fo1ktuls and in four minutes, in
Guiding in some ms tances1 the carriage
hay $50 feet. The other machines also
embody some novel 1abor.saying princi-
pies. No manure. or fertilizers are found
necessary, except the 1900 loads made
upon the farm, and a sort of muck, of =
which there are several beds a;...p b.. r =
The history Of the farm is interesting.
Agentleman <ofs education, intelligence,
and wealth came to Litchfeld some nine
years ago. in search of summer home.
He had the most superficial Knowledge,
Of farming, and entertained no Intention, y
of entering that business. But havingo
purchased sixty-six acres and cleared!
them, he purchased additional tracts
which, became the nucleus of Echo Farm
whose area is now about 400 acres n
interest was enlisted in the raising /
choice stock, and beginning with he /
Of FIVE, he, gradually increased the nuf,
bersto Hoo, all the! herd being ,spare III
seys. with authentic and valuable per,,
grees. The rocky, fields were cleared
laid out, and inclosed by massive sto5;e
walls Old and inadequate buildings on
the consolidated land were demolished,
and new ones Of improved pattern; erect
ed. In. 1873 ba1n Sc feet by IS was
built; an addition, 100 feet BY 49,. was
made the following year; and in 1875 an
other addition was made, Of 1911 feet by
35. These three buildings from the three
sides of ythei barn yard. They are built
.of pine upon massive granite foundations
about two feet wide, which are laid in &C.
ment. All the wood work is painted
soft drab color, even the proprietor's res
idence, and the telegraph poles that line
4 4 t desire and durability
in preferehce to prnamehtation Of showi-
ness is visible Everywhere; there lis no
litter,sandtherre IRE no g & iinssthe fences
corvallis, wh:chssre -four eighteen Inches
TO twenty flour in thickness, every crevice
being filled like a mosaic with a stone
that exactly fitsIit. Care, thrift, and in.
genuity have acted like three, charms.
When the fields were being cleared ,ssuch
large quantities. Of stonel were gathered
that some perplexlty arose as to where
theys SHOULD be put. Many hundreds CT
loads were used in foundations of the
BUILDINGS in the fences, and filing ra-
vines, but more remained, and these
were deposited upon several sterile hill
locks Of no value, where masses Of swap