Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-21

oota. his efficient farm superintendent, IN
,sgord To whether the frost will penetrate
fsrtber into solid earth or that which is
comparatively loose in its nature.
GefIsre is nv herd Of CATH" said the
General, as we approached the farmyafd.
ssThere is the first creature born upon NE
farm after bought it lpointing to a nne
two-year-old Durham heiferl. She is seven
eighths Durham, and we consider her very
fine. There is & full l-blooded Alderney he'll
er which ! purchased in Baltimore and
shipped here"
fHow many cattle have you"
ssFWenty-two in all, besides two calves.
You will notice that they are all more OF
les tinctured With the Durham blood
Opening the barnYsrd gate and PasSlns
in be said: 81 found this very low anu a. -
most always muddy. I dug two n9Is,, -3I'ieb I
,-or-ses af either end Of the yard, Wnisu 81. :
- - &c. T,gr,,,rs IA. and the difI mus
obtoiTs5 has been used to fill up ana .sLssae
'o-,-aTDsi1IIsT OF the yard. In TINS way
Lc,-s -es5s II DIV ST all seasons OF the
..--- ". .ofiee have sheds over the
yo,,,-. -, niles believe that the WetIlng ahC
LI.sobin1 Of nisnUre Injuries Il nearly as
,,ncb as 1t does hay. The best PorSlohs
- tbus destroyed. When the stables are
Cleaned the result is wheeled out ln wheel.
barrow and deposited here. -
We next entered the cattle barn oil the
farm. ssThis barn was ready for use,
said the General, 'fin Just six weeks rom
the time the contract was let last June. -.
The stalls are very wide, and 50 arrang-
ed that the cattle are to be chained Two IN
stall. The General being q practical gar
pents. himself had some things done Hhlen
would tend to strengthen the frameEor5- 4
81 have some peculiar IDEAS ABOUT ~ LSsu
ing. etc" the General continued. ms
old building was formerly hog pen, ana
stood up within three or tour roos OF Ine
bonee ylben bought the place. / had it
moved hack here and raised up several feet.
Here we grind our teed lopeni1g the door
Of the buildingl. rented this engine here
for the winter bY the month, and here. l
have a mill which shells corn and mixes Il
with oats and grinds il, all al one opera
ton. We have found it great success.
Now. instead Of a man having to take q
team Of horses and himself and 60 with q
load of corn and oats 20 the grist mill and
Ger il ground by leaving an eighth Of it for
toll. it can be done here in less time ana
all Of it saved.
Pretty soon the steam was up sufficient
" 70 grind well and the mill was started
and surely enough it did work well, and
the product, in the form Of coarse meal,
was astonishiHgly good. Meanwhile DR.. y.
P. Robinson's man came from the Doctor
farm with twO-horse wagon load OF grain
and after saving a little wood BY means Of
A buzz saw in the rear Of the little building
the grinding proceeded dlagain. 49,.
This that ] am going 70 show You next
is purely an invention Of my own. Some
of the older farmers about here laughed
when told them what / was going to do,
but have kept on and it has worked az
mirably. 1t IS no more nor less than-cook-
ing the food before it goes to the cattle.
On the floor above | have q stalk cutter,
through which all the stalks and straw ar
run and cut into inch pieces. The feed {
then placed in this tank, throughout which
in eoiled manner, runs the steam escapt
pipe from the engine. This box Is full o.
small holes, through which the steam
comes in contact with the cut stalks. Fod
der mixed 10 this way is completely eater
up by the cattle, and they are, with little
mixture Of meal, made 10 thrive first rate.
The General assisted at the grinding
and appeared never more happy and CON
tented in his life than when seeing things
moving of so finely. .-.--
The exhibition Of lot Of fine Leicester.
shire lambs, which we're rambling at viii
in the orchard, provided with a comfort
abls shed for shelter, and the pointing ou
of some fine work which Hal Qhis oldest son
had done in the construction Of hennery
in reality completed the eirenit; but as w
came around towards the place Of begin
nlhs large and exceedingly fine piece OF
wheat was noted and remarked upon, a.
well as the grading Of the old muddy lane
into passable highway.
An hour had thus passed pleasantly away
in observing style Of farming that may
well be initiated.
at must be but fun to farm after thii
fashionT I ventured ''The question Il
be decided is, will you make any mone]
thereby? Yeu know that farmers gener
ally claim that this book farming dom
payT
tIn regard to that, am, must confe
somewhat in the dark myself as ye'
have been making a great many in
ments on my farm that enhance It
but do not bring a direct r0
whether in the long run 81
lose I cannot tell.
The milk which the g
is disposed Of to a WI
station, who sends
lures into butter
the market may
Free from the
al deDtS.-, look
his herd, or wa
acres, he appal
mankind, and
portion Of Il