Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-21

floor, sides, and ceiling of the winter
dairy are also tiled in variegated colors
and artistic figures, affording, with the
blue and white tints, most agreeable
and restful picture. These rooms, fitted
so as to cream the milk by cold air
alone, or by deep setting in water have
capacity for handling the milk Of 400
cows. A shaft from the engine-room
runs through the dairy work-room, SO
that power can be had whenever desired.
Above it is the dairyman's residence.
The north wing of the barn, devoted
exclusively to the silos, is ninety-nine
feet long and forty feet wide. The pc
culiarity of this part of the work is that
the silos, although twenty-five feet deep,
stand entirely above the ground. Upon
massive stone foundation, concrete
walls two and a half feet thick were con-
structed, forming originally four large
silos; two at the south end are fifty-nine
feet long and fourteen feet wide, their
ends against the main barn, and two
thirty-fve feet long and twelve feet wide
extend across the north end of the silo
wing. All are inclosed and covered by
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form with the rest of the barn. The
filling is done from the outside, the cut
tiers standing upon q concrete pavement
east of the north wing, carriers convey
ng the cut stuff through large doors
twenty-five feet above, and into any COM
partment desired. The ensilage is cut
out from the top, and with hosting APP
paratus to the tramway on the feeding
floor.
Mr.. Havemeyer's barn for bulls is
divided into five compartments 12x12,
each connecting with a yard 25x12.
There is also large yard on one side of
this building. The calf-pen is 125 feet
long by 16 wide, and is divided into four
compartments. 1t is designed for the
care of calves after they are month old.
Each compartment will house twelve to
twenty calves. In front is yard for
the heifer calves 100x100, and another
for bulls 50x50. The latter has four
compartments 25x12, with stalls 12x12.
Mr.. Havemeyer raises all his calves. In
front Of the chicken-house, which con-
tains 100 light Brahmas, is O yard $50
feet long, divided into ten compartments
running lengthwise of the yard 8 feet
wire feet above. The interior of
ments 10x8, with hall running through
the centre feet wide. The height is 20
feet.
The pigrey is divided into twenty styes,
each eight by ten feet, and contains ten
styes on each side, each opening into a
yard of the same dimensions. Mr..
Havemeyer raises hogs principally for
home use. Under the hog-pen is Gel
lar, eighty by twenty-six feet, with solid
stone walls, into which the manure drops
and into which that from the stables is
carried daily; fifty hogs are kept in this
cellar to work the manure over. They
get enough feed from it, with the addi-
ton Of a small quantity of skinned
milk, to keep them fat. Among the
hogs are seventy-six of the Yorkshire
breed and some Chester Whites. One
hundred head of Southdown sheep are
also kept on this farm for home use.
The feeding-place in front of the COWS
is upon the floor, without any other ar
rangement, in order that the cattle can
obtain their feed clean, and that no par
ticles shall get into corners to sour and
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means of a trough, which can be raised
and lowered at will, and is supplied from
the tanks above When it is desired to
water them the troughs are lowered, and
when not in use they are raised to the
top of the stall. Every COW is cleaned
daily with currycomb and brush. They
are treated with absolute kindness and
gentleness. A daily record is kept of the
milk yield of every COW. The calf is
taken from the COW when three days
old, the COW being tied up in her place
in the stall. The milk, perfectly sweet,
is heated to 80 degrees, and fed at this
heat, which is the same as the original
temperature when taken from the cow.
The calf is given milk, at first four
quarts every day in threefeedings, morn
ing, noon and night, increasing the
quantity as the calf grows. 1t is kept in
stall until ten days old, and then
turned out in the morning to obtain the
benefit of the sun. At month old it
is turned into pasture. Until four
months old it is fed with milk, at the
end of that period being given some
ground oats.