The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-29

stone foundation concrete walls LIZ
feet thick were constructed, forming
originally four large silos two at the
south end are SO feet long and IA feet
wide, their ends against the main barn,
and two 35 feet long and IL feet wide
extend across the north end of tho silo
wing. All are inclosed and covered by
strong frame building, its exterior
uniform with the rest of the barn. The
filling is done from the outside, the
cutters standing upon a concrete pave
ment east of the north wing, carriers
conveying the cut stuff through large
doors 25 feet above, and into any COM
partment desired. The ensilage is cut
out from the top, and with hoisting ap-
paratus carried to the tramway on the
feeding floor.
Mr.. Havemeyer's barn for bulls is
divided into five compartments, IL by
IL, each connecting with yard 25 by
12. 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 a
month old. Each compartment will
house twelve to twenty calves. In front
is a yard for the heifer calves, 100 feet
by 100, and another for bulls, so by so.
The latter has four compartments, 25
by II, with stalls IL by r. Mr.. Have
meyer raises all his calves. In front OF
the chicken-house which contains 100
light Brahmas, is yard $50 feet 4ong,
divided into ten compartments running
lengthwise of the yard, 8 feet wide, Of
boards 3 feet 8 inches high, and wire 8
feet above. The interior of the house
is divided into ten compartments, 10 by
8, with hall running through the cen.
ter feet wide. The height is 90 feet
The piggery is divided into 20 styes,
each by 10 feet, and contains 10 styes
on each side, each opening into a yard
of the same dimensions. Mr.. Have.
meyer raises hogs principally for home
use. Under the hogpen is cellar sc
by 26 feet, with solid stone walls, into
which the manure drops, and into
which that from The stables is carted
daily; so hogs are kept in this cellar tc
work the manure over. They gel
enough feed from it, with the addition
of small quantity of skinned milk,
to keep them fat. Among the hogs are
| rs of the Yorkshire breed and some
Chester Whites. One hundred head oi
Southdown sheep are also kept on the
farm for home use.
There are twenty working horses
comprising rs fin lot of agricultural
and draft horses as can be found. They
are kept for the work of the farm, be.
side one yoke of Hereford oxen. The
work horses are kept in box stalls, un
tied. Mr.. Mayer says that he wants
his horses to sleep as comfortably as
his men, and finds that it pays to afford
them box stall. They do more work
and keep easier. While all the horse!
are high-spirited and we'll bred, the,
are made. by care and gentle treatment
kind and docile.
Mr.. Havemeyer now has ninety-eigh
Jersey COWS and heifers (every ANNA
of which is entered in the herd regis
ter of the American Jersey cattle club)
and by next spring will have $50. Ht
has stable room for 200, and will keel
that number of animals. The inten
tion is to have 100 head of COWS, which
with the calves and bulls, will oqua
about 200 head, and to hold an annua
sale at the farm or elsewhere for thc
disposition of the surplus.
The feeding place in front of tn,
cows is upon the floor, without .an,
other arrangement, in order that thr
cattle may obtain their feed clean, anC
that no particles shall get into corner
and sour and injure it. The cattle ar
watered by means of trough, whicl
can be raised or lowered at will, and i
supplied from the tank above. Whel
it is desired to water them, the trough
are lowered, and when not in use the
are raised to the top of the stable
Every COW is cleaned daily with curr
comb and brush. They are treated wit
absolute kindness and gentleness.
daily record is kept of the milk yield {
every COW. The calf is taken from th
COW when three days old, the COW bein
tied up in her place in the stall
The milk, perfectly sweet, is heate
up to ninety degrees and fed at thi
heat, which is the same as the origina
temperature when taken from the COW
The calf is given milk, at first fou
quarts every day. in three feedingE
morning, noon and night, incleasin
the quantity as the calf grows. 1t j
kept in a stall until ten days old, an
then turned out in the morning to oil
tain the benefit of the sun. AT a mont
old it is turned into the pasture. Unit
four months old it is fed with milk, a
the end of that period being give
some ground oats. Each calf is KEEP
separate until it is three or four month
old. Cows are allowed to 60 into th
yard every day, winter or summer, tw
or three hours, for exercise. A mont
before calving all meal is taken ava
from the COWS, and they are fed o
three quarts of ground oats per day, i
two feeds, with all the hay or groun
feed they want. They are put into DO
stalls ten days befole calving, in orde
to get accustomed to the place. Thi
system is found to prevent milk fevel
Mr.. Mayer, who has had the care {
cattle for many years, has never had
case of milk fever.-FralaciS d. MOuttO'