Middletown transcript., 1882-03-17
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A FINE DAIRY FARM.

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can Agricultural Association contains
the following description Of the dairy
farm of Mr.. Theodore A. Havemeyer,
Of New York
Mountainside Farm, y as it is called,
comprises 600 acres, and is located 30
miles west of New York on the Erie
railroad in Northern New Jersey, in
the beautiful Ramopo Valley. Mr..
Havemeyer now has SO Jersey cows and
heifers (every animal of which is entered
in the herd register of the American
Jersey Cattle Club including an impor-
tation in August last of II head, and
by next spring will have $50. He has
stable room for 200, and will keep that
number Of animals. The intention is
to have one hundred head of COWS,
which, with the calves and bulls, will
equal about 200 head, and to hold an
annual sale, at the farm or elsewhere,
for the disposition ofthe surplus. These
annual sales will be made feature of
the farm.
This account of the appliances of the
dairy will be found of interest Beneath
the ice house, on level with the
ground in the rear, the building being
on the slope of hill, is summer dairy
which is 10 feet from the floor to the
ceiling. The walls of this building are
q feet thick, of solid masonry, pierced
with six windows, which are of three
thicknesses-on on the outside, one
on the inside, and one in the centre OF
the wall. The floor and sides are tiled,
and the ceiling is finished with ash
boards, planed, tongued and grooVed.
The facilities for ventilation are such
that the temperature can be kept at
about 4Oo in summer, and regulated at
will. This dairy is perfectly dry, and
is entirely free from atmospheric or
other impurities, and is regarded as the
finest dairy and milk room in the coun-
try. Adjoining is a room on a level
with the summer dairy, 40 feet long
and 90 feet wide, tie same height as
the summer dairy, and with walls Of
the same thickness, and having floor
of cement. This is used for wash
room, churning room, etc., and is itself
equal to the best dairy room in the
United States. 1t forms a basement,
while above it is the winter dairy of the
same dimensions. The two are con-
nected by an inclosed elevator, and also
by a staircase. The floor, sides and
ceiling of the winter dairy are also tiled
in variegated colors and artistic figures,
affording, with the blue and white
tints, a 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 four hundred
cows. The most improved churn and
butter workers are used. 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, comprising ten
rooms, handsomely fitted up, constitut-
ing beautiful and comfortable house.
Extending along the east side and south
end of the engine room, ice house and
dairy is the veranda, eight feet wide,
eleven feet high, and covered with
slanting roof The arrangement of the
ice house is such as to govern the vital
question of the temperature of the dairy
with absolute certainty And here
again the economy of the entire farm is
exemplified. The dripping from the
ice is utilized by being drawn into tanks
or coolers in which the milk is placed
| in cans, the latter standing in the ice
water. The accommodations of the
dairy department will thus be seen to
be perfect in capacity and arrangement.
No similar establishment is knows to
us as existing Oh any farm III the coun-
try and there is to be said of it, be-
sides all that regards its unequaled ia
cilities for its purpose, that its absolute
cleanliness in all its departments, its
freedom from odors, and the economy
displayed in its management, are true
indications of the exceptional wisdom
and foresight which characterize every
arrangement about the farm.