Oxford Democrat., 1884-09-09


sold. permanent Foai which will iasi for
year.. ani save much zine. ani hard woft.
co he meadow l. hAF barn, inoxio
feet al % good height othef barns
formerly belonging - nrms which are
nov lnc,aied ln The BurhAnk property, are
40 devoted % The reception % haY. The
Iaigc Nil cut Two hundred ani eighty
tons of bay this year. II l. no, YET all
harvested New pieces have been len
staining. a. they were growing AMI thick
enlng daring The wci weather. some of
these uew pieces are 30 thlck. taAi a man
can scarcely force bis feet through them.
TIE having =. % course. done hy mschin-
cry. Some % the other fArming opera
uous are aso done with modern sppir
ances-sor Instance. saikey plow i used
IN suitable places. mAklug . grcAi saving
OF tine and hard work
laigc Burbank keeps 81 brcci ofcaite,
via Ayrshire. Jersey swiss. Dutch, llois-
telo ans short Horus These arc al u ne
plrest a1d most famous strains. Aboui ouc
hundred bead are kcpi la stock. thoagh
thc ugmher IL constantly changing hy
sac. ant new animals. Gen. %. q. Ciiley of
% Boston was a. thc farm Thursday, ani
purchased ~ thoroughbred cows ard a
famous Ayrshire ball flr h.s stock farm
uear uamltou. Mas. TIE animals are %
BE- shipped over he Grani rrauk Railroad
w.ih an aiicniaui % sec hat ncy arc seii
cared f1T.
TIE cattle are a. tarnci oat A. this sea.
son of the year. bat they arc keP, 10 scpa'
rate pasture. 80 a. D. be- readily controlled
90 handled a. desired. The mich COWS,
some thiriy-s.x ln uambcr, roam on hii-
side pasture o' over two hurdrci acre..
TIE trces were cur from onc hunirci acres
% tais tract an burned o. tae ground. q
feN years ago. ln order o. secure The ne
ccssary pasture The h.u of The ncw
pasture j. covered With hou,iers and
siump. bui l. grccn ani fai OF feed Il
woud DOT sell stone on of that pasture,
sa.i the Jaige ul, theory = that these
rocks ifAw the sun. kecp The ground
warn. retain moistarc. aud thus Improve
the ,cci This las proved 10 be- correct
In th.s case. A. The pAsigrc i really for
stock some Two weeks e,r.lcr than low
lands To- The same vicinity, aui feeds The
stock iong tfier others have dried up
There il plenty of water In The PAsiurc,
Numerous springs ba5b.lng up al over it
aflFi.ug al The drink needed by The
cattle
10 Aiiltlon % the horned stock. there
are seven horses. ssveniccn swine. one
hunircd barn yari fowl ans calves. AMI
sheep We iii not uambcr. To one pasture
Nc noted four splendid young thorough
bred balls named a. follows Eafi Of
She,turne. Ayrshire. Jumbo. Swiss. two
years oli. Dl;chman. be,ted Dgich RIP
Van wlnkie. Hoistein. These are a. pr
feet animals % their several breeds, A.
can bc found .n America Ouiy the hncsi,
o. coarse. are retained for breeding par.
poses. in another pasture wAs a herd %
youug he.fcrs. % these various brccis. a.
fne. clean. Beautiful young animals a. one
could ash 10 see. Judge Burbank Is Justly
very proud Of these young breeders. In
another pasture sin. with some hne Nor
gan and KnoK colts. We saw pair % two
year Cd matched steers. They were born
one The itth The other The i9th of March,
isss They are nicely matched. no; only
In marking Bat In slIe and gener. build,
ant arc of enormous size, girthiug over
IN feet ant II inches each There has
never been the dlference OIL Ink 10 the
glrth.ng chain In their size. They are half
Durham and hAlf Holstein. The calves
are past1rcd hear the barn. and can run
b The sheds f0r shelter from sun and
storm. The nos; promising calves are
kept for stock, though many from the
most famous cows are sold before they
become a year old. We noted one Jersey
been so.i 70 20 % soaih O-fo'inA sne
W. oe 'a'PPs' Nnea o'' enough 70 "eAh. NJ.
" PIE % 'is 500 We s1o.'1 no' is''
70 nO's PA.s ~ ''''..'1 ''''ss' ',0'n'y
''n i''.'sl' Iusl A's AAi'y A..'sA' .,. ~
can u' s''N- .''-.' =. "O'N ~ 49,
''-' 4l'' W" p'o'A '''u'1''l y.
u'e' As ofeele's' "nNe 'nel ~" AnO'u
great a'na-e'nent 70 tne young Pe'P's ~
'ae pace
The main stock barn i ii2 feet In
length. other barns, stock sheds, carriage
houses and The IKE enclose three sides OF
square, which i The barn yard ln this
yard are depressions, made FOR The p1f-
pose of receiving the liquid manure. Twice
year the yard Is niied win m1ek' OF