Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-08-31
Agriemltnral department.
GOV. SMITHS FARM.

A communicated article in the
Troy Budget has the following IN
regard to ex-Gov. j. G. Smiths
farm in St. Adams:
A pleasant carriage drive of six
miles brings us to the Lake View
House on st. Adams bay, where we
cast anchor. About midway between
St. Adams and the Lake View House
we pass the great dairy farm, known
as the Point farm of eXGOv. Smith.
1t is one of the largest in New Eng
land, and probably the largest in
Vermont. The farm contains 400
acres, aud is fenced with four strands
Of strong wire fence. The land is
level and most of it clay soil. Last
year 1000 tons of hay were cut on the
farm The hay crop is not all cut
yet, and is not so heavy as last year.
About 100 acres are in single field
of oats. An average of twenty-five
hands are employed in running the
farm.
The farm is stocked with about
twenty-five horses, and the number
is kept more than good by breeding.
They are probably the finest twenty
five collective farm horses in New
England, being of large and sinewy,
symmetrical frames and in fine con-
dition. About 100 Berkshire hogs
are kept, and they are TAT, heavy
and in exceedingly good condition.
In one field there are ga acres of
corn for ensilage. There are six
large silos-great stone dungeons,
smooth on their sides and bottoms,
perhaps 20 feet high, with II OF Is
feet square walls. The corn stalks
are cut up by machinery, literally
| minced or hashed corn stalks, and
thrown into these silos. When the
silos are full the mass is pressed
down with 25 tons of stone on each,
and when winter comes and it is
GRIPPE" it is fed out to the cattle.
1t is good feed, and is considered an
excellent product for the purpose for
which it is used. The number of pure
blood COWS on the farm is 115, of
which 80 are Jerseys and 65 Hol-
stems. These are imported stock, OF
raised from pure imported stock, and
are mostly registered. There are
four or five bulls, imported, regis
tered, pure bloods, Jersey or Hol-
stems, two of which were large and
heavy.
Mr.. Farwell gives the preference
to Jerseys over Holsteins as milk and
cream producers. The former give
less milk, but of much richer quail
ty than that of the Holsteins. This
is the universal testimony. The
farm has a number of other COWS not
of blooded stock. One of the Jerseys
gave seventy-nine pounds fourteen
ounces of milk daily this season fol
large number of days continuously
The herd of fifty Jerseys were bough
at single purchase, and not being
in fine condition, have not all beer
brought up to the high standard O.
good appearance prevalent among
prize animals at agricultural hors
g trots." But some of the Jerseys ar
2 nevertheless beauties. The Holstein
+ are O fine herd and present an eX
ceedingly good appearance. TIL
: milk product from the Jerseys ant
I Holsteins is 1900 pounds daily. Gu
I of 1000 pounds of milk they get 30
f pounds of cream for butter, but tn
cream is made six or seven per cent
a thicker for shipment. Most of tn
cream is now daily shipped to on
: firm in Boston and there sold. o
q nights and mornings the milk
: strained into tin cans and immediate
II ly thereafter turned into great re
;, ceiver From thence it passes throug
IL pipes into wonderful machin
IS that separates perfectly, while TIL
1t milk is even yet warm from tn
it COWS, the cream from the milk. TIL
q machine is known as DeLavaPs creal
o separator. 1t separates the creal
= from the milk much more perfect
l. than dairy farmer can do it by I'll
:. ordinary process of emptying til
'e milk into tin pans and allowing til
g cream to rise to the surface after Sc
'f ting and then Swimming it off. Or
of these cream separators outward
20 looks like the capstan of a steame
TT 1t is simply an upright hollow meta
Of ic cylinder, about as large around :
'g a large water pail, though not ;
it high. Inside of this cyliLder is
or round piece of steel, similar to a Sc
Il, ton cut from an ordinary piece
shafting used for. running belt pu
We leys for machinery. On the sides
v this piece of steel are inserted fe
+ projecting pins. A four or five hor
steam engine, is used, which Civ
the piece of steel about 700 revol
tons to the minute. The milk is f,
ia from pipe from the receiver by
ty stop cock on to disc on the rimm,
til top of the cylinder, from whence
e. passes down in spray into the char