The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-20
Noles BY the Way.

Driving one day recently, frem the bor-
deIs of P~ilesgroye to Shirley, a new route
to us, we were very favorabiy impressed
with the general appearance of the coun-
try. Out beyond Midtown on the Dare
town road, we passed through grazing.
grass and wheat producing district-out
past the old Morgan and Paulding proper
ties, three OF the former now occupied by
Joseph and Allen Morgan and Edward r..
Borton, three young men just starting in
life, and we wish them happiness ard
success In their pleasant looking
homes, surrounded as they are with thriv-
ing young apple orchards. Robinson, who
occupies the old Paulding property, has an
excellent prospect for peaches next year,
his being a very large orchard and all the
trees looking well. As we drive along VT
note with much interest The excellent pros
pect for good crops of grass and wheat, the
fine herds of Jerseys, the general neat ap-
pearance of farm homes and their ~attrac-
tive surroundings, many being made more
so by their we'll kept lawns and flower gar
dens, and altogether we realize we are
passing through a land OF milk and honey,
80 to speak, where dairying interests re-
ceive a large share of the farmers atten-
ton. Passing the Baptist church where
people are gathering for morning service,
through the neat, prosperous looking village
of Daretown, past the DR.. Paulding home
stead, where grazes one OF the finest herd
of Jerseys it has ever been our pleasure to
gaze upon, and around whose mansion
house one may readily imagine comfort
and pills abound; Oh past ihs imposing
Presbyterian church around which seemed
TO dwell such an air OF peace aud comfort,
half envying those who were gathering for
.arvtaa fharo hnr tra Enar1 Sfaqdily ON
turning to our left pass the Dubois home
stead, that of Richard Ware, and further
on the new home Judging from the ap-
pearance of the tuildings) of Lemuel STRAIT
ton, whom we remember as one OF our
fathers helpers during one season ofhis ac-
tive life.
We feel as though we would be content
10 ride for hours through such a stretch of
country, but as We started out with a def
mite point to be reached Gas all we'll bal
anced minds should) we finally halt before
the door of one of P~ilesgrove's fair daugh-
tiers. whose husband doth safely trust in
her" and ''sle will do good and not evil,
all the days of her life." After mingling
pleasantly with this happy couple, and af-
ter having the needs of our temporal bod
les well cared for, then resting awhile after
ward according to health principles and
our own comfort, vi start out to note the
facilities of tho ''Grove Mansion dairy
farm, whose young proprietor, A. NJ.
Smith, %(son-in law OF your townsman, m.
NJ. Coles) SO kindly explained. Hehas re-
Gently been remodeling his dairy barn, and
as it now stands with milk apartment is
1OS feet long, with roomy accommodations
for a herd Of 81 COWS. a driveway in the
center taking OFF the width of three stables.
In the milk or pump-house we are shown
much that tends to lessen the drudRery OF
dairy work, and in its place, facilities for
cooling milk, pumping water for the stock
and pumping water into a large tank from
whinh the c~ommodious kitchen is supplied
with water for all purposes. The force
used in these novel water-works is furnish
ed by "JImmy'' of the herd, be having
been taught from calf-hood to enter the
tread power and make himself generally
useful, truly. This certainly is an inter
estiug feature about this we'll equipped and
neatly kept dairy. Jimmy steps mp
into the power and deliberately sticks his
nose ont to be hitched, by the nostrils, to
his work. lie had learned to shirk duty
by leaning back against the rail OF the
power some times, hence this hitching, to
which he has become accustomed, and
which he looks forward to as a matter Of
course. To make the flow of water sufi-
Gent three pumps are used. After the
cooling cans receive the milk the tread
power is thrown into gear, parto of the wat
er pumped passes into a trough contain
ing the cans. Abbott's automatic cooler,
which constitutes a lever, to which as
many paddles as there happens to be cans
of milk, can be attached, which stirs the
milk more regularly and with greater ease
and precision than does the small boy, and
the milk is soon brought to the same tenn
perature as the water, "a. This water
after doing duty around the cooling cans
passes out through pipes into the trough
in front of the cattle and they learn to lift
the slides with their noses and help them
selves at will. Every morning the milk
from this dairy is shipped to Atlantic CITY.
Farmers who contemplate entering the
dairying business, and who desire conven-
| fence and precision of results, would do
| well to visit this dairy and learn not only
| how to lessen their own labor but that OF
the partner of their joys as well. We
were told they never use the pump in the
kitchen for n purpose except for drink
| ing water during the summer. when that
In the tank becomes too warm. Besides
| the w~ater-works (these same being owned
BY the residents and not by a disinterested