Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-03
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p,assszs Jersey Stock Farm. Sesfh vassal-
hero, ter miles from thts city. This farm
vss formerly owned BY Ar. J. .. Hawss.
vAo bad upon h . few years sincs
very ans hsrd Of thorough
Sssd ssd srads Hefefosas- Wishing
y engage in best rsisias--fos which and
for ths Hsrsfofds. ~ the great representa-
ssnvs breed Of s<sf-producsss, Mr..
Hsvss had . special fsncy-so
g1estsf extent, hs transferred bis
best animals 10 . large ranch IN
Coiony, Kansas, come yss,s ago. and in
1887 tbs farm vas purchased by Mr. Cobb
nr. Cobb bad Won some distinction - .
Jersey breeder and exhibitor Of dne AMI
naIs II our State Fairs, bis kiysrdsis Farm.
Lesds, where be then resided, being we'll
known In Maine for its choice herd and
spisn Id butter. This farm, which Mr..
Cobb still owns and manages through =
cempes<nt head farmer. embraces $50 acres
md cuts about ffty tons Of hay, other crops
II proportion being grown upon 1t. Wish
ing to make Mt. Pleasant his home farm,
Mr.. Cobb moved upon it in the summer Of
1887. It comprises svo hundred aud fifty
scrss Of strong land. natural grass soil,
and cuts from seventy 10 eighty tons Of
hay. The farm has . commanding situa-
ton. the buildings overlooking Three-M
Pond and . part Of Weber Lake. with
. vide extent Of country. Twenty-thrse
seres we're under the plow last season,
eight Of which we're in yellow corn for
snsilags.
Although the Mount Pleasan, and
Riverdale farms are both owned and
managed BY Mr.. Cobb. they a-e ear
he'd On Independently 90 tar ~ accounts
are concerned-A separate set of books be
ing kept at each. But the herd Of Jerseys
10 called one, and at present consists Of
over nfty animals, all thoroughbred, Of the
American Club registry. At the head Of
the herd stands the imported bull, Sir Flo
rian, 1873. bred on the Isle Of Jersey by
W. J. kerslake. This animal has but four
registered heifers yet in milk; but one Of
them. Regina Clifford, as three year old has
butter record Of II lbs. IL OF in seven
days. Another. ZonA's Gift, two year
old. won tie special prize offered by Presi-
dent Prince At the Maine State Fair In 1889.
for heifers three years old or under, max
ing the most cream the second day Of the
Fair Her produce was At the rate Of 10
liz lbs. butter per week, and her daily
milk yield was 81 lbs. Since 1885 Sir
Florian has won six first and two second
prizes At Maine. Eastern Maine and New
England Fairs. The next oldest sire in the
herd 10 Mt. Pleasant Pogis, 1861, whose
dam and sires dam, and her two full
sisters, have an average test Of
Is lbs. of butter per week. This bull is
one Of the celebrated st. Lambert family,
and is hne representative of this cele-
bfated strain Of Jerseys.
excepting your herd ssyou do for = butter
dairy" we asked Mr.. Cobb in . recent
conversation with that gentleman, ''do you
think thoroughbreds are more profita Bile
than cross breed.9 Many shrewd farmers
tell US they prefer grades for profit because
they ar. not so high priced. and their yield,
they think, As good"
"WelI. that must be" replied Mr.. Cobb,
"because they don't know the difference,
Or have not given thoroughbred cows
8 sufficiently long aud careful test to know
what they will do, have tried both, and
say give me thoroughbreds for large and
profitable production every time. | believe
In the thorous hbrsd jersey As the great
butter COW, Carefully bred she is vigorous
and strong in constitution, though graceful,
delicate and sensitive is always hearty and
strong, good feeder, and no grade can
approach 4 thoroughbred for profit. Her
one goal is cream and butter. That is the
end Of the dairy mans endeayor, and he
can reach a far greater profit with full
bloods than with cross breds. This is my
experience
Then Mr.. Cobb continued to give an in
teresting account Of his method OF feeding
and management of his dairy-the general
system being similar at both farms.
At Mt. Pleasant Farm eighteen cows are
nov being MIXED. and there are nine to
come in during March and April. The ami
mails are fed but twice a day-in the
morning at O'clock; and in the after
noon at 8 30 O'Clock. these hours being
very regularly followed. In the
morning eight pound. of hay, by seight. 10
fed to each mature animal at Size after
noon feed they are given twenty pounds OF
corn silage, and a fodderiBg of ah-eshed
oats. Twelve acres Of oats were grown
the past year for being fed out and en-.
early. so As to be all eaten. The pFaverlrr
ration is given but once da,-In the
morning after the feed of hay. AMI consists
Of four quarts of equal parts OF short', t II
Ton seed and corn meal. All haze what
water they will drink
what do you think Of ensilagei" we
asked.
why, replied Mr.. Cobb with broad
smile and enthusiastic manner, II couldn't
get along without it,
''How much did You have last season.
II can't exactly tell. My silo, which oc
cupies band in the centre of one Of my
barns. has q capacity for one hundred tons.
Last year had eight acres Of corn which l
packed a. silage. 1t vas the common,
cisht-rowed. yellow variety, and packed
Is Whole, ears and all. 1t filled the silo
probably about half full. Next year pro-
pose to increase the acreage in ensilags
corn TO ten or twelve acres, and shall
plant q larger variety, probably the twelve
soved. aud let it mature before packing it.
Il 10 not necessary to chop the stalks before
packing them. Formerly, l used to cut
down the ensilsge in the siio, with hay
knife in feeding it out, but that is also
unnecessary, and / now take 1t of whole in
LAYERS, when feeding it out.
How do you think. Mr.. Cobb, that
farmers throughout the State are now re-
garding ensilage As = part OF the fodder
nton and one of the crops Of the fsrms"