The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-06-03
STOCK FARM.
A Visit to the Jersey Farm of Messrs.
w. G. & B. J. Upchurch.
Thar Herd wos the First of those Csls
brated. Cattle Brought into this
StGte-Some account of
Their DaGrying OPP
er0tiOnS.

Wake county. Their stock farm is
owned jointly and consists of 600
acres, lying four miles from Raleigh.
in a southwest direction, Immediately
on the highway known as the Asylum
road.
Five hundred acres of their farm is
in cultivation. This season they have
l25 acres planted in cotton. This
land has been in clover and with a
good eason will make an average of
a bale to the acre. They have IS
acres in wheat and IS in oats and
about SO acres in corn. About IS
acres in grass and clover, the balance
in pasturage. All of these crops are
in fine condition except the wheat. 1t
will be nearly a failure.
On this farm they have at present
a herd Of IS registered Jersey bulls,
mich COWS and calves. But they sell
calves every year. Have sold as far
South as Alabama and North as far
as New York.
The Messrs. Upchurch have at diff
ferent times bought animals from the
first strains in the country. They
bought three calves in Philadelphia at
one time for which they paid 5000.
The first cattle bought was from the
celebrated Carrolton Jersey farm in
the State of Maryland At present
The leader Of - herd is jersey
King" a mag f;ent bull, Son Of
" Farmera' Glory - His mother was
"Violet, a fine English COW. The
herd is comp2-eI Of strains from
"Sioke Pogis,'' Farmers Glory"
"Rax,' "Chamr;on of America
:. R.otyr" and &C nmassa."
The Messrs. Upcburch believe in
pure water, and at considerable cost
have constructed a large re ser voir at
the cattle barn int which pure water
is conveyed day Il d night by means
Of two hydraulic rams which are fixed
in a spring Of fire wate1 so the only
cost was the original price paid for
them.
The dairy is conveniently situated
an The water supply is from a good
spring, the temperature of the waGer
being about 62 degrees. They have
an ex >erjenced ~daIryman who under
stands the business thoroughly, he
having had years of experience on
dairy farms in Central New York.
At present they are milking 25
COWS. The best one, Rosa Stella"
averages six gallons of very rich milk
per day. A number of the COWS are
young, consequently don't give great
quantities of milk. The general aver,
age is five gallons per day. Owing to
the distance from Raleigh, it does not
pay to bring milk to the city to sell
it. The milk is fed to calves and
pigs. Two hundred and fifty dollars
worth of pigs have been sold at good
prices from the farm since the first of
March. There are about twenty per-
sons on the farm to be fed, but in ad-
dition to what butter they use, 3,475
pounds has been sold from the farm
since the first of January up to the
first of June. During the past twelve
months the Dairy averaged 44O pnuuds
Of fine butter to each COW MIXED.
These, of course, wer mature COWS,
neifers are not included.
Now some people might be opposed
to critisize the yields of milk from
these fine COWS. But it won't do.
W. have some very excellent COWS of
the common order in our State, but
they will not begin to average as much
butter for an entire herd as will the
Jerseys. The milk of the Jersey COW
is nearly twice as rich as that of the
native cow. She may not give more
in quantity, but the quality is so much
better so far as butter is concerned.
Woodland Stock Farm is another
proof that clover will grow on any
kind Of soil found throughout the hillY
sections Of our State and country.
This farm would have been cons dered
a poor ridge farm, but clover was
started in a small way and by de yrees
it has been enriched. The man vino
raises clover will have good stock, he
just can't help it. Clover is good
for all domestic animals. Don't
undertake to begin with a large field.
If you are a small farmer, SOW a
quarter Of an acre and make 1t rich.
Almost any land that will produce
good cotton will bring clover. We
repeat that if you raise clover you
will have good stock. If you have
stock you will have manure. If you
have these thing your account with
merchants will not be so large for you
are apt to raise your own meat. There
is more clear money in an acre of
clover than in an acre of cotton. The
clover will enrich the soil; cotton will
make it poor. Clover will save billy
land while cotton puts it in a condi-
ton to wash away
We are truly glad to know that
there has been great strides forward