The Newtown bee., 1890-12-05
Echo Farm.

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and from which he supplied a few friends
in the city with the best of country milk
and choice butter and an enviable repu-
tation for the productions of his farm was
soon established. This was the begin
ming which eventuated in the Incorporate
ion, a few years since, of the Echo Farm
Co. Their aim has always been to fur
nish superior quality of milk for city
and how we'll they have
succeeded in this is attested by the enor
nous growth and expansion of their bus
mess, which has increased so largely
that they now operate, in addition to their
Litchfield farm, large dairy at Bantam
and one still larger at Washington, and
have a capital stock of 100000.
Though the courtesy of the president,
Theodore S. Sedgwick and under the
guidance of A. B. Webster, the genial
secretary, with company of friends we
made an inspection of the barns and dairy
equipment of this celebrated farm. The
barns are spacious and most conveniently
arranged. On either side of long alley
way are the stables for 100 head of cattle
and at 20 p m the visitor may see the
meek-eyed Jerseys file in with almost
military exactness and each take her in
dividual stall, where she is secured by a
chain about the neck, much more COM
Portable and more humane than the rigid
upright stanchions commonly in use.
The stranger visiting here cannot fail TO
ha oil Mi ,phiah lie
everywhere insisted upon. Adjoining
the stable is the dressing room and bath
room, with marble wash bowl and run
ming water and motto, "Handsome is
that handsome does" framed and hang
ing above the mirror, reminds the barn
hand that he must first make his toilet
before presuming to milk. In this, as in
all other particulars, the strictest neat
ness is exacted and the milk is conveyed
Immediately to the cooling room, free
to be contracted, without due care, in a
stable atmosphere. In the cooling room
are circular watts of large dimensions, hav-
Ing capacity of 1900 to 400 quarts each,
with an ice tank in the center and ice en-
tirely surrounding them. These immense
watts receive the milk Immediately from
the COW, a tight-fitting cover excludes all
impurities and ventilating pipe passing
from the vat, through the side of the
building to the outer air, carries off the
animal heat and the milk is soon reduced
to temperature as low as ice can make
it. In few hours, it is ready for bot
thing. A metallic dasher mixes the cream
thoroughly with the milk, which is con-
Quoted through nickel-plated pipes and
faucets into quart bottles, sealed with the
company's trade mark and with label,
bearing the date of shipment. This ice
cold milk is packed in cases also contain
ing ice and forwarded in refrigerator
cars; so by no possible chance can it fail
to keep pure and sweet several days after
reaching its destination. Several hum
dred quarts of cream are also shipped
daily in half-pint bottles, sealed and la
beled in like manner. This company
have ever been quick to introduce new
and improved appliances for the curing
of milk and it may be rightly stated the
most enterprising dairy farm in the coun-
try.
Although the primary object of the
Echo Farm Co. is to produce an excel
lent quality Of bottled milk and cream,
they have acquired Il no less enviable
celebrity through the unexcelled butter
which bears their mark. The surplus
milk is converted into butter through a
Blanchard churn of 200 pounds capacity,
operated by small engine, which also
furnishes power for the butter worker
and provides the dairy with steam for
cleansing purposes. The Echo Farm but
ter is everywhere noted for it's delicious
flavor, cheesy consistency and rich gold
en- color, which are the Indispensable
qualities of a first class article. This is
printed In half-pounds, each print wrap
ped in new napkin and bears the COM
pany's label and date of shipment
The landed property of the Echo Farm
Co. Is upward of 400 acres and they har-
vest about 800 tons of choice hay. In adj
dition to the production of their own
farm, the company handle the milk of
100 diaries. The stables are inspected
frequently, the milk is regularly tested
and must show from 10 to 20 per cent of
cream, must be delivered twice daily in
cans with ventilated lids and every eau
ton is taken by their patrons to produce
the highest grade of milk. The price
each month is based upon quotations Of
the New York exchange.
This company seem to have solved the
problem Of supplying city consumers
with pure, country milk and butter, Of
uniform price. They were the first to in
troduce bottled milk into New York city
and Brooklyn and they still find their
chief market there. Through their own
agencies In the city, they place their
products directly in the consumers'hands,
making adnlteration impossible and saw
! Ing commissions of middle men. They
have an Office in Brooklyn at S03 Fulton
street and AN Office on Broadway, New
York, where their milk sells at 10 cents
per quart bottle, cream at 10 cents per
half-pint bottle and Jersey butter At 40
cents per half-pound print e..