Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-02-18

inst, of consumption, aged SO years
Mrs. Willie Coburne died from can
Ger on the 18th. She has been great
sufferer for the last two months.
South Troy.
The Express and Standard. thro' its
especial correspondent 'having men
toned only two Of our thriving farm
ers and their well-kept farms in the
vicinity Of So. Troy, would cause
strangers to think that they were the
only ones worthy of mention. Now
in the vicinity of the village, without
prejudice to any, we will mention those
Of j. S. Andrews, j. N. Smith, Buck &
Stevens, "village farms;" G. Q. Ken
nedy, Hon. S. r. Davis, B. B. Law
rim, L. S. Chaffee; and we could men
ton several others, but we think that
the farm Of Hon. @. P. Stevens, just
out Of the village, on the road to West
field, is worthy of special mention.
Mr.. Stevens, although manufacturer
Of lumber, has some very good ideas
of farming, which are shown by the
improvements of his farm since he
purchased it in 1887. 1t then kept %
COWS, horses, 80 sheep, hogs. He
now has 80 head of cattle, of which so
are COWS, 80 sheep, horses, and from
II to Is hogs; he has thoroughly re-
paired his buildings, and, we venture
to say, there is not more convent
ent or better set of barns in Orleans
County. One is 3Ox1O0 feet, one 64x
81 feet, and in such shape that there
is 27O #. of stabling, all in one base
ment. This is so arranged as to ac-
commodate 100 head of cattle, which
can all be fed from one floor. Out of
this basement is a room 12x16 it,,
where in winter he has United States
separator. There is also a silo 16x16
and % #. deep, which is filed to it's
utmost capacity with ensilage corn
every year, it being cut by steam, and
filed from the outside with an elevat
or. He has q ten-horse power up
right boiler and engine with which he
does his threshing, cutting ensilage,
etc., also cuts all his straw and steams
it, the steam boxes being in the base
ment Of the barn. The steam pipes
are SO arranged as to steam the feed
while cutting the straw and also to
heat the separator room, if wanted.
Mr.. Stevens thinks it a great saving
to steam feed for all of his stock.
There is a chance to draw water in
two places in the basement to the barn
and good supply at the house, also
in the barnyard for the stock. The
sheep have a shed 14X70, connected
with the barns In the summer he
here to be separated and made into
butter, having over 125 COWS in all.
Close to the dairy room is a building
made for cold storage, and the butter
room never gets more than two or
three degrees above freezing, and
keeps the butter in fine shape until
such time as the market will warrant
selling. Mr.. Stevens is firm believ-
er in ensilage, and says that to keep
up a farm the plows must be kept
bright and much grain raised. He
raised last year over 1000 bushels of
grain, besides large lot of field corn,
turnips and potatoes. 1t should be
stated that he has one stable 24x84 TT.
with cemented floor; this, he thinks,
is a great Improvement, as it saves all
the liquid manure by using sawdust
for bedding. Fearing that may be
using too much space, will close by
saying that if any of the farmers in
this county have opportunity, it will
we'll pay them to spend little time
on visit to this farm, and they will
find Mr.. Stevens glad to show them
over the place and ready to answer
any questions they may ask.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
West