Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-11-28

kept going from the field to the barn. A
long carrier runs the ensilage from the
cutter to the silo. The machinery is all
run by a two-horse power tread.
The cover Of the silo is fastened to the
rafters above by block and fall. and may
thus easily be raised out of the way. In
weighing the cover the doctor has again
brought his ingenuity into play, and has
in the simplest way imaginable avoided
the lifting Of heavy rocks and weights
usually enjoyed ~ by the farmer after
his silo is filed. DR.. Haines places empty
barrels on the cover, fills them with water
from the hose, and "there you are"
When it is time to remove the cover, the
hose is again brought into play as a
syphon, the water is run off-'there you
are again."
The cream room is by itself and is fitted
with double tank through which spring
water circulates, keeping it cool and
sweet, without the use Of ice. DIR. Haines
is now supplying the Ellsworth creamery
with an average OF half ton Of cream a
month.
To increase the quantity and richness
Of the milk, the doctor is experimenting
feeding mixture of ground oats and
cotton seed with good results. He also
feeds roots, and in cutting them uses a
cutter which reduces them to very small
pieces at the rate Of a bushel a minute.
He also experiments with green fodder.
This fall he put in five acres Of winter
rye which is coming up finely, and in
which he will turn his cows in the spring
before the grass comes. He has another
field OF four acres Of crimson clover.
This year the farm cut forty tons OF
hay, and in few years the doctor expects
to cut 100 tons. The farm also produced
this year 800 bushels OF oats, 100 bushels
OF potatoes, seventy-five bushels Of
turnips, besides several tons Of carrots
and other vegeta bles.
The cellar, or rather basement Of the
barn, in which are the hog pens, is roomy,
the ceiling being about seven feet in the
clear. DR.. Haines' hogs are Of the White
Chester breed. A door at the side Of the
basement allows wagon to drive in to
ventilators convey all noxions gases from
the cellar basement and COW tie-up to the
cupola on the roof.
| AN APIARIsT,
| too, is the doctor, and though he has but
few hives at present, he intends to go
into bee culture quite extensively. He
| now has few hives OF five band yellow
| h h
| ducers.
To assist these busy little honey makers,
DR.. Haines proposes to plant hundred
or more American linden trees along
both sides Of the Mariavile road which
cuts his farm in two, and along the lane
to the foot of Green Lake. These trees
blossom profusely, and while in blossom,
from them the bees can produce more
and better honey than by months Of labor
on clover and other blossoms, one swarm
OF bees having been known to produce
from the linden trees twenty. five pounds
of honey in single day.
These trees it is, or will be, that give
"Lindenhurst."
An orchard OF about 300 fruit trees has
been planted, is doing finely, and will in
few years be a source OF profit and en-
joyment.
On the small brook, formed by the
overflow of the springs, small pond ha!
been constructed, and is already stocked
with trout 1t is the intention to builC
several more ponds next year for the
same purpose.
With the grading, the widening OF the
lane to the foot OF the lake, the long rows
of Towering linden trees, and the many
other Improvements contemplated, in 6
few years "Lindenhurst" will indeed be
as beautiful and as productive a farm as
can be found in the whole State OF Maine