The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-10-13
The Republican Journal, Thursday, October -, 1898

and we'll lighted and there is running water
in front of every animal all the time. He
breeds and raises his own stock and has 10
head of young stock.
H. E. Wentworth of Waldo keeps - cows
and has roomy stable we'll fitted for the
business. His milkroom is amodel OF neat
ness and everything about the place bears an
air of strict attention to business and look
ing to the quality of the products Of the farm
He has in addition to his mich COWS, .
heifers not yet in milk and Durham
Hosten bull. He breeds and raises his
own stock He delivers one-third of his
milk in glass
G. W. Shorey of Waldo is now milking "A
cows and selling 135 quarts of milk per day
nearly one-half of which is delivered in glass
jars. His herd is headed by thoroughbred
Hostein bull, and his cows are all high
grades and fine-looking animals. They
show the blood of the Holstein, Jersey,
Galloway, Durham and other breeds. Water
is brought to the buildings in pipe from
never-failing well 30 rods up on the hillside.
He has a silo, but while he believes in en-
| silage he is not filling it this years. The
reason is that last spring at planting time
he expected to winter but few cattle and
did not prepare for it. He afterwards bought
the D. E. Sheldon milk route and herd. He
is re-arranging his milk room, and when it
is finished it will be one of the most con-
venlent in this section.
j. NJ. Roberts, whose farm is near the
Head of the Tide, keeps Is cows, and sells
10 quarts of milk per day, about % per cent.
OF Which is delivered iq glass His stock is
mostly of Holstein and Jersey blood, and he
renews his herd by purchase, selling his
calves veal and buying heifers He uses
very convenient self-acting stanchion for
fastening his cattle, one which allows plenty
OF freedom of action, and yet avoids all pos
sbility of danger of the animal getting cast.
He feeds grain, etc, in small boxes made
for the purpose, which saves considerable
trouble in cleaning the cribs, and has other
advantages
Geo. l.. Elweu, on the Gentner farm,
north of Cltypoint, keeps Is cows, but will be
obliged to increase his number at once He
has one of the most sunny, warm and
thoroughly ventilated stables we have ever
seen, and he looks we'll after the comfort Of
his animals, His tie chain il different from
any we have ever before seen There is an
iron rod about u inches long. with ring at
each end. The rings enclrce the stanchion,
and chains from the rings pass around the
ANNALS neck, And fasren in the usual way.
While this arrangement allows all the free
dom necessary, ANNALS cannot get cast, nor
turn the head enough to make trouble
for the next neghhor, when fastened
with this Chain Mn EIwell believes in the
milk farmer raising hs calves and now has
considerable young stock on hand.
Two points We're specially noted in these
visits, First there y a practica, unanmity
among the farmers that horns are useless
appendages and dangerous as we'll. Second
we We're struck by the absence OF flies
in the stables and tenps, and on inquiry
learned that the cattle are sprayed by a
preparation that, While harmless I'd man and
beast, keeps the animals and premises wher-
ever it is applied free from all kinds of fly
ing insects.