The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-12-16
DIVERSIFIED FARMING.
Some Pennsylvania and Maryland
Object Lessons.

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Object Lessons.
From the Baltimore Weekly sun, December 9.
| Last week Mr.. William l.. Amoss, director
OF the Farmers Institutes OF Maryland, ac-
| companied by several farmers from Southern
| Mary land, made "a tour OF inspection through
| portions of Baltimore aud Carroll counties
| and York county. PENNSYLVANIA. On the
train Mr.. Amoss explained that the aim OF
! the trip was to illustrate by object lessons OF
| fact the value of diversified farming, and es-
] pecally so in connection with where any one
| crop IS made "a specially. He had been
| asked questions many times, which he felt
/ could better he answered III tins way than any
| other He stated that the first visit would be
/ to the farm of Mr.. +. Y. Richardson, near
! Phoenix. Mr.. AmosS remarked that the ex-
| perieuce of Mr.. Richardson was one worthy
/ of imilation-an example OF ambition that
auy farmer could follow. He SAID that Mr..
/ Richardson's father died when lie was a
Young man. aud he took charge of his father ;
! farm which consisted of une-sIXlh of his
! qraudEihers 1000 acre tract. Young Rich
/ ardson did not have much faith IN his pros
pective farming. and had the 'go-West-
! Young man fever that WAS prevalent at that
( time ueighbur bought the cream from the
/ few cows he kent The cream was furnished
I to many homes. One day after delivering
/ his cream supply, he sat down and figured
/ out what the daily revenue the neIghbOr : load
/ Of cream was bringing. He was aslonshed.
/ Tie readily made decision, aud that was to
4 20 into the cream business himself lie com.
msuced 10 save all his heiter calves. lie bred
( his cows. which were crosses of Jersey and
/ Guernsey breeds. to pure Jersey sires. In
! selecting the Sires he paid more attention to
! the records Of their dams as milk anu cream
I producers than pedigree.
FARMERS DAIRY.
Mr. Richardson uog owns 500 acres Of the
original estate, aud IS keeping 100 cows, OF
I which IS are mich COWS. The party was met
( AZ Phuuix by Mr.. Asa h. Gardiner, Jr.,
( manager Of Fllstou Farm, with tour-horSe
turnout. The beautiful section of hilly couu-
trv on the way TO Mr.. Richardson's was
/ greatly admired by the gentlemen from South.
ern Maryland The farm Of Mr. Richardson
/ was IN splendid condition, the set of clover
/ and srl.ss fine, good fences. - thrifty orchard,
cattle in tius condition, he was feeding en-.
stlage, aud knew how TO make we'll balanced
{ ration.
I m, dairy had q large ieehouse attachment,
I into the bottom Of which his cream was low
I cred a. soon a. gathered. The milk WIS kept
/ in the deep vat or can system, surrounded
/ with crushed lCo IN the summer, and cream
wns allowed to form naturally. lie does not
I ~, the ...eparAt0rs, for his customers tell
/ him they greatly prefer the natural or gravity
! system cream, and some declare the separator
I cream has = cooked taste
/ Hogs Is the hundreds we're seen. skim
{ milk. cora and other farm products furnished
the food for the hogs. large flock Of
4 healthy poultry, MAINLY Of Plymouth kocks-
/ gave evidence OF sensible care. An a,tTac-
I tive home aud many other indications which
/ f1lioS naturally ia the wake Of good farming
{ Nere found and admired
! a COMMERCIAL pAIKT.
/ Fils;ou Farm IVES the next point. IL would
shaw the contrast between a DAIRY such As ans
1 ambitious farmer could bziid up and a eom-
/ merciAl dairy. tIIston Farm IS located in the
/ very heart oi the greai milk producing belt
/ tina, surrounds Baltimore The yAiae OF thls
! propsr,y is considered 10 be over Sl5oU1o
/ The stables aud ouibailAiugs are large Aud
cCniAia ali the latest up-to -tAie accessories in
1s. ia modern dalrying. Several harms
Y aru here srouped. afoysling the opportunity
Z ot distributing the dairy herd, So that pa case
{ oi irs, epidemic OF any emergency the danger
{ AZ Iasssss would ba lesseued. Each barn holds
I from - 20 IS coNs, With ample lail storage
/ for proyrndeg Records Aus kept ut each
I COW ) annual prodnctiou oi mglk. Two hun
dred aud afty parc-hrrd registered Jersey
{ coWs are kept Mr. Gardiner knows The
/ uane and pedigree Of the coss- and proved
I 20 be- = yerilAhle Walking encyclopedia, read p
I iIy giving records aad family traced hack ped.
{ isryrs. that proved his careful study and
I kno-l.-Is-s. n, freely gave his methods Of
I feeding. and sas glad 70 haye the visitors
4 critically inspect ali the foods including the
( spsilage. he showed hos the milk ~As
I cooled aud acraisd sith the uns process.
[ Ho~ all the utensils scEc steam cleaned; how
! The crtgeetsd stables srTc kept serupuluusly
/ clean With a suspended trolley car that ran
| hack 0l the stalls that carried cur all dTopP-
/ ings: nov the milkmeu had 90 os dressed IA
( ~hitr suits 20 do the milking. Tune being
I limited only tao OF the several barns could be
/ visited. An extensive wcl-Tick cd lot OF coru
/ fodder with a new ridge roof over u sdicaied
( that Mr. Gardiner fully appreciates the value
1 Of good dry corn fodder for mtleh cows. A
T modern hoghouse on the farm vas examined
/ Nth interest. II has seven double apart
I mcnls. with eementea floors The center -
7 a tew inches lower, ans Is arranged SO a
/ wagon may be driven through 10 remove the
| hlih. etc. Berkshire hogs are kept.
FIston Farm dairy was founded IN lsS2 By
1 Mr.. Edward Austen. Retiring from active
I business life in New York city, he turned his
/ attention 10 pure. bred cattle. Ills FIRST fancy
/ was pevous, then Ayershires, and hnally set
/ tied on JerseSs. which soon resulted IN layiag
/ the foundation for one Of the largest herds OF
/ JERSEYS IN the United States, though II IS
/ practically shat might be termed home
/ made herd Mr. Gardner Is an enthusiast.
/ aud through his efforts IS ably maintaining the
/ aim Mr. Austen had in view. Mr. Gardiner
considers that the sire is half Of the herd aud
/ concludes it Is wisdom to loosen the purse
I 4.tv he b.ssf
TOBACCO AND sEEF cArrLE,
After partakiug Of bountiiul lunch, where
! 10 Jersey dairy products played a very appe-
( tiziug Part, the party pr oceeded to York, Pa.
/ A, York Mr. T.. X. McCoukey was in waiting
/ with a fine turnout Of -four magnificent black
/ horses, aud the party proceeded without delay
/ 10 the farm Of Mr. Michael Snyser. about five
miles distant Mr. Smyser has one of tue
/ kind of farms, and IS d type Of the sturdy,
/ painstakiug farmers that have made York and
/ Lancaster the banner agricultural counties.
| He follows u system Of diversified farming,
| which includes some tweniy-odd acres OF
| tobacco, and feeds and fatiens from 75 TO 100
beeves He generally buys the cattle about
1 the latter part OF September, when their aver
| age weight is about Zoo pounds, aud feeds
1 them until they have attained weight and con
dition to be classed as export beeves. The
cattle are high grades, plainly showing Dur
ham or short horn blood. Cattle of that
class, Mr.. Smyser says, not only are the best
| beefmAksrs, but are more readily tatiened-
He generally feeds more cattle than his farm
supplies the corn feed for. His method OF
feeding for fa,tening is giving from II to 10
| pounds of rather coarse ground cornmeal 10
| each steer three times day. In addition
they are given liberal supply OF dry corn
fodder. The animals are kept in the stable
all the time Water is furnished in trough
in the stalls He said he had paid cents a
pound for the present lot of cattle, hoped to
| increase their individual weights 400 pounds
or more, and expected to realize cents Il
pound when they were sold. The manure
from the cattle is very valuable, and Is no
| doubt the main cause of the fertile land OF hlS
farm aud in keeping it so. He firmly believes
in feeding the soil, aud is not afraid of in ur-
ing his tobocco crop by applying barnyard
manure. He says the corn feeds the beeves,
the beeves feed the land, which in return
grows him a ton of tobacco to the acre.
While Mr.. Smyser's system may not be as
modern some others, his industry and per
sonal attention, keen judgment and extended
experience have enabled him to secure q very
comfortable fortune.
The tobacco hanging in the tobacco barns
was examined with interest for some OF the
visitors are tobacco raisers in Southern Mary
land The quality was not considered quite
equal to the Maryland tobacco though it APP
peared to be ofstronger texture. The method