The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-13
A MODEL FARM.
The Eloise Improvement COG-
paOy's Place Just Above
Louisa.

on the North ana West hy the
county road, and South by the
farm of James !. johns, lays the
farm Of the Eloise Improvement
Company. The tact contains
about six hundred acres, and in all
this varied boundary Of level bot
tom, grassy rfiGadow and gentle
slope there is not an acre which is
not made to produce something.
The "barren fig tree" of Holy Writ
and its disastrous iinality must be
constantly in Col. Northup's mind
for there is certainly nothing about
the Eloise farm which does not
produce something OF value. But
it was not ALWAYS So. Before 1t
came into the possession of its
present owners this tract was II
barren wilderness. Its principal
productions, as the Biographies
say, were crawhsh and broom
sedge, and to one who knew it
then and who acquainted With lis
present. fertility and productive
ness the change seems marvellous.
1t simply shows what skill, incl
ligence, pluck ard money will ac-
complish. But it took all these to
do the work. One OF the first things
done was to put into effect a com
pete system of drainage, and to do
this nearly fifteen miles OF drain
tiling has been put in. This set
tied the "crawtish or, let us be
proper and say "erayti1h"-
the swamp. Then began tho work
Of the pillow and the axe and the
innumerable tools aud appliances
used for redeeming the soil and in
closing this large tract with a fence
pig tight, bull strong and boss
high. And there 1t stands today
in all its rich fertility, monument
to the intelligent labor and I'M
stinted expenditure of its owners,
As this article will probably be
read by others than our own peo-
pie it is well enough to say that
the owners of this model farm,
the Eloise Improvement Col2 pany,
are Col. Jay II. Northup and +, T,
d, Wallace. Col. Northup, the
general manager Of the Improve.
ment Co.'S business, is a born far
mer. AS it was once said by man
who boasted Of his farmer birth
and training, he wa, born between
two rows Of corn But the Colonel
is by no means pumpkin" He
is the EN- bodiment Of tireleSs cease.
less energy, the personiiication OF
unremitting industry, a mixture oil
vim and vigor, with the Inevitable
result-Victory!
a word Of explanation OF the
name OF this farm and company is
not out of place just here. Some
years ago sort OF boom hit this 10.
callty, and Mr.. b. +. Thomas
bought some land laying along the
river, just above town and laid il
off in town lots, calling the site
Heloise, in honor OF his daughter
then a pretty child Of four or five
summers. He afterwards sold out
to Messrs. Northup and Wallace,
and when they organized their
company they retained the name,
dropping the first initial.
This farm is, first OF all, a stock
farm. 1t is the hope OF its owners
to make it the self-supporting
home OF u thousand head of cattle,
and to this end all their efforts
and experiments are directed. 1t
is an ideal place for such an inter
prise. Cattle need suitable food
pure water and shelter. Given
these and they will wax and grow
fat, Increase and multiply. AT
Eloise these conditions are found
abundantly. There is no limit to
the amount Of suitable food; the
Big Sandy laves its Eastern side
fully mile, and Lick crock flows
through 1t from one end TO
the other, while huge barns
afford comfortable quarters and
adequate shelter from wind and
rain. Further along we shall say
more OF Inequality and quantity OF
the food given the various kinds Of
stock raised on this farm. Not
much of the grain and grass grown
there is for the market. The Ca
pacious NOV of the siio receiv, 5
the COW peas, the green corn, tie
crimson clover and other .uccu-
lent foods grown for the slick Jer-
seys and Durhams whose cream
and butter have made the Elois @
Farm famous. Four hundred tons
OF ensilage isawaiting The time for
it to be I, d to the patient brutes
now feeding on winter oats aud rye
No one can tell how M ny tons OF
shredded fodder are ready for this
same stock Tlecumbintd shred
derand shellcr which 50 Tho ouuE-
~ and rapidly prepares this 70 ld,r
IS but one OF the many agricultural
and mechanical implements used
on the Eloise farm. Com was for-
merly gathered Ivy hand. Now a
giant reaper goes over the fields,
bottom and hillside alike-thou, h
the hi isides re fcw-and the H.
Dor OF weeks Is done in as many
days. Whatever Of farm labor
that can be performed by machin-
cry Is 80 done. Hence from IN,