The Washington times., 1901-12-29

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of water that carries it through i
through an elevated canal to {
reservoir far away from the
barns, whence tank wagon,
spread il as Il rich fertilizer ovel
the fields where grow the corr
and grain and grass with which
the cows are fed. The solid refuse
is removed with equally scrupu
lOus care, and also fertilizes the
field. The clean swept barn floor.
are sprinkled white with lane
lime, which eats up the last yes
tige Of dirt and absorbS every i'm
purity, so THAT you can wall
through the barns with your eyes
closed and you can only tell that
vOu are in a barn, instead of 4
dwelling house, by the fragrance
of the fodder.
The Feed andWater.
What the cows are fed las
much to do with the richness of
the milk, and the water the cows
drink has much to- do with the
nii!k's purity. You cannot have
good milk without good food for
the cow. You cannot have clean
milk unless the cow drinks clean
water There is only one time
when water can be added to milk
with safety, and that is when it is
given the COW to drink. Water
that is added to the milk after it
comes from the COW is not only
dishonest. but dangerous to pub
lie health, for wafer carries germs
of disease into milk. Water chat
is not clean when drank by the
COW may carry impurity with it,
and therefore at Ashburn farm
the water that the cows drink is
an important consideration.
I'VE have two wells over 293
feet deep said the Senator. En-
gines pump this pure water into
tanks. from which it flows into
trOughs in the barn. where the
cattle drink it, and they will net
drink any other. They will not
drink the water in the fields. This
water is pure and not too cold.
To give cows ice water in trOughs
out of doors or in streams or
springs is cruelty; it eRdangers
the health of the COW and the
quality of the milk. Most dairy
herds are permitted to drink from
the frog ponds and streams in the
pastures. Such water is filled
with impurities, and when stirred
up by a herd of cows drinking cut
of it is bound to be muddy and
filthy"
The trOughs the -Ashburn COWS
drink out of-two to every three
cows are clean iron basins, kept
filed automatically. When the
COW drinks Il trough empty it fills
again to Il certain level.
The food Ashburn cows have
would require a scientific discus
sion to do it justice. 1t influences
Importantly the quality of milk.
To get Just what is required 20
feed the cows properly all manner
of cereals raised at Ashburn farm
and large quantities of food is
bought from other sources, car
loads of bran. meal, gluten. etc.
Silos and EnSilage.
There pre- two silos that stand
higher than Il three-story house
and look like gigantic standpipes.
One of them holds 800 tons of en-
silagc. Ensilage is green fodder
preserved by shutting it out from
the air. - process" the Senator
SAYS, known To the ancients, who !
ensilage in silos upon
The desert for feeding caravan
'amels Our silOs are built of |
wo-inch planks, bound with iron
l0Ops, lined with heavy felt cloth
md planed boards. We fill them
II the season with green fodder,
md il is fed to the stock in the
winter
In every direction from the
.rcat barns are fields. In some of
hem the cows take the air daily.
others are devoted to pasturage
md to raising different kinds of
oddcr. The Senator's theory is
hat something should be kept
all the time, and the
round kept well fertilized. Fo"
Instance. wheat and rye are raised
nd plowed in to enrich the soil ON
which the corn is grown for the
attic.
The Stable Railroad.
The fodder is carried about th"
arms by small railroad system
through Ashburn barns
D carry the milk from the milking
o the dairy, etc.
The first milking takes place at
he unearthly hour of 1 a. III.
bout half-past 3 in the morning
was awakened by hair-raising
hrick from Il steam whistle. |
lought the farm was ON fire, but
hey told me the next morning