The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-11-14
A MODERN DAIRY FARM.

The Evans farm in Waldo is well worth
visit to those interested in up-to-date
methods of conducting dairy farm. One
OF the most fertile parts of Waldo county is
strip of land along the northern part of
the town of Waldo, and extending into
Brooks and Swanville on the east and Nor
rill on the west The Evans farm is situated
in this strip. about mile and a half west of
Waldo station, at the crossing of the roads
long known as evans Corner" The farm
contains 100 acres, about one-half of which
is under cultivation and the remainder in
pasture and woodland. Last season seven
acres were in Hungarian and six acres in
corn for fodder and enslage. A silo with a
capacity of 60 tons was built last spring to
take the place of smaller one. The San
ford ensilage corn is used and is cut into one
inch lengths. Labor saving machinery is
used in every part of the work, from plow-
ing the ground to stamping the butter. A
reversible sulky plow and improved har-
rows prepare the ground. The ground is
furrowed, seed and phosphate dropped and
covered and the ground rolled at one opera
tion by horse planter made by Bannon &
Dickey of Morrill,. The weeds are kept
down by weeder worked by horses, and
the corn is cut with reaper. The en-
silage corn when cut by power machine is
taken to the top of the silo by patent en-
silage carrier. Other crops are worked by
the same up-to-date methods.
There are now 80 head of cattle, old and
young, on the farm-all pure bred Jerseys.
The head of the herd is the bull Dennis,
eligible to registry, as are also some of the
COWS. Fifteen cows are now MIXED. The
stable in which these animals are kept is
an innovation from the old-style te-up. In
stead of a row of stalls under NOW of
hay, the COWS are kept in a wing built on
the barn. 1t is one story high, with two
rows of stalls facing walk in the centre.
The stalls are open above and the building
is 10 feet high in the centre and feet at
each side. The Hoard stall is used, having
racks for the hay and doors for feeding
grain, ensilage, ETC., nearer the floor. The
hay and other feeds are brought in upon
truck, and water is to be led into the tie-up
by a pipe from the dairy house short dis
tance away
All the dairy work is done in a separate
building 20feet square standing few yards
away from both house and barn. The
boiler is of 20 horse power and furnishes
steam for a 10 horse power upright engine,
for driving the separator and churn, saving
wood, ETC., and also for cleaning the cans,
pals and other dairy appliances A Han
cock inspirator forces water from the large
reservoir to the boiler, and is soon to be
piped to supply a tank from which water
will be conducted to the stable. The water
will be heated in cold weather by steam
from the boiler. The De Laval separator
and a power churn of 100 gallons capacity
are used The butter worker and stamps
process of the manufacture is conducted, as
in all first class dairies and creameries
without the hands of the operator touching
the butter. The application of improved
machinery to dairy work relieves the busy
housewife of the care and labor of butter
making, which were formerly so great
drain on the energies of farmers wives
The proprietor of this farm, Edward Evans,
disroses of all his products in Belfast,
where he has regular route, and the de-
mand is always fully up to the capacity of
his herd.
While dairying is the principal line at the
Evans farm, there are several others in
which considerable showing is made.
There are now in the cellar 165 bushels of
baldwin apples, and from 90 to 100 bushels
of other kinds, besides potatoes, root crops,
etc. A flock of sheep is kept and something
over ton of pork is sold annually.