The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-12
Observation-Disclosures
The Greatest Revolution in Farm
ing Since the Days of Abraham.

ing Since the Days of Abraham.
In the Worlds Work for May is the
description OF il typical, well organized, |
small farm in the Central West, where
electricity, modern machinery and good
management have worked Il wOnlrOus
lcvoluti IN, and 1t is herewith given to
our readers for their en- ightcnmcnt as
10 The progress being made in farming
in this age of ImrroNclnunt
To show The modern organization of
agriculture under the best conditions
IN Il well developed community in one
- the central States, | take the actual
inst,ncc OF Mr. Ru-scll, Il farmer who
owns eighty acr of land and makes
sp, cnily of darying and fruit raising
or course he hires mau and his wife
by the year gives them neat, scpar.
ate tenant house, and paSs them $500
Il year III cash for :hcir services Am
electric car line runs past the farm to
Il good market town, about four miles
away. "A creamery AMI canning fac
tory is reached by this same trolley
route.
AT > O'Clock IN the morning, w|ir.r,
whlr-r goes an automatic electric alarm
in lhc tenant Il use. The hired man
gc's up and hurrics TO She big barn.
lie feeds ana ylOrms tie COWS AN
cleans on. the stalls. Jhcn ,hu pro-
prictOr arrives IN time To hc!u at the
milking. Butn men wash ,h,r n,uds
and put on Gle: II white dl,k ii.j. used
, only when thcN mi k.
! The milk goes to a ncti mi k-roum
adjoining the barn and is fed iuto IL cen
triugal cream separator operated hy
electric power dcriv, Il from the trolley
line. a touch on lever and The little
motor huns mclrly. Almost before
you know 1t the separator has whirlcd
all OF the cream "uj of the fresh milk
into the shipping cans ; while the skim
milk still warm and appr tiZing is
ready Tor Feeding to calves and plyS.
The filled cream CauS are hooked to
wire carrier, which spins them, by
force of gravity, direct TO the trolley
platform on the read. In II few MN
utes trolley car comes along, with Il
freight car attached, stops at the plat
form, takes the cauS Oh houd, aud
then whlrls away with them to ;hc
creamery. The freight charges arc but
few cents (Which arc collected week
l) and the empty cans are returned
la'cr in the day free of charge. Mr.
Russell is credited by the creamery with
so much cream and on settlement day
he receives 1t check IN payment.
Thus the milking is done and the
cream is on its way to market before
Mrs. Russell is out of bed. She does
not have t. bother with " setting the
mix in pans, or with ripcniDg or churll-
ing the cream. She is no longer Il slave
TO milk pans and churns and III" ol,!
unsatisfactory way OF Grading out .
the butter at a local grocery store is
done away with entirely. Butter OF
cream now means cash.
The cows, instead of mcking a poor
living from uncertain pastures, are
stabbed in clean stalls, cool IN summer
warm in winter, and always well ven
tilated. Instead of " guess wo, k feed
inS," they are gwen Il scientific ration
exactly adapted 10 their II eds.
a windmill, tubular well, and n
tank supp les pure water for barn,
house, lawn and milk room. The wind.
mill has an automatic governor whi,l,
stops OF starts pumping according to
the needs Of the b,g storage tank.
There Is fresh water before each COW
constantly, regulated by an automatic
watering device. The stable floor is
OF cement, and is flushed clean with
tho hose twice day. The stable walls
glistcn with whilcwash, and every.
thing is as neat and clean as it once
was dirty and untidy. Dairying is now
a science.
The cows are fed various grains and
large quantities of cnsilagc-lhc latter
from big round silo holding POO or
more tons of succulcnt, preserved corn
fodder. Corn is planted and fcrtillZcd
with the aid OF special machinery,
worked with "riding" cultlvalor,
and cut with horsepower. Not a
single clip from an old fashioned hoe
is required, and The operator lid, $
comfortably at his work with sun
awning rugged up over his head One
nan and team can now do the work of
many men, and do it better. The man
with the hoe has become the man with
the horses.
And il is much the same with fruit
or other farm products. The ground
| - Iio"N" WIN sunny pioW, Ut TORN
to pieces with sharp disc harrow.
Whether plowing or narrowing, the
| operator rides or walks as he chooses ::
machine and team 10 the work.
The trees arc systematically SPRAYED
| by sy stem of compressed air operated
| by power obtained from wagons
moving wheels. One man drives the
team, and two other men hold The
nozzles and send the fine spray cy.
actly where needed. The proportions
and ingredients of the various SPRAY inu
mixtures have been exactly determined
by scientific experiment. Injurious in.
| sccls and fungous diseases are thus
combattcd rapidly and success fully.
When the fruit Is ready to market
it is taken to Mr.. Russclls packing
nousc, and there escorted " by an i'm.
gcniCus machine grader into three or
tolr grades or sizes. After being care
fully pa, kcd, the various grades are
stencilcd for shipment. Toward night
! trollel-car takes the dIy's gathering
direct 10 lis destination canning fac.
tory, steamboat dock, or co Imlssion
man. Checks for sales come back
promptly by mail.
There is telephone in the barn and
in both houses, connecting The farm
with town and ncighbors. Mr.. Rus