The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-28
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.
A Farm and Il Hotel the Two Parss
of One Profitable scheme.
\ farm near Portland. Me, conducted
on a somewhat novel but strictly bust.
ness bass. is described by Il writer III
American Cultivator. The proprietor
Of tie ho,el runs this farm us a part
Of the Lotei Industry. There is no ex.
changing of crops or other farm pro-
duce for money, but still every dollar
produced by the farm is credited, and
at the end of the year the farm receives
proper recognition for its part of the
business scheme, and due acknowledge
ment is accorded the able and huStling
manager and his wife. who is also a
potent factor in making this farm Il
business proposition.
The siXty-three acres in the property
are practically all under cultivation
each year and. with his many helpers,
makes it work hard from early spring
until late in The fan. All kinds of veg
etables are raised in large quantities,
and sorts tlat have early and late va
rieties. such as peas ana corn. are so
arranged tliat there is a plentiful sup
ply OF all. Everything is utilized.
What cannot I've used when it is fresh
is either rre;eryed in cans for winter
or Soes Is tlc cattle or pigs. But the
CHEF ain is TO meet the critical re-
qUiremcuts Of high class hotel patron
age.
Somewhat of Everything.
Early in the morning Il heavy wagon
loaded with fresh peas, beans. lettuce,
cucumbers and all other truck fresh
from the garden, also milk. cream,
eggs, chickens, ducks, pork and veal,
is driven to the hotel, and on the re-
turn such things as are needed on the
farm are brought The production of
all these products is the business OF
the farm, and it proves to be an in
dustry of large proportions. The vege-
tables have been spoken of. They de
mand a large acreage-in fact, the
greater part of the farm. The hay
land, which provides feed for the cat
tie, and the section devoted to swine
and poultry demands the remainder.
These two latter are raised in large
quantities. Some three to four hun
dred hogs are kept The feed consists
of waste from the hotel, refuse on the
farm, grain and all the skim milk that
can be spared. The hogs are killed
and dressed on the farm at a weight
of about 200 pounds and supply FRESH
pork for the hotel.
The Cattle and Silo.
The cattle are kept with two objects
in view--one to provide milk, cream
and at some seasons of the year butter
for the hotel; the other to give a supply
of veal This complexities the breed
ing problem, for the COW that provides
the most desirable milk is not the COW
that makes the largest veal. Guern-
seys are the favorite for the milk.
Holsteins are depended ON for the veal.
Pure bred bulls of both these breeds
are kept in service. All bull calves go
to the block ut tender age A silo
with capacity of eighty-seven tons
and an icrhouSe holding LOO tons have
a place in the scheme of this farm of
comparatively small proportions, where
the working of the teams and the con
slant cultivation of the soil require the
service of thirteen horses.
Poultry on Large Scale.
The poultry is on still larger scale.
Barred, White and Buff Plymouth
Rocks, white Wyandottes, Brown and
White Leshorns are kept; also White
Pekin ducks, and a small flock of
geese has just been installed. In the
season just passed 1000 chickens and
1000 ducks We're raised, and all, with
the exception of a few hundred, have
been served as broilers for the hungry
traveller. The chicks and ducklings
were Matched in the fourteen incuba.
tors.
Chickens and ducks are kept for the
first few weeks on feed that will de-
velop strength. Then all not reserved
to be raised are started on the fatten-
Ing process and are pushed as rapidly
as possible to the weight desired, one
and half pounds dressed being reach.
ed by the chickens in six weeks, while
the ducks weigh from five to seven
pounds in ten to eleven weeks, at which
age they can be picked quickly, trou-
blesome pin feathers not making their
appearance if the desired weight can
be attained before twelve weeks
A Machine House.
Many types of modern machinery are
in use, the machine being depended up
on so largely that a machine house is
soon to be built, the manager declar-
ing that the life of a machine will be
twice as long if it is properly housed
when not in use and carefully handled
when driven to the fields 1t is need
less to say that under such a manage
ment as this all the live stock are Civ
en- the best of treatment. The build
ings are modern, and modern iseas pre-
vail in the care of all stock
Crops Reported.
The estimate of the government stat
istician on the corn crop of 1904 is q
total yield of about 2,453, 100000 bush
els, or an average of 26.7 bushels pei
acre. as compared with an average
yield of 25.5 bushels per acre as finally
estimated in 1903, 26.S bushels in 1907
and ten year average of 24.2 bushels