The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.
Farm and Hotel the Two Parts
of One Profitable scheme.


Farm and Hotel the Two Parts
of One Profitable scheme.
4 farm near Portland, Me-, conducted
on n somewhat novel but strictly bust
ness basis, is described by a writer in
American Cultivator The proprietor
of the hotel runs this farm as a part
of the hotel 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
| ut 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 a
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 fall All kinds of veg
etableS are raised in large quantities,
ana sorts that have early and late va
rintios sucb os meas and corn are 81
arranged that there is a plentiful sup
ply of all. Everything is utilized.
What cannot be used when it is fresh
is either preserved in cans for winter
or goes to the cattle or pigs. But the
chief aim * 10 meet the critical re.
ouiremeuts of bigb class hotel natron-
age
somewhat of Everything.
Early in the morning a heavy wagon
loaded with fresh peas. beans. lettuce.
cucumberS and all other truck fresh
from tie garden. also milk, cream.
eggs. chickens. ducks pork and veal
is driven to the hotel, and on the re-
turn such things rs 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 10 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
iarm' gram ana all the skim milk that
can pe spared. Inc hosS are Killed
anu dressed on the farm Mt weight
OF about 200 pounds and supply fresh
PORK Tor the motel.
The Cattle and Silo.
The cattle are kept with two objects
III VleW-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.
HolStelns are depended on for the veal.
Pure bred bulls of both these breeds
are Kept IN service. All bull calves go
TO the block at tender age. \ silo
with a capacity Of eighty-Seven tons
and an ieehouse 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 a still larger scale
Barred. White and Buff Plymouth
Rocks, White Wyandottes. Brown and
White Leghorns are kept; also White
Pekn ducks, ana small flock of
geese has just been installed. In the
season just passed 1000 chickens and
lOuo ducks We're raised. and all, with
the exception OF 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-
TO he raised arc star+ed o,, tba fo++op
ing process and are nusbed ne ronidIv
as possible IN tho weight Desired ono
and half pounds dressed heinp roach.
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