The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-11-23
A MODEL FARM.
Farmer and Breeder.

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From Farmer and Breeder.
There Is In the southeastern part Of
the state OF Pennsylvania a farm Of
fifteen acres hat produces all the
r%oughness that In eaten by the thirty
head Of cows kept thereon N for the
two horses used TO do the farm work
and deliver the products. And then
some hay In sold. There are about two
acres occupied By buildings.
The present owner assumed control
Of the farm In 1881 with a mortgage of
81. 200 upon IL Fol- The FIRST year the
expenses were Sts more than the In
come. In the next five years Inc mort
Enge was paid. The owner then knew
nothing OF farming.
The soil In reddish. somewhat grav-
ely. and 10 run down In 1881 that IL
would rot support h " cows and
one horse that were kept on II. II q
been brought up TO It's present state Of
fertility by the use Of stable
applied directly from h barn as Il is
produced. No manure In lost. either
solid or liquid. No commercial fer
tilixer IL used. moi has any manure
been hauled from the city. Practically
all the crops are fed and there 10 much
fertility added from the mill products
fed the cows. Sometimes. there In a
surplus OF hay. which In sold.
The system OF soiling In used n the
cows are not let out OF the stable ut all.
EnstlaEe In used. OF purse. and the
soiling crops used are rye. timothy and
clover. corn or peas and oats. En-
silagc 10 made OF corn. Each feed con-
sists OF three courses. green feed. hay
and mill feed. A study OF balanced ra-
tons was made the cot year and
from that time on there has been q
proit In running the farm.
Everything In managed with the
4 talaN.A axAA anas AIA.W. ehA
days OF the calendar In regularity. The
use OF 90 much stable manure has put
the soil I'm condition to absorb heavy
rains much sooner h n formerly and
also sooner than surrounding farms In
the same locality. Not a pound OF
liquid or solid anu In ever allowed
To 60 to waste.
The farm In strictly > dairy farm and
only milk and some young cattle are
sold. The cows are all registered Jer-
seys. except that occasionally one In
bought Of some OF the neighboring
farmers. They are well bred n there
II not n star boarder In the herd. Male
calves worthy OF Il are raised for
breeders but others are killed Mt birth.
1T doesn't pay q feed SIS worth of
milk to T. 81 calf" ays the owner. The
young cattle sold from she farm bring
OF the average 500 ZACH and about
I'VE are sold each year. The milk is
ootu 80 NttN PNt ~ anu ~
SIS per cent. butter Cat. This In not
a high price for the milk. especially In
View OF the high test. Great care IL
takea I'm handling the milk n Il In
delivered once each day perfectly clean
and free from adulteration. The milk
vessels are washed with plenty OF cold
water. then scalded with hot water and
again rinsed with cold water. They
ARE then put out I'm the sun. The yield
Of milk In $500 pounds for each
OF the seventeen cows kept. The re-
mainder OF the thirty head kept are
young cattle. About ss2s are spent
for concentrated feeds each year.
One man and a boy do the work OF
the farm. except In hay harvest and
I'm cnsilage time. when extra help II
required. The owner plans all the
work but does very little OF II himself.
The work IL arranged so systematically
hat Il goes on whether he IL around
or not. The feeding. milking and
cleaning stables are all so regular
that but little supervision is required.
There IL no pasture and not even n
barn lot. This 10 not considered the
best for health OF the cows by people
generally, but there a only been a
veterinary bill OF $3.50. and that for
AN accident. since the present plan was
adopted.
The concentrated feeds consist OF
bran. oil meal and gluten and are ar
ranged for each COW rs her needs re-
quire. Great care IL used I'm changing
feeds. even from green corn to ensilage
a. IL made gradually. Most cattle men
will be surprised TO know hat four
ounces or salt are fed to each COW
daily. mixed with their feed. They
eat their food better and their owner
thinks that they do better when fed
this amount than with less. The cows
are fed three times a day m the salt
"a 1iNIdgH I'm the thFaa faaHa EHna
table salt IN used: the cows prefer IL 10
coarse salt. Every part OF the curse
feed IL cut To one-fourth inch lengths.
This includes ensilagc and the rye
used In bedding. This II what one
man has done. and though IL Is not
applicable To the practices OF the farm
or where land Is cheaper and labor
Is much worthy Of consideration In his
work. When more than two cows are
kept In rough feed the whole year on
the produce OF u acre or land lack
Ing much In fertility from that which
our eadrr cultivate, We nay well
comparison tn h we can do. This
experience proves that the people Of
the world are In no danger of starry
Ing To- death for some time because
the land viii not produce enough 20
feed them. Il shows hat there can be
much done by Systematic Management,
and j%udicious planning. There may be
slightly longer growing season III
The ountry where this farm In than
acre: otherwise tho differences are ir
yur favor The prices received are
rot extraordinary, but the energy and
.pplicaticn To detail are. And therein
les the cause or success. For 10 Is
success - pay ~ mortgage OF this sire
u i've years from tn. product OF flf-
zen acres and have the acres mor,