Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-02-15
A VISIT TO
SUNNYSIDE FARM

Among the attendants at the curb
stone market there are none that are
better known than W. T. Suter. Al
though an out-of-t town resident ne
/ fills an important niche in Trinity N.
/ E. church and takes an active part in
/ the social life of our town If any one
should accompany Mr. Suter to his
home at Sunnyside farm, Riverside
/ Heights, he viii find evidence of
, whole lot of enterprise; he viii be
charmed with the order and arrange
meut of things and viii see in the de-
velopment that is proceeding along
clearly defined lines infinite possibil-
ties for the future Indeed taking in
to account the owner's grit and enter
/ prise he viii be apt TO wonder how
long it will be before Sunnyside and
its companion farm, Rosemont, Will
blossom forth into one Of the most
beautiful private domains in the coun-
try.
On Saturday afternoon the writer
accompanied Mr.. Suter on drive ov-
er his two farms. Sunnyside although
out of sight from South Danville and
Riverside lies only short distance be-
yond and is very easy of access. y
long lane or roadway branching off
from the main highway a short dist
ance beyond the Terrence homestead
leads in a south-easterly direction up
to the summit of mOund-like eleva-
tion clothed with timber, on the "sun-
nyside" of which reposes Mr.. Suters :
little farm of eighteen acres
From the summit of the heights
down to the buildings the road on the
left is skirted by timber; on the right
is an unbrolen line of fruit trees, of
all descriptions, many still young, but
some old enough to yield fruit. On
every side are evidences of thrift and
wise forethought-a foundation on
which greater things may be built.
The cozy residence is the central
figure. Near by is large windmill
accompanied by an immense tank. In
the picturesque ravine below the build
ings is a never-failing stream of wat
er, which feeds large ice pond and
f in which hydraulic ram is installed
to re enforce.the windmill in its work
of keeping up the water supply.
a One of the first things to attract the
Q visitor is a large apary; the next is 8
+ system of cold frames where under the
warm sun of the protected hillside
. many thousand plants of lettuce, re
4 Gently set cut, are beginning to grow
G nicely.
y Last year Mr.. Suffers bees produce
r one and one, half tons of honey, whicl
4 in the market netted him some fou
r hundred dollars This year his apiar
D. IS somewhat reduced, there being bu
forty hives and the product has falle
probably to nearly a ton, quantity
which will nevertheless net the owne
. some three hundred dollars;
u \ feature of Mr.. Suffers gardening
r. which is a real novelty in this section
is the establishment of a rhubarb eel
lar, which is in a most fourishing con
r dition Here in a green house artif
cially heated, which instead of bein
? protected by glass is wholly covere
over by earth and in which il is 9
dark as the darkest night many thou
so sands of stalks of rhubarb are grow
=, ing. The cellar conditions are sue
=. as to cause the rank fleshy leafstalks
q grow with twice the rapidity attaine
, when cultivated in season out Of door
10 The rhubarb bears the appearance {
growing in the dark. but it lacks notl
- ing in flavor and is a better product j
many respects.
~ Mr. Suter's fine Holstein cattle al
the real charm of Sunnyside. Thel
;, are ten head of them in all, four bein
milch COWS \ visit to Mr. Suter
dairy would be profitable object le>
son for many other dairymen, wi
might wish to learn how much couI
be done for the welfare of cattle an
to keep the milk produced clean al
~ pure. The cattle in Mr. Suter's stab
are curried and they looked as slee
and we'll kept as the horses. What
= more-and is an example that ever
dairyman might follow with advan
age-before being milked each COW
=, udder is thoroughly washed with war
III water. The rich milk, thorough
e' clean, is taken to the cellar where
-' Cooley Creamery-a scientific and me
'ie ern invention-aids in its preserv
wv tion until it is brought over to tow
eS and dispensed at our curb stone mari
az ct
Among the fine Holstein cows
Sunnyside are two great granddaugI
ters Of DeKol III, whose record W;
IS thirty three pound, six ounces of bu
er ter in seven days The two gran
IL daughters at Sunnyside are sustainin
ic the family record very nicely one ha,
ly ing a record of eighteen quarts al
an the other twenty quarts Of milk, dali
Ile
The Yellow Fever Germ
: has recently been discovered 1t bea
+ a close resemblance to the malar
, oprm To free tho svctarn from, n 1i1oa