Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17

the farms of this country, where the
owner seeing a dollar in sight for a
load of readily sells it to a
neighbor rather than apply it to his
own soil, where its value might be
three or four times as great. On the
model farm in Pennsylvania most of
the crops are fed to the stock and thus
largely return to the land in manure
Upon assuming management of the
farm the owner with no previous ex
perience in farming began to read
what agricultural literature was avail
able. One of the first books secured by
him was Quincy's little treatise OF the
soiling of cattle. written in 1859. Soil
ing consists in cutting and giving
green feed in summer instead of allow
ing the animals to run on pasture.
This system adopted by the farm
ewner did not prove satisfactory the
first year because no other feed was
used and the cows did not do well. In
addition the manure was difficult to
handle and it was not easy to keep the
barn clean. Before the next season,
however, the new farmer had procured
Stewards book on feeding animals and
from il learned his first lesson in
balanced %rations." He also learned
TO feed some dry hay with the %soiling
crops, thus giving the a proper
consistency. Thenceforward the man
agement of the constantly groWini
herd of COWS was a simple matter and
the farm began not only to pay a profit
but to increase in fertility, so that
within seven years the entire mort
gage was paid off.
The farm is strictly a dairy farm,
the only products regularly sold being
milk and a few head of young cattle
each year. The cows are all registered
Jerseys except one or two picked up at
neighboring sales. They are not only
pure bred but we'll bred. Male calves
If worthy of it, are reared for breeding
purposes, but none is ever vealed. II
a male calf is not fit TO raise for a
breeder it is killed at birth. III
doesn't pay to feed S1S worth of meal
to a calf that will sell for ST." said the
owner. . The young cattle sold from
this farm bring on an average $l0(
apiece, and about five are disposed o.
each year.
The milk is all sold at IS cents a gal
Ion the year round to a State institu
tion located two miles distant. Tit
milk tests high, is perfectly clean ant
free from adulteration. There is neveI
any complaint from the buyers; on th'
other hand, this farmer is considered
a public benefactor. AS soon as th'
milk is drawn it is placed in perfect.
clean can standing in cold water som
distance from the barn and stirred
frequently to aerate it and aid thu
cooling. The milk vessels are nevei
allowed to stand around unclaimed, blu
are washed as o as the milk is re
moved, first with cold water, then will
boiling and finally again with coli
water. The amount of milk produced
from the seventeen COWS is nearly thu
same at all and averages abou
twenty-six gallons a day. While thir
yield of approximately 1900 pounds
year for each of the seventeen cow
kept is not enormous, by any means
it is good. The income from the mill
Produced is about $4,000 a year. Tn
outlay for concentrated feeding stuff
is 1925 annually.
Economy in Farm LABOR.
One man and a boy do the labor o
the farm except in hay harvest an,
during the cutting of silage. So sys