Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
A PROGRESSIVE MAN.

A. j. Plowman, of the town of
Eldron, was in the city last Thursday
Mr., Plowman is treasurer of his town
and he came to make his returns to the
county treasurer. Mr.. Plowman is
one of the hustling men of our county
and being comparatively young man
we expect, as the years go by, to hear
much of the great advancement of the
southeastern part of old Marathon
through his well directed efforts. Mr..
Plowman is an extensive lumberman
and besides has one of the finest farms
in the county. The following relative
to his farm and stock, taken from the
{ Wittenberg Enterprise, will be good
reading for those who are interested in
fine stock:
| "Our first peep-in was made a few
weeks ago at the stock farm of A. j.
Plowman, which, because of It's loea-
ton facing the little lake, is known as
Lake View Farm. In spring and sum-
mer, when the woods are leafy, the
grass fresh and green and the air warm,
the place must be beauty spot, for the
! view is pretty and the buildings are
neat and well kept. The air was bitter
cold the day of our visit and we weren't
in humor for landscape viewing.
Furthermore Mr.. Plowman had caused
much OF the natural beauty of his sur
roundings to be buried underneath
great piles of logs,-a million feet or
more-whioh he gathered from his
well-timbered forties and bought from
his neighbors. These log piles looked
good from money point of view, but
we were out there to look at live stock,
not timber. And it is live stock which
has captured and holds Mr.. Plowman's
chief interest He located there seven
years ago, first buying an eighty of
timber land. Timber products laid the
foundation of the success which he has
scored and he has, year by year, gath
cred other forties into his estate until
he now has something like half Sec
tion of land in his farm. But timber
built prosperity is not enduring. Soon
er or later the man who builds up sue
cess in numbering lines must move on
to new fields or turn his energies into
new channels. Mr.. Plowman has
turned his into dairy lines and the
growing OF thoroughbred stock and he
confidently expects to make permanent
his prosperity through intelligent fol-
lowing of those lines. Pride bloomed
on his face as he took us down to his
big, warm barn and gave us introduc-
ton to his small but very select,
herd of Guernseys.
Mr.. PlowmGn has always kept more
or less stock upon his place, but It's
only recently that he wearied OF grade
cattle and acquired his hankering for
thoroughbreds. In his search for "the
best the Guernseys caught his favor
and he proceeded to get together herd
OF that hardy breed of good mixers,
easy-keepers, reasonable-good-be beefers
He still has several good grade cows in
his barn, but he lavishes his affection
upon the seven registered Guernsey
COWS with Queen Bishop, a famous
mixer at their head, and upon Carl of
Brentwood, the young bull which is
monarch OF the entire herd. The two
animals here named are from the noted
Hill farm at Rosendale and Mr.. Plow-
man dug several hundred dollars from
his pocket and paid it over to the breed
ers before he acquired possession. His
other registered COWS are good ones,
but Queen Bishop is queen indeed, -
very free mixer and her milk of great
richness, worth on an average of 45c
per day. Mr.. Plowman also has one,
and will have more, Guernsey calves
that are eligible for registry The
heifers he will keep the bulls will be !
for sale. To make his herd still more
complete and satisfying, he has ordered |
from famous breeder of Guernseys at
Geneva, New York, two exceptionally |
well-bred heifers and they will soon ar
rive to take their places in the Lake |
View Herd. Mr.. Plowman gives some
little attention, too, to sheep, the |
Lincolnshire being his favorite breed |
Farmers and stock-fanciers will find |
real pleasure in visit to the Piowman /
farm. From the proprietor they will |
receive most cordial welcome and from |
him they can gather much of useful in
formation.