Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-02-16

east bank Of the Hudson. with n re-
markably picturesque view Of the river
and the Catskills. On the estate of 1870
acres are the stone and brick mansion.
the stable, with eight carriages, the
gardeners cottage, the cow barn, the
dairy cottage, the creamery and the
pig houses. Besides there are tennis
courts, arbors, etc. The farm, outside
'fs dairy and piggery features, does not
differ from others, the pride of the
estate are the thirty-two Guernsey and
Jersey COWS and the fifteen white
Chester pigs. Seldom does one see
such cattle. The herd Is valued at
$l,5CO, and from it the dairymen get
200 quarts of milk day. About a
year ago the sanitary dalrying was in
troduced and the creamery was fitted
with all the latest devices for refrig-
Grafton and sterilization Floors, walls
and ceiling were built of solid compost
ton cement, and every bit of appa-
ratus and fixture in the place Is con-
structed Of galvanized zinc, heavily
plated with aluminium. With the cow
barn and plggery 1t is the same. The
COW barn was built at great cost after
the most improved designs. 1t is not
a large building-only one story high,
80 by 40 feet in dimension. Walls.
ceiling and floors are of the same com
position cement as the creamery. The
stanchlons are of steel piping, with
aluminium plate. Everything in the
barn Is aluminium plated, even to the
three-legged milking stools. The cell.
Ing Is dome shaped, being twenty feet
from the floor to the top and eight
feet from the floor on the sides. The
walls are ten inches thick, with "a
four-inch space between outer and in
ner wall, running entirely around the
building. Outlets and inlets for this
air space are provided by means of n
large opening in the center Of the
dome, and circular openings. foot
in diameter along the side walls fifteen
feet apart.
These openings are cut into both the
inside and outside walls, and open and
shut automatically. They can be reg
ulated so that all the outside openings
will be closed in severe weather, or al
ternated with those on the inside, open
and shut This ventilation system Is
unique and effective.
The stable is drained by means of
troughs in the cement floor behind
each stall. These are flushed three
times day from taps in the walls.
The cows are milked by Mr.. House
and his assistant twice day-at $50
In the morning and at 80 in the even
ing-the mixers wearing white coats,
trousers and gloves, which are laun-
dered and sterlized after each milking.
Milk Is drawn into thoroughly sterl-
lied, galvanized iron, aluminium plated
pals, and carefully removed to the
creamery, where it is poured into ster-
ilized glass bottles, closed with caps
bearing the certificatlon of the State
Milk Commission, and sealed with a
seal bearing the farm stamp. The bot
ties are then placed in a galvanized
iron, aluminum-plated cooler to await
shipment to New York City, where
they are sold at IL cents quart.
The cows, too, are washed and
scrubbed every day as carefully hs the
fashionable babies who partake of
their milk, and are med with the same
regularity and care three times each
day. Directly after milking and at
noon they receive their eight quarts of
gluten meal and wheat bran, which ID
selected and prepared with great care.