The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-03-14
Model Home of Fine Jerseys
The Pastures, Dairy Farm of Horace Chen
cry at Centre Belmont, Me.

The Pastures, Dairy Farm of Horace Chen
cry at Centre Belmont, Me.
&. WALKER MCKEEN, FRYEBURG, ME.
New York Tribune Farmer.[
have frequently had occasion to call
the attention of Tribune Farmer read
ers to some of Names good farms, and
it is with special pleasure that give to
them brief outline of the equipment
and aims of Horace Chenery's farm,
situated in one of our coast counties.
Mr.. Chenery has only taken up the
task of equipping and developing this
farm. Starting on small scale with
farm of somewhat less than hundred
acres, it has now grown to an extent
which l will describe later. That every
step has been taken in accordance with
a well developed plan is everywhere
apparent. Perhaps this is no more
clearly shown than in his selection of
his superintendent, having got from
the New Hampshire College of Agri-
culture Walter E. Quimby, who after
leaving college was engaged in import
ant dairying work in New Hampshire.
Mr.. Quimby seems imbued with en-
thusiasm and at the same time pos
sesses the practical qualifications which
go to form a successful farm manager.
This is abundantly proved by the fact
that butter of his making scored 81 1-2
points at the late Maine dairy meeting,
which was within half point OF the.
highest shown, and that one specimen
which beat him was made by Names
veteran and most successful creamery
man, w. X. Hamlin.
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hundred acres of land, 235 of which are
in fields. and about two hundred in pas
lures, through which the cattle can OBJ
tain a quantity of feed and the bal
ance is in old growth lumber.
The farm is stocked with high class,
pure bred Jerseys, with the bull Dora'S
Prince at the head of the herd. Dora's
Prince was bred at Billings Farm,
Woodstock, VT, and unites within him
self the blood of some of the best COWS
of this noted herd. The foundation
stock of this herd, including Dora's
Prince, was selected by Edward Bur
nett, the man who knows more about
J ersey cattle, | believe, than any other
man in this country, his reputation be-
ing known even in the island of Jersey. |
MT. Burnett has lately selected for Mr.. |
Chenery another fine bull to take the |
place of this one later on.
The general arrangement of the farm !
buildings is such as to secure the health |
and comfort of the farm animals, make |
the work of caring for them light and |
agreeable and insure the convenience
of the manager and his assistants.
NV attention was first called to the
creamery, because of the high scoring |
butter made there. This is room with
a enamel paint finish and cement floors
equipped with separator, churns, butter
worker and all the modern machinery |
which goes to the making orequlpment
of first class creamery. Needless TO |
say, the other utensils are Id Keeping.
There is no part OF the room TO winch
live steam cannot reach for cleansing |
PURPOSES both for the stationary ma
chinerv and the hand tools. The milk
comes first to tank and passes from
there into the separator; from the sepa-
rator the cream passes directly into the
storing vat, from which it is taken to
the churn. The men who do the milk
ing are never obliged to step within the
creamery proper and the milk is never
handled from the time it leaves the COW
until it is on the table, ready to be wrap
ped in paper, in the form OF butter.
Ample power is furnished by 10 horse |
power engine, from which Shattlng is |
run throughout the building Wherever
it is necessary to use 1t. The engine is
set in boiler room Is by 40 feet, With |
in which space there is an lS-horsepoWer
boiler the we'll and its pump. About |
half this space is arranged for storage |
of winter fuel. This boiler also heats |
whatever rooms are necessary-that is
the dressing rooms and rooms OF such !
nature-and the managers house,
Steam is thus furnished for cleansing !,
purposes and for taking the chill OFF
the water that is given to the COWS TOT
drinking.
| next notice what $50 far as |
know-the only flowing we'll III Maine.
l say flowing WE'LL" although 1T really
does not flow. The source from winch
this water comes is so strong that II
the 6,inch pipe were not capped and
sealed the water would overflow all the
time, and, as it is, the water comes now
from an Theoretically sealed source.
Thus you will see why | said that the
well does not really overflow. This
we'll is drilled 1855 feet through the solid
rock, and affords water of absolute pur-
ity, as its ANALYSIS shows. The water
is pumped into tank which holds
4 800 gallons, and from this tank it is
carried through pipes into all the farm
buildings.
Upon leaving the creamery or dairy
part of the arrangement one comes to
the woodsheds, which are used for wood
for domestic purposes, the dressing
rooms for the men and certain amount
of storage space connected with the
dressing rooms, which have all the mod
ern conference.-the and cold water,
toilets, etc. The men are watched very
carefully by Mr.. Quimby, who insists
that absolute cleanliness shall prevail
whenever the men come i'll contact with
the cows No man is allowed to 60 to
the barn to milk until he has first thor
oughly taken care of his hands with a
bountiful supply of soap and hot water
and has changed his outer clothing and
n its place put on a clean suit of white.
There is no limit to the number of these
suits they can use, as the management
knows that accidents will happen and
that the idea of changing their clothes
would be done away with entirely if the
men were limited to the number of
changes they could use in a week.
These rooms are, of course, thoroughly |
heated.
The main barn is AZ by so feet. In
this barn are found closets, harness and |
grain rooms, as we'll as two siloS with a