The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-07-18
cement floor and is supplied with hot
and cold water and live steam, which

cement nOOr ana is SupplleO Will NOT
and cold water and live steam, which
by means of hose can be directed to
any part of the room for cleansing pur-
poses, both for the stationary machinery
and the hand tools. A refrigerator
opens from this room in which the but
ter is kept until sent to market. The
milk is all pasteurized.
The power needed is furnished by a
10-horse power engine. and is carried
by shafting to any part of the building
where needed-cutting ensilage for the
silos, mixing the feed as before de-
scribed and operating the separator
and churn. The engine is set in boil
err room 2s by 40 feet, within which
space is an 1s-horse power boiler, the
well and its pump. This boiler fur
nishes steam to heat the dressing and
other rooms and the managers house.
An interesting feature here was thus
described by Mr.. McKeen:
l next notice what $50 far as l
know-the only flowing we'll in Maine.
| l say Glowing WE'LL" although it really
| does not flow. The source from which
| this water comes is so strong that it 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 l said the we'll does
not really overflow. This we'll is drilled
lS5 feet through the solid rock, and af-
! fords water of absolute purity, as it's
analysis shows. The water is pumped
into tank which holds 1850 gallons,
| and from this tank it is carried through
| pipes into all the farm buildings.
After inspecting the buildings we
| drove to field which extends down to
the shore of Tilden's pond, where Mr.
! Chenery has been experimenting with
| fertilizers-nitrates and solid and liquid
| manures AS to the latter, tests have
shown that it is double the value of
solid, weight for weight. 1t is applied
by means of large tank on wheels,
J similar to the street watering carts.
The ground was soft when the liquid
was applied to this field, and where the
| horses were stopped to rest an extra
quantity was applied. and the result
was shown in the stronger stand of
| grass which marked each stopping
| place. In the winter when the fields
| are so thickly covered with snow that
| it is impossible to draw manure upon
them, the manure and liquids from the
COW barn are removed to the barn &C.
cupied by the horses, dumped into the
basement and there mixed thoroughly
with the stable liquid and horse ma
nure, forming compost whereby the
quality of the whole is improved and
all loss from fermentation and leach
ing prevented. 1t is hardly necessary
to say that manure spreaders are in
constant use on this farm.
An object of interest to the writer
was a colony of wild ducks. A few
wild ducks and brakes which had been
trained as decoys were given to Mr.
Chenery, and were placed in bit of
Doggy land in the rear of his buildings,
in which is miniature muck pond. II
is enclosed with a wire fence and the
ducks wings are clipped so that they
cannot fly. They roam at will over the
enclosure and find plenty of hiding
places for their nests. just before ou1
visit duck which had set on 81 eggs
brought out IS young ducks. A few
days later the duckery was invaded by
a mink which got away with thirty OF
the ducklings.
| Leaving this attractive place We
drove in by the horse stable, and on the
right noted the work done by the hogs
in a small orchard. They had rooted
over every inch Of the ground anC
brought all the rocks to the surface
After ascending hill in the rear of the
farm building we came to a field of 1;
acres planted with corn, for the silos
beyond which were acres planted
with potatoes. The ground was near
ly level, with not rock bigger than q
walnut, or weed, in sight, and evil
IDENTIFY had been well cultivated. The
corn had not then broken ground, but
has since come up and is growing finely
On the way to the former Bicknell
farm Mr.. Ben D. Field spoke of visiting
the old farmhouse in times past, and
Mr.. Chenery suggested that he should
inspect it in its present condition.
Outwardly it is the typical story-and- a
half farm dwelling, with all L. We en-
tered the kitchen from the side door,
and although the lady of the house,
who was seated outside, said something
about our finding the place dirty, every
thing was spotless and dainty. The
kitchen is large room, has hard
wood floor, and is wainscoted, with
wood paper above. Opening from it is
a large pantry finished in natural wood.
The floors throughout are of hard wood,
the walls are tastefully papered and
there is handsome hard wood stair
case in the front hall. The house
stands on high ground, commanding a
view of the whole farm and of Tilden
Pond in the distance, to the shore of
which the farm extends. There are
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