The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-12-26
The !! Best Dairy
Farm In the State
Lies Two Miles North Of Minot-Owned BY A. P. Slocun
~ Who Has $4,000 Invested in it---Independent
n Rspofter lnspects the Farm--Socum III
y Abo Raises FsA Blood Poultry III
8 ss and Thorsjibrred Hogs % ~ III

81 and Thors
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An independents representative Wis
tied the slocum Dairy farm Two and a
I half miles northwest of Minot few
DAYS ago, ana We a Ire ;safs In saying
that there isn't tbssttsr equipped
farm 81 the hind IN the state, and We
might make tie statement = tribe
stronger, and say that II there is %
good a farm Of, the kind within the
borders Of North Dakota: We viii
have to be shown"
One can hardly realize what Mr..
saocum has done around this, farm
during the past eight months. without;
q visit to the rplace and visitors are,
always, welcome at this farm 4 q:
- 1t the first place, We might mention
that there's 800 acres In the farm,
nearly all Of which is under cultiva-
ton. The Slocum farm will be the
scene Of some Intense systems next
summer.
4 Not a fork full Of manure is allow
ed to go to waste. A manure spread
or was recently installed, and every
fork full Of fertilizer that leaves the
stable, goes at once into the spread
el, and once q day the manure Is
scattered over the land. This keeps
the place looking neat, and in time.
some splendid crops will be raised on
the place. In place Of robbing the
coll, It ought to grow richer each
year.
The buildings are all large, well ar
ranged and built in the latest fashion.
They are all painted white. The barn
is a very large structure, the main
structure being 34x66 feet, with com
! modious sheds. on: either side. The
barn isn't large. enough and will be
almost doubled in size next year.
It is needless to say that Mr.. Slo.
cum has specialized on full blooded
Jerseys. Yes, Slocum's Jersey crazy
as the stockman would say so is his
capable manager, Ernest B. Folsom, a
student from Yale, who however has
had many years experience in the
best Jersey school in the world, his
learning being acquired from actual
experience.
Mr.. Folsom arrived from Ohio last
summer, and brought eight head OF
!; full blood Jerseys with him, repre-
!. senting some. Of the best strains from
! the east. We will mention the quail
fly of the herd later. Now for a de
scriptton of the barn and surround
ings. We might mention that half OF
the people in the state do not live in
as good houses as tais barn, without
saying anything disrespectful concern.
ing their homes. The floor Of the
barn is of cement and it is kept az
4; clean as parlor floor. You don't
smell any foul air, for Slocum real
ICES full well that cows as we'll as
persons require fresh air in order to
do we'll. The barn is ventilated ad
mirably by common sense system
: The intake for the air is from above
the cows, and the air after circulat.
ing. thru the barn is allowed to make
its exit thru the cupolas, without
creating draft.
What does Slocum feed his cows
Well that depends upon what Bessie
Mixes. If Slocum should learn
that Bessie does well on Gunthers
cholocates, we suppose he would or
der fresh supply Of them for her.
When new COW is added to the herd,
she is allowed to take her choice of
three kinds OF food, bran, ground feed
or Oil meal. Whichever Of these
foods she seems to relish most, will
be her future bill Of fare. Her food
must be kept clean and fresh and
she is fed with regularity that means
that she will have the best Of health.
The first thing in the morning, Bessie
II given her hay. She Is fed this in
= semi-cylindrical cement trough.
After she had eaten her hay, she Is
fed her bran or ether feed, each COW
usually gets different quantity, ac-
nunrdins IN her noeda and aftAr hreaH.