The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-02
AN INDIANA STOCK FARM
WITH A REPUTATION
Success CT Two Brothers in Breeding
Hogs, Cattle and Horses.

TNAss Oaktic anu F1AFeEo
Should YOU ever be fortunate enough
10 take a trip through the Great va
bash valley in central Indiana. YOU Will
surely be making one OF The mistakes
OF your life II Won do nor visit the
stock farm OF the kerlin brothers Ii
will pay you % do this II always
pays 10 form the acquaintance OF those
who have travelled. or are travelling
the road 20 success. for success does
not come 70 those who wait. but 20
those who hustle while they conf
IDENTITY expect
The stock farm % the Kerlin broth
ers is located half a mile 20 the north
east and a mile north 81 Rockteld.
pretty little country town bounded on
the north By picturesque Rock creek.
and on the east. south and west by
some OF the most productive OF
Hoosier soil. the land being JUST I'M
dulating enough 10 permit % natural
drainage
Left fatherless az the ages ~ nine
and seven the Kerlin brothers. with
their mother and baby sister left the
farm. and moved 20 the home which
the mother purchased in ROckheld IL
must have been with many misgivings
that the widowed mother after listen
ing 70 the repeated pleadings of John,
the elder son. rented the farm 20 MIN
at the age Of seventeen.
Il wanted TO own the home place.
Mr.. Kerlin once remarked during a
conversation we We're having relative
10 farming and I never doubted for
a minute that ! could be able 10 buy
he -s~fr haf~e ~ Frrfv nnrrfH 90
TO farming the way | wished. for
imagined had some practical ideas II
I could be situated 50 | could carry
them out
And IL was even so Il can be said
10 Mr.. Kerlins credit that. while he
took an active part in all the pleasures
that a young man Is rightful heir TO-
he never for a single day neglected
his farm work.
When only Young farmers. with no
fathers hand 20 guide or show them
the way. the kerln brothers decided
that a growing crop should be kept
upon the ground continually. and fig
ured out that their land would not
need commercial fertilizers IL such a
course was practiced And IL proved
true Manures are hauled directly 20
the fields. and whenever possible are
scattered upon sod land ! may just
remark that these brothers don their
hats TO a manure spreader as one OF
the very best labor saving implements
for the farm.
Clover is followed by corn. then
wheat. then back 20 clover again a
little timothy IS mixed with the clover
10 keep the cattle from boating and
also 10 make the clover stand up bet
ter. Then there Is always a perma-
nent pasture on the farm that saves
the tramping OF the farm lands Bv
the way. this permanent pasture idea
is so good that every year more and
more Hoosier farmers are embracing
IL. I mean the idea. not the pasture
One Of the good hobbies 81 the ker-
lin brothers is their selection and care
OF seed corn. Jack Frost never gets
so much as a nip af This king OF
cereals that is 20 be- the foundation
for next years crop. for before he is
fully abroad in the land every ear has
been safely housed in an airy building
to dry until the mercury indicates the
time for its removal % the racks in
the basement near the furnace
With this care Of the seed. and By
breaking the ground when in the
proper H0NNlllNAs preparing the seed
bed as il should be- prepared. using
disk and roller and spike harrow when
necessary. then using shallow cultiva-
ton. this farm has produced l05 bush
els OF corn an acre II has about
TWENTY-FIVE acres of hog land over
which soil has been washed. which
has raised seventy-fve bushels OF corn
an acre for sixteen consecutive years.
The soil Is clay loan with gravel IN
deriving. known as walnut and sugar
land
A few years ago the Kerlin farm re-
sounded with bleating OF dams and
lambs. and the unique sheep barn,
made Of stacked bales ~ wheat straw
and with matched rye roof attracted
much attention from passcrsby Some
think because these brothers could NOT
play the bagpipe successfully and bad
not the thousand hills Tor their focks
TO Craze upon accounted for heir Civ
ing up the sheen industry y DO not
think they loved sheep the lcss but
they loved Puland-Cnina hogs Short
horn cattle and PercherOu and coach
horses he more. and ana. This caused
the separation n Is well known
fact that cattle and horses 90 not tate
kindly 10 pasture over which sheep
have roamed The premiums taken az
state. county and street fairs are