The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-02
rR1r TO MODERN DAIRY FARM
school Boys Observation In and About r,
Cow knrMS-Dnings of Az ricult urlI CIu...

School Esoy's Observation in and About Big
Cow Bnrns-Doings Of Agricultural Glass.
Park has what Is called The ..AcrlcuIture
Class" in which the boys, and The girls. too,
are Taught things that may in after years
be very valuable to a farmer or a farmer S
wife So far as know there is no other
high school in these immediate parts tina
mas such department.. This one is under
the direct charge Of Miss Sue Cicaton one
among the best OF the teachers in the Hen
rico public school service M
as often as possible the students in this
agricultural class are given real object les
sons One OF these was arranged a week or
Two go when Miss Clcaton accepted the In
vitation OF Andrew Scot, to visit his dairy
!aIn with the whole class. The Visit was
made. MI. Scott providing the transporta-
ton. AS an after thought. perhaps the
ts s ftanired ut least one member OF the
class to write story Of the visit ana Her
bert bahike. youngster Just ;,rnIn.
twelve, responded. =
lie produced just small hoy.s con,nosi
ton but he told what he saw. and IN n
way that shows he had both of his ovos
open al the Zine he was making his mrs,
=: r. what he wrote under the head line "a
Trip 10 Modern Dairy Farm:
We; tho Second Agriculture Glass OF
Highland Park High school we're Invited
by ANDREW Scott TO visit his dairy farm
which is a few miles from Richmond On
."e .",h OF the month. about II o'clock we
surprised 70 ind that Mrs Scott had pre
pared lunch for us. which we much enjoyed
i,ttcl"hros the class. accompanied by Mr.
scott. went out to the stable and mo
farm Implements
The stable was very large one With q
vide aisle down the centre and the cows IN
each side. There we're sixty-four mich cow.
ana twenty-s!x heifers The stable ,yes a
inodern ono. With cement floors md well
liSnted ny large windows down each side
when iet IN plenty of fresh air 1t wa,
c,eaf ana very sanitary. The cows all Lnnyc
tnelI own stalls. and as they came In they
"%re locked In by s,anchlons. which nor.
fhafr
not TO take Them out "
Nheh thc manure s ready 10 be taken out
IL is put into an automatic carrier which
runs on trolley. When the car Is fun /, {.
EVAN start and runs out Of the stable
over cement pit under a shed Thcre II
! suikes piece OF iron on a trolley and the
manure is automa ticaliy dumped into tha
pit I, is then mixed with pfonpha'n 80 ,ns
/ 10 prevent fermentation. When il Is reodH
| 10 be spread on tho fields II Is nut in.o :
manure spread. which carries IL ont and A;
| tributes !! evenly over DE land :.
! ne cows arc very fine onca some OF ,hc,,,
nhV!nS pedisrees There were grade cuern.
| heys' grace Holsteins. thoroughbred Guern
seys and tow Jerseys and abort hnrn.
nnal State fairs " o"' M
! me best time 10 feed cows is altar mill,
ing 10 prevent impurities iron, the feed Irn,,
se'ung into tn. milk. Many peoulo NM.
me nhbi' OF feeding cows while mil,.inv
| rms - the wrong way II keeps them nnin,
p"t Is unsanltafy. The cows are each vivcr
certain amount OF milk PRODUCING ro.n
They arc all kept very clean And ~, 100
ders are washed before milk,np Az ~.
| COWS nave stood the Tuberculosis tost ana
nave inc mark in their ears Tn. cnr,. - -
al ueHofneu 10 Keep them from hnnuinx,