Evening journal., 1911-03-28
CATTLE FEEDING
LARGE SCALE
Hon. Vim. H. Jackson FattenS
More Cattle Than any
Farmer on Peninsula
SHOWS IMPROVED
METHODS In FARMING


comico News says;
ITO those who are not familiar with
the facts. visit to the two farms of
the Hon. William H. Jackson would be
a revelation after an inspection of the
cattle barns of the former Congress-
man A representative of The News
visited these farms recently and made
a thorough inspection of the big in
dustry of cattle feeding carried on by
the Congressman at his two places the
Rider and the Trader farms.
AT these two farms there are at
present nearly four hundred steers be-
ing fattened for market. The larger
number is at the Rider farm because
! the Congressman has the biggest cat
tie barns at this farm, but in another
year there will be as much accom-
mediation at the Trader farm, and at
both places after some contemplated
| improvements are made, there will be
room for nearly five hundred steers.
This business is not only profitable,
but II is the modern method Of farm
ing. At each farm thousands Of tons
of feed is raised every year and in
stead Of marketing this feed Mr.. Jack
son feeds it through the steers and
i then markets the cattle. The cattle
are purchased from the West when
/ young and are fattened and marketed
when they will average about 1,40O
/ pounds. They are purchased i'm the
/ fall and marketed in the spring. On
each of his farms the congressman
has immense barns built specially with
a view of fattening cattle. The floors
are all concrete and the stalls are laid
off to accommodate about ten steers
each Along the front of each stall
runs the feeding trough and at the bat
tom of each are the hay boxes. Be-
tween each stall are the water troughs.
The men only have to turn the spigots
to let i'm the water for the steers. A
gasoline engine pumps water and
windmills are also used. The engine
/ is also used to chop up the corn and
! drilled corn for the silos The silos are
built at the intersection of the barns
I and open right into the buildings, and
are emptied as wanted. On each farm
Mr. Jackson has enough silos to ac-
commodate several thousand tons Of
ensilage. This gives the cattle green
feed all the winter.
Feed Cattle Systematically.
The cattle are fed systematically.
Each day they get hay twice, ensil-
age twice and cotton seed once. 1t
takes a force of several men who do
nothing but feed and water the cat
! tie. The stalls are cleaned once each
week of the manure which is loaded
I'm manure wagons and spread on the
| farm. Already so far this season eighty
acres have been broadcasted with the
manure from the cattle barns and an
CID .N ..Is4 L..
! broadcasted before ploughing time.
/ The output of manure from the Rider
farm is 125 wagon loads each week.
BY the use Of this manure, which is
augmented by the manure from the
big Palace Stables, in Salisbury, the
farms of the Congressman are made
rich and fertile. The yield of corn from
the fields on his farm is probably the
largest in the State. Hay Is raised in
such vast quantities that il is with diff
ficulty places are found 10 store IL,
! although the lofts i'm the four big barns
on the Rider farm will hold hundreds
upon hundreds of tons. Notwithstand-
/ ing the big punches of cattle Mr.. Jack
son has on his farm. he never has 10
buy a pound of feed and always has
/ plenty left over after the steers are
sold
Mr. Jackson has been making some
improvements on the Trader farm
including a new residence and addi-
/ tional barns and will build two addi-
tional barns at the Rider farm next
summer so as to provide additional
stalls for cattle feeding next winter
The management of two big farms
like these owned by Mr.. Jackson is a
problem, and yet the Congressman is
familiar with all the details and ham
dies all the problems with ease He
takes a keen interest in both places
and each farm is provided with all
the modern and up-to-date farm
machinery so as to tighten the work
and make 1t easy to produce big
crops.
Getting the Reynue.
"Mr. Jackson has always contended
that the only way to get revenue from
a good grain and grass farm is to feed
the product of the farm through cat
/ tie, and putting the manure back on
the farm. He has certainly been
eminently successful at the business
and has made it pay big profits
There are others in Wicomico who
could follow his lead very proftably
and would no doubt get better results
than by selling their products on the
markets. The manure raised on the
farms Of the Congressman are worth
many thousands of dollars to his farm
and his land is always I'm perfect con-
dition and as rich as virgin prairie
land Cattle feeding is the salvation
of a farming community and it al
ways iusures rich land and prosperous
farmers. and while it would be i'm
possible for many farmers to go into
the business on the big scale in which
the Congressman does it. greai
many of our farmers could enter thu
business on smaller scale with con
siderable profit and it is worth a
trial
IS. r. Gordy. owner of the well.
known Orchard Hill farm on Par
sons district. was heavily engaged I'm