Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-02
HARDIN COUNTY FARMER POS.
sEssEs DAIRY HERD OF FORTY.
TWO cows.
MACHINERY USED TO EXTRACT
PROFITABLE LAcTEAL FLUID
Extensive Equipment Necessary to
Operate Piant-Farmer's Wife Has
Improbable Experiences With Dealer
in Fancy chieksns-vfilsen's Rural
Observations.
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Special to Times Republican.
Eldora, April I'm letter to
friend back home" lady, living for
a time in one OF the southern states,
described southern ways of doing
things and told how some folks there
conducted their dairying occupations.
When these need some milk for use In
cooking or Cor drinking purposes they
take Il pail and q tin cup and set sail
for the old COW in the pasture When
they hnd her they proceed to obtain tine
desired article, holding the cup in one
hand. milking with the other and con-
tinuing until the required number OF
cuptuls have been emptied into the
pail. One OF the dairymen OF this 10
cality does his milking In very dlf-
ferent manner and his plan and that
OF the southerner represent the ex-
IRENE in methods of dairying.
Joe Fagg miiks forty-tWo cows at
the present time and with the aid of
helper he accompiishes the task in
something less than one hour of time.
His equipment, however, includes
something more complex and expensive
than pains and tin cups. He uses a
milking machine that he runs by cleo
trio power obtained from the power
plant at Eldora, mile away from his
farm.
Any one caring to invest $1,000 in
buildings and equipment may have a
milking machine. So far as buildings
are concerned two small houses are
dynamo as In the cose of the one here
described. and another for a vacuum
pump, milk cans, washing apparatus,
etc. From the latter common one
inch gas pipe connects the pump with
another pipe in the barn placed hori-
zontally above the stanchions, where
the cows are secured. 'As some mois-
ture gathers in the pipes the one from
house to barn is planted below the
frost line or about five feet in depth
Each milk can is connected up with the
pipe In the barn, when the apparatus
is to be used. by a rubber tube with
four rubber cups that are placed to the
teats Of the COW when the power is
turned on. With each stroke Of the
pump there is drawing in of air from
the pipe in the barn and this COM
mun!cated to the rubber tube causes
an intake from the cup extremes that
produces pretty good imitation of
the work Of Calls mouth when en-
gagged In similar work. The COW ap-
pears to rather enjoy the operation as
there is no biting. bunting" or pinch
Ing such as sometimes accompanies
other methods Of milking. Thru a glass
placed near the top of the can it can
easily be told when the flow ceases and
the COW is MIXED dry" A three
horse power dynamo is sufficiently
large to furnish power for milking 100
cows, using four cans at time. Mr..
Fagg is selling about $4,000 worth of
milk annually and his plant is we'll
worth visiting by those who find up to-
date dairying an interesting subject.
The wife Of young Hardin county
farmer decided that 1t would be good
thing to invest some money in full
blood chickens this spring. expecting to
make the venture financially profitable,
more pleasurable than raising ordinary
fowls and had even made calculations
on possible fair exhibit If everything
turned out as expected. A Minnesota
chicken fancier's catalog was consult
ed. ten bird order sent in and in due
time the goods arrived. Completely
disguised with the quality Of the ship
ment the lady refused to accept it but
was advised to take the stuff home and
doctor and feed it up before sending it
back because they were not in good
condition and could not live thru an
immediate return journey. A letter
was sent to the chicken breeder in
forming him of the situation and he
replied at once to the effect that the
shipment had been taken from the ex-