Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-08
A Farm in the
Forest Reserve

We had the pleasure this week of
looking at some photographs that
were recently taken on the VIM. Per-
sohn farm just east of town. This is
one of the best farms in Villas county
and is shown to perfection in the area
brought under the focus of the CAM
era. One view shows Mr.. Persohn
standing in the rye field, the straw
Of the immense crop reaching to his
shoulders, and he is not of the dwarf
type of man either. The other photo
is an excellent reproduction of the
40X56, 20 foot posts. hip roof barn,
resting on an foot basement, and
barn-yard with the mich cows and
work teams grouped in the foreground.
One feature prominently displayed by
the camera is the perfect cleanliness
of the surroundings, condition fire.
quently lost sight of among many
otherwise good farmers. We made a
short visit out to the farm one morn
ing not long since and found the same
sanitary effect existing in the interior
OF this barn that is so pleasantly APP
parent from the outside The walls
and woodwork, stalls, floors, cutters,
etc. are white as whitewaSh can
make them and cleaner than some
houses one sometimes gets into in
the course of events. 30 head of cattle
and young stock can be sanctioned
in one end of the barn, while at the
other end stalls provide for s horses
and several colts. All droppings re-
ceive an absorbent fertilizer mixture
and the cutters are cleaned daily, the
windows and doors are screened with
burlap which reduces the fly nuisance
to the minimum and adds greatly to
the comfort of the stock and also Of
those who milk or otherwise assist in
their care. The remainder of the
basement is utilized for hospital stalls,
feed bins, separator room ETC., all
shut off from each other by strong
gates or doors, which prevents any
case OF midnight founder occurring in
the barn. The upper story is reserved
for hay, straw, and granary and also
considerable part of the farm ma
chinery, that is Immediately stored
there upon coming to the end of its la
bors for the season. A large house
| located within a stones throw
of picturesque Loon Lake, with a
number of other necessary out build
ings, which includes an ice-house, COM
plete the list of farm buildings. The
Persohn farm consists of 200 acres of
nicely lying land, all of good quality,
bordering both sides OF Loon Lake
and is veritable summer resort in
itself, as far as natural beauty can as
Sist to make one. 20 acres are in a
very productive state of cultivation,
proven by the fact that for several
years the place has raised all of the
hay and grain necessary TO maintai n
herd of cows that provide the milk
supply for the greater number of the
Eagle River residents. This is quite
a remarkable showing as compared
with many farms in Wisconsin and
| other states. An excellent system
of farm management has much to do
with this state of affairs however, as
is noted at threshing time when in
stead of building q straw-Stack OF
| happy go lucky proportions, and
weather safe ia the same degree and
used mainly in its infancy by the
barn yard stock for a rubbing post, it
is delivered in large bay in. the
barn from which it is later fed to all
the farm stock as one of the daily