The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-05-06
INSECT PEST INVESTIGATED.
ANTHONY FARMS PLACE FOR Ex-
PERTINENT
Agricultural Enterprises I'm
Florida

Marion county has been favored IN
hundreds of ways by nature, but prob
ably the best thing that mas come our
way in many years is the recent de-
cision of the United states agricultural
department to have experiments made
as to the result of ticks on our cattle.
The Anthony Farms mas been select
ed as the place for making these ex-
periments on account of the large
dairy herd of thoroughbreds they have
on their place.
Mr.. w. B. Gather, representing the
department, is now at the Anthony
Farms making preparations for the
test. Two men viii have charge under
special instructions of the work OF
testing out in a scientific manner
these results Nj. Gathers assistant
will arrive on the place within the
next two weeks and the work viii be
taken up in the most approved manner
to be devised for getting accurate and
reliable information.
The experiment will be made by
each man taking charge of ten head of
Jersey milk cows, each bunch Of ten
to be as nearly alike as possible to
select in the herd. Ten of these will be
entirely freed of the tick while the
other ten will remain infested. These
cattle will all be fed in the same man
ner and with the same food for a
period of six months The milk of each
Individual COW will be weighed and
tested at east milking; then the milk
of each ten will be tested after mix
ing to obtain the result Of mixing. An
absolutely correct record viii be kept
of every cows milk every day for the
entire six months. By comparison of
these results the department will be
in a position to tell just what effect
the tick has upon the quantity and
quality of the products.
As soon as the results of this test
are made to the department a report
among the farmers and stock raisers
of the country
Mr. Gather and his working part
ner are both experts in this line of
work, and with their facilities for
gaining this knowledge under the
supervision of the department viii
make their report almost indispensa-
BILE to anyone interested in the raising
of dairy or stock cattle.
There are now on the Anthony
Farms over 500 head of cattle of the
Jersey and Holstein breeds. These
breeds are used together on account
of the Jerseys being heavy mixers and
the Holsteins for their extreme health
mess and large size.
During the past week the dairy has
been milking 101 COWS, and this num-
Der is being constantly increased. The
dairy cannot begin to supply the de-
mands made upon it for cream. Ship
ments are made twice a day, one to-
Tampa and the other to Jacksonville,
of large cans of cream packed in non
heating jackets made of strong ma
terials which stand the daily rough
handling they receive remarkably well.
Forty gallons of pure cream g day is
the present capacity of the dairy.
Nothing except the pure cream Isl
shipped. The milk IS separated by
centrifugal force, the machinery used
for this purpose being driven by a
steam engine, and the time required
twice day to obtain the forty gallonsi
of cream is about an hour
The separator milk is used for feed
ing the young heifer calves and the
young pigs on the place. There are at
present in the herd forty yearling
Jersey Holstein heifers that Mr. Beueh-
1eE says are DIS me DIS Cd1 bC 1Ould
anywhere, and the desirable part. of It'll
is that they are all thoroughly accli-
mated and need not undergo the
change of climate that is necessitated
by northern grown stock when brought
to the state, and which change often
results disastrousIy.
The pride of the farm is the large
registered Holstein bull Sir Mutual De-
KoI This animal is so gentle that he
is hitched to sulky and driven about
the place He is also broken to the
saddle, and when there is a scarcity Of
horses in the barn for driving UP the
cattle he is used for this purpose by
the herdsmen.
Besides being dairy farm. the An
thony Farms is also an agricultural
proposition in every sense of the
word. There is now in the ground and
being planted 2S5 acres Of corn, $50
acres of oats, $50 acres of velvet beans,
10 acres of short staple cotton Gas an
experiment., SIS acres of Japanese cane,
% acres of ensilage corn (25O acres
will be planted later.
The idea is to raise not only all the
feedstuf for the dairy and other stock
on the place, but an overpIus for the
market The dairy herd is now being
fed a mixture of crushed velvet beans
and corn (cobs, husk and alp which
Mr.. Beuchler estimates costs about So
per ton to raise and get into shape for
feeding.
Besides the cattle on the place there
are large numbers of draft animals,
and hogs, goats, etc. It is estimated
that there are on the farm $50 head of
hogs of various ages and sizes; these
are OF the Poland China and Berkshire |
breeds. Quite a large bunch OF the
latter variety has just been imported |
from one OF the leading stock farms OF
Virginia and is said to be the breed /
most suited to our climate.
4 beautiful herd of pure bred Angora |
goats is also one of the attractions of
the place
Mr.. E. c. Boucher, who now has
charge of the place. is vice president |
and general manager OF the company. |
He has for the past twenty years been |
in charge of large dairy propositions /
in Virginia and South Carolina and is /
versed on every phase of |
the business.
Everything about the farm shows
the hand OF an expert. Nothing but
the very best and latest makes of
modern machinery is used on the
place, and nothing is done by hand
that can be done by machinery.
The entire farm. consisting of over
three thousand acres, is fenced off in
fields of convenient size, and as soon
as the crops have been gathered the
stock is turned in TO Craze Some OF
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