Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-19
CRAWFORD FARM A MODEL ONE
Plants 5000 Estate Has the Best in EverythngBue Ribbon Cattle Given Special Attention-Swne, Chickens and Ducks-Concrete Farm Buildings Throughout.

Tn an extensive sketch of Branford Farm, the New York Times has the following to say of Commodore Morton +. Plants 5000 acre tract near New London:
 When one hears the term model farm the mind immediately pictures a big tract of land far from the en- virons of a city.
 Farming on a large scale in New England is now spoken of as a thing of the past For years the cry has been to go west or go to Canada. Acreage, quality of soil and a dozen other theories are advanced as reasons for leaving New England as a location for profitable farming.
 It has devolved upon Commodore Morton F. Plant to prove the falla2y of this belief.
 Within a rifle shot of New London, on the beautiful Connecticut shore Is Branford Farm the epitome of all that is best in farming. There are 5000 acres of land in the Branford Farm, 300 of which are in a state of the high est cultivation. and 2,700 of which arg given over to the game preserve and sheep f1ocks. Level stretches of beau tiful farm land slope away to the hills on one side and to the broad Long Island sound in the near distance on the other side.
 Highest Bred Cattle.
 It is Commodore Plants ambition to make Branford Farm produce the high est bred cattle in the United States. and with this end in view he has re- gently purchased some of the finest blooded stock in America. Ayrshire and Guernsey cattle have been the breeds produced at Branford Farm, and the many superior points of the Guern- sey cows are rapidly convincing the managers that Branford Farm should concentrate it's interest in the produc- tion of the perfect Guernsey cow. TO this end Commodore Plant has just bought the May Rose bull Rockingham, whose. dam was Rose of Pollottier. This COW has just completed her year. ly test for the advanced registry, mal<- ing a record of 11.007 pounds of milk, and testing 71S pounds of butter fat This is nearly equal to 300 pounds 1T butter for the year. Rockingham viii be used to head the farm herd. He cost $2, 900.
 But the pride of the whole Guernsey herd is Spotswood Daisy Pearl who has just made the record test of 18,00O pounds of milk for the year, and 1000 pounds of butter for the same length of time, thus defeating all breeds.
 Walter Jauncey, who Is Commodore Plants superintendent of cattle raising, has spent his life in studying the breeding of pedigreed stock. In his opinion, the Guernsey COW outweighs
 
 Perfection i'll the breeding of Guern- sey cattle is the ultimate standard toward which Branford Farm is work ing and to avoid the chance of one drop of "brindle" blood creeping into the herd, not one calf is allowed to live which has not the markings of a per feet animal.
 To house this herd of pedigreed stock 120 in number. in fitting man ner. steel stucco, concrete and gray shingles are the materials used in the construction of all the farm buildings. tion and equipment has been installed.
 Store for Supplies.
 There is a store which dispenses ev- erything the farm requires. from grain to hardware. This building. 300 feet long by 75 wide, is built of steel and concrete, and has huge copper doors. A railroad branch brings carloads of grain and commercial fertilizer to the door of this warehouse, where tripIex deposit each particular sup ply in the compartment designed for 1t.
 The silos for the storage of green fodder are so large they look like the oil tanks of the Standard Oil pumping stations A door called the "continu- ous opening door" is used in the silos. As the fodder is removed the door gradually drops down from the top until fodder and door reach the floor level at the same time.
 The equipment of the COW stable probably shows the most skilful archi- tectural handling. A trolley system of feed and litter carriers convey grain, hay and bedding from end to end of the stable. and a special pumping sys- tenn carries off all the drainage of the stalls into cesspools in the yard, from which this liquid fertilizer is pumped into tanks and sprayed over the land. af ms fertilizer is taken out in the conveyor, loaded on to trucks and spread as top dressing on the fields from which the crops all ready have been removed.