Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-08-29
BEST DIVERSIFIED
FARM IN COUNTRY,
SAY Mp. OFFICIALS
Browns 2,600-Acre Ranch at
Sherlock Receives High Praise
From, Visitors.
BIG sEND-oFF FOR COUNTY.
immigration Men Meet Surprise
of Long Trip-Enjoy Thur
ston County Dinner.

Our business, Mr.. Brown, is to go
all over the United States. I've seen
farms in every part of the country,
and mighty fine farms, too, and I've
been travelling for years, but l can
sincerely say that yours is the finest
example of diversified farming I have
ever seen."
A. l.. Brown, owner of the 2,600-acre
ranch in the Nisqually valley near
Sherlock, stepped back little BASH
fully as l.. J. Bricker of ST. Paul, gem
eral immigration agent of the North
ern Pacific lines, made that statement
at the close of hurried tour Of the
ranch Monday afternoon by himself
and associate agents, and then his face
smiled and his eyes sparkled as he re-
joined:
well, those salmon you had for
dinner we're caught this afternoon In
that creek there"
Boys, what do you think Of that?'
came quick as flash from Mr..
Bricker.
And it was true. The dinner those
agents, together with members Of the
Olympia Chamber Of Commerce, en-
joyed as Mr.. Browns guests was SOLE
ly Thurston county dinner from the
fish to the apple pie. Meats. fish. po-
tatoes and vegetables galore Weighted
down the table In the bunk house lust
long enough for . picture to be taken
and then disappeared like snow before
a summer sun until the members OF
that party smacked their lips unani-
mously and surreptitiously let out
their belts notch or two.
Then came the trip around the farm
in automobiles. led by Mr.. Brown.
You have Mr.. Brokers description Of
1t. the finest diversified farm III the
United States. an opinion the other
agents strongly endorsed. To tell
about It rightly would require book:
here are Just few brief points:
$4,000 chickens are raised there ev-
cry year. (Mr. Bricker's eyes popped
when he heard that)
800 OF the $500 acres are under cul-
tivaton. 600 are planted to oats. the
1918 yield being estimated at 1875
bushels per acre.
The buildings are valued at $4,000.
The dikes by which many hundreds
of acres have been reclaimed from the
Nisqually delta, cost $4,000.
AS it stands today, the farm cost q
little less than $50 an acre. including
everything.
The annual gross revenue is said to
be $4,000.
Sales Offices are maintained in Sc
attic, through which the farm prod
ucts are disposed of.
From 35 to SO men are employed the
year around.
There are $50 milch cows, supplying
a creamery which makes 1000 pounds
of butter week.
The farm is equipped with every
thing from blacksmith shop to
meat packing plant. The buildings are
lighted by electricity generated on the
place.
1900 hogs are butchered and mar
keted every year. each averaging about
ITS pounds dressed.
1900 eggs a day is the average.
Every conceivable convenience in
the implement line, from caterpillar
tractor to gasoline engine.
Shower baths for the employees.
100 of the finest breeds of horses.
Cows tested once a month In the
farms own laboratory.
And then, among many other things,
an ice plant and refrigerator that
will record as low as 10 degrees below
zero; fine artesian wells, unequalled
fishing in Puget Sound and the farms
own fish pond; a pasteurization room
that will produce 225 degrees heat; q
foreman in charge of each department
of the work under the general super
vision of Mr. Brown; barns and build
ines built for the specific purpose for
which they are used, and the largest
silo in this part of the country.
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