Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-10
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small dairy on their fifty-acre rented
farm. They began twelve years ago
with three or four good common cows,
such as were to be picked up in the
neighborhood at the time. Their farm
is an ideal location for dairy-good
pasture land, excellent perennial
spring water in abundance, tillable
land for growing feed crops, and an
excellent market in the nearby town
for milk. butter and other farm, gar
den and poultry products. The farm
could. not be purchased or it would
have been purchased by them. They
We're given a long-term lease by the
owner and have worked on the farm
almost the same as if it were their
own. They found things in general in
a dilapidated condition. left by the
former tenant. The stable was so
small and so nearly rotted down that
the horses must be Embarrassed before
they could pass in and out at the door
This rotten and inadequate stable was
torn down and a serviceable barn. So
by As feet. erected in its stead. Later
end for horses and cows, and still lat
I'll, Which, - -dlllt lIiSieoStu III mum
bers. two 16-foot sheds were built on
the west and north and equipped with
modern dairy fixtures. capable of hold
ing "a cows. The total cost of barn
and dairNroom is more than $1,000. In
addition to this building on the rented
farm, the Georges have built small
calf barn. a hog barn with concrete
floors, and a dairy house. A great
amount of new fencing has been erect
ed and kept in repair The farm in
general is maintained as we'll or better
than the average farm on which the
owner lives. The renters have stood
all cost.
So long have Mr.. and Mrs. George
lived on this farm. so great has been
their success with their cows, and so
we'll do they like the place that they
have actually given it . Sleepy
Hollow Dairy Farm This is COM
plete evidence of their love for coun-
try life and intense. interest in their
home The man who names his place
takes pride in his work.
The most interesting feature of
Sleepy Hollow Dairy Farm is the dairy
itself. with equipment, not counting
the man and his wife, both co-workers
IN the enterprise. assisted by their
children who are old enough to aid.
Two of the small boys feed and care
for the growing heifer calves, of which
they have five promising young ones.
They now have about 10 producing
cows, and all of the dairy work is
done by home help, including the mar
L Of ,ol bxrr in
town Mrs. George does almost all of
the marketing, while Mr. George tends
to the cows and the growing of feeds
From this small herd at present they
are selling about $1,000 worth of milk a
year. About S400 worth of grain and
ground feeds are purchased and fed.
Some truck. garden crops and poultry
products are sold, while some fruits and
other foods are purchased. All members
Of the family work hard and regularly
every day Of the year, yet they make
q good living and are a happy family.
Their dairy herd is their chief asset,
which is increasing in value every day.
Starting with common cows Mr.. George
soon began to realize that better cows
would give better net returns on feed and
care These common cows were bred to
the best obtainable pure-bred Hoisteirl
bull, and the heifers reserved. Grading
up the herd has been rigidly practiced
Now some of the young grade Holsteins
are almost as good as good pure-bred
cows. On the day of the writer's WISH
one of these young cows was MIXED at
noon, yielding 1879 pounds of milk in
eight hours, making total daily yield OF
40h pounds of milk. She has been fres,l
less than two weeks and the owner eX-
poets to bring her up to 90 pounds daily
at the end of 80 days, when she should be
at her highest yield. He has several
grade cows that produce $500 worth oil
milk yearly. A young pure-bred regis
tered Holstein bull from high producing
ancestry is now owned and at the head OF
the grade herd. The breeding and hand
ling of the cows has been done with
much intelligence and skill This small