Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-19
At Milking Time.

Just before the milking is done. sta- b1emen come in. remove all the hay and litter sponge off the cows, which have been groomed earlier in the day. and draw the milk from the cows by means of an electric milking apparatus This machine milks 10 cows at a time and in one hour and ten minutes has completed the work of milking S6 cows. Hours of manual labor are saved and the artificial milking re- duces the generation of bacteria to ! minimum. To avoid the necessity of entering the main building of the cool ing plant, the attendants pour the milk into a funnel located in the vesti- bule. This conveys the milk into a cooling machine.
 The quarantine stable. where all the newly purchased cows are kept for three months while tests for tubercu- losis are being applied, is a ten min utes walk away. During this time they are completely isolated from the rest of the herd.
 Ducks and Chickens.
 Another mile must be traversed be- fore the gardens. the duck and chicken farm are reached Nine acres of tine the ordinary vegetables are grown Cold frames and hot beds prepare the young plants for the open garden, and extensive greenhouses. produce out of season such vegetables as tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, radishes, lettuce parsley, egg plant. peppers and melons
 In the vegetable wash house are vats eight feet long and above are ranged long shelves on which the thor oughly scrubbed vegetables are placed to dry.
 To the breeder of chickens the Bran ford Farm poultry plant is a fodel of concrete perfection. In the matching house are two incubators with a ca pacity of 5000 eggs. Each hundred chickens has its own apartment, the floors of which are covered with clean white beach sand and are top dreSSe.s with dry cut clover. When these chicks have matured enough so that they no longer need otmhering in the breeders they are turned out into a grass grown range till such time as they are need ed.
 This house has its own cold storage plant for the cooling of freshly killed poultry. So carefully adjusted is this refrigerator that the opening of the door for one minute will start the au- tomatic cooling machine operating, for the temperature Is never allowed to rise above 32 degrees. Four hundred Pekin breeding ducks range over the shady duck yards and swim and dive in a Wire-netted lake at the foot of the range. The output of killed fowls is at the rate. of 125 chickens and p ducks
  A plant for the breeding of geese is in the course of consEuction.
 Rhode Island Reds, White Rock and White Leghorn are sthe favorite breeds at Branford Farm.
 Sheep and Pigs.
 It is reserved for the sheep and pigs to have the most picturesque location of Branford Farm for their home. A flock of 500 Shropshire sheep graze iTl1T7 Sfr 0f uncultivated and rugged land, while the herd of Berkshire pigs live in model homes and grunt scornfully ar. their less fortunate neighbors.
 The original stock from which the sheep flock is being bred were import ed from England and are the purest blood that could be secured. Rams costing more than $500 apiece head the flock. The average clip is nine or ten pounds per sheep, and good yearling wethers have dressed as high as 100 pounds.
 Master Piece. who cost $2.OOO, is the celebrated sire at the head of the swine herd. Champion and grand champion at the international livestock show of Chicago, this thoroughbred pig holds record among the best of his kind.
 Intensive farming of the latest type is employed at Branford Farm. Ma ural and commercial fertilizer is spread broadcast until these fertile fields yield recurring crops of record breaking size. By the middle of May luxurious fail sown grain is being cut and fed green to the cattle It is with this green fodder-rye, oats, wheat. clover-thar these towerlike silos are stored for winter feeding. None of the grain fields are left standing long enough foc the grain to ripen, but crop after crop is cut and stored.
 Artesian wells furnish an unlimited flow of water. so that every barn and every house is equipped with all con- veniences.