The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

East Lake. good maoadamized road
 leads through pretty Roebuek Springs
 and on up the valley, passing wooded
 spots where thrushes and yellow ham,
 mers and other birds fly by and into
 tangles of vines and now and then a rab-
 bit scurries out of sight: and it follows
 the fences of level well-cultivated fields
 that stretch away to woods beyond. At length the traveller finds himself ex-
 claiming with delight at beautiful scene,
 white house, set far back from the
 road and surrounded by great oak trees, with green fields on every side and with
 a mass of trees far in the background. The horse turns in at the gateway and
 little girl and small boy race down the
 walk to open the gate and to ride back
 to the house. The driveway is bordered
 on either side by a row of oaks and leads directly to the house with it's shaded porch.
 1, The house is remodeled from an old | farm house, and one of the chimneys has | been there for scores of years. The place | is family possession, as II mas never been owned by any one except the Rid | dies and Mrs. Riddles people. Her great grandfather, William Reed, who came | from North Carolina more than 100 years i ago homesteaded the land from the gov
 ernment and settled there. building the
 oriignal home. MT. and Mrs. Riddle s chill | dren are the fifth generation of Reeds whose home it has been. An Arcadian | state it seems, for it is delightful coun- 1 try home with conveniences that are ex- pected only in a city. Prosperity plays it's | part in giving an air of contentment to
 the home life and with their family of l girls little pptIld @ de- | sired. The oldest son IS in partnership with his father in the dairy company. and the other boys will be made partners
 when they reach their Fist years. The old I set daughter. Miss Hallie Mae Riddle, is | quite as much a partner in her mothers housekeeping A graduate of the Cen | tral High school, where, beside making an unusually night record in mathematics 1 she was a student in the domestic science department. she is now putting into prac- 1 tice her training there and is taking a l large share of her mothers responsibility | Mrs. Riddle in her homemalSing and MT Riddle in his dairy business have bad successful experience, and better guidance could hardly be given their sons and | daughters than that which comes from this experience, coupled with their keen 1 interest in their children
 The Lake
 It is no wonder they love their home, l for besides the family associations it is a beautiful place in itself. From the porch one looks down the long avenue | bordered with trees, and from one end of the porch lake is in sight. Presently a l beautiful white crane rises stretches its pretty wings and flies back and forth over l the water. Ii dips and curves. dives in or rests at the waters edge. It is one of | many that are seen there from time to time. Some are gray and others are pure l white.
 1 Walking across the sloping grounds it
 is seen that there are two lakes and a | stream of clear water. This Is the head 1 of Five Mile creek. One of the lakes is reserved to supply water to the house and the dairy. The water is pumped into a 20O0 gallon tank and distributed from there in pipes
 Dairying on Extensive Scale
 Il Following the path around the lake,
 ones comes to the dairy and finds mucl that is of interest. The buildings ar, stables, milking barns, milk house, sil, and dipping vat. Back of these is tn broad green meadow where the COW graze. At one stable are five or six litt Holstein calves-the pride of the dair | and the pets of the children
 The silo has capacity of 200 tons O : green food Connected with it is a lon
 trough and a food cutting machine opel ated by a gasoline engine. This machir | cuts the corn stalks or other green foo into tiny bits which are drawn up b suction through a long pipe into the sill From another opening in the silo the dail | supply of this green food is taken ol l. during the winter.
 The dipping vat is long narrow an deep basin dug out Of the ground an ! lined with cement. It Is covered ov, like a shed, with a balustrade around tn ends and sides. The cows enter one a
 a time, from one end, swim through tn i liquid preparation with which the vat
 filed and go out at the opposite end.
 The barn is like long hall with door
 in the middle of each side and of eac end, and windows all the way down tn two long sides. The stanchions for tn cows are by these windows, a long roy
 down each side. There are places for 5 cows and each one has her particula stanchion all the time The stanchion are elliptical neclSp p'eces one side O which can be opened. The COW puts he head in and the open side is fastened She is then secure in her place, but sh is in comfortable position and car turn her head or lie down. Her feed int trough is just in front of her. and canno be reached by the next COW. There is narrow space metween the cows and tn, windows, which they face. leaving room i for person to pass and to put the feet | in each compartment. There is yer, | wide passage with cement floor dowr the middle of the barn The part of tn, l'fioor where the cows stand is of cork brick, as it is not so trying to stand upor as is a cement floor. Between this part and the center passage Is a drain or gut ter The floor is washed every day witl running water and hose. Two large
 ventilators in the ceiling furnish pure air and there is no odor about the place ! This Is the King system of ventilation and 1t is highly satisfactory.
 II The cows are curred and rubbed twice l day. There are 40 of them, the finest looking cows to be found. Four are i'm mense Holstein's and 3f are fine Jerseys l They are all perfectly clean. fat and sleek the very aristocracy of their kind
 The Holste.ns are interesting for their
 color. black and white, like "caIico'' i pony. end for their remarkable height | and size, and the Jerseys coats are so 1 very pretty. soft glossy tan. with a deeper tan or brown about the heads and .1t