The Harrison times., 1914-04-18

| great farming country Every squdio q
foot Of land Is utilized. There is al
most no waste land In America you
will find here and there a scientific
farmer Here every farmer Is scien'
tihc farmer, He knows farming, and,
thanks to cooperation, he knows mar
ketlng as we'll Every COW Is good
COW, giving good quantity OF good
milk. Not only is the milk good when
It leaves the COW but IL 1t goes to the
city II goes promptly and is still good
milk when II Is delivered II 1t Is
made into butter II becomes good but
ter and reaches the consumer In the
best possible form, The pigs too are
high grade, As they move to market
they appear to be all Of uniform color
size shape, and quality, for each con-
forms to a type proved by experiment
tatlon to be the best for the purposes
to which they are devoted,
Every farmer analyses his soil, fer.
tilzes his fields, and rotates his crops
according to the best principles OF
soil conservation, In America you oc'
casionally see such farming and such
farmers; here you see nothing else,
Medium Sized Farm.
What appears to be the home Of a
well,to.do farmer upon q medium
sized farm Ia our first point OF at
tack,
We find the buildings including
dwelling, stables, granOry hay shed
and other outbulldlngs arranged
around u square court, All except the
dwelling house are rooted with thatch
which although II seems to be In good
condition the farmer assures uB IL
twenty years old, Everything OK
hIbIts the utmost neatnGss, The sta
bles, poultry houses and pig shelters,
are all ~ clean as the nature OF their
use permits, while the house Itself Is
immaculate,
The former owner OF the farm ls
dead, The widow and children now
occupy the place or three sons one
ia In Copenhagen aud Ia TO leave the
farm permanently, llo goes to the
city not because ho wants 10 but bo.
cause there Ia no room for him upon
this farm and It Ia almost impossible
TO get more lOnd-eyerybody wants 10
keep all he has, Tho older son IL TO
have the major part OF the farm turn
Ing over n smaller portion TO young
or brother The mother will continue
TO live on the farm with the older son,
Tho farm ID olghty,olght acres In OK
tent There are on II six horses, thlr'
ty,nyo cows, and sixty pigs, besides
tho poultry Tho farm with lts stock
buildings and equipment IL worth
about ilIO0O0O.
Cooperative Bacon Factory,
The farmer In member OF a CO.
operative bacon factory, In order to
meet tho demands Of tho market,
which has been most carefully studied
no and the other mcmbcrB find II
necessary to breed a pig Of parlIeu-
lar type, one which viii produce good
bacon All OF tho members therefore
are raising a pig produced by crossing
tho Ehgllah Yorkshire with the native
Danish breed Thoy hnyo found also
that tho best bacon IN obtained whom
the pigs are brought 20 market from
twenty-five 10 twontyselght weeks old,
Weighing bewoen 1870 and 200 pounds,
Careful experimentation has also dem
onslratod that II tho hogs arc mar
kctod NJ this tlmo tho most bacon per
food unit fed them IN produced The
pigs life Ia u busy life They have
only Ay0 to seven months 70 live and
must weigh at the end OF that time
from 1870 to 200 pounds Tho hogs
Aro also hrod for largo lltlora since
this ~ pn Important consideration
when II becomes necessary to rusl
the entire output OF hoga upon the
market at an early ase, Experts say
that the pig 30 produced Ia Ideal fol
the production OF bacon,
Cooperative Creamery
This farmer belongs 20 a oo.opcra
tive dairy association which oondueti
n creamery some little distance away
The members are mostly tho smalle
farmers, Bach leaves his cans o
milk on the road 20 be gathered w b.
n collector hired by tho association
The collector when ho returns th
cans brings back the Skinned milk
The milk sent into the creamery I
tested and the price depends altogetl
sr upon the butter fat contained i