New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-01-16
built of Oregon fir and two of 20
ton capacity, made of iron.

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are filed with com silage; the
two larger ones with one-half
corn silage, one belt of sorghum
and top with cane tops. Besides
these four large repositories of
animal feed, there is on the
plantation barn loft capacity for
hundreds of tons of hay.
Concentration is the word in
Orange Grove. Every blade of
forage harvest is baled, with high
powered steam balers which turn
out with the same at less cost.
better, more compact and twice
the number possible with the
ordinary mule driven machine.
Some one might ask, "What
does Mr.. Pharr intend doing with
the immense amount of forage
these silos and barn will hold?'
To answer, allow nae to go fack
a trife.
Along with the studies of soil
and plant life, Mr.. Pharr began
investigating the possibilities Of
stock raising. 1t struck him
forcibly that diversiiicaton and
stock raising went hand i'll hand.
Could beef and dairy stock be
raised profitably in Louisiana,
he found they could.
Buzz went a Western Union
instrument and in a few days
there arrived a select body OF
jersey cows and sire; a:other
wire, and few days later see
ond company Of Jerseys was well
.comed to Orange Grove.
A dairy barn was necessary,
(nothing too good for these aris-
tocratsD Exactly according to
specification Of the State Board
Of Health was the barn brilt. 1t
has cement floors throughout,
Lauder steel staunchions, with
steel individual neck yokes and
cement managers with iron remov-
able intersections. The ratlons
drop into the managers, carrying
off all sweepings automatically
and cleaned after feeding in one
operation.
Gradually Mr.. Pharr has in
creased his dairy herd. Lately
he purchased five thoroughbred
Holstein COWS from H. c. Wertz,
of Covingtoc, Hcll Of the same
breed from Dr.. Clarence Pierson
of the Jackson Insane Asylum,
and will shortly ship in a car
load of Holsteins from Wisconsin.
Why the recent large increaseY
The Charity Hospital Of New
Orleans lately asked bids for it's
1915 milk supply. The specifica-
tions were rigid, many dairies bld.
so did Mr.. Pharr and he got the
contract both rhyme and reason
to his madness wasn't there2
The contract calls for milk
testing 3 $40 butter fat. Mr..
Pharr's milk which he has been
selling to the New Iberia Cream
cry has been testing that and
more.
3 Wait, am not through far be it
from suit. The high cost OF llv-
ing get on Mr.. Pharr's nerves.
Beef was too internally high.
Down with high prices said
he. SO he Purchased a herd Of
native cows. a registered Here
ford and a Shorthon bull and
for the last year the Hereford
and Shorthorn i'll separate pas
lures are raising their families.
There are three young Here
fords born recently and some 70
from both sires expected in Jan
uary. This is essentially beef
venture and with every prospect
Of success
In another and larger field. in
which is one of the large silos,
surrounded by shelter sheds, are
100 head Of native steers pur-
chased recently. When they ar
rived each was weighed, put
through Mr.. Pharr's private dip
ing vat and dehorned. Their
feed as a starter is rice straw as
a roughage, corn silage mixed
with two pounds of cotton seed
meal and IA gallon Of molasses.
Gradually the meal portion will
be increased to six pounds to the
amount Of 30 pounds per day