The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-15

putation throughout the county OF
having the ready money for whatever
he wants And they unhesitatingly
confess that the COW. the blooded Jer-
sey cow, has achieved il all Fine
COWS are their passion They tolerate
no sorry beasts on their farms They
weed them out, and today their COM
olned herds number l so Jerseys. two
thirds of which are registered or en-
titled to registration
Their prize cow has produced COO
pounds Of butter the year and 10 900
pounds Of milk. Their herds aver
age - pounds Of milk daily through
Out the year They have a little
queen OF Jerseys which is producing
4o2 pounds of milk and .27 pounds
OF butter every day. at the age OF twa
| years, eight months. and the mills
tests out As per cent.
The same high standards prevail.
among their horse stock They are
| gradually developing Percherons for
| horses that are typical of the South
ern farm. out West they went and
| bought brood mares. They formed a
stock company, owning most of the
| themselves. and purchased an import
ed French PercherOn stallion.
| Their next steps are toward the in
novation of small tractors to eliminate
as much horse power as possible, JUS,
as their big Percherons have elimin-
ated as much man-pOwer as possible
They are arranging for the installa-
uon of pasturizing plant and plan,
for the manufacture Of ice cream
These steps have already been taker
by the far-famed OakwoOd Farm OF
Robert J.. Shuford. situated in the
same part of Catawba county as The
Dutch Dairy Farms. and CataWba
ice cream as we'll as sweet cream an6
butter is being shipped to city mar
, kets and resort hotels
Homes of Comfort.
! The homes Of this Lutz ia mil,
would move any average farm wife t,
tears. Every home Is arranged witt
an eye toward the maximum Of com
fort and convenience with minimum
: of labor and time loss. Gas engine
! operate the cream SeparaterS. tn
= pump, the wood saw and the Washin
e machine. Water is being put int
4 every home and electricity made b
t the surpluG energy of the gas ma
Y chimes and held in storage batteries,
n soon to light the homes barns an
e yards of each family. The houses az
It made along original models, out {
n native tmberS manufactured near
e hand. The COW barns are Of the be!
h models. The silOs and potato house
e fulfill the last ideas Everything
V approaching the country life idea
| ne ldTI1lS dIt III d special lax Ul
? trict and command fine rur
n school. They are reached by tOp-SC
: roads and served by daily rural ma
It routes. The children are going coun
" colleges by way Of the nearby Sta
r. High Schools.
I. Nowhere in the Southern States
v there a finer picture Of peace, hapI
l. ness and prosperity on the farm, ev
ID wealth: nowhere is there a finer
TX luStratiOn Of the everlasting truth
m the statement that the salvation
er the South iS in the raising of cat
Or and the selling Of dairy products. Al
best of all, these people are not e
ceptional people. They are plain. a
~ erage farmers, every day Tar Hee
in of a type Of people common throug
or out the South, who have had the go
20 sense to accept the teachings a
90 preachments of a wise old father, a
ct to put into practice the theories
~ the formerly much despised "bo
oy farmers of the State and Natior
ha Agricultural Departments. What til
~ have done can be done over and OK
a. again all over the South. The bloc
ed Jersey, the production Of clio,
~ and legumeS and the silo, these thr
ho have been their servants instead
"a their being slaves Of King Cott
~ and they have achieved the ideal o.
~ New South in agriculture and on tn
~ Dutch Dairy Farms have already
ell teIeu Inc NC" eAa VI oou'iieih LIN