Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-30
LongUietO, a Dream that Came True;
Couatry Home of William r. A. Long


make his playing pay. Accordingly he
zratlfied a lifelong ambition. set about
to construct and equip a 100000 farm.
employed a farm manager with instruc-
lions TO develop this farm into sue
cessfui enterprise. Thus Longview farm.
the finest In America. came into exist
encc.
II was no idle dream that obsesscd Mr..
Long all the years he was building his
fortune out OF yellow pine trees, cutting
5o0oOo.ooo feet OF lumber a year down In
Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. He had
been born and brought up on a farm; he
had tasted many OF the hardships OF farm
life in the early days. there had been
times when the cup was bitter. but he
drained il 10 the last dreg. Being one OF
eleven children ON a 9O0-acre farm IN
Kentucky fifty OF sixty years ago when
there were no unnecessary frilis or frolic
wss not the ideal life OF ease.
Having started with nothing. found two
business ventures uncongeniol and I'M
profitable. and then amassing a fortune.
beyond most mems dreams OF avarice.
Mr.. Long did not propose TO throw his
money TO the winds which sweep over
Longview. lie was going TO play bit.
Sut no was too good a business man not
o see to Il that his farm investment paid
rood returns. II recalls the incident which
iis friends relate with great giee. At a
Meeting OF lumbermen he was introduced
a. ''the man who paid $1,000 for a horse"
AFTER the laughter had subsidized. Mr.. Long
srose and turned the laugh on the man
who had sought. good-natgredly. TO rid
ieule his extravaganza. by saying. II did
pay $1,000 for a horse, but already this
year that horse has earned me N,0oo.
which is 90 per cent upon my oririnal in
vestnent. and he will return me that
much profit annually for the next ten or
flfteen years. Have any Of you made a
better investment this Year," Longview
10 q rich mans farm. but the day f. al
ready in sight when Il will prove itself
q profitable money producer.
I.onEview. AZ IN Mr., Longs eye, In per-
spectivs. just as Il appears today. before
ever q shoveifui Of dirt was turned. be-
fore ever rod OF fence was built, before
ever an animal was brought 10 the place.
Is the only stock farm in America OF It's
sise that wss planned. laid out and built
n the start 20 carry on the maximum Of
business 70 which Il n intended 20 attain.
To accomplish the ends he had in mind.
Mr.. Long bought fifteen separate farms.
merging them into the one farm OF Long
view. comprising i.Sss acres, eighteen
miles out from the fourteen-story X. A.
Long office bui5tng, the first steel frame
structure OF consequence In Kansas City
and ono Of the best-appointcd buildings
IN the United States. Longview Ia
reached by one OF the splendid rock roads
for which jackson county 10 becoming
noted all over the country. II IL not the
secluded home cf millionaire who hides
himself from public gaze. Quite the OPP
posite; 'the lstch-string is always out"
az L.ongview--she public is always well
come. Mr.. Long may stand In the south
loEgia OF his wonderful farm home and
declare. with Alexander selkirk, ~ am
monarch Of all survey; my right, thore
Is none 10 dispute" for an unobstructed
view OF all the srlcndidIy-lying 1858 acres
is 10 be had rom the hill upon which
Tho home IL built. Extending practically
as far ~ the eye can reach Is vista OF
gentiy rolling hills and slopes, OF alter
mating fields and forest sladcs. OF mod
ern buildings. ali OF which are OF white
stucco, their red tile roofs blending with
the various shades Of green IN the sum
mertime until Lonsvicw Is genuine corot
smong farm landscapes.
OF the i.bss acres included In Longview,
80 were under cultivation last season,
the chief crops being alfalfa, corn, cane,
hay. clover. millet oats, rye. SOW beans,
timothy and wheat. Not one ounce was
sold. every particle being fed or con-
sumed upon the farm where Il was
grown with Mr. Longs far-reachlng
plans AZ Jet incomplete. there are today
usty saddle horses. forty-eight harness
horses. thirty-thrce mules. twelve Perch
eron horses. rs jersey cattle. sevensy-fve
beef cattle. and $50 hoga at I.ongview
when Longview IA completed the number
q Percherons will be increased 70 fifty.
ne hogs 70 80. and the Jerseys to go
The dairy barn group eonsiats OF a
dairy barn. SexSi3 feet IN sine. with ca
paeity for 100 cows: shelter she'd OF the
same size with a capacity OF i25 head: a
calf barn with u capacity OF seventy-five
head; milk house. 20 which the milk
goes through a covered passage. under
he most sanitary conditions possible;
hospital and bull pens. Tho whole inside
OF the dairy barn and the shelter barn Is
plastercr smooth and painted. All the
pafeageway along which the blooded
cows walk are OF concrete. All the cor
ners and angles are rounded, the more
easily TO be kept clean and sanitary. The
tails are tloored with cork blocks, as
or and yielding 10 the feet as the finest
srnhsels carpet A perfect system OF
'ent2ntion throws a constant supply of
resi- air into the dairy barn and removed
he foul air. Feed carriers down the cen,
Ter carry the feed TO the individual cows
a thcir stalls In one corner OF the
5aFns are the wsshfooms OF the attend
ants. with lockers and shower baths i'd
lacent. Each attendant Is required 10
battle and don a fresh white duck suit
before milking begins. The milk IL pro-
1uced under the supervision OF the Medi-
al MIX Commission OF the jackson
county Medical society. and each bottle
bears ita seal To produce certified milk.
which means milk as Il comes from the
COW. with nothing added 70 or taken from
u. requires that all attendants bear med
icai inspection. the cattle be tested an
nually for tuberculosis. the cattle are
sroomed and washed before each milklnr.
the mixers use plain white duck suits
while milking and between the milking
OF each COW hands are washed, and 80
IN. The milk. within a few moments. IA
trained and cooled below 90 degrees
farenheit and must 90 remain until de.
IYsnnen 10 the connuuaar erhIa f,stt.... =. 4