The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-26

some fifty years ago, riding on gig
beside his father, from his home deep
in the country. The inhabitants of
the town at that time were about 81
900, and the lighting of the city was
done by Goldfish oil lamps, for kerosene
had not yet come into common use,
but the lights twinkling in the velvet
darkness, the tall houses looming up
through the mist, the carts and wag-
ons rafting briskly by, and the low
constant hum of life, breaking on his
senses for the first time made pic
ture that "age cannot wither, nor GUS
tom STALE" l was half sorry that his
first memory of city could not be of
Seattle as it slept on the hillside, it's
myriad lights mingling with the stars,
and the cool, dark waters tapping it's
feet.
Hollywood Farm.
There are many sights to be seen in
Seattle, so that each one may follow
his fancy-parks and museums and in
situations very like cities of less re-
cent date, but they have one sight
that is almost unique in it's carefully
carried out detail, and that is Holly
wood Farm, where they manage their
milk in such a way that they can af-
ford to ask just double the current
price and then have all the customers
they want. You know that wise old
saw about the super-mouse trap and
the worn path to the door of it's in
ventor. Well, this theory has been
put in practice with regard to the
Hollywood Farm. They have an arti-
Gle of superior quality in production,
in cleanliness of handling, and celebrity
in putting on the market, and the
world literally wears path to their
door.
The morning after our arrival an
enthusiastic Seattleite - the people
are all enthusiastic about their city
packed us off in big, smooth-running
machine through the velvet park, with
glimpse of the animals, round the
beautiful Lake Washington, over hill
and dale, through open and wood, on
fine asphalt road to the celebrated
farm. The weather was glorious and
our souls were free from the restraint
that prevented us from expressing any
opinion that might be construed as
political. This feeling had haunted
me all the days was in Canada. Now
l knew l could rejoice, for instance,
in the gallant dash of the Deutschland
without being considered to have sub,
scribed myself to the whole policy OF
the Kaiser.
| The approach to. Hollywood Farm
would do credit to any gentleman
country residence, with walls and gate
flowers bordering and festoonine
everything.
An immense cement barn is arrang
ed with stands where the cows are
watered and fed and MIXED at moor
and midnight, two shifts of men be
ing employed for their care. We ar
rived about p. m. The noon watering
and feeding were completed. Sixty
Holstein cows stood in double row
watching each other with mild brown
eyes across the wide cement aisle
Over each stanchion was a card in
cased in glass bearing the cows name
date of birth, and number of pound!
of milk in seven days. This last item
in at least one case amounted to 75C
pounds. The men we're just finishing
the washing down of the walls anC
beginning on the COWS as we arrived
They use hose and warm water ant
each cow is allowed half hour t.
drip, then the mixer comes, in white
overalls and cap with three pals ant
bundle of towels in his arm. Thu
first pail contains cold water, will
which the udder is washed, then it i!
dried with a towel, one towel being
used to each COW. Into the secont
pail three streams of milk are drawn
That is set away and the milking il
finished into the third pail. A SECOND
man then comes with another suppl!
of pals and carries the full one ava!
where the milk is weighed, strained
through thirteen plies of sterile mus
lin, the first layer being renewed eacl
time; then it is started on it's wa!
through the heating and cooling pro
cess, never coming in contact will
any person again until it is sealed il
the bottles.
We had in our company boy, al
indispensable adjunct to any part.
travelling for information or amuse
ment, providing he is really a boy
clearly cut off from childhood or man
hood and just that unsaturated mole
Guile in the human family known as
boy. Ours was such one, and hi
paramount desire just then was tina
not one of all the wonders of his beau
tiful city should escape us. After al
hour or two our eyes were filled witt
seeing, the Scriptures to the contrar,
Notwithstanding, But" said the boy
'you must not go without seeing thu
Kindergarten, So over we went t
another building, and there divided OF
in little squares, like eggs in a case
were about fifty little black and whit,
calves, with eyes as bright and tende
as those of fawns, and moist noses al
: freckled over with black spots. Below
was a great shed bedded with saw
: dust and lighted with electricity wher
the cows were allowed to wande
about when they were at leisure, bu
for feeding and milking they stood il
the building where we first saw them
Adjacent to the cow village was
system of hot houses, where the wifi
of the man who owns the farm raise