The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-14

and as he was familiar with the best
breeding and milk producing estab-
llshments on the continent, it was
anticipated that his enterprise in his
own state would be of immense value
to the farmers who were looking to-
ward the industry as means of bet
terment. Mr.. Newman erected or
/ namental as well as useful buildings,
divided and wire fenced his fields, in
stalled water. and light facilities, even
had electric fans in his cow barns,
just as in the most luxurious dairies
where the prize cows reign, and the
farmers watching the development de-
SPARED. They said that only rich
men could emulate the example, and
that milk produced under such sur
roundings would cost much more than
the highest price that could be OBJ
tanned. Mr.. Newman has always had
practical experts in charge, and the
manager there now, James R. Black,
can qualify in almost any company.
Though not college graduate, he
has been thoroughly educated in
every branch of the business, which
includes the vital and basic division
of farming. He is from Indiana,
where his family has long been prom
inent in the Jersey development, be-
ing among the pioneer and principal
importers from the native isle of the
breed. Dairying was an old story to
him, Louisiana new proposition, and
he was capable of learning and teach
ing some interesting lessons regard
ing both and their relationship to
each other. Mr.. Black says the New
man plant is practical and will be a
paying investment, and that Louisi-
ana is a peerless dairy state.
Going into more details, Mr.. Black
declares that imitation is not beyond
the farmer of ordinary means. He
lines and principles, though they
need not be as costly or as fancy.
Despite the money spent there are
some things others could do better.
For instance, the sterilizer was built
of cement, according to government
specifications. The structure is
sound, but the cement has cracked on
the a11tsida@ and M the fsiatsss-r.sz1 If
it had to be rebuilt tiles would be
used Though no rational expense
was spared, there were mistakes
made. One was the failure to plant
shade trees, quick growers to give
way to more desirable and permanent
trees. Owing to this lack of shade be-
ing a serious handicap, the pasturing
and exercise system has to be re-
stricted, and large barn is being
erected especially to furnish artificial
shade while foraging.
Some splendid things have been
achieved on the Newman farm. One
of the most important is hardly no.
ticed by the casual visitor In the
highly advanced dairy centers of
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin the fly is
a curse and handicap to such an ex-
tent that the colleges are concentrat-
ing upon the quest for remedy. At
the Newman farm the barns are free
of flies, just as the pastures are free
of ticks. The buildings are screened,
of course, but that is not the reason
for immunity. A solution of half a
pound of arsenate of lead, boiled in
half a gallon of water, with a
pound and half of common wash
ing soda, is prepared. One quart of
this is mixed with a gallon of mo-
lasses in a barrel of water, and the
LIQUID lightly sprinkled over the ce-
ment floors. 1t does the work.
The northern dairies the Louisiana
farmers visited boasted that large
profit was won by breeding the finest
of cattle, which increased the pro-
duction at the same time, and the
double revenue from milk and calves
of regal quality meant fortune off
comparatively few acres. None of
the herds seen was any finer than the
Newman array appeared. He bid for
what he decided was best when ne
bought his foundation stock, and he
has developed and expanded this
foundation with a success that is
promising for Louisiana as future
mother Of champions. There are
fourteen head of Jerseys and twenty
six Holsteins, and all of them are OF
kingly pedigree. But performance
counts as much as blood, though the
combination is the ideal. Fifty per
cent of the herd is in the Register OF
Merit, which is the coveted reward
of care and feeding, added to an
cestrv. which results in the large yield
which is the truest test Of dairy quail
;tv and the sustained large yield
which is characteristic of the courage,
endurance and ambition which go
,,;tb descent from generations dis
tinguished for those traits. The hrst
herd bull was Mobiles Raleigh, one OF
the greatest in the Jersey world, and
his untimely death was a tremendous
blow. But the herd has the consola-
tion Of possessing some of his descen,
dants, the batch Of heifer and bnll
calves being the exact counterpart OF
sl,air nreootent sire. The new herd
hui i Financial Ferns Noble, com
hining the most sought and prlzed
Jersey strains, differing mostly IN
.alaring. the sable markings OF the
Financial coat being pronounced
The bull is young, and this IS young
herd, The outstanding cow, exceed.
ing 500 pounds of butter, is only
wears old. Despite fine blood ane
high price, the herd is being built VI
along production lines, those not at.
tanning the superior mark set beng
discarded. The average production !.
now two and half gallons OF 81
test milk. The herd is fed as scien
tifcally but more naturally than II
the north, for all the feed, with th'
exception of some Of the concentrates
is grown on the place, and grazing j