Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-27
HISlG III LODENDALE FARM
Blooded Stock and BOuntifuI Crops Pre-
sent a Pleasant Sight

Sunday, the editor and wife had the
pleasure of accompanying Trustee I.
F. Brown and wife and Mrs. Mary
Julian ID Lodendale farm, four miles
west of town. There at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Martin, we spent
most pleasant hour enjoying bounti-
full feast of as fine watermellons as
as ever grew out of the ground, and
looking over one of the best kept and
highly cultivated farms in the county
Mr. Martin is known to be pure
bloUl enthusiast in all live stock. No
one would doubt that his enthusiasm
is of the productive kind when they
see 50 head of Hereford cattle that
run all the way from half-bloods to
pure bloods, his pure-b blood Tamworth
hogs and Shropshire sheep.
He keeps pure-blood males Of cattle,
hogs and sheep so that ne is sure of
increasing the quality of! his stock
from year to year.
Here we found several acres of
splendid corn and soy beans growing
with degree that was a joy to look
upon. The soy beans were so rank as
to almost meet between the rows.
Mr.. Martin says his crop as whole
is slightly below its usual excellence
this year. But even now it would make
most prairie farmers turn green with
HHA Ern hn n
corn, cane, soy beans, which show that
rich green color that is sure index of
fertile soil and good cultivation.
He grew a small acreage of wheat
this year as test of what might be
expected of it. He is highly pleased
whit the crop and while he realizes
that this section Will very likely never
become wheat shipping country, he
does believe it will pay farmers to
grow enough wheat to supply their in |
dividual needs.
But the most beautiful sight we saw
was twelve Hereford calves grazing in
clover of such rich growth that they |
were able to eat their ill in a shert
time. By his m nner of handling his
stock it is all very tame and strangers
can handl4 them with perfect ease and
no fear is aroused in the animal.
Mr.. n artin has farm of 800 acres
with " acres under the plow. He has
repeat IDLY been approached to sell but
he tells them all his farm in not for
sale for he realizes he would look long
ana pay high price for such anoIher.
One Of the wisest things he does IS
that he goes in fer the profit sharing
plan v 18th his children. OF his nine
children two of the boys are elmost
grown ana have their individual stock
on the farm. They take very lively
interest iii all that pertains to the
farm and handl4 and sell their own
stock with as much freedom as does
their father, except that they counsel
with him AMI are i0any times guided
by his NOR ma tire judgment. The
younger b Us ana girls are also given
stock a. soon as they become cid
enough 20 look after it. Ia that way
every member Of tie family takes an
active interest in al that pertain t.
the farm. By trac means he children
are happy and satisfied with then far.
home, which is featrue that is be-
yond price.
All in ali Mr. Martin is developing
a beautiful farm and doing it in way
that lie IS getting large dlgidens both
in money valut aad sat 7taetion 40 II
better results c4n De ptainau in a'g
other way Mr.. Martin will na GLAD 10
be shown.
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