Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-01-01
Charley Hicks New Dairy Barn
Is Veritable Palace For Cows

Calves on the Hicks place are not
permitted to remain with their moth
ers, but are taken directly to the calf
department, where they learn to drink
instead Of suck. This Is better for the
COW, and gets her back to milking
condition sooner than were she to
suckle her calf. Some Of the calves,
however, develop the bad habit Of
sucking anothers ears. and when this
bad trait is noticed the baby is
sanctioned just as tho 1t were . real
grown-up.
Seventy three Head Of Dairy Stuff.
On the Hicks farm are seventy
three head of dairy cattle, including
the calves. Mr.. Hicks aims to have
fifty five or sixty cows on hand, as
this number is required to produce
thirty-five or forty mixers at one
time. From the thirty-five head being
MIXED now los gallons Of milk are
produced daily. Ninety-five gallons OF
the daily output are delivered each
morning to the Western Grocer Com
pany mills, to be used in the manu-
facture Of milk hominy. The rest OF
the milk is fed to the calves.
Careful Milk Record Kept.
The milk record of the various cows
is kept carefully, each cows daily
production being weighed. BY this
method the value of the milk can be
computed against the cost OF the feed
and it can be told readily whether the
COW is paying investment. If 1t Is
found that she is not she goes to the
butcher.
Other Departments In Building.
The different departments necessary
to the operation of dairy on large
scale are looked after carefully In the
| building Of the barn. The room which
contains the lighting plant serves also
as an office. and is heated. There Is
telephone in the barn, an extension
Of the city phone from the house.
Across from the lighting plant room
| Is the milk room, where the milk is
cooled, and Oft from the cows room is
feed mixing room, where tempting
dishes are made from bran, grouno
corn and oats and molasses. Oats and
bran are let down thru chutes from
the floor above.
On tho second floor are sleeping
quarters for the herdsmen, store
room, and room for tho farm machin-
cry not in use. This floor also has
modations for 5000 bushels OF
oats and other grain used In feeding.
Tho third floor contains hay, whore
$50 tons may be stored. together with
100 tons Of straw for bedding pur-
poses.
Horses Fars Jsst 40 We'll.
The horses on tho Hicks farm. eight
cen head. fare Just a. well. and havt
Just as fine quarters. ns do the COWS.
The east end Of tho big barn II equip
ped for tho horses. tho Same sanitary
arrangements prevailing here.
On to the east. and on a line 80 that
a team or truck may pass from one
to the other on the cement driveway,
is the sheep barn, 32x7o feet where
100 head Of sheep and lambs are quar-
j tered,
OF to the south is the thind Of the
big new barns, 50x126 feet, where ao-
Communications are provided for 100
head Of feeding cattle and over q hun
dred head of hogs. There are ninety
four feeders in the lot now. They are
Hereford steers, all ready for the mar
ket, and will go to the block early in
the year. They were bought when
they weighed around 1000 and LOO
and now weigh from 1900 to 1900
pounds, Attached to the feeders barn
is another silo, 1896, which provides
the ensilage fed to these animals.
Water for the sheep and feeders
barns comes from spring on the hill.
That furnished the cows, however,, ia
pumped by a windmill from well to
the north Of the barn.
Names Farm Waceassasses
Mr., Hicks has chosen an Indian
name for his farm, u 10 Waccassasee
which. in its literal translation, means
Full cow For a dairy farm. which
is filled with cows and beef animals
Mr.. Hicks thinks the name appropri-
ate; AT any rate It's different" he
says.