The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-06-15

vuRea Of the state. Her milk ant
butter have gained a reputation al
the best which comes into the Lex
ington market, and her method:
have been such as to make her q
splendid profit from the dairy bust
ness.
Five years ago the Lowery broth.
err and Mrs. Larkin, who was then
Miss Mary Lowery, were living on
q rented farm in Fayette County and
were striving pluckily to get to-
gether enough money to buy a
farm They had been tenants for
ten years and had experienced the
tobacco tenants usual difficulties
and handicaps. but they had kept
constantly before them the fixed
determination some day to have a
farm of their own.
The farm on which they were liv-
ing had been seriously run down by
hard cropping and exploitive meth
DDS SO commonly employed on farms
which are rented for cash rent. 1t
Was put up for sale and the Lowery
brothers bought 1t for $4,000. This
was nearly $500 per acre, a very
high price before the wartime land
boom, and it meant going very
heavily into debt. Today the debt
has been practically discharged and
the farm could be sold at much
more than the price paid for it.
The writer has known the Low
erys for a number of years and is
familiar with the game fight which
they made and won. A big factor
in the success of the undertaking
was the sister, Miss Mary, and her
dairy herd of Is cows. The broth
ers buckled down to the work of
growing tobacco, corn, wheat, truck
and hogs. doing most of the work
themselves. The sister MIXED and
cared for the cows, churned the but
ter, bottled the milk and made daily
deliveries to her customers in town. |
The quality of the product was so
good that favorable demand was
quickly developed for the entire out
put of the herd.
Three years ago the sister be-
came the wife of Robert Larkin, and
later the couple rented a farm and |
began farming on their own ac-
count They are still renting, but !
they have already a farm of their
own definitely in sight. Liberty
Bonds and gilt-edge mortgages now
on hand and constantly being add
ed to will be used to buy the farm !
when ever one which suits them is
offered for sale.
That Mrs. Larkin is an unusual
woman is amply proven by her &C
ccmplishments. She takes care of
her cows and dairy, bottles the milk,
delivers II to town in her auto ev-
cry morning, and is back home by
$50 She finds time to give the
best care to her two-year-Old boy,
and last year she raised in the gar
den near the house a patch of TO-
bacco which she sold for $500. This
she invested as a nucleus of a fund
which she has set aside for putting
her hoy through college. with all
tsis. for the past two years she has
bearded the young woman who
teaches the school near her home,
and she finds time to contribute
substantially of her time and energy
in helping With various community
activities.
There are nine cows in Mrs. Lar
kis's present herd, and she intends
To add several more soon. The cows
are grades, but are excellent indivi-
daals. as is evidenced by the fact
that they produce an average Of 2
gallons and quarts per COW daily.
witch is more than SO per cent
greater than the production OF the
average COW in Kentucky. The prod
ucts of the Larkih dairy are sold
Tor the most part to grocers. who
rely upon them to supply their most
customers.
The equipment OF this dairy is
very simple and inexpensive. The
COWS are kept comfortable and clean
In mere shell of a stable. but they
are well fed (mostly on homegrown
feods) and receive the hest OF care
Absolute cleanliness is the secret
Of the high quality of the product.
No bucket or can or other utensil
which comes in contact with the
milk is ever used without first be-
lag carefully washed and scalded.
Hrs. Larkm follows the rule of the
'three c's" In handling her milk.