Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-11-23

the woods in.the winter. This is my
recreation. We have our own thresh-
ing machine and during the harvest
season employ about IS men. During
the rest of the year Is men do the
work.
I'VE use large tractor for plow-
ing and a Fordson for all sorts Of
work. We keep about SIS head Of
horses, mules and colts.
"Of. course with dairy, we find it
profitable to raise hogs. We have
about twenty-five Poland China brood
sows We have about $50 young hogs
for sale this year. We usually dis
pose of them in the early part of the
winter.
Sheep Clean~Up Land
Il keep regularly about 1000 head
of Shropshire sheep. l put them in
originally for scavengers. and at that
time it paid to raise them for the
wool they produced Now that wool
has gone to nothing, find it still pays
to keep them for cleaning up the land.
poultry is a side issue on the
farm We have about 200 hens. The
poultry is looked after by the fore
mans wife. and is her part Of the
farming project. G. F. Peterson is
my foreman, and he is a capable man.
Il am fortunate in having a good
herdsman. J. H. Berg. He is grad
uate of the Agricultural college OF
the University of Minnesota and
knows his business thoroughly. He
has been with me two years.
, Everyone about the Spaulding farm
seems to know his business. The farm
yard was IL busy place on that early
winter morning. In the stables the
mixers were at work, and though the
visitor dropped in unexpectedly, tev-
erything was in fine order, clean and
tidy.
! Mr.. Berg gave a brief running his
! tory of the herd as he showed the
| visitor about H.
Some Famous Strains
'"rhere are some famous old fam.
! lilies represented here There are
fifteen grand daughters IF King segis
Pontiac Count We have a son of Old
Sir Pietertje and a double grandson
of Old Sir Pete as senior her sire
King Piebe Ormsby Mercedes out OF
Queen Piebe Ormsby Mercedes. We
have six or seven cows Of the Rocka.
sene strain One is a great grand.
daughter Of Sir Johanna Canary De.
kid. This is Rockasene Lady Byema
and she has a 26-pOund butter record
for seven days. 5sg $.:s
/ Rockasene Lady Shabora topped the
National show sales in st. Paul this
fall. She was five years old, and
brought 1915, good price in These
days Of low prices. Only one other
COW brought as much.
There are six or seven daughters
Of the famous - 1st." Here is Roc \
sene Johanna Jarie, who won first
prize at the North Dakota state! fail
for aged COW last year. She has fin
lished her test with 800 pounds Of but
ter and $4,000 pounds Of milk. She
Iis.six years old, and has two promis
ing daughters. Her son, Chief Jarit
| Ormsby, was first prize senior bull
calf and junior champion at the North
I Dakota state fair. 1ss..5
Here is a pair Of twins. They won
as senior calves third and fourth, turn
about at the Fargo and Grand Forks
fairs last year. They are so much
like that I can't tell them apart. They
are bred by son Of old Sir Pete out
OF a daughter of Count. ss3
This lis Edenvale Jewel Mercedes
bred on the Enright farm near Grand
Forks. She is about three years old
and is making around 500 pounds on
her year test to he finished the last Of
lyNOpember ss5sys