Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-03-27
Lennard Sears
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McConnelsville, Ohio
GOOD LETTER CONCERNING BIG
FARMS AND FLOODED STOCK

Below we are publishing letter
written from Willimantic, Conn, tt
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Forsyth of the
west side, by their son Howard For
syth:
l have no classes this morning and
will take time to write the letter
you have been expecting for a day
or two, now For a week we have
had delightful spring weather.
warm and damp, and today it is
quite foggy. 1t cannot last long Of
course, but l hope it is here at least
another week.
For the week end l went back tc
Rhode Island with this student
whose home / had visited before
The owner of the farm, his cousin
was out from New York and we all
had great deal of fun Mr.. Will
liams, the owner, is financial man
ager for Standard Oil of New Jer-
sey, and so the expenditure of a few
thousand on the farm does not trou-
Bile him at ALL Their barn cost
right at $35, 1000; there is large
boarding house, bungalow for the
manager, some expensive sheds, a
three-car garage and an extensive
fence program now underway. Sat
urday he made final plans to build a
calf barn, looked at plans for an
office building and discussed SER
iously tearing down the present
milk house and building a larger
one on the other side of the barn.
He doesn't like the looks of the
present one.
The cattle on the farm are Guern-
seys, and although he bought some
he should not, he did, in buying IS
foundation animals, secure two
COWS and three heifers which are
first class. One of these cows has
just finished record of II, 14S
pounds of milk and some $50 pounds
of butterfat in 365 days. Much of
it was on three milkings a day, so
you can reduce it to about 10000
pounds Of milk under farm condi-
tions. (What farms should be, of
course). You would have been
much more interested in four yoke
of oxen than in the Guernseys. had
you been there. l know | was. An
OK needs little grain, and in plowing
in a rocky field, or hauling stones
I for stone walls, they are hard to
beat. The manager had just return
ed from Maine where he bought
/ these cattle at about $500 per pair.
That is the delivered price at Hope.
/ One yoke of six year old Herefords
weighed 1880, one of four year old
Herefords $500, four year old
Shorthorn 1880, and a five year old
ShOrthorn 321O. The younger Short
horns are the best matched and will
be the heaviest team when matured,
but all are good.
| Law-will Farm is a pleasant place
to visit and rather a busy one, for
they are only started on their fenc-
ing and road program. In fact, Sat
urday evening when the managers
son, the herdsman and / went over
to community party and dance, we
stalled in the road and had to use
the farms tractor to get through,
both going and coming. The herds
man is a very serious young fellow
from Scotland, and is doing good
work in the herd.
| While down there we ran over to
Lippitt farm, the property of Rob-
ert L. knight. | do not know Mr..
Knight, though Prof. Garrigus, my
chief here is good friend of his, but
I have known the manager for five
years. Lindsay was there and
showed me what Ayrshires they had
there, including Iriquois Sally Win
ters, champion Ayrshire cow at the
last national, and another cow that
was champion two years before.
There are great many others in
the herd with whose breeding am