The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-31
Lake on Farm is
Desert Freak; ElliOtt's
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Desert Freak; ElliOtt's
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mroe than adequate to irrigate the
3-acre tract depending on this
source of water supply, and for more
than the balance of this growing
season. At the time we visited the
lake, the water was more than IA
feet deep near the control valve, and
extended back up the canyon for
more Titan thousand feet.
After starting his dairy, Mr.. Ell
lott Immediately purchased a reg
istered Guernsey sire, and has care
fully bred his herd up to high
standard, both in milk production
and in appearance. The quality of
his herd has received much atten-
ton from milk stock buyers, and he
has sold calves over much of the
eastern part of the state, as far
north Coulee Dam. When usher
ed into the milking barn, we see
lined up ON one side the older cows,
with here and there an exceptional
producer proudly pointed out; the
other side the younger COWS, almost
identical in appearance, and sleek
coats carefully scrubbed prepara-
tory to milking. Since the milking
had not started, we were shown the
other important units of the dairy,
including the two enormous under
ground silos, the feeding sheds for
bad weather, the calf pens, hayl
stacking equipment, corrals for the
feeding in good weather, modern
machine shed newly constructed to
house mechanical equipment, milk
house, and other necessary build !
.ings and equipment required for a |
modern dairy business. AL of the
principal buildings, including their
modern home, have been painted
this spring and present pleasing
and neat appearance to passers-by.
The tour completed, we found the
milking well underway, the pulsating
machine taking the former drudgery
tout of the job, with one man haul
ing the machine, the other follow
ing and doing the stripping which
lis not a strip-tease. AS the milk
containers are filled, they are
quickly taken into the milk-house,
where the tactical fluid Immediately
goes into the cooler, preparatory to
being bottled. With every move
planned and timed, little time
elapses between the time the milk is
secured and the time it is sealed in
bottles and ON the way to the con-
sumers by way Of delivery truck.
The cleanliness and care given this
produce is reflected when Mr.. FL
lott drew from the filing case in his
office a hand full of Certificates of
Merit" issued by the State College
of Washington to winners of their
surprise" contests. These contests
are conducted by selection of bottle
of milk at random by the inspector,
without the knowledge of the dairy
man, and carefully tested for the
many qualities that go to make good
marketable milk. The scores shown
all exceed 81 percent, dating back
from the first few years of their VEN
ture up to the present, and highly
prized among them is one award
from the Pacific International Live
stock Exposition in Portland.
A tabulation of acreage and crops
of the Elliott farm definitely shows
that the cow is queen" of the place
since it shows So acres of alfalfa, 10
acres of corn, liz acres of cherries
and 3 acres of potatoes, with the
other lands utilized as corrals, range
and for the many necessary build
ings.
Last, but not least, is the Elliott's
comfortable home, recently painted
with lawn, flowers and adequate
shade trees. With nicely-finished
interior. large, completely modern
lied kitchen. it presents a much
lived in" appearance in which they
have raised their family of six
children: Carl, Opal Mrs. Milton
Libby, John, Ole Mae MRS. D. G
Leger), Inez (Mrs. Cormac Thomp-
sony and Joyce. The home is a
mecca for the children on frequent
occasions and the original family
now supplemented by five grand
children always eager for a visit
with their grandparents.
The Elliotts admit that the dairy
business is hard work, requiring very
long hours, no vacations. and with
no respect for seasons with the tenn
peratures from 20 degrees below
zero to 10 degrees above presenting
their varied and difficult problems
With all of this routine, they find
time to take their place in comlnun-
ity affairs, Mr.. Elliott serving sew
eral years as director of Columbia
Irrigation District, and both Mr.. and
Mrs. Elliott active in Methodist
church affairs, while the children
have all been active in school and
other community activities. Most
important, however, is the realiza-
ton that they have made a success
of their farming venture.