Show GENTlEMAN F FARMER ARME TEllS HO HOW HE WORKS Fr Fred d Pabst Gives Details of the Operations on His Oconomowoc Acres MILWAUKEE April 27 uNo No No man can succeed at a a- athing thing thing- he lie does docs not like This is as true of farming as of or anything anything- elseI else I 1 wouldn't under any consideration run a farm firm arm if IC I couldn't live on it and superintend It nJ myself It would only be he bea bea hea a source of ot annoyance I f know of ot no better place to bring up upa a t family of boys bos and girls than on aI a farm tarm I am running my farm faim on business 9 principles if it i 1 didn't think It could be he hem m made de a profitable enterprise I wouldn't k keep pp 1 It t up This Thin Is 1 tho no farm code codo of Fred Pabst t proprietor of the Pabst stock farm Oconomowoc Ocon Ocon- The stock tock farm was started about eight years ears ago age Mr Pabst continued I I began with Ith horses and later took up cattle hogs and chickens Now 10 the cattle eattie cat eat tie tle Arc are a D. more moro Important part of ot tho the en enterprise enterprise en- en than the horses and I will soon clo close Q out the continuing only onh with tho the hackneys I have ered that one cannot do his be best t with horse c cIt It if ho tries to raise ralso two different breeds I began with hackneys 11 and will stick to them Talks About Cattle Thirty pure bred Holstein cattle were purchased at the start and lator later twenty more There are now no on the tho farm 45 1 females femal 8 with two bulls bull I at tho ho head of or orthe the herd horde W th the exception of ot those purchased at the start the herd was all ra raised ed on tho the farm So far tar I 1 have looked upon the enterprise as an Investment Investment- It has hM not pot been a a. money maker as QI yet et but tho the time Is nearly nearl at nt hand when It will be The bull buH calves have ha been sold old for or good tood prices for calves cs from Crom cows cow that thata a average between n OO 00 and pounds of butter fat a year cal are arc in demand 1 have have- many co cows cow that give she more fliers than their own weight in milk every ever month The champion cham cham- champion pion of or tho the herd has a A. record of ot Sk SS SSi pounds pound of butter In one year ear earI I do not agree entirely with the theory theon that the gentleman farm farmer r so 90 called I Is a amIR mIR missionary lonar whose example is e eagerly fol followed lol- lol lowed b by the ordinAry fa farmer Most t farmers of today are ro up 11 to lute date alert men who ho r read ad and stud study the dairy and farm arm papers and who ho are not slow in trying out new methods methode Nevertheless e beginners sometimes seem cem to have more confidence in state stahl and government bulletins bul bill and are arc willing to make te tests testa t when considerable expense is 3 Involved In For example The Th Pah Pabst t farm connine contains con con- nine 1000 acres acre Until this year e I 1 have ha been spending over o 2000 a n. year for ha hay simply because th the hO land had run down and wouldn't produce enough to support the stock B By liming liming- fertilizing an and ro rotation ro ro- tation tRUon this has been changed chang This year r we raised h. h ha for or all the stock Some of m my neighbors are now resorting to artificial artificial fertilizing and lime Hmo for their clover clor r and alfalfa land with Ith wonderful success s. s Others Other have p lumped to the conclusion con I elusion that m my methods are too ex expensive cx- cx cX 1 pensive for them when as a matter of or fact I get Ket good interest on the Investment Invest Invest- mont ment Every up to late date farmer armer should havea haea have ha a silo We Pe har ha havo five rhe and anft raised acres cres of or corn last heat year Car Another acres JIn J s sin in alfalfa and another in clover and tim timothy tim tim- othy as f well a as In iii oats t or barl r- r With the cattle came ho hogs s. s Ours are arc Not a drop of skim milk goes JOS from the thA l farm situ The hoes hoss or c calves get t It all The hO hogs 8 are arc marketed d when about 8 S months month old at which time they The This Berkshires Beck Berk- average gc about pounds shires shirl ore are profitable Chickens Chicken also are area a l byproduct We have lla about 1000 white Leghorns and nd notwithstanding not the talk about the he hens belie falling failing to lay 18 last lit tall fAn we had e p eggs ts to spore although h we have contract s that call for a big hiI production every even we week k How Success Is LI Won Von The great hl big big- secret ecret of or success on the farm bIg or little Is II personal attention From 7 j a. a m. m until 6 G p p. m. m it k keeps me mebUl bUl busy The problem of help has not bc been beena en ena a a. serious one Wi c C have hayo had no difficulty in obtaining intelligent men Even the birds o of ol the air all are an important important im im- im factor especially if you ou have ha a fruit crop There IP Is one particular bird that wo we have havo cultivated In iii Oconomowoc the martin It comes early carl In th the spring and amid goes c early In the fall and every enT minute it is busy catching Insects We P have Im put up houses honsel for them and arni tile the they take tako possession promptly One house that was put up early earh In April wa was filled with birds bird the te ne net nat t we week k Stock Is la not th the thA on only 10 timing thing that thrives e on the tho farm I know of ot nd nO better place to bring up a family of or bo boys S 'S and anal Good exercise wholesome food a diversity ot of wholesome Interests anti and air they the have havo In ahun abundance ance I 1 am run running a model farm fRIm because I like hike It It |