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each other by crowding at feeding time. Each calf has its indi- 

 vidual pail, and the feeder does not have to watch the younger 

 ones to see that they get their share of the feed. The plan also 

 saves the feeder from being assaulted on all sides by a hungry 

 bunch of calves every time he enters the barn with a pail. 



The dry cows and young heifers are kept in a barn on another 

 part of the farm until a few days before calving time, when they 

 are brought into the calf barn and placed in large box stalls to 

 await the new arrival. When the calf becomes a few days of age, 

 the mother is transferred to the milking barn and then it joins 

 the colony of skim-milk drinkers. 



In the short time the dairy has been in operation it has proved 

 to be a money-maker, and Colonel Phelps is having plans drawn for 

 enlarging the business at least one-half by providing an addition 

 to the present milking barn, and is also considering duplicating the 

 enlarged plant on an adjoining farm. 



Three other wealthy men of Jasper county, who have been 

 watching the results at this farm, are considering starting dairy 

 farms in that vicinity as investments for producing large dividends. 



