A MODEL DAIRY FARM 19 



supply of snow and rain the growing crops must 

 draw from, the humus reservoir. Humus is cheap 

 alongside subirrigation, so I try to supply humus." 



"Do you think your land better than anybody else 

 has?" * 



" No ; a turkey will fatten in any coop if you put 

 the food, water, and sand for his gizzard. It makes 

 no difference whether the coop is hemlock or ma- 

 hogany. I told you in the start, when I took the 

 farm, I had one horse and two cows, and had to buy 

 hay. The number of acres are the same to-day, 

 but the crops have surpassed my most sanguine 

 expectation." 



"I believe you are one of the Pennsylvania State 

 Institute lecturers?" 



"Yes ; my friend, the Hon. Jason Sexton, in 1894, 

 insisted on me speaking at an institute held in my 

 own county, and after some persuasion I did so. I 

 will never forget it. A quaint smile came over the 

 audience when I began to speak, as much as to say, 

 boys, now we will have some fun, as the parson is 

 going to talk. But before I was done the counte- 

 nances had become eager listeners. At the conclusion 

 of the lecture I opened a two-quart glass jar of 

 sweet ensilage, taken from my silo before daylight 

 by my farm boy, and handed to me to show that our 

 dairy herd had June pasture in January." 



FARM BUILDINGS 



Mr. Detrich's farm buildings are ordinary, as seen 

 in Fig. 3 ; in fact, in appearance they are not up to 

 date, as little or no paint has been used outside. 



