IS—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 23, 1960
COWS NOW LOUNGE IN THE SUN in the enclosure once formed by the half mile
exercise track used for training the fine Standardbred horses raised at Speedwell Forge.
In the distance, the Manor house stands much as it must have stood two centuries ago.
The carriage horses are no more, but much of the opulent splendor of the old Ironmast
er’s mansion remains. Such modem farming aids as a bulk milk tank and a baler with
bale thrower are blended with the architecture which includes red sandstone quarried
and hand hewn two hundred years ago. —L. F. PHOTO
• Speedwell Forge
(Prom page 7)
shorter and use the random
stacking method of storage
in the barn.
The hay mow is 80 feet
long, but with the conveyor
the hay will all be unloaded
at one spot on the bam floor
A 400 gallon bulk tank
holds the milk until the
Sylvan Seal truck picks it
up. Milking is done in a
stanchion barn set up, but
the cows are held in a modi
fied loafing pen barn.
All hay is fed in the loaf
ing barn, but the silage and
grain are fed at milking
time in the stanchions. This
is to avoid the problem of
bossiness in the cow herd.
At present time, the Dar
lingtons keep their own bull
but do breed some of their
cows artificially. During the
past year, the herd was put
on the Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association testing
program. Up until now, most
of the replacement heifers
were purchased, but as soon
as some complete lactation
records are available, the
Darlington’s plan to raise
most of their replacement
stock.
The stallion barn, used to
house the famous Middle
town, son of Rysdyks Ham
bletonian in the days when
some of the finest - trotting
horses in the eastern United
States were bred on the farm
is now a dwelling house.
Most of the iron workers
cotages have been sold for
private dwellings as well.
The breeding of Standard
bred horses was discontinued
in 1896 when the last sale
was held. Now only two
horses remain, and they are
only for the pleasure of the
occupants of the proud old
mansion.
But Speedwell Forge is by
no means living on past
glory For several years and
several tennant farmers mu
ch of the fertility of the
rolling hills was lost to the
ravages of the weather, but
with the use of modern me
thods the productivity is
coming back
“We plnled 45 acres of
com and got only about 550
bushels the first year we
were here,” Darlington said.
Now the farm will average
75 to 80 bushels per acre,
and the fertility is increas
ing each year.
From all indications, the
12 room house with its five
fireplaces and its red sand
stone outbuildings, and the
450 rolling acres will be
producing a living for its
owners when Steven Gerald
Darlington 111, eight, and
William Reese Darlington,
seven, realize their ambit
ions to be, like father and
grandfather, the country
gentlemen of historic old
Speedwell Forge.
Water is the cheapest live
stock feed. Give animals
plenty of it
The average farm worker Dairymen with medium to
has nearly tripled his pro- large herds probably can
duction in the past 30 years! save money by’*installing a
In 1930 he produced enough silo unloader,
for himself an nine others. Six years of research at
Now, due to __ mechanization, Purdue University .have
development of higher yield- shown that corn silage can be
ing, hardier crop varieties fed with satisfactory results
and improved soil fertility, to bred sows and gilts during
he produces enough for him- gestation,
self and 25 others.
Advertisers will be glad
to have you mention Lancas-
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