September 12, 1936
THE STATE
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general view of some of the buildings and Guernsey purc-bred cattle on the Quail Roost Farm.
Quail Roost Farm
IT ranks as one of (Bio most up-to-date*
farms in 14'ortli Carolina and is a fine*
demonstration of what modern farming
methods can accomplish.
TEN YEARS ago George Watts
Mill, of Durham, decided he’d
try farming. Not as a hobby or
a play-toy, but as a strictly business
proposition.
He came into possession of Quail
Iimist Farm, about twelve miles north
of Durham on the road to Roxboro and
decided that he would specialize in pure¬
bred Guernsey eattle. Year after year
has seen a consistent improvement and
enlargement of his program and today
Quail Roost is one of the show farms
of North Carolina. Not only that, but
despite the shrubbery and well-kept
grounds, despite the fine buildings and
silos, despite the modern equipment and
machinery, the clean and sanitary
barns, the systematic records which arc
kept on every cow- despite all these
ami many other tilings, the farm showed
a profit in its operations last year.
1,500 Acres in the Tract
Mr. Hill started out with 853 acres
and 30 Guernsey eattle. Today there
are 1,500 acres included within the
boundaries of the farm and there are
-50 tine Guernsey* roaming about the
place. Last year lie sold $25,000 worth
of milk and approximately
$20.001»
worth of cattle. Ib- has one hull out
there for which he paid $7,500. A few
months ago, at a public auction sale of
eattle held at Salisbury, he sold a cow
for $1,000. If you are interested in
buying a pure-bred hull ealf, you may
he surprised to know that you’ll have
to pay from $300 to $500 for it. How¬
ever, there are others — very young
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which can bo bought, for $50.
Purc-bred eattle run up into money.
No retail merchant, wholesaler or
manufacturer keeps any more detailed
records on his business than is done at
Quail Roost. They can tell you out
there just exactly how much butter-fat
each cow has produced ever since she
started giving milk. The record, by
the way, is held by one animal which
ran up tlie remarkable total of 853
pounds of butter-fat. That means over
1,000 pounds of butter a year. There
are quite a number of cows that go above
000 pounds, and the average for the
entire herd is in excess of 400 pounds.
That includes all <<f the cows in the
herd whether they are dry or not. As
a general thing, approximately 100 cows
are producing milk daily.
Viewed from the highway, the farm
presents a most attractive ap|>carancc
and it is doubtful whether there is an¬
other place in Eastern North t'aro-
lina that attracts as much favorable
comment from passing motorists. Every
building ini the place is in the l»e*t of
repair and neatly painted. The rolling
meadows, white fences, grazing cattle,
wooded areas all combine to form a
panorama view of unusual interest.
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Fine Dairy Barn
The milking bam has concrete Hoors
throughout and is kept in perfect con¬
dition. Cows are held in stanehion-
whilc they are being milked. At the
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