Washington County GaArchives News.....An Immense Barn Built at a Cost of Eight Thousand Dollars February 16, 1904
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Sandersville Progress February 16, 1904
  Fern Crest Dairy, one mile north of Sandersville, is the largest in Georgia. 
Dr. William Rawlings, the owner, has recently had finished a model barn which 
will house three hundred cows, each in a seperate stall. The barn is round and 
is 480 feet in circumference. There are now 175 cows and a large number of 
calves in the barn. The floor is made of concrete and is kept clean. In the 
center of the building there is a large silo, cylinder in shape, extending to 
the roof, which will contain seven hundred tons of green corn. This corn is 
taken from the fields when the roasting ears are sufficiently matured and 
chopped up by machinery and stored in the silo, making the finest kind of 
forage for cattle. It smells like apple brandy and the cows are very fond of 
it, perferring it to any kind of feed. Each stall is provided with fresh water 
which is conveyed through pipes to buckets conveniently arranged for the cows 
to drink from. Halters are used to keep the cows in their positions, which 
permit them to lie down or move about without leaving their stalls. When a 
visitor goes to the dairy the immense circular barn full of animals reminds him 
of a circus. This dairy is now turning out one hundred pounds of butter daily, 
besides supplying the demand for milk and cream at Sandersville and Tennille, 
two modern dairy wagons being in use for this purpose.

Additional Comments:
This barn was located behind the old Sandersville Elem. School on a hill, 
across where the hospital is located. It burned when struck by lightening.

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