Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-06

Under this heading, a correspondent Of
the Country Gentleman gives an interesting
description ofthe extensive farm and stables
Of Mr.. Ross Winans, Of Baltimore, from
which we extract the following, which may
be suggestive Of good TO enterprising far
mers in this State, who are cognizant ofthe
advantages possessed here for grazing and
Keeping cattle in the best condition possible
fof dairy purposes. The writer says:
Al the time the war came on in 1861,
amidst the Uncertainty and excitement that
prevailed, the purchase Of land seemed to be
about the only mode Of investment in order
TO secure what was tangible and substantial
Ia exchange for the money invested. Mr.,
Winans ascertained that property could be
had along the Patapsco river, possessing
the double advantage ofraiway and water
communication with the city, at a distance
Of only FIVE or six miles, and though much
Impoverished, naturally of good quality,
and In suface excelently adapted for the
use Of machinery beautifully undulating
Throughout, and aiording drainage even
where nearest a level He obtained one or
more tnIIlH. 10 WHICH NdAt0u5 uAAllibAla
have since been made, until the total area
now in his possession there is not far short
Of seven hundred acres The system at
present adopted has been the gradual out
growth from four or FIVE years of constant
experiment.
In early life Mr.. Winans was himself
a farmer, and from experience then, as well
as reasoning, he had full confidence in the
power Of liberal manuring to compel the
land to give up its stores Of plant-food at
mans bidding. There was a double object
TO be accomplishment production of a
better sod which would make crop of hay
worth the cutting, aud The destruction Of
the weeds with which the land Is overrun-
Both these ends were to be brought about,
he thought, By such a liberal application
Of manure, accompanied by abundant seed e
ing, that the ground would yield it's utmost
product of valuable herbage
"To do this" the writer says, "Mr.
Winans xpended largely IL manure plaster,
lime and ashes, until he had expended more
than the original price Of the land, which
was, on an average, SIS per acre. He then
perceived the importance Of making heavy
stock Of manure besides. When, therefore,
the project Of keeping a milk dairy on a
large scale came up, il was embraced as
the best means Offering, and as a temporary
expedient in bringing the land mp as a hay
farm, which was believed 10 be the hest
purpose 20 which il could ultimately be
deyotedginyolvingt the least personal super
vision la future years, and insuHng a
reasonable return for the outlay required.
Aud I may say here that this purpose har
been subserved; and through, as we shall
. see, in itself satisfactory underta king.
Mr.. Wiuans has now passed the limits Of
three score years and ten, and mutually
desires 20 avoid for himself and household
,he supertendence and labor involved in
the proper management and sale of 400 to
I25 gallons Of milk in the varions lots
demanded by customers. And as he pro
poses soon 10 go abroad for some time,
and, Just now, beef is relatively higher than
milk he is gradually working of his stock,
and il is thus the more desirable that the
experiment lac had carried out should be
placed on record for the benefit ofothers"
The writer then goes on to say that Mr.
Winans disposes of has milk TO retail
dealers, and states that he has never sold
it al less than thirty cents per gallon while
some other dealers manage 10 produce Il
at twenty Eve cents, and furnishes the
following table Of sales of milk by Mr..
Winans for one year to May lst, 1867: