Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-07
THE GAZETTE.
THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER :

4 FoRTf THOUSAND ACRE FARM.-A cor;
r.snondent of the Louisville (ky.) journal
.,;vss come account of the forty thousand acre
farm:; Of Mr.. Sullivant in Termillion county:
'' H;s;r to the farm of Mr. Sullivant IS OF
:-se1t Eorth q TIP. and its management a SUB
,ect full of entertainment The farm contains
;ortv thousand acres in one tract, though else
There in the State the proprietor has tracts
numbering in the aggregate almost as mapl
acres more. DIuch Of this land was entered Dy
Mr.. Sulivant years ago, at q very Snah Sun SCi
DER acre, something less than two dollars. line
land is now worth about forty dollars an acre
md is rapidly increasing in value as the coun-
nv becomes populated, for the soil itself is
eminently producti7eS rich and loamy, fertile
orairie land, with an occasional forest manly
Of oak trees. The extent Of this tract may be
conceived when it is stated that one may rlde
directly from his house, in more than one dl-
rection he NAV choose, six miles before Leaving
his territory. Mr.. Sullivant is! a thorough lar,
uer, and one of the old pioneers IN the art anu
science. as be is now the first, greatest and
most practical and scientific farmer, perhaps
uf the age. The order in which he keeps his
farm and the; successful conduct OF it 30 tar,
speak suf6cientlyfor his ability. If there be
no particular merit in the acquisition Of his I'M
lnense estate or the foresight that LED to 1t,
his mana cement is enough, TO mark him as
more than an ordinary man. His hospitality
is widely known, and has been enjoyed by
many, among whom may be mentioned the
Prince of,tWaies, who during bis visit 70
this country expressed desire TO engage
in a hunt Of prairie chickens, ana ", was
elegantly entertained at Mr. Sulllvauts pace.
The estate is divided into farms OF i've th0us-
aud acres each, which are known by their
numbers Between each of them runs boule-
ward eighty feet in width, bounded on each
side by a fine hedge. Each farm Is thus en-
closed, and entrusted to reliable tenant, VINO
has his residence and requisite number
If bouses for his laborers. There are four. or
five hundred men engaged on the entire place.
Near the residence of Mr.. Sullivant is quite a
village, inhabited by the men in his employ
and there is blacksmith shop with four tires;
an immense building, devoted to the protec-
ton of the agricultural implements, being
quite conspicuous Every Improvement IN
such implements has been seized on by this
great farmer, who, at the same time, Is care
full of his stock, and has his hundreds of plows
carefully cleaned and vanished when they. are
nut away for season. There are several hun
bred horses there but this number is only so
small from the fact that Mr. Suivant Is not 4
stock raiser Much Of the land lies idle,
awaiting the due tune for its service: Ihe;
main energy of this years farming is devoted
to the raising of ten thousand acres Of corn.
Twenty thousand dollars worth of lumber has
lust been received, to lie applied to the. cree
lion Of: barns and elevators. Hitherto the
nearest railway point was twelve or fourteen
miles distant, but road is about completed
now which will give facilities that will much IN
crease the value Of the estate. The proprietor
expects to raise two hundred thousand bushels
this year, and double the quantity next. For
~ bushels to the acre is small estimate.
The farm of Alexander, the stock raiser,
who failed q short time ago, is Il short distance
south.