Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-07-04

SOMETHING OF A FARM-A correspon-
dent, writing from Peoria, Illinois, gives the
following account of the scale upon which
farming is done at the West:
1.-The farm Of NJ. j.. Sullivan, of Burr Oak,
near Chatsworth, Livingston county, Illinois,
is not only big, but a well.managed and
profitable enterprise. The farm is ght miles
square, containing 10 500 acrcs-G4 sections.
Government survey. 1t is sub.divided into
thirty-twO farms OF $50 acres each. Each
farm has u captain and first aud second lieu
tenant, all under control of a commander in
chIet, its owner, and Brigadicr. g cneral j. NJ.
Miner. There IRE 5000 acres under the
plowa. over 10000 Of which is in corn this
season, which looks finely. This required
I.G0O bushels Of corn for seed this ysar.-
The remainder of the farm is used for .razi,,y
small grain, and grass
There are nco h~HRrcd and fJiy miles of
hedge fence, besides other fences; Dpe h,n-
s'cesf amt .EJi.y miles of ditch for draining wet
land (; two hundred men and four hundred
work aud mules are used on this farm
There is employ ed. also. one surveyor. two
book keepers, four blacksmiths, aud eight
carpenters. An accurate account is ken. with
each farm, and with each man, horse. md
mulc-hurses and mules being all named or
them and their food, and credited with their
labor. There is no more regular or systematic
set OF hooks kept in any banking OF manufac
turing establishment in the country than Mr..
Sulivan's.
The whole Of this land was entered from
Government about twenty years since hy its
present owner at Sl2j per acre. The farm
at this time, with the improvements made
upon 1t and personal property connected with
it, is worth about 81. 900, 600; so YOU see We
have millionaire in Central Illinois in the
person of sturdy farmer, who shows '.what
know abou; farming" by his works, and can
stand in the centre of his farm and say truth.
fully, IL Hm monarch OF all l survey"
THE WAsUINGTON AND ONO RA1LRoAD
This road is to run from Washington CITY
through the Virginia counties of Loudou6.
Clarke, Frederick. Hampshire, & c, to Ohio.
1t is partially constructed through Loudouu
to HamiltOn-and from this latter point bids
are now invited for the contracts for the thirty
one miles to Winchester, to be cumrieied Gv
May. 1872. The company has mortgaged its
whole line to raise nine millions to complete
the road. The Winchester Times has crca.
confidence in the success of the ENTERPRISE
The Richmond Wig adds: ut will be a
very beneficial Improvement for the Valley
in competition with the Baltimore and Ohio
road. If it reaches the Ohio, it will open
rich mineral country, and add greatly to the
prosperity of Alexandria"
WHEELING BnrDGE-The Bridge erected
by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. over
the. Ohio, at BeIlaire. below Wheeling. was
opened yesterday for travel. This is the sec.
ond bridge completed by this road over the
Ohio. BY it uninterrupted communication is
secured over the Columbus and Sandusky
branches, as it already has been over the
Marietta and Cincinnati branch. The con-
struction Of an independent link with Gins
cinati. which will now soon be completed,
will finish the indispensable improvements
long since projected by this road. and render
its Western connections more varied and per-
feet than most of its rivals. The time has
come when it will reap the benefit of patient
labor and heavy investments.
BGEto. Gazette, 22nd inst.
"A silver mountain has been discovered