The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-16

The following articles are taken
IRONS lettSF writtsa to thu Union nd
Anne lcan by ceirespo lent, 10
recelfly visited Lkingtd Ky. DO
horse Rather" 80 hig16 COM T.
mented, q the property of CsRt.
Thos. Gibson, aad Is at his stables
near Spring Hill.
/ find on this, my first visit TO 'Blue
Gassr region Of Kentulk Ky, that the ex-
trayagart laudations which ] have 30
frequently heard bestowed on this SEC
ton of the country, are fully justified
bv the facts. In no portion OF the Union
win you.find, except In Middle Tennes-
see, half dozen adjoining counties that
will begin to compare with half dozen
counties that might name In this vicin-
ty. find far larger proportion OF the
land in barley than in Tennessee. and
the blue grass is more luxufiant and far
more abundant. Hemp 10 staple CROP
and the horses and cattle are unequaled
on this continent. do not think the
soil any more fertile than In Middle Ten.
nessee. This may be owing to the fact
that 1t has been longer under cultivation,
aud has not been fully preserved BY pro-
per rotation of crops or BY thorough
fertilization with clover. The farm inn
provements are better than In Tennessee,
and this Is especially so with reference
to barns and stables. .4Sls.
A few weeks spent In this and the
neighboriEg counties at this or indeed at
any season of The year would be profit
able investment to any of 0ur enterpris-
ing farmers. They would doubtless
catch the spirit Of Improvement which
Ia so manifest here, and would return to
their homes convinced that scrub farm
ing and the rearing of scrub stock were
hard work and poor pay. They would
learn that it was nearly as cheap to rear
a colt worth a thousand dollars as one
that will not sell for more than hum
dred. They would learn that scrub
calf will eat as much as q fine bl0Oded
Durham or Attorney. The farmers Of
Middle Tennessee have no right to COM
Is needed to insure perfect success IL
industry anG enterprise. .s..
Under the guidance Of your former
fellow-citizen, Col. Zeb Ward, who has
been untiring in his efforts to make
our VlSiG dSTCc6ulc, VIC w uay NisitSu
the stock farm of DIR. Herr, the great
breeder of trotting horses. The Doctor
was recently very severely kicked by q
horse and is still confined to his bed.
We did not see him, but his son with
his principal groom, "Uncle Elijah"
very kindly showed us through the sta
bles, and had all the fine horses brought
out for inspection. The chief among
which and the sire of most OF them is
the celebrated trotter, Mambrino Patch
en-. / was told that DR.. Hers annual
income from this horse alone was over
ten thousand dollars. It was three
year old colt of this horse than DR.. Herr
recently sold to Bonner of the New York
Ledger for more than ten thousand dol
lars. saw others of his colts for which
thirty five hundred dollars had been Of
fered aud refused. These figures ought
to induce Middle Tennesseeans to pay
more attention to the breeding of
thoroughbred and trotting stock, es-
pecially as you have about Nashville as
good horses from which to breed as can
be found in Kentucky. You have Jack
Malone Vandal, Hiawatha and Muggins
of the running stock, and Idol, Country
Gentleman, Enfield and Rather, trot-
terS "t'4i