Smyrna times., 1872-06-26
Tbo rormars of delaware City,


The Great Butter Region of DelGware-Ihe Fdrms-
The Mansions, &c
A correspondent of the MiddletowR Transcript
thus writes about the celebrated dairy arms oil Dea'
ware City:
But the subject of greatest interest to your cores
pondent was the fine dairy farms, in this vicinity.
several of which he had The pleasure OF visiting
yeste rday Uhe letter is dated June l9thl The first
was thai of Mr. Arthur COIburn south OF the Canal.
This gentleman has two dairles, of fifty cows each,
and produces 32S pounds OF butter per week IN each
dairy, or about Csc pounds per week lie has l5OO
acres of land in body and IL building fine man.
sion which will cost about $4,000 Or SIS 900. 1t is
to have all the modern improvements TO be lighted
with gas and furnished with water in all its rooms
Mr. VIM. Beck. has fine pear orchard of $500 trees
| Mr. Anthony Higgins. St. Georges, has several
fine farms and very Ou rishng young peach orchards
Mr.. George F. Brady has very fine firm near Della
ware City, and raises large crops OF hay. which he
feeds TO his mules kept for towing on the canal.
| The three brothers, Anthony, William md Barney
Reybod have very fine estates in this vicinity. The
mansion of MIR. Anthony Rev bold 49, perhaps the hest
| in the neighborhOod. Ii contains eighteen rooms,
| large and airy, and is heated by registers from
furnace below, having both hot AMI cold water. and
| plunge and shower baths Wster IS forced ptO an
| iron tank in the third story by wind.power pump
The building cost $4,000, and Is one OF the mOst
| commod lOus and convenient in the State. The car
rage house and stable combined. is very ornate and
was built at cost Of 1000. The barn is 80 It. long
and GO wide and was built at cost OF $1,000. IL ls
of brick the walls being eighteen inches thick IL
has q cstern for water under the carriage way capa'
BILE OF holding three hundred hogsheads Pipes convey
the water TO a trough in the basement and stock yard
The farm contains $50 acres. and is appropriately
named River VIew," commanding one OF the most
beautiful views Of the Delaware RIver, win FORT
| Delaware, Del. City. and Salem. N. all IN sight
The dairy of the comp eest and best arranged
and has one of the finest springs in the State 1t is
| under the management of Mr.. George Rue and has
ordinarily about 50 but at present has but 43 al
the pail The largest yield OF butter per week. from
this umber of cows last year, was 3l5 pounds This
wear the Weld is good as last, in any OF the
dares on account of the drought and The consequent
short ness of the grass. The whole amount oC butter
made last year, in this dairy was $40 pounds, which
sold for the OF 81 84552 an average Of A cents
per pound. The butter made IN the daires of thii
neigh of the very first quality, and is known
in Baltimore as " Delaware Butter" where it com
mands The highest price. IL also finds sale IN Phila
de- phIa, and at Cape May during the season. The
churning is done by horsepower, twice week; the
barrel churn is used, churning from 30 TO $50 pounds
at time.
Marsh Mount is the name of the residence Of VIM
Reybold. Esq. The farm contains 476 acres. and il
very productive IN grain and hay lie shipped, las
year, lao tons Of baed timothy hay. at average
S32 per ton, which aggregated S4,4SO. His DAN v il
managed bv kir Jose ph LycOns who miIks 56cows a
present The largest Weld from 50 cows, last year
was 1896 pounds in one week. These daires all ieeC
a large number Of hogs 1pon the refuse milk. Th'
calves are taken from the cows when they are iron
one to six days old. Rarely they permitted to
with the cows for longer period, they are apt 4
make their teats sore. Messrs. Anthony and William
} bold have very fine cows. They a o
the Durham and HOsIein We noticed some Aldern
stock, also. at two Of The farms visited
The farm houses, in thls vicinity. are Iemarkabl
for their staeness and elegance They are all Orns
mented with shade trees and shrubbery and flowers
and the lawns and walks evRce a cultivated and re
fined taste which reflects the highest credit upon thei
proprietOrs We also noticed the beautiful residence
Of VIM d. Clark, jefferson Clark. VIM. II. II. CLARK
Cspt Corbit George z rybout, james and TheOdor
Clark. and Clement Reeves Messrs. VIM D., james
, Theodore. and W. H. II. Clark, are all extensiveI
engaged in the dairy business.