Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-24
Annual Report Of the Vermont Horse
stock company.

I Tie Vermont Horse Stock Company com
mcnccd business n March Of last year hrst
. Hv purchasing farm Of 423 81 acres at 500
. per acre. In = prd we bought q horse kind,
namely, stations, 10 breeding mares two
years old colts aud 4 yeallIng colts, the first
cost of which was, including keeping til.
. SHIPPED. S2J.576 81, 10 July Mr. BlOdgetC
bought three more mares and sucking colt
I .ar = GOO, which were accepted by the OK
ec9rive commit GO and paid for in capital
stock
+ All OF this stock. but the stallion Waikiki
/ Chiol were purchased Of Mr. E. S. " DIS
worth. Of Vaukegan, III. Waikiki Chief
+ Sos purchased Of Mr. f.. Holmes, Of Cazeno-
7 VII. Nev York This stock was taken to the
finn r. early as practicable. Twelve of the
ueres did np5 arrive until July, when they
+ g use on with nine thrifty foals, which had
been dropped since they were purchased.
About tcis time Hon. G. F. Edmunds
made the Company the handsome present Of
{ tiuc thoroughbred mare, ing tamIl 2
. 81 Lh.rty-hvs mead Of breeding stock. We
nave ali ot this stock now save the two years
Old Ii ly, Lady Dexter. which has lately been
sslI Tor 5000
CONDITION. OF tue HORSES.
HE stations are 10 prime No. / condition.
The Two Years old AID yearlng colts are
.I-9 ia good condition. The ten weanliugs
viii compare f3voTabiy wit those on the best
breeding arms in the country. Nine Of the
r. d mares are ID good condition, as shy
u.s. .uv intelligent breeder could wish t. see
cm. Eve % the mares are thinner than we
.1a Z have them, yet are hearty, strong
am aiming. All run together with then
9aI-. ana were not taken up until quite ice
III November, for the reason that We had DC
shelter Tor them. We we're we'll nigh over
1arieuc With work 10 getting our barns IN
.pts-ahIc order FOR winter. But | sh'nk your
Superintendent a iittle TO blame. The stock
should at all times be looked after drsc. HE
practice has been to shelter all stock ID al
autumnal storms, and be should not have
allowed himself 90 DC turned from the only
true c0Ur-e DO managing hDe stock, Dy any
ianzteiy 90 get baTns Or anything else res q
TIE stallion waikiki Chief has served Sc
b mares 8n obligations to Stockholders. and
twelve uf TIE companys W0odburn PilO
tweutv-se9eu for stockholders and two fOl
7 the Company IL Yorkshire Lexington
tsenty-lue Tor stockholders, and Clayb- 100
FaTr.nr operations hove been quite limited
lr .,as tie 10Th Of May before we could gel
rs 5 tie farm Previous 20 this we has
ulng acres OF wheat and Elk Of oats put IN
md fences put IL :. pair enough % keep Of
stEay cattle.
Alter we came 5n y { prepared ana planted
..Jas y corn IL POTATOES, sowed or Z
I.f wheat, and made the best garden We
fesulJ Tine 1-01-h wac So early that oul
corn w1s we'll nigh g failure and about bali
cine potatoes We harvested some 40.
bushels sai- VI corn, 81 quality, go Of r..
t4t.s= ass bushels of best oats, 80 bushels
IT wheat and s1ae > or 8 tons 81 fodder corn
3.er ou tons !. hay was cug. though che
ue-. all stare that the hay cror W5s 0uls
-1.tl- uave done we'll. earning Us over
$500 #=.aa i-1u keeping our own stecs.
Your Superintendent mas received cash
lf-m lei sources 80, I55. Is; paid out So
.Itl.i.- Slol6 Is of which ba= been ex-
pended lsr general expenses 1929 ~ for
holding track. and 8 500 50 on buildings
PAID ~ orders On the treasurer SCOOP
.ar general eEFenses 500 for che iarIn
@I-~ j. ior work On track, and $l.j59 ~
..- sliIitnEs Eue debts outstandHz Jan
a.rg SCR. are $1,000, very nearly.
. TIE following appraisal Of the property vas
handel IN by she directors appointed 10
make inc same.