The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1873-08-20
THE NaODEH. AUSTRIAN FAEs-
NsEEs.
His Spleen did Properties and
Style Of EEaEi:sg F0T-
csts and Flshcries--Gaaaac &c.

csts and Flsheries--Gaaslc, &c.
. Prince John Ado.phus Schwarzen-
berg, Of Austria, has f.ured conspicu-,
ously in all the letters from the Vienna
exposition treating Of agriculture. The
prince is the dedcentlant uf u long line |
of illustrious warriors, but has chosen
to confne his victories and his laurels
to peace rather than war. HIS estates are |
very numerous, and all Of them have
been converted into practical use under
the most judicious system Of agricultur
lsssa4 II II lae all
lands in Bavaria. In Syria, in Up
per and Lower Austria, in Hungary
and in Bohemia his possessions may be
found farms, lands, brcwcrlns, forests,
iron mines, iron fouuderics, bakeries,
flour mills, brandy distilleries, forgcs,
fisheries his lands alone, dependent
in some measure upon him, a popula-
| tion Of over two hundred and fifty
thousand souls. In rough calculation
these estates are seventy or eighty
miles in extent. and may be divided in
to hundred separate farms. He is
a contestant for many prizes at the
Vienna exhibition, and of course, has
entered as contestant for the prize for
model farm. The jurymcn to examine
and decide upon The farms, accompani-
ed by number journalists, visited the
other day his estate in Bohemia. A
correspondent Of the New York Herald,
who accompanied the expedition, says:
EXTENT OF THE scHWARzENBERG
ESTATE.
a better idea of the vast extent of
the Schwarzenberg estate cannot be
impaired, pehaps, than by giving some
facts gathered, during the days cxcur-
sion. The area of the estate is nearly
sevcnty-fvc thousand acres, one-half Of
which is devoted to forests culture.
10000 acres to agriculture, and 1900
to fisheries, &c. Altogether there are
five hundred and thirty-two buildings,
Of which there are .twenty-three brew
cries, four sugar refneries, one oil
manufactory, one steam saw-mill, one
: stean1 bakery four Water-mills, twenty
three eboald saw-n-liias forty - brick
and lime kilns, three furnaces, four
lrgcs, one Bessemcr furnace, and a
host Of farms, cottages for laborers
fishermen, forcsteTs, and so on. Besides
these there are number Of humanita-
rian institutions spread over the estate,
An asylum for the aged and infrm
with accommodations for twenty per.
sons. ten men and ten women; hospi
tai with fourteen beds, in which on,
hundred and seven persons received
treatment last year; girls school, IN
der the supcrintcndence Of nine Sisters
Of Mercy, where some three hundred
children annually receive instruction
All Of these are supported by the prln
cely house from its revenues. There
are in all some eightedc schools on tn
estate supported by the respective com
munities, while the girls school is
favorite institution of the family,
HOW THE ESTATE Is MANAGED.
The various Offices connected will
! the castle and estate are extensiv
. enough for ihurigian principally
o There is, for instance, the bureau 0
;, the domains, with its ministry for hom
% and foreign affairs; the rent bureau,
which is also attached the ministry Q
ecclesiastical and commercial affairs
r the fishery bureau, with a ministry 9
- naval affairs and an assistant who's
! jurisdiction extends over the turf bed
l., forest bureau, with master Of tn
woods, and adjuncts Of the saw mil
n and foresters; general bureau, with
minister whose duty it is to look afte
the grain stock, like Joseph Of old
Egypt, as well as over the potterit
aud the lime kllns; an engineers burea
an6 an architects bureau; berwel
bureau, with minister, secretary an
two burly brewere; steam mill bureau
a bureau of accounts and bureau
archives. The Prince possesses tt
patrons right over fourteen parishes
appoint priests in sixteen churches ar
two chapels. The right is neverth
less a very costly one, since tt
estate has to provide several thousar
forms yearly towards their support.
TIE MODEL FARM.
The Wittingan farm estate is one
the best in Austria. It embraces ;
branches of agriculture-cat bree
ing, sheep breeding, &c. The Prin
farms eleven places, five of which b
long to the Wittingan, three to t
I4omnitz and three to the Hammer SC
tions, containing 6,000 acres of guilty;
ed ground, divided as follows: Ora
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