National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-10-16

On Friday last q few gentlemen OF this city
paid visit, by special invitation Of James
Young, esq, TO the immense stock farm OF
the latter, at Middlstown, Pa. The chief at
traction Of tho visitors was the splendid col
lection Of Jersey cattle which Is In possession
OF Mr.. Young. OF this collection President
Grant, during q recent visit 10 the farm Of
Mr.. Young, expressed the opinion that IL Is
who have soen the splendid stock hold any
other view. :
Mr. Young In 1858 purchased a small farm
In Middletown, where he had formerly been
engaged In the lumber trade. The latter
business he then relinqulshed, and gradually
added to tho area Of his farm by purchasing
adjoining lots, until IL now contains almost
one thousand acrcs; but such Ia the system
attic practice Of the owner that TINS Immense
tract could scarcely be better managed were
II only fve-acre field. Not the least ad-
mirable feature Of this grand tract Is that II
has nearly all been reclaimed from low and
marshy soil or ground otherwise untitled for
agriculture. There Is not an acre Of II now
that ia not arabic and steadily yielding crops
OF some kind.
Mr.. Young and his son drove the visitors
over the farm, on which there are nine
dweilng.h houses and eight large barns, all
neat and substantial. On one Of the for
''Grand View Farm House" there Is an OBJ
seryatory, from which n fine view Of tho sur
rounding country can he had. ..
There arc on the estate over twenty-five
miles of fencing, uniformly coated with
whitewash, the gates all being painted red,
and more than three miles OF private road
way, oil In nrst-class condition. Il Is estl-
mated that over i've miles Of drain pipe have
been laid and covered on various parts OF the
farm. This year the farm has been thus laid
out To corn, 1863 acres; to wheat, 100
acres; TO oats, 122 acres; to hay, 2iS acres;
TO potatoes, acres; TO gardening, acres; to
pasttrage, 70 acres, and to orchards, Is
acres.
The stock Is in fine condition, and look
more like carefully -groomed horses than like
cattle that take care Of their own appear
anco. Any one Of the animals would be an
ornament to gcnueman's lawn or paddock,
and some Of them seemed 10 entertain for
their owner . dog-like affection. In the |
herd, which Is composed mostly Of the pure |
Aldcrney stock, Mr.. Young has varieties, |
such as Alderney and Guernsey and pure
uucrnsoy. He also has two Of what arc |
known a. BLUE Jerseys" which no prizes |
an Gldorney bull, known US "skyarc," q
truly magnificent specimen Of his breed,
with perfect symetry Of form, a small,
slender head, surmountcd by thin, open /
horns, and with the long, fiat and narrow |
neck tnat is ono oil the principal character l
istics Of the Channel Islands COW.
A representative Of the Inquirer, who was
one Of the visiting party, asked Mr.. Young
some questions IS to the relative values Of |
the Alderney and the common stock for dairy |
purposes, and learned that both In quality |
and quantity OF milk yield the former Is the
superior. The milk from the Jersey COW is
as rich In quality rs the cream from tho |
milk OF the common COW, and while the ay- |
GRACE amount Of butter yielded BY a stock
like that owned by Mr.. Young will be ten
pounds Of butter from each COW, only six or
seven pounds arc produciblc from the or
binary cow. Tho butter from tho Aldcrney
milk, too, 10 not only far richer In quality,
but II has frmuess which II retains through |
the cold Of winter and the heat of summer
when the butter Of the ordinary COW isbarely
marketable.
Our representative was informed by Mr..
Alfred NJ. Herkness, Of this city, who was
also one Of the visiting party (and through
whom most Of Mr.. Youngs herd has been
imported that for some Of the finer Alder
neys Of the stock Mr.. Young has paid nearly
$500 Q head. A fair conception can DO
formed from this Of the value Of the stock on
the farm, included In which there is a fine
flock Of Southdown sheep, an immense hen.
merry, about thirty or forty "Chester white"
pigs, and very large dovecote; and the
farm with all lis branches is worked las
though by machinery, Mr.. Young personally |
directing all.-Phiiddeiphia Inquirer.