Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-01

THE MODEL AUSTRIAN FARMER sp p,.,..
PROPERTIES AND STYLE OF MANAGEAEENr-yoV.
EsTs AND EIsHERIEs-aAsfl, &C. ~
Prince John Adolphus Schwafzspbsro osAna
tria, has figured conspicuously IN al the lsttsTs
from me vienna exposition treating OfaRrieulture
the rrhse - descendant OF long line of illus
trious warriors, but has chosen to eoniina his VIC
tories and his laurels to peace rather fban war
| HIS estates are very numerous, and NIL of thano
have been converted into practical use undaE fI,e
most judicious system Of agricultural admiuistra-
ton. lie has castles and lands M Bavar;a II
SLyria, in Upper and hover Austria. h, H,,nosrv
and IN Bohemia his possessions NAV he fonSd -
farms, lands, breweries, forests, iron rninea iynn
boundaries, bakeries, -four mills, brandy djsfiIier-
les, iorges, tsheries-on his lands alone dependent
M N some measure upon MN, population of over
two hundred and nifty thousand souls. In n revoh
calculation these estates are seventy or eighty
miles III extent, and may be divided into a hum
drec separate FARMS He is contestant for many
prizes at the Vienna exhibition, and of course has
entered as contestant for the prize for a model
farm. The Jurymen to examine and decide upon
the farms, accompanied by a numbar Of Journal
lists, visited the ether day his estate in Bohemia
A correspondent OF the New York Herald who
accompanied the expedition, says:
EXTENT OF THE scHwARzENBERa ESTATE. y
A better idea of the vast extent OF the Schwar-
zenberg estate cannot be impaired, perhaps, than
by giving some facts gathered during the days
Inc OF eSLaIe Is nearly seventy
hve thousand acres, One-holt OF which IL devoted
to forest culture, 10000 acres TO agriculture, and
l4,e0O to fisheries, &e. Altogether there 532
buildings, OF which there are twentY-three brew
cries, four sugar refneries, one oil manufactory,
one steam sawmill, one steam bakery, four water
mills, twenty-three board sawmills, iorty.six
brick and lime kIlns, three furnaces, four forges,
one Ressemer furnace, and host Of farms, cot
tages for laborers, hshermen foIresters, andso on
Besides these there are number OF humanitarian
institutions spread over the estate. An asylum
/ for the aged and intirm, with accommodations dor
/ twenty persons ten men and ten women hos
pital with fourteen beds, in which l07 persons
ceived treatment last year; girls school, under
the superintendence OF nine Sisters of Mercy,
where some three hundred children annually re-
ceivv instruction. All of these ars supported by
tho princely house from its revenues There are
in all some eighteen schools the estate support
ed by the respective communities, while the girls
school is faVorite institution Of the family.
now THE ESTATE Is MANAGED.
The various Offices connected with the castle
and estate are extensive enough for a Thurigian
princpality. There, is, for iustonce, the bureau
OF the domains with its ministry for home and
foreign affairs the rent bureau, to which Is also
attached the ministry OF ecclesiastical affairs; the
fishery bureau, with minister OF naval affairs
and an assistant whose jurisdiction extends over
the turf beds, forrest bureau, with q master OF
the woods, and adluncts OF the saw mills and for
rosters; general bureau with q minister whose
duty It is to look after the grain stock, like Joseph
OF old in Egypt, as well as over the potteries and
lime kilns; an engineers bureau and an archi-
tect's bureau q brewery bureau, with minister,
secretary and two burly brewers; stealn-mill
bureau, bureau of accounts and bureau Of ar
chives. The Prince possesses the patrons right
over fourteen parishes 10 appoint priests in SIX
teen churches and two chapels. The right is
nevertheless very costly one since the estate has
to provide several thousand horins yearly towards
their support