The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-07-16

WHAT He is ATTEMPTING IN CATTLE
AND SHEEP BREEDING IN KANSAS.

AND SHEEP BREEDING IN KANSAS.
From The st. Louis Democrat
Mr., George Grant, the proprietor
of the famous Victoria colony in
Kansas, spent Saturday in the city.
Nh. Grants scotch gentleman, who
acquired a large fortune as silk
merchant in London. and who, with
an enterprise and energy as uuAagg-
ing as that of an ambitious youth
who had fortune still to make,
comes over here with his fifty years
experience and ample fortune, which
he literally invests in Kansas and in
the improvement of stock. He is a
thorough believer in Improvement by
judicious crossing. and his example
is already being felt by the spirit of
emulation engendered among stock
raisers to improve the quality of their
stock. He has just returned from
Chicago, where be went to meet
stock coming from Canada. He left
two bulls, a Booth and a Bates, both
representatives of a pute-blNoded
stock, with Hon. John Mix, of Kan
kakee, the great cattle breeder oof
Illinois. The stock will come through
ST Louis for Victoria in a couple of
weeks. They are represented by
Mr. Grant to be the finest Of their
strain. Mr., Grant has now at his
colony ten bulls, six short-hcrns,
and four Angus poe bulls. The
latter he has great confidence in
crossing with Cherokee COWS. as the
majority of calves from these bulls
are like their sires. He estimates
that not more than five out of forty
are like the COWS. Mr. Grant has
7, 900 merlno ewes which he intends
10 cross with sheep just bought in
Colorado The cross will be with
the long wool imported rams, such
as pure Lincolns, the Cotswold and
Oxford downs. He will prove, not
withstandipg the prevailing opinions
to the contrary among sheep-breeders
IL this country, that the melinos will
cross with the imported long woods,
and he ventures the opinion that the
result would be successful by putting
5000 to 1000 of that breed with
5000 of the graded merinos and pure
merino Spanish tups. He is build
ing a sheep corral, covering twenty
one acres, and arranged in four divis-
ions, with gates to go out, SO as not
to mix during the winter, when the
sheep will be fed on corn and hay.
About two miles south Of the sheep
corral he IS building cattle corral, |
covering about the same area.
Mr.. Grants land continues to be
rapidly taken up by Scotch, English
and Aerlcan parties. About twenty
square miles have been already taken
p by New Workers, among whom
are Mr.. Gunther, nephew of the
Mayor. Mr.. Shields and Messrs.
Clarke, Fisk, Flagg and others.
Mr.. Moller, owner, Of the largest
sugar refinery in New York, has
lately come out with his wife and
and taken up three square
miles along Big Creek river. An
English gentleman, NJ. Ratcliff, of
London, who left there three days
ago, has purchased three square
miles for two of his friends. They
all intend to come out with their
families next spring, and will build
handsome residences. This colony
dihere iii every respect from other
colonies founded iusthe United States,
most of the settlers being persons of
fair fortunes, who are seeking health ),
climate and country life, Mr.. Grant
will go back for a few days to collect
sheep in Colorado. About the Goth
Of July he will leturn here and 90 tod
Kentucky to be present at the stock
sale on the %. of Alexander, the
great short-horn breeder. He then
goes to East and West Virginia.
where he has already thoroughbred
stallion and everal fine mares. At
Victoria he has the finest siallian Of
the light-draft or Clydesdales breed
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