, 1874-11-04
THE VICTORIA COLONY.


THE VICTORIA COLONY.
Scientific Farming ma St0Ck~NhthfnK
OH n l.nrEe Scale i'll Knnans-Rmproy-
mug tho Itroctis at Cntt1e nnt Sheep
Etiucntcd Coa0xtistSs
From the Mem York 7+ihun.
George Grnnt, who las boon for tho pnas two
years improving and colonizinE u largo tract OF
laud III Kansas upon tho Kanaas pacido Ratlroad,
is now soourning in this city, md his account of
tho improvements md sucoessoa Of Victoria Col
ony IL very Interesting. 0lr. Grant says that ho
WAS attracted to this section OF Kanhaa whilo
making tour through tho United States in 1879.
Tho soil was found to DO rich and doop, and tho
buffalo grass, Instead of growing In patches
with waste OF annd Intervening, waa liero
oontInuosB Tho ontiro anrtaco resomblod
thick crop Of curly hair. Everything TINT Nature
grazing country seemed to abound. Mr. Grant
purchased large tract and determined to settle
tho country with class Of n,on who by roason
Of education, would farm lnnd scientifically, and
and Refinement. Now, only two yours after Mr..
Grants first visit, many farms have been bought
by porsonB who wonlu hardly hayo gonu into
bliHinesH If they had remained at homo. The
rorsonH. Among the gentleman who hayo set
tied thoro arc the Hon. Walter Maxwell. son Of
Lord Herrios, Of Eyriughan Park, Yorkshire
Englnna; tho sofa OF Charles Gnnthsr, q brother
OF ex,Mayor dantAer. OF thls cry and walter
the sett|ors aro Of m equally good class, form-
INK nucleus for others from Eastern
ctiea anu townB MR. Grant is atao NO
GotiatinE Win + tie g.. Lan1 peparsmcnt of tho
ka1'snn Pacific Railway Company 70 hny tho fo-
ships in Ellis County. This will extend his pos
sessions over 300 square miles, and Alr. Grant
will then own IN foo simple zSs, ,oD0 acres OF lnnd
III ono poay. He H. Intends TO p!ace upon this
tlod upon the territory included , IN Victoria
station swn stores Aish bas been osnit nt
Victoria, ana THIS 9ulldlnG IL nsou 81 tue head
qnnrtors oi sho colony: Inc pulhllng 10 bailt OF
limestone that 1s "a M9uarned ln abundance n the
no,ghborh9od. lho station M - snrmonnted BY .
cnpola, and covered Veranea extends around It.
This building ansWers many pHrposes. 1t ia lho
railway ssattopi ana also % she tnote store. aud
poat-oitico Of the colony: 1lle largest inclosnre
or coiral 10 on .ao wos1 slao Oh the statlon: rms
containa seventeen acTes' IL ls lnolosed "
1arfod tonco, "ltn stfong poats ABOUT
feet apart. Ihe earth has poen bsnkod up to
Lowell with tue foP o. the fnnce' aud tho slope has
been tnisKi5 soaaoa. hne o. sneas e1tenu m
around this tnclosl1fo aa e. protection to tho
hochs IN eeVore weathef. Aho ihoiosnfo Ia a.
vided into separate compartments. and tho dif-
iefeas AosAs ean 90 saken sase o., ana y lss
own shepherd. wlthont ID any "ay interfering
"tsA 'e,~ .'..~'. = ~N~' eoo
tiona Of Victoria naye boon inclosed by stone
Walls sl3 toet hlen, tne topsoI Mhe4 arc covered
by broatl, nat, oEetnahBsng, STONES thae pfotect
tue nocks hot 9hiY from 1.s; 1nG ssGFms. nnt also
from aoga ahd WolVea, ihls sholtof pefhapa
might not oe necessary thfeeugn sesoro weather
for 5ou days ID lne yaar. soralnt largo houaoa
OF stone With extensive ont,pn1la1ngs, hayo boon
ercctea by o1hor sot1lela. Mr. ala4"e!i aaa alr'
Ganther hayo Hiso '1S.osoa % pi Gglsas wlsn nign
prGHGil[B q EHriFlNE hQQ ATTRACTIVE Appearance.
Mr. Grant hhs Q ltocG OF COLORADO mGrino
shoop numbering o,oo1. Ao nas imported u
Cotswold, Lincoln, t31ofu Down, ana Leicester
Sss tnes oehs n ains i s Of ehoap
10 las aia9 @ oop v cattlo IN foou eona1tlon and II
imported bulls OF hlGh pedigree: Ia ono Of Mr.
Grant's stono eorrata otoou sheop can 30 nhol-
tered, ahu honso iof the ehophords Is bntlt IN
tanned Al far priees. LaboroIs recelTo a Sl.5o
day, Or WHOM hired on long 1ob8. S30 to 340 q
month mud "hnu themselves
mr. Grant believes IN Improving tle oroods Of
city ls partly connoetod with shipping valuable
lmporteu btock 20 sletorla~ ne nus now III =
aablo IN thls city thoroughhrcd Stallion, Flod-
den Which comea from long i'no Of cup win.
from the nototi to- g. hords u, in !, England, aud four
Angus pollod bulls, coal bleck and fnoly proper
toned, have boon imported and sont to Victoria.
Many Of the herds arc ososs betweon Short
horn ami chorokee mailing almost as fine look~
ing stock as thorouGbred Mr.. Grant PROPOSES
| to altornate botweon tho Angus polcd and Short
horn, and as his herd increases tho poorest aro
to bo cnlled and sent to market. In this way the
stock will DO nnlor constant Improvement, and
the market will be supplied with good GLASS Of
beof, Not only arc the tlochs expected to yield
d large revenue in wool, but alao tho annual in
| creasa in lambs will bo o constant soufco Of
profit
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