Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-11
Dermunt farms.
THE FARM AND STOCK OF L,
REYNOLDS, OF COLCHESTER.

Mr. Reynolds lives about a mile north
from the city Of Burlington. He has only
seven acres here with the buildings. The
farm proper, containing % acres, is perhaps
three-fourths Of mile further north.
This is all intervale, bordering on the Win
ooski river, very level aHd free from ravines
and most Of it subject to be annually over.
flowed. We doubt if more productive
farm Of the size can be found in the state
Mr. Reynolds purchased 1t some fifteen years
ago and for time moved the most Of it
and sold hay, in preference to keeping stock.
Ono year 200 tons were cut from 80 acres
This year he will have 80 tons Of nice
quality OF hay. This is composed mostly Of
timothy aud Kentucky blue grass. Finds
the last to be valuable variety for both
meadow and pasture, improving the quality
Of the grass aud hay. The best field on the
farm has not been powed for so years. 1t
is annually overilowed, causing it to re-
tain its remarkable fertility by the sediment
deposited by the water. We saw pasture
Of the same description Of soil as the mead
ows, containing Is acres, in which were over
30 head Of Shorthorn cattle; large proper
this field was capable Of carrying this
amount Of stock aud even more through the
season. The condition Of the animals indi-
Gated good keeping and the pasture was far
from being fed closely. The Kentucky blue
grass was mixed with other varieties there,
making it probably one of the best pastures,
OF ITS size, either in the East or at the West
This is good grain land. Five hundred bush.
els of oats have been raised on six acres,
and barley produces extraordinary crops,
going as high as 80, and even 90 bushels to
to the acre. Mr.. r. intends to use this
only as grain crop when seeding down to
grass, as it is best for this purpose Root
crops also flourish 6uely in tins alluval soil.
From 80 to 60 head OF cattle are now
| kept on this farm, with the exception of
pasturng few animals elsewhere) and
four horses Six years ago Mr.. Reynolds
/ commenced the formation Of herd Of i'm
proved ShOrthorn cattle that now number
| 80, all thoroughbred. These we're obtained
IRON Judge Kelley, Rhncbeck, n. Y, SAT-
ford aud Russ, White River Junction, Vt .
aud Samuel Crafts, West Lebanon, n. H.
| From the two last, lG head were purchased
of Kentucky families. lie also has very
fine two-year.old heifer. Rosa Bouheur,
Ith," obtained from a. w. Griswold's herd,
Maven Farms, Morrisville.
Taken altogether this is a very fine herd
with but few exceeding it in size in the
state. The prevailing coors are red, aud
red and white, with only two or three ami
mails entirely white. They are not bred
with reference to either beef or milk produce
ing qualities alone, but both combined, and
with good degree of success To give a
more definite idea Of this herd, we will men.
tion few animals more particularly.
The bull "Royal Oxford" 1914, Is 4 years
old, red and white, and was bred by james
A. Shedd, of Burlington. The calves arc of
his get. lie was FIRST 10 his class at the New
England fair in 1872, aud at the state fair
in 1873. Rosa Bonheur" 4th, roam, calved
Jan. II, 1872, got by 4th Lord of Oxford,
1908, dam Rosa Bonheur," by Imperial
Oxford, 1908. Oxford SWINE calvcd
Nov 1873, got by Royal Oxford" l54l2,
dam "Grceu Mountain Girl" by "Oxtord
Ladd, S749." "Leonora 2" calved March
1874 red and white, got by Royal Oxford
dam "Leonora" by 18th Duke Of Thorndale
5000"
These were fine animals and held in high
estimation by the owner. Among the cows
"Junod" red aud four years old gave in the
month of june 45 lbs of milk n day,
"Alma" three years old on hay and two
quarts Of corn meal and four Of shorts, gave
"A pounds OF milk a day. In june 10
pounds of butter were made from her milk
in week. This i, very good record for a
hefer that had been MIXED the previous
winter SO much for the butter producing
qualities Of this herd. Saw heiier 3
years cd that had nothing but hay and grass
that exhibited the tendency Of this breed to
take on fat to remarkable degree. ala
s." descended from "Lady Sale" 9th, got by
Climax" Mr. X. considered one of his
best animals. Has also two other descend
ants of the LADY Sale" 9th, Of the Putney
herd. 10 show the estimation in which
this breed is held by breeders in this coun.
try We will mention that Mr.. Raymond has
sold A head within the last 10 months and
"a of the number in 3 months. OF these
l6 went to Michigan, 2 to Kentucky, anl
3 to New York, the rest principally being
disposed Of in our own state. The prices ob
tanned for these animals range high and mus
render stock breeding upon such farm al
we have described exceedingly profitable