, 1876-01-05

| L. Z. uAAnuAoEat Clerk.
STOCK.FARMING IN KANSAS.
George <;rnns,x victoria Colony-son.c
Fncts Concerning ono of tho InrRcst
F,sud md Stuck Enterprises In Tllls
| Country.
Probably one of tho largest and most inter
esiing experiments a. stoch-fasnlng Oh mani
moth Eca'o In thia country In that which was
Instituted somo thfeo ycars ago in the then un-
Inhabited region Of EansaH, by str. George
oraus, Of London. Eng. Mt. Grants csta.s
Is known a. tla Victoria Colony, and ia sit.
shseA IL Ellis County. kansas, oil tho kansaa
Pacific ltairoad. 2j1 mica west Of Kansas Ci.r.
! In 1878 MI. Graut, "ho waa tlon IN this
| country was induccd to ris,! that tagion with
,, vtew to investing IN real estate' and. after
| finally settled ut the point naucd and pnrchaaed
tho gfattcr pnr* Of Ellis County. Ills itet pur-
chaHa save httn an area Of 25U a1uare E,ilen. 10
| which ho l!as sinco added to7etal other pur-
| tract of land over ownol b. nay ono indisiduaI
In this country. Tho frs. arrival Of settlers to
tho NOW colony Tas ia May. 1879. aud at that
TING, With tho exception Of tho railroad depot,
| and the reception AouKe, built by tue Ka1lroad
Company, under contract with Mr.. urant fur the
| tlse Of the colony, there was not house Within
~ miles, At tho present tstno 80 rapid Inns bccn
tho growth and Improvement in the wealth and
not an acre OF land for Hala within 10 tnllss Of
Victoria on tle aoutli. and thoro arc along tho
limo Of tho Victoria liver = number: Of
,S..l 1ue llmcaso1e residences. Victoria Colony
onr in the United sEates. SIR. irant does not
Bell to any QUO party lass than section, or Gl0
| acres Of land, who eo.no Of tue residents, or
| tlIoao nbons to become 80, haso purchased a.
many 81 eight sections, or over 5,00J ac:es. mad
| tho most OF them own two aoctIonB, OF 1850
| aeree. Tho sottlers arc. therefore, far above
Tue condition GO 81 ordinary fatmefa being maae
sana aud wel-to-do farmers. Tho first pnr-
chsaer and nettlor In the colouy was the Hon.
Walter Maxwell, son Of Lord l1orrics an En-
| gl'eh nobiemnn. This gentleman owus 2.oG0
| nne stone residence. IIo ia now in England.
| pnschasing b'ooded stock. NTH tho iDtcn-
ton qf ssocxing hs farm largely With
J. G. dun.hor. tho brother Of c.-sIayor
0untheT, wcll-knowu residents and hueiners
men Of this city. These two gentlemen
o1n three hections Of land, and hare also buiIt
hase nearly 1000 fins breeding sheep They
have been there only little rloro than une year,
aud 30 highly plenaed is Mr.. J. g. Gunther with
tho experiment that ho psonouncee it tho bert
Investment Of money Ao ever male. The young
men ate delighted witn their prospects for ths
future. md their HE on tho stock farms. At
tla opening Of tho comtog spriog tbcro Will bo
largo sncieaso OF tho population from England
AZ we'll as from si'ts city. Ample arrangements
aro being made for the building OF church aud
t4e establishment Of schools, which wIIt bo an-
ptlfied a. they nre required. The church. though
all denominations. The Tsustocs nro tho nt.
ltev. Thomas II. Vail, bishop Of Kansas Mr..
John d. Perry, Of st. Louis Mr.. Thomas n,
Clark, Of New York; and As. George Graut, Of
In tho matter of stock-farning ,1r. G.nut'a
experiment haa boon upon a very large tcaio,
md eminently successful. Although bis crops
for tito isat year we1e nearly destroyed by grAtH-
hoppcfa, that did not materially Interiors with
tho leeding Of cattle upon the buGalo-arae1 Of
the plains, which ID alll med to DO tho most bu-
tr1t!ous gtaas that gloTs-eyen moro 60 titan Tho
famous hitlo'glasa Of Kentucky. a'r. Grants
months, ago with 1oek Of 1855 breeding ewes,
and sixty long-woolsd Eugleh rama Of tic high
est pedigree aud from tie first 1ocks in Eugland
conslatsnE nj Oxford Downs, LolceHters, Lin
colns. CotsWods, and SouthuoEnB. Taking rho
Past }ear nB au Average Of the next ten wears.
tho prola Of this flock. allowing Is per cent less
than shown IL tue aet years increase. will amount
10 at least ~ boo ooo On tho plan Of reinvesting
yearlv two.thlrIa OF tho proceeds OF ths
sales Of WOOL mutton, wcthcEs. etc., In tho pnr-
chase Of fresh breeding ssfos. At present Mr.,
dtante nocks 5 amount ili the aggregate 70 up
WArtis o. 9, M ogo sheep; These ate dlvidel into
ilocka Of 1.U00 TO 1900, one shepherd aud dog
beiug nblo to take charge Of flock. They are
carefully houEod In winter in we'll built corrsla
With stone walls and coyofed shots During
tie Hlnter mouths tho sheep are allowed ouc-
iluls pound Of crushed corn each .llon they
arc bronght INTO tho fold Ut night. Except il1
hloEn,y weather, which lAsta only few DAYS at
= simS tho sheep arc allowed to run At large dur,
1nE the daytime. Tn,H nlhl OF hcEulnE aud
frodins has reduced tho death ratio 10 a very low
putccntago. and tho Increase OF tho wcoi clip
from the imported rasns and graded tnesiuo
ewes has nearly doubled in tho rast
nbont pounds OF wool, whereas Lfr. Orant'a
clip FROM his improved ynaFllngs WAS oyor ~
pounds. l]ollevlng prevention bctsar than ours,
tho plan adopted by Mr. Grant for koe}llng tho
nhueE hea!thy s IS follows: 1fc has sneon.
bnth, In rhc!l he dips his sheep ta1ce a year.
Immediately attos shcariug and At The end of
summer aud by his arrangements 10 can Dip
3,eoo theop per day. xolu:on Of 20 pounds Of
lous Ut waset Ia prepared by being boilrd fnr two
hours in Two tanks, holding eAcl 1,0Do gallons,
md usa IN th" BATH nj 4 tssuperaturo OF LEU
into d trouah q feet long. and feot
desp, and tue bllecp arc dElycn up 10
1t III ssuGle 1ie through nasrow pass.
aso OIL letol W!th tho top, anal fall Into Tho
ehecp asccnd IRON st'u bath BY stops to drip
ping co1rll OF inc!osuse. who're thpy rou,an utl-
til tho water rams back iuto tho bath. so that
nolhIng IL wastoi. Tho Gust Is abont conts u
lsc'n Tue improved condition Of tue shsep. OF At
least h.1t pound, aud worth ~ cents per hoAd
1hls ba.A AlBo keops ous scat, tick, and other
yermtn tn Which sl,ecp arc subject, ssrcral ILL.,
tc.eatiug experiments IN crossing imported
stock Will 10 mado tuls summer. aud tho results
carefully noted.
Mr. Grant wll sail for Europe on tho slh Of
January, in tho celtlc, aud o1I'octs to rottasn
about May next. Ills intuut0n ii to import
bloodcd cattle. sheep. ao.. which, with seicc-
tlona from his Kansas farm, he Intends to Oh.
hlbIt In tho stock department OF tho Centennial
Exhibition at Philadelphia.