Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-06-08
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Next on our route Is Mr. Eafnell, VINO Is
also a stock-man of note, and has a pleasant
location.
Two miles further down, we passed the
stage station, which, judging from the i'm
provement going on about it, is. in a pros
porous condition.
About two miles from the station we
came to the residence of Mr.. Robert Vaughn
who has two farms, and has about, loo
acres planted in wheat and oats, besides q
valuable meadow. One field of wheat which
we saw was just coming up and looked
promising. Besides farming pretty extern
sively, Mr.. V. is giving his attention to rails
ing fine stock. He is a lover of the turf, and
has a good training track, where he enjoys
his leisure time in training his horses. The
peep that we took through his stables well
paid us for our time. He showed us three
fine young stations, one a dark bay colt
which in size and beauty of form was all
that could be desired. We also. noticed SOM
large and most excellent American brood
mares and colts running in his pasture. Mr.,
Vaughn is well posted upon stock and agri.
cultural matters, and from him we learned
much valuable information of the Sun River
country.
Were it not that there are hundreds OF
young ladies throughout the land who read
the HUsBANDMAN and who might chance to
admire a beautiful rural home, with it's large
herds and broad acres, we should not have
given so minute a description of the spacious
bachelor mansions which lend such an air OF
comfort to the Sun River valley, and offerso
much attraction to the traveller who passes
over the Benton road. But it is even true
that tWo-thirds Of the wealth of this Sun
River country is possessed by very worthy
bachelors who have every comfort that a
Western man could desire, save that which
is most essential to their happiness life
companion, and we regret to state that Mr..
v. is n of these.
At this place the road leaves the Sun Riv-
er Valley and turns away to the eastward
over the tablelands to Benton, the head OF
navigation.
Mr.. Vaughn is the last settler on the val.
ley. His farm is irrigated by water furnished
by the same canal that turns IIeeley Bros
mills, nine miles above. III our tour of this
nine miles down the road we have briefly
noticed all the farms. One half Of the lands
along the route are vacant and open for set.
Element and are as good agricultural lands
as can be found in the Territory. While
further on, below here, we are informed
that the valley is about the. same width and
Of as good quality of soil. This land can all
be irrigated by water from the same canal.
and we hope the day is not far distant when
it will be settled by an industrious ant
thrifty farming community. This done,
Chouteau county will have no superior as an
agricultural and stock-gr0wing county. In
point Of wealth, proportislately to the pop
%ulation, it now ranks with any other part Of
the Territory, while for the neatness 'and
beauty of its farm-houses it has no superior
IN Montana.
We have now travelled fifty-fiye miles
down Sun River Valley aud have seen near.
all the f~arming-land in the section known as
the Sun River country, which comprises the
western part of Choteau and the eastern
part of Lewis and Clarke counties, and it il
safe to estimate that it contains $4,000 acre:
OF good agricultural lands which can be irri