Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-03-13
MIS- EoUs.
The Largest Farm in the World.

The Colusa (Cal Sun gives to its readers
a lengthy description of the farm of DIR.
Hugh j. Gleuu, in Colusa county, California,
said to be the largest farm in the world. AT
the request of one of our farmer friends. we
give the following extracts from the sketch
of DR.. Glenn's estate:
DR.. Glenn owns all the Jacinto Grant, ex-
tending from the mouth of Stony Greek four
spanish leagues down the river, aud two
leagues back IRON the river, and portion Of
the Larkin's children Rancho, adjoining the
above on the South. making total OF $4,000
acres. This farm has a river front OF l62
miles in a straight line, and more than twice
that by the river. There's about $50 miles
of fence on the place. The lower half of
the farm is all rich alluvial land the upper
hall is level prairie land but red, and contains,
in places, some gravel, but it is all the finest
quality of wheat land.
In addition to extensive farming mentioned
below, Dr. Glenn has l6, 900 sheep, 300 Of
.hem imported; $50 head of cattle, 20 Of
them imported, besides all his horses and
work stock.
DR.. Glenn made his first purchase Of 900
acres on the Jsciuto grant on the 25th Of
November, 1867. at I.60 per acre and a
short time after he purchased about 1000
acres mnre, together with lot OF stock in a
Jumping trade, and after disposiug of the
stock, the land cost him less than his first
purchase. He tEen kept on buying "what
joined him" on either side until he absorbed
all the .'acinto grant and large portion of
Larkin's Childrcn's Rancho. As land ad-
vanced in price, he paid more. So that for
his present farm he paid all the way from
81 60 to $50 per ncre.
Last year DR. Glenn farmcd about Is, 900
acres himself, aud rented some 10, 900 acres
each to Geo. W. Hoag, Pike Gupton and
Isaac Baylcss. He has shipped this year
Is, 900 tons of wheat.
Alr. G W. HOag rents this year 5 600 acres
of the Glenn tsrm. He employs $50 work
horses and mules, and has, of course harness for
each. In seeding, he employs so men-in har-
vest, 225 Mr.. Hoag's machinery consists in
part of / gang plows; 80 eight mule harrows;
9 eight>mu!e cultivators two seed sewers
4 Buckeye drills; II headers; S5 wagons;
mowers; l 4s-inch separator, SO feet long.
l3 feet high when mounted l 40-inch sep
arator; l SO inch sep4ranr. Mr.. Hoag
saved out of his last crop 10000 sacks of
barley for seed and feed, and 5000 sacks of
wheat for seed, of l35 pounds each. The
whole farm will use about 900 tons of hay
during the season.
The mammoth separator threshed on the
Sth Of August, 1874, 57T9 bushels Of wheat.
We give for the benefit of many Of our read
ers who are not familiar with such n scene
the following brief description OF the thresh-
ing: First the '.circle" is made. 1t il the
starting point in the field where the machin-
cry is placed. The '.circ!e" is made by the
headers in advance of the separator and en-
gine. After the grain is cut from the ''cir
cle." which usually embraces n space from
to acres. the separator and engine are drawn
in and the work OF threshing commences. The
working force TO run the machine is So men.
7 headers, 21 header wagons, 96 horses or
mules. The average run Of the machine is
LOO sacks. containing 2+ bushels each per
day. The utmost capacity of the machine is
1900 sacks, or 6,I750 bushels per day. The
harvesting force cut and thresh Simultaneous
ly, and iu fifteen minutes from the time the
header begins in the grain. the wheat is in
the sacks. They cut from 100 to 125 acres
OF grain to '"setting"
K Gupton cutivates 10000 acres on the
Glenn farm, 3 800 acres of his own just west
OF DIR GleuD's, and a large farm-something
like 5000 acres, We beliove-in Tehama
county. Mr. Guptou employs in this county
As or so men in seeding. and over 100 in
harvest. He has horses, plows. seed sewers.
etc, about in proportion to Mr. Hoag's above
given.
Isaac Bayless cultivstes I 900 acres on DR..
Glenn's farm aud $500 acres on Butte Greek
DR.. Glenn will only seed about 6. 900 acres
this season himself, and will therefore en-
ploy 40 or so men in planting, and about
100 in harvest. The average yield of wheat
on the place last season was 25 bushels to the
acre. the average of barley. 80 bushels. They
grow only what barley they use on the farm
ship none.
Gen. Pleasonton's blue glass theory is
assnile6 hv tha Scientific American His