Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-05-03
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WILLS in the country. The Home farA 'arl'
- the ,aroest and best improved we AVE veV
aoon They cultivate about 200 acres DE-
.;das j., ,,roe lot of hay land. They nave
. 600 acres under fence, most OF winch Il
nsed as pastures for their fine STOCK. III VIC g
summe,. season they milk from on 10 on
COWS. and make about 81 poutlus o. outer
nor dav. Their herd numbers about l'ooo
head, many OF which are halt anu three-
onarter thoroughbred. They also have soh'e
very fine horses. One stallion WHICH we
noticed in their barn is one Oh 1he oest
formed animals we have seen.
From the Home Park farm we turned
across to Sweetwater, a tributary OF huos
river. and halted at the home OF MI >. H.
Davis. then took the main Corlnne ROAD anu
PASSED through the canyon to the Raymond
Rros., farm, These gentlemen are middle
men. farmers and stock men. They have a
splendid and ~well-equipped farm. winch Is
being cultivated and superintended by NIT.
Frank Lane. Their fine horses were not at
home. SO we passed on over the divide'to
Black.ail valley, and, turning northWArd,.
we iourneyed down the valley about fifteen
miles. This valley is from three to five mlles
wide. smooth, and covered with excellent
grasses. +h;,
route was q large frame barn, owned Dy
Poinaexter 6 orr, and used for winter quar-
ters for their stock. Further down we come
to their large dairy farm. The dairy house
is two stories high, with all the modern i'm
provements to be found in the West. Their
churn is run by water power, furnished by Il
stream of water which flows over the bill
above the building, and is SC arranged that
the floors Of the dairy and barns can be
cleaned and washed out by a hydraulic pipe.
From the dairy we travelled through their
pasture, a distance of four miles, TO the resi-
dence of w. c.. Orr-one of the firm-wliere
we stopped for the night, 10 look at this
farm house from u distance, through the
~leatless. bounhs of the trees, which encircle
it, one may not be struck with admiration OF
its beauty, but a visit within reveals to the
appreciatiye person that the missing beauty
of The outside is doubly stored within. The
change from a drear and lonely ride over
hills and valleys, away from civilization,
with nothing but bleak, desolate, snowy
mountains upon which to- gaze for a long
summer day, to a seat in the family circle Of
this stranger-friend was supremacy pleasant
to us. The open fireplace, with its blazing
embers, the mantle-piece made after the
fashion of twenty years ago, upon which
rested the brass clock, supported on either
side by vases Of spreading flowers, and then
the. aged grandmother with two little boys,
idols of her heart and happiness, seated by
her side; the cheerful mother and babe on
her lap, andsthe father, Witlrslightly silvered
locks, and brow wrinkled somewhat with
eel by the. sunshine around his hearthstone,
made up that home circle, the thoughts of
which take, us back to the days of our boy
hood. Iadeed, it was ona.of the most plea
SAINT evenings we have passed for many
years., Next morning we, took a stroll about
the, barns and ~corrals. Their thoroughbred
CotsWold sheep, which We're reported. as
badly. afflicted with scab u year ago, we
found looking very well, they hayings been
entirely cured, and their long tleeees are very
perfect, and beautiful. Their fine stations
were also in excellent trim. We also no.
ticed some number one y%earling colts in the
barn, which they are breaking to the halter.
Lobo Iod, No. 1861 Canada stock, the
~leadingssire Of their herd. which we saw in
his stall, is the largest and one of. the finest
thorougbreds we have yet seen. Messrs.