Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-03
AGRICULTURAL.

the cattle and grain regions of the uniteo
States. The Scotsman published in Edin
burg, is printing n series of letters written
as they say, "by our own agricultural re
| porter, that are full of interests. In one
dated Mayo City, the large stock farms O.
Ia, as are described. After stating that or
the lSt of January, lS7G. the number o
mich cows in Kansas was 235, 900. of oxen
and other cattle isG, 300, of sheep 12l, 00C
and of hogs 2iG, ,OOO, and giving other stats
tics, he goes on to speak oil two large cattle
| farms
durham Park lies in the eastern division
| of the State. Just south of the central line,
and all around for many miles is n beautiful
| OF l rolling prairie. 1t extends to l0,OO
ac,. $, was purchased. four years ago by Mr..
| ALI. IT Crane, of Chiclgo-a wealthy gentle
mna Of English descent. who has for long
time been engaged in real estate speculations.
1t was then all prairie, but Mr. Crane has en-
| closed and subdivlded the whole, erecting i'll
| all forty-three miles of 'post and plank"
| fence, at cost of 500 per mile. About
| 5000 acres have been brought under cut:Ya-
ton, and more than average crops of Indian
| fertile. sandy loan, and Is very easily culti-
waited. The shorthorn herd numbers in all
about two hundred head. and contains n
Bates and Booth department. Ii has been
| collected with great care and almost regard
less of outlay, Is in good condition. and Is
really n very valuable herd. Refreshing
sight indeed to glance at those stylish, mas
sive roans after six weeks ramble among
long horned, rough, ragged looking Texans
and grades All things are Judged by com
parison. The popular ''red. white and roam"
never before seemed so grand an animal. No
razor backs here. characteristic Ameri-
can, who happened to inspect the herd along
with the writer and who claimed some ac-
quaintance with Texas cows, handled one Of
the stock bulls carefully, and stretching his
arm across the broad, wel-covered loins of
the massive animal, he remarked with the air
of n critic, Guess he amt got a very well
shed roof that up
''The Bates department numbers over sew
enty, and at the head of it are Grand Prince
of Clara (2S7SI, Royal Lancaster (29S70),
and Lord Bates H. (237I0)- bulls of good
character and fair quality. The second and
third Duchesses of Airdrie are at Messrs.
Avery & Murphy's Fort Huron, paying
visit to the twenty-thrd Duke of Airdrie,
but their two yearling heiferS (Duchesses of
Airdrie, sixth and SEVENTH, after second
Duke of Hillhurt, are here, and are looking
well. Mr.. Crane recently refused an offer of
100000 f20, ,0OO) for these four females.
The fine, lengthy, stylish, light roam Hecuba
bull Lord OF the Lake (2025O) is at the head
of the Booth department, and is assisted by
Star of the Border (2i923), of the famous
Braithwaite Vesper family by Knight of
the Crescent straight Torr; and by Star
of the Empire, pure Booth, and hali-broth-
er to Star of the Border Several of the fe-
males in this department are of very high
crit, but extended notice here is impossi-
bic. MIR. Crane, of course. from such high
pedigreed animals, as about third of the
herd rear bulls that are too valuable to use
in the improving of the general stock of the
country, but still from number of his pure
cows and from herd of grades, he raises
more than hundred bulls, which he sells at
from $50 to SlU0 to farmers throughout the
Western States. He finds that the demand
for bulls of this kind is larger than he can
supply. A few of these graded bulls are
plain, but on the average they show fair
shapes and good quality. A Colorado stock
owner took away II useful lot of thirty the
other day, at from SEQ TO so head. She'd
ding is abundant, and all the shorthorns
were stalled at the time OF my visit.
in addition to the shorthorns and graded
cows, Mr.. Crane has about 1000 improved
Texas cows and steers, which run through
the parks and which will be fed OFF on grass
and hay and probably also little corn. Last
winter 100 cows were fed and sent to Kansas
City where they sold at close on six cents
per pound. With good feeding the steers
now grazing at Durham park should make
good beef. Mr.. Crane also owns Il lot of very
fine Berkshire and Poland China hogs, and
realizes large prices both for breeaing and
hatcher animals. A talented Scotchman, Mr.. |
William Watson, late of Kellior. Forfarshire,
is manager at Durham park, and that fact |
alone is sufficient testimony of how affairs
are conducted"
Mr.. George Grant (vho has an estate of |
%, 900 acres near Victoria Station on the Kan |
sas Pacific has about 500 acres under cult |
Walton, and, besides wheat, oats and rye, he |
grows large quantities of Indian corn and |
millet for feed 10 his stock. Exclusive of |
calves, Mr. Grant owns over SUG cattle. about |
an equal number of cows, two years olds and |
yearlings. The cows are selection of Mis- |
souri, grades and improved Cherokees and |
Texans and Tor crossing with these, really |
good shorthorned and polled bulls were i'm
ported, the former from England. and the |
latter from the herd OF the late Mr.. George |
Brown, Westertown, Fochabers. Scotland.
The bulls We're grazing close by Victoria
Station, and are certainly as good rs any one
might desire for raising commercial stock.
The polled bulls, four IN number, are full OF
flesh, and seemed quite ut home on the prai-
rIes. Here, also, were four or five good
young shorthorn cows which Mr.. Grant im
ported from the Queens Windsor farm for
the purpose of keeping himself supplied
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II puiiS are 'HsiiS rec"siii"'l ihty are
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iIu III S'her"i S'ylc ana l'lIi'y ,hey are ui-
lllS'aAapie poiis' lhey 40 not STAND SO
llSh rs the short-hofhs Crosses nnt are
Ihlcker, anu us RUE more htshy- Inc prai-
fies ei The west seem admirably adapted i"r
ne glossy blacks ana am Slad 10 under
'tand that ME- "rant intends giving them
thorough trial. lie purposes introducing
ew pure polled cows, and will retain all his
black cross heliers for breeding. Last WIN
er' MIR. Grant led an equal number "i short
lorns and polled crosses oi his own rearing
N Indian corn, millet and hay, and ON their
'eing slaughtered at Kansas city, the blacks
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he fall when they are tnkrp down TO Victo-
ia, and fed in IL corral and corn and millet
turing winter and after that they get no
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eeding his steers on Indian corn. millet and
nay, so as to prepare them for the Eastern
american and British markets. Mr. Grant
contracts with "A man by the wear for the
of his cattle. the range on
which they are kept being unsettled govern
nent railway and school land. He pays
hree dollars IA head. or lbs. IL wear. and the
attlemnn has to board himself find his own
assistants three men and horses lslx or
.ipht)-and return every animal MT the end