The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-08-12
ARLINGTON.
Rambler" Gives an Interesting De-
scription Of Capt. James E.
Abernathy's Farm.

EDITOR CITIZEN IL ne little val
ley ON Big creek, known as Pleas
ant Valley, is one of the prettiest
sections OF Giles coui ty. II is in a
good state Of cultivation and ON the
road to still greater Improvement.
The well known darlington Flour
Ing Mills" are situated in this val
ley, and are a great convenience to
the surrounC ing country. A beau
tiful little church is a most pleasing
feature OF the landscape. A num-
Der of quiet homesUeads, with their
surrounding orchards, fields of tas-
selling corn bending gracefully to
every breeze; blooming fields of
cotton and wide-spreading mead
ows, now dotted all over with sum-
mer flowers, combine to make a
picture Of peaceful beauty calcula-
ted to lift the soul of the most cal
lous with gratitude and reverence
to the beneficent Being who has
showered So many blessings upon
The world. Another feature that
adds greatly to the beauty and con-
venience of Pleasant Valley is the
excellent road that follows the
windings OF Big creek to Its mouth
1t is the best road | have seen in
Giles county, especially the section
controlled by Mr.. ID. A. Mcknight,
who proves himself TO be skillful
civil engineer, as well as a model
school teacher and farmer. But l
find myself wandering from the
main purpose of this letter, which is
to speak particularly of Capt. Jas.
K. Abernathy's beautiful farm, Gar
lingt and what he is doing in
the way of stock growing Airing
ton contains about 500 acres, situa.
ted on both sides of Big creek, all
inclosed. except % acres of wood.
land. There are at present about
100 acres in corn, 80 in cotton, 40 in
meadow, and 125 in pssturage, be-
sides numerous lots. Capt. Aber
nathy has paid a great deal of at
tention to fruit growing and has one
of the most extensive orchards In
the county. He has 1900 apple
trees, 800 pear, 300 grape vines; be-
sides peach, cherry, plum, etc., all
of select and rare varieties. His
apple and pear crop is very album
dant this season. He has two of
the best arranged and best built
barns in the county-one for hors-
es and the other for cows-with
shelters, lots, ETC., attached, while a
beautiful little mountain stream of
living water flows through the loJs
within a few feet of the barns. Al
together, Arlington is one of the
most attractive and desirable farms
in the county, particularly suited to
stock breeding. l took occasion to
ride through the present growing
crop, and | have not seen a finer
prospect in the county; indeed, one
''cropper" on the place, Mr.. Jen
kins, has crop which do not hes
itate to pronounce the best l have
seen this season. His cotton prom
Uses to make bale per acre. Mr..
Jenkins is a model farmer; his
crop is perfectly clean, there is not
weed or sprig of grass growing
about any of the stumps, and his
cotton rows extend into the corners
of the fence. / can say of him
what l cannot say of any other
farmer in the county, that his vege-
table garden is perfectly cultivated
and free from grass and weeds.
Capt. Alternately has strong taste
for stock growing and ever since he
commenced farming has bred from
fine animals, but like others that 1
have been talking about ill these
letters, he did not realize the I'M
portance of pedigrees. 1 am glad to
note that he has at last begun to
appreciate this Indispensable requi-
site to successful stock breeding.
He has now a small herd of short
horns and, in connection with two
of his neighbors, Mr.. D. A. Nc
knight and Hon. James Saunders,
has recently purchased a young
bull, "Duke of Arlington" that will
compare favorably with anything in
this country both In breeding and
individual excellence. He was
bred by Mark 5. Cockrill, of Rich
land farm near Nashville, and was
calved May 2Sth. 1878, got by 9th
Duke OF Hillhurst, (22, S05); 1st
dam End Goodness of Richland, by
Derby, (7,SoO;) End dam Goodness
of Richland, by Derby, as above;
3rd dam Goodness End, by Belle
vile. 81, 246;) 18th dam imp. Good
ness, by Orontes, (4,623), and
through thirteen imported crosses
to the Colonel" (152). The Ouch
ess family of shorthorns are the
most famous breed in the world and |
have sold for the highest prices, one
of them having brought at public
sale $4,000. to go to England.
The 10th Duchess of Hillhurst, the
great granddam of the Duke of
Arlington, has already yielded her
owner, Hon. NJ. II. Cochran, of
Canada, 81, 900 in gold, leaving
six OF her produce on hand.
His sire, 9th Duke of Hillhurst,
cost $500 in gold. The National
Live Stock Journal, of May 8th,
says of her: "There is something
truly remarkable about the product
ivenesss and rare individual merit
of the descendants of the old 10th
Duchess; cow that enjoys the dis
tinction of being the near ances-
tress of some 100000 of stock"
Too much praise cannot be given
to Capt. Alternately and his co la
borers in their enterprising efforts
to improve the stock of the county.
He has also one of the choicest
focks OF Southdown and Cotswold
sheep in the state. The South
downs are pure Wslsingham and
Webb families, headed by a buck
by a Walsingham buck, imported
by Davenport d Lisle, of Kentucky,
and his Cotswold buck is by buck
got by the famous Duke of Buriord,
the most celebrated buck ever i'm
ported into the United States. He
was sold for $1,000. 1t is some
what surprising that our people will
send to other states and pay such
prices for animals to
breed from when they have such
hocks as those of Capt. Alternately
and others in the county to pick