Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-10
THE LOWER END.
FARM ERs AND nAIRYMEN OF COLE
RAIN

FARM ERs AND DAIRYMEN OF COLE
RAIN.
From . Travelling Correspondent OF the
"Intelllgoncer."
A trip through the southern end Of this
county at this season of the year proves
to be very interesting indeed. Leaving
Christiana, along the old "valley" OF
estate ~ road through the Nine Points
and into Bart and Colerain townships, you
pass through one of the finest sections OF
our productive county. Here can be
found some of the best Of her farms, and
her nost experienced Armers (; and
some of the old landmarks. You pass a
number of old stone dwellings, some COW
cred with plaster, others with their ex-
posed stone, showing the good masonry
that was done in ye Olden time. The hotel
at Nine Points looks as if it was at least
one hundred years old, and the Red Lion
on the Valley rcad," for over eighty
years, has opened its door to the weary
stranger, but it never had a more genial
host than Mr.. Albright proves to be. Old
stone barns and houses can be seen that
will equal if not surpass those to be seen
around Quarryvillc, where that edificc
known as " the Ark" is about celebrating
its centennial.
From the "State'' road across to the
Octoraro creek, which divides ours from
Chester county, the land is good-a plenti-
full harvest is with rare exception gather
ed by the sOwer. Lying in the valley it is
watcrcd by the OctOraro principally and
its west branch. 1t is q beautiful strip
of country. The section compOs-
ing Colerain and Bart, and i'm
mediately around Kirkwood and Union
is settled mostly by ScOtch-1rish descen-
dants, of that good honest stock, and as
nOspitable As honest. Such names as the
Harrars, Hogs, Galbraiths, Whitesides,
COllinscs, ROneys, Stewards and many
others, embrace all the features of the
model farmer-hOspitality, honesty and
experience. The wheat crop this year
has been good in this section, as
also the oats but III soine sections
the corn is thin," Yet not q failure, due
to the dry weather. The farms average
near one hundred and twenty or thirty
acres apiece, while some have over two
hundred. But large or snail, on all you
notice evidences of thrift aud success in
farming-the foundation of civilization.
There are several productive dairy farms
in COlerain that send to the Philadelphia
and Baltimore markets hundreds of pounds
of butter weekly. Tho Hoggs arc the
most experienced dairy men, and it is q
pleasure and profit to visit their dairies.
Thursday was "churn day" at Robert
HOgg's and VIC took advantage of it to pay
our promised visit. Everything about
the dairy is cleanliness and order. Mr..
II. has at present about thirty
five fresh cows he is also raising num-
ber of fine young calves. This has been
his business for over thirty years and from
it he has made for himself fine fortune.
In all that time he has sent to the Balti-
more and Philadelphia markets tons and
tons OF butter. 1t is interesting, indeed,
to visit the dairy and have him tell you
/" all about it," After speaking of his sue
cess as 4 cattle raiser, and showing us his
fine stock, hc took lis to the spring house.
This is largo building bountifully
supplied with cold water from
a spring just outside its walls. Tho floor
is laid out in what reminds you Of ave.
nues of running water. Ehcre are four
streams :; between each are elevated walks
spanned by miniature bridges. After
milking, the lacteal fluid is poured into
shallow tin buckets, to a depth of perhaps
6 or S inches, and left stand to sour,
small quantity ofsour milk is put in each
can to quicken the process and form its
cream, They have two churnings each
week, GO to Is pounds being made at each
churning. Mrs. Iogg superintends the
moulding, all butter made here being
cast into half pound Jumps, and all of it is
shipped to 4 prominent commission house
in Baltimore.
"Is there great demand at this seas )n
of the wear for butter, equal to that of any
other 2" we asked.
There are seasons" Mr.. II. answered,
d" when the demand increases or diminishes
We get thirty cents per pound for all the
butter we ship. 1t is put up in tubs
packed in ice This is the season when
butter is very much in demand. In tho
spring, it falls OF, mostly due of the arrival
of fresh fish on the markets."
To tho question "What was the
highest price You received for butter
during the war ~ Mr.. II. said that
in March 1864, lie received 80
cents per pound for butter by the box
Of a hundred pounds or more, and the
lowest was in March or April, 1862, when
he only received 90 cents = pound. lie
said also, that when the war was in pro-
gress it was very troublesome to ship but
ter, and that many tubs were lost by de-
lay in the railroad companies failure to
run regularly or make connections.
All the surplus milk from which the
cream is taken and all the buttermilk is
fed to the hogs, and Mr.. II. has a great
number of nice swine, together with. four
litters of pigs. His pig-pen, like every
house on the large farm, is complete in all
its requirements. Above are large bins of
feed which is transmitted to the trOughs and
feed boxes below by tubes. Everything
denotes experience and economy, and it
has been these two characteristics together |
with business tact that has made Mr.. II.
the man of prominence and means that he |
is today, and it is these that are charac-
teristic of all the people in this section
Did Democratic Colerain, the banner |
Of Democracy. /
And, Mr.. Editor, cannot close this let |
5er without speaking of the nice little vii
age, KirkwoOd, small it is but very
pleasant place. For some time it has |
borne the enviatle record for De-
that there was but one |
Republican in the town. but this will |
;oon be al idle jest for the blacksmith
will be reinforced with the grocer
md they, too, shall wage war for Re-
Yes, Mr.. Turner, who has
1ept tie Kirkwood store for years and
leptssit well, leaves for New London,
Ihester county, and Mr.. Truman, of the
Union, takes his place. 1t is a fair exchange
'ut it adds ono for the opposition.
SID NAL.
Providence Pickings.
The oats harvest is now finished and the
armerS exnect 4 good Weld