The Portland daily press., 1882-04-08
SPLENDID STOCK.
A Portland Mans Great stock Farm

One of the best known and most successful
firms OF importers and breeders of stock IN
this country is that of George e. Brown 81 Co.,
of Aurora, ILL.,, and visit to their stock farm
just outside the western limits OF that city
will well repay any admirer OF noble horses
and fine cattle, whether novice or expert The
Aurora Beacon says the firm is composed oi
Messrs George E. Brown, resident here, and
G. A. Brown of Portland, Me-, prominent
manufacturer of wood pulp paper stock. Mr.
George E. Brown, the active partner, was the
pioneer in importing Holstein cattle to the
West, and has made speciality Of the business
for the past ten years. 1t having been deter
mined that the headquarters of the firm should
be in the West, he removed from Massachu-
setts in 1876, bringing their cattle and horses
with him, and located at Elgin; but their
stock proved immensely popular, and their
business SO increased as to soon outgrow their
accommodations, and in casting about for
more room it became apparent that Aurora
offered better facilities than any other point,
while at the same time being easy of access by
rail from every direction. They leased Geo.
Sheldon's large farm, just beyond the city
limits on the Galena road, only about mile
from the depot, and took possession three
years ago. lQuite extensive improvements
were made at that time, but so fast has their
business increased that each year they have
been compelled to extend their facilities by
the erection of new buildings, and they are
now putting up two new barns, go and so feet
respectively, which will afford them total
length of 40 feet of barns. The absolute
necessity for more room aised the question OF
purchasing suitable territory; consequently
the brother, Mr. G. A. Brown, came West a
little while ago, and together they looked over
several large farms in this vicinity, but those
considered most desirable for their purpose
were not for sale, and we imagine the project
was abandoned for the present, as they have
since commenced the two new barns above
mentioned.
In the way of cattle the firm conflne them
selves to Holsteins. Mr.. Geo. E. Brown
visits Europe every summer and makes his
selections from the famous herds OF the
Netherlands; pure, registered animals. They
are large, finely formed, gentle, tractable,
hardy, and give an enormous yield OF rich
milk for the dairy. At all fairs and stock
shows G.. e. Brown & Co.'s stock have taken
all the honors Th cir sales of calves amounted
to over $4,000 in 1881, of 1925, each for calves
f1om eight to fourteen months old. Both as
milk and beef these Holsteins are unrivalled.
Their imported Cleveland Bay and English
draft horses are splendid animals. The latter
are large, heavy, with great depth of chest,
massive shoulders, firm, hard, smooth legs
with we'll defined joints, gentle in disposition,
graceful and easy of movement. The Cleve-
land Bays are large elegant horse, standing
is IA to is 1-2 hands. weighing 1850 to 1900
pounds, with fine head, full, bright eye, long
arch neck, oblique sh oulders, deep chest,
short back, long quarters, strong clean legs
and feet, and flowing names and tails