The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-07-29
CECIL COUNTY STOCK.
A Few of Our Prominent farmers and
Stock RaiserS.

While cell county can Justly claim rs
large prupori ion of intelligent farmers 20
her population as any county in the State,
there are Il number of them, particularly in
the upper sections of the county, who have
b.-n conspiculously successful as stock
feeders and growers. 1t was with some
considerable personal qualification that our
attention was called to IhiS fact recently
by gentleman oil Philadelphia.
lyon have, said he, "sume enterprisng
stock men in Cecil"
eyes, W. replied "!he attention of
farmers in Cecil has been of recent years
turned I" The advantages of raising superior
breeds OF cattle, and there has been, conSe-
uuenrly. marked Improvement in the
classes and grades of stock raised in the
county. Our farmers find that it is to their
pecuniary advantage 10 cultivate well-bred
stock. That it costs comparatively little,
if any, more, outside of the first cost OF the
cattle, to raise thorough bred aud graded
stock than it does TO keep scrub CATTLE to
say nothing of the credit and satisfaction of
raising tirSt-clasS animals
'Sol.le of the finest cattle ! have seen in
our market came from your county" was
the reply "A short time ago / happened
to be at the Philadelphia Drove Yards, and
my attention was called to a lot which |
believe were pronounced the best in the
yard that day. They were fed 10y Mr.
Moore of the Sixth district. in your coun-
ty.'
"ie>, sir, we replied" Mr. VIM. Moore
is one of the best judges of stock in the
county, and il successful feeder of cattle.
The lot of cattle YOU refer to We're probably
no better than the average fed by him. He
knows Il good stock steer when he sees
one, and taking :: cool head and a good
Judgment to market with him, he buys for
Winter feeding only the bes, quality of ami
mails. He finds that the grain he feeds TO
the right kind OF cattle makes, in the long
run, u better return than selling the corn.
Mr.. Moore has considered this matter rs an
intelligent man OF business should con-
slider it. He saw that the great railroad
system of this country had brought the
grain growers of the Atlantic States into
direct competition with the great grain
growers of the prairie farms Of the West
That farmers in this section of Maryland
were compelled, in self defense, to do a bet
ter business than grow corn to sell in the
same market with large growers, who could
underSell them. And so, like many other
good business farmers, lie has turned his
nerative method OF disposing of the corn
grown upon his farms. He has succeeded.
and many other farmers are following his
example protitably."
In this connection we think it no reflec-
ton upon other prominent stock growers in
Cecil nor mere tiattery of Mr.. Horace H.
| Duyckinck, of the Ninth district, to say
that he can beat the country on oxen. Be-
sides his natural shrewdness and business
capacity As Il farmer, he has special talent
and tact for handling and training cattle.
/ In 1876, he exhibited at the Centennial Elk
hibition pair of oxen that were In compe-
tition with the country at large. They
were awarded the first prize. With other
pairs he has taken numerous prizes at
I county agricultural fairs, and at the Cecil
Agricultural Exhibition, in the Fall of
1880, after his Devons were exhibited by
himself, there was not an exhibitor who
! would compete with him.
! William Preston, Of the Eighth district,
is scarcely less successful as grower of
fine stock. His Short HON cattle of his
own raising compete successfully with the
best stock wherever exhibited. Visitors to
the Cecil Agricultural Fair at Elkton will
readily recall the fine herd of Short Horns
exhibited by Mr.. Preston.
| john Evans, of the Sixth district, is also
equally suei.as-tl.i as . fee1er and grower
He generally has !. pair or Two of hnc oxen
that would command il premium anywhere.
/ John Ewing, of the same district is an
other farmer whose judgment in raising
and feeding cattle is no, inferior To that IF
those na.ne4.
Carl kimble, of the Sc. eu... district is
one of the most successful OF Cecil county
cattle feeders. He is in every sense a
"stock man, his Judgment of cattle being
tie best.
William c"c,~s, aAq Own, one Of the
finest grazing farms in the state, il ,he
peer of any one of those mentioned AS Il
judge Of stock.
Joseph Lincoln, near Rising sun, while
;toF tee.tin. as great Il number of cattle as
the farmers just Efeationad, raises as fine
Short Horn stock as any farmer N tiis
county.
William Terry, Of the same neighborhood
is another farmer whose Short Horn stock
compare t4yorahly with those grown by
the largest srowefs.
In Jersey cattle Adam Ii. Magraw!s herd
beat certainly in number and quality any
herd in the county, if not on the Ester n
Shore q, Maryland.
In other sections ST Fhe cohnty there are
other farmers scarcely less prominent than
those We have named. Eoticeably the
Messrs. .Mackey, of tine Fourth district
Mr.. Townsend Poole. of the Third district,
and others, WHOM We shall take pleasure
in naming hereafter.
The fact, We think, is gratifying that at
tention is being directed outside of the
cG4Hty 70 OH :holpe" stock growers and
feeders, --n ae'.-.aiF ia!dicates that our
farmers are enterprising and progressive.
1t needs no argument to show that we are
alike interested in the success and prosper-
ity of our farmers. In their success re all
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