Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-09
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in his tounIry-A komauc, OF Tie
soa-M c,ttru Ranches.
There arc over 81 coo head oC fuU
biuOdod Jersey cattle in tho Uuited States.
whereas wo had none little more than
thirty years ago. Some of these cat;le ar,
crlugiuH sums of money that make tho
tulip craze in Holland some hundreds of
years ago Insignificant The greatest cow
on the continent is Mary Ann, OF 81. Lam
bettS she makes 12O pounds of buttor in
54S consecutive days. All this tiuo Jersey
hntter is worth 90 cents pound. There
have been imported into America or bred
here 5000 Jersey bulls aud 10 600 COWS,
bull called Stoke Pogis ", belonging
to SeoIoy " Miller, at Franklin, Pa
could not be bought month ago for
Slu,OOO. The same gentleman paid Sl2, 500
To n. Is. Darling for tho bull Michael
Angelo when he was six weeks old, Under
the name of Jerseys arc included cattle
from Adcrncy aud Sark. The price has
greatly gone up in those islands on account
OF iaucy herdlng both in England and
America. Some uthcr American fauciers
buy llOlsteins, the Polled Angus breed of
Scotland. the GallOways aud the Here
tords. Most of our express company kings
are cattlc.hrrdcrs and the forwarding of
these animals 10y express involves quite q
little item ofmoney.
At the Kellogg sale OF Jersey fancy cat
tle IN New York the other day, 90 head
Drought go, 900 cash. Tho cattle from
the tarm of Nalcucoy T.. Fuller, of llamil
ton, ohtarin, wcrc especially favored, aud
fetched very high prices. \ beautiful
( silver gray COW with iuIurviug horns,
/ Honeymoon of st. Lambert, by name,
/ brought - 100, and Cowslip, OF St Lam
bert, trom tho same farm, was Knocked
/ town for $4,000, Blmba's Daughter,
from The farm OF \. b. Darling, was
sharply bid FOR before IL. L. Pierce, of
Boston, succeeded IN getting her for the
enormous amount OF IS. 200 This gentle
man, II. w. W. Corning, OF Cleveland
/. X Proc'ur, aud several others were
heavy purchasers. \ year old bull
brought - 4oO, a wear Oh COW % OOO. an
; year oil CIV $1,000, another cow, ,S2, 100,
another st Si,siO, and a dozen others
ranging down 10 $1,000 each The - 200
cow is , years old, and gave % pounds of
uusalted butter IN 81 days.
Two Young HoiIsnders Drowned At sea
When the fine herd Of Dutch Tristan
cattle were imported by Roberts, Durncl
y Hicks, Of East Bradford and East
Goshen, Chester county. on the seventh Of
last July, there came along with them two
hollaod youths-J J. Baker and r. Van
Der LeJ. The latter was the older Of the
two, being about 90 Bakkcr was from
WiereugerwaaTd Van Der Lei from
Ayres, Owemerend Holland. Baker
belonged TO well To do family OF whose
father some Of the cattle now in Chester
county bad been bought. Van Der Lei
was not SO well oil and had no immediate
family aud no particular ties To bind him
70 Holland, and So accepted position
20 care for the cattle ia their Journey over
and for time here. Baker, on the
other hand, came along to see the
country and have a good time as became
| his meaus and station in IN. They
were both well educated and' jQeke their
own, German, French and A9lish Ian
! guages. la Holland young man does
not come Of age until he is twenty three,
ard this Van Der Leij would not have
been until next June aud 50 when he left
Holland last year be left with the intcn.
ton of returning this spring when he
should be of age and settle up his affairs
aud then return - the United States for
good. Baker accompanied him on this
understanding aud thus would have his
company home. The two boys have been
=, AIerton farm, East Bradford, ever
SluCe the cattle arrived there, when on
April -, they sailed from New York for
Glasgow, thence To Holland. John II.
Hicks, OF East Bradford, is already in
Holland buying more Tristan cattle with
which he expects 70 start for home about
the middle Of June aud Van Der Lei was
TO accompany him aud make this his fu
ture home. But, alas, the sad news comes
that the steamer on which they sailed col
! lided with another ship IN mid ocean aud
Of the lG7 passengers only A were saved
Among tho list OF tho saved the names of
| II Rtk gar and Van laP T.att a
and they are presumably lost.
PhiIsdsIpbil brokers Operating q Raucn.
\ ranch of 200 acres, located near
Livingstone, Montana territory, and
formerly owned by General James 5.
Brisbin, of Centre county, Pa has been
recently transferred to a laud company,
the title Of which is "The Paradise Valley
Land and Improvement company" The
capital stock is ST5 .0O0 half of which is
held by tho banking house OF T.. X
Jamison IL Co., and half by General Brs
bin. There are thirteen Pennsy lvauianf
on the ranch, who were sent ont to be
employed in an extensive dairy business
for which plans have been perfected. A
creamery aud grist mill are to be erected
and, as another source of profit the com
plny will engage in the raising Of bloodeG
stock.
ATrip TO II Western Cattle Rsnoh.
A party of Phladelphians, consisting o
G. |. Cragin, j. Warren COulston, Henry
G. Terry, Louis Dreka and other stock
holders of the Cragin cattle company
leave Philadelphia next week for trip tC
their cattle ranch in the Indian territory
The ranch is one Of the largest in the
West, embracing an area of 135 square
miles, in one fenced field and stocked with
$500 600 worth of cattle. A calf crop OF
5000 is expected this spring. The ranch
abounds with game OF ali kinds, from
quail, prairie chickens and other wild
fowl to antelope and bears.
PERSONAL.