The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-14
sHIAwAssEE COUNTY NOTES

olnCe our WISH 10 onidWdSScS Souh
ty we have given notice OF our visit
to each Of the larger breeders there,
and slight description of the stock
we saw in their yards. AS those no.
tees were devoted almost exclusively
to stock and stock breeding, we now
design to go back to the point from
which we started, and go over our
trip and mention some of the farmers
with whom we met, and some of the
things we saw that interested us while
there and embrace all in one article.
Starting one of those cold morn
ings in January, with Mr.. Hubbard as
driver of foxy four year old mare,
and plenty of fur wraps to keep us
comfortable and warm, we wendell
our way southwark and then eastward
where it was supposed that a little
missionary work in the way of ex-
tending the circulation of the Farmer
would do some good and at the same
time be appreciated.
The first man on whom we called
was NJ. ID. Grow, who has farm Of
400 acres, T3o of which is under cul-
tivation. There is kept on the farm
a flock of grade Merino sheep that
clip on an average about 10 lbs of
wool. Mr.. Grow has splendid
young orchard occupying about four
acres of ground, from which he sold
three hundred and forty.six dollars
worth of fruit last year and cut nearly
eight tons Of hay. That showing
gives something of an idea as to
whether an orchard pays liberal
interest on the capital invested or
not. ....
Across the way we find the Messrs.
H. c. H. & J. Paine, who have farm
of aa7 acres on which they have re-
Gently built large farm house. They
keep quite large flock of grade Me-
rino sheep that clip about nine lbs. of
wool. They also keep grade Short
horn cattle. On their farm they have
four apple orchards that produce well
and make large returns on their out
lay. sf1tft .aa
We called at the farm owned by
Prof. Cook of the Agricultural Col
lege, Lansing, and saw his ShorthornS
that he is keeping there. The red
bull bred by the McPhersons of
Howell, sired by their Waterloo bull
and out of Darlington COW was led
out. He is solid red in color and
carries some of the characteristics OF
his sire. The old Strawberry COW
was in fine condition and looked as
though she was able 10 add to her
long list OF honors won in the show
ring. The Victoria Duchess COW
bought at the Avery & Murphy Sale
is mature yet, and her condition in
dicates that she is not getting the
feed and care that her high breeding
entities her to. We regretted that
the Professor was not at the farm the
day on which we were there.
We drove over 10 the residence oil
B. B. Hardy, who has an excellent
farm of $40 acres, on which he has a
large farm house, and a new b m
which is the largest and finest we
have found in our travels. The front
or main portion of this barn is rs
feet long by so feet wide, with an adj
joining attachment on the rear Is
feet square. The entire structure has
posts FL feet long, that stand or
eight feet of solid basement wall. Ii
is covered with gambrel roof, which
also adds to the immense space fol-
the storing of forage. The basemen,
is used for horse stables, cattle sta
bles and sheep stables. On the tor
OF the barn is placed a IA feet WIND
mill that runs an Excelsior feed grind
er that grinds feed satisfactorily
though not as fast as was claimed it
would by the agents who sold it
We found Mr.. Hardy warm frieno
of the Farmer, reading and profit ing
| by IL. He had lust sold 81 MerinC
wethers for mutton for 81 per head
while neighbor who thought he was
too poor to take the Farmer sold /;
lot Of 81 wethers equally as good 70,
$a.5o per head, simply because HI
was not posted as to the market valu,
of mutton sheep. Mr.. H. has laie
the foundation for a herd of Holster
cattle. He has bull called Adorp
bred by w. X. Sexton, Howell, ant
the COW Minnie Boss, imported b,
B. b. Lord, Sinclairville, N. Y, from
VIM. Boss in Holland. This Gov
has dropped two heifer calves sine,