The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-29
IMPROVEMENT IN STOCK
A GLIMPSE AT J. W. BLACKWELL 3
STOCK FARM.

A. GLIMPSE AT ]. W. BLAcKWELLs
STOCK FARM.
A trihe more than quarter Of Q
mile from the RECORDER office, In q
southwesterly direction, we find the
stock barns (and we suppose we may
say the "farm") of Mr.. j. W. Black
we'll. Few, comparatively speaking,
Of our readers visit the place, and
fewer still know of the attractions it
presents to those who are interested
in the raising of blooded live stock
whether bovine or equine. 1t is oily
a little more than a year ago that Mr.
Blackwell engaged in the effort to
improve live stock hereabouts, but the
thousands of dollars he has paid Out
for Seattle" the large expense he has
been at in building and equipping his
barns, stables and yards, show that he
is thoroughly in earnest in the work
he. has entered upon.
Mr.. Blackwell confesses himself to
be an amateur, but, all the same, he
is a wide-awake, we'll posted one,
His first effort, il we remember rightly,
toward the improvement of livestock
hereabouts was to bring some jersey
and Guernsey cows, and during the
past year he has not only purchased
them at as high as $500 per head, but
he has also not been sparing Of money
in subsequent efforts to enhance the
value of not only bis own stock but
that of his neighbors as well. lie
now has nineteen head Of these IA
yorlto breeds of cattle, their cost rep
resenting some theusapds of dollars,
and all of them are, if VIC remember
rightly, registered. 1t takes time and
money and patience to educate the
masses Of the people to the necessity
or the advisability of improving their
livestock, but Mr.. Blackwell, has
plenty Of time, plenty Of money 1--WE
won't swear as TO the PATIENCE. ard
we know that he has already accom-
plished a work of far greater good
than can he gpwmed up in a news
paper sketch. r.
In horses, Mr.. Blackwell is making
Q specially Of the we'll known Clydes.
dale stock. In ks stables we were
particularly impressed by a Glydes.
dale stallion, imported at one year Of
age and now FIVE years old. He is o
beautiful dappls gray, weighs 1890
pounds, All though one would think
at first sight that he would be "slow,"
or "heavy" upon his feet, quite the
contrary is the case. He is wonder
fully quick in action, and his progeny
ought to be of the best. or course
we noticed other horses in the stable
We all know how fond friend Black.
well Is Of a speedy and fine looking
korse-but we especially noticed how
complete we're all the arrangement
for the care aud comfort Of his blood
ed stock. Last fall be began build
ing his stable, and some Of the i'm.
provements he proposed to carry out
ere not quite completed at this writ
ing. be has made the front Of III,
buildings ornamental, and in thu
front yard is Q fountain which add
materially TO the general effect.
Lookipg through the buildings ",
find all sorts Of eopyepiences. Their,
is the proprietor's private "dep"-:
(but since he has changed 50 recent
" from Bachelor 10 Benedict w
don't suppose he will have much u.s.
for it. His friends will appreciate It
all the same; There is a windmill
for pumping an abundant supply o
water; there is q Gardner Carlisle
Pa engine with machinery for cgttini
feed: there are perfect arraugeTcrt!
for drainage-in brief, the concern i
a model one of its kind.
But Mr.. Blackwell does not devOl,
his whole time to the stables and thei
occupants. He is u farmer, workIn.
between two hundred and three hun
bred acres, and he also is a very ex-
tensiye dealer in wagons, receiving
the famous NeG" wagon By car load
lots, and offering them to farmers aI
prices that are certainly adyantage
Gus.
Some people outside Of the hall
dozen adjacent counties may wondoI
who J. w. Blackwell is. He Is
younger brother Of Col. W. I. Black
we'll, known in connection will
Blackwell's Durham Manufacturing
Company the country over. lie is
na;iye Of Person corrty and not ye
thirty years If. age In 1871 he FRS
made Durham his hSRe;. from tht
academy he gravitated TO the factory
and in 1878 he became q clerk in Par
rish's warehouse CHE old Durham
in 20 he became one Of the firm o
Cooper, Blackwell & Co, in th
Planters warehouse, where Stokes
Hall now Is; then he formed part,