The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-01-29

who expressed themselves nlSnly pleas
ed with the neat and meth. deal man.
ner Mr.. Mccullough kept every thing
and conducted his business.
rhe barn is large structure, com
parauvely new. the yard having sub
etantial stone wall round it. which Mr.
Joseph Coudon suggcs ed w"uld be en-
tlrely complete it the addition OF Il
straw house and shedding was placed
over the North and West W ngs leaving
the south side only, exposed
All admired tt e magnificent herd
Of golden slick skin Jerseys Of which Mr..
Mccullough is Justly proud. We have
never before had the pleasure ofcx-
am iuiug so nice lot of these tawn color
ed cattle. He has several calves open to
register, about s months old, Of both
sexes az handsome AMI fine bred, from
as excellent strains as can be found in
the United States, or the Channel Isles,
for that matter, either. Any person de-
string to purchase bull calf might Sc
cure one Of the best milking and butter
strain Of Mr. Mccullough. at a very
moderate price. A more detailed de.
scription of this fine herd will be found
in another column Of the present issue
of the MIDLAND.
The neat, orderly manner in which
all farm tools and implements were
kept elected unqualified praise from
all. The windmill, pump and tanks
are enclosed by commodious building
provided with a stove, which serves
many convenient purposes, among
which is storing place for the small
er farm implements. Every spade,
shovel, fork, ETC., has peg or hook
where it is hung when not in use. But
before it is hung up the tool is thor
oughly cleaned, polished and oiled
Mr.. Mccullough has all his farm ma.
chinery and implements cleaned and
oiled after use before they are stored
away, practice which if followed by
farmers generally would save them
thousands of dollars, now lost by the
prevalent careless habit of not tax.
ing proper care Of their tools. The
wind mill is supplied with two large
tanks, one of which has capacity of
5000 gallons, which large supply Of
water is used in summer for irriga-
ting the garden and plants on the lawn.
We could readily imagine what pleas.
ing prospect the lawn will present, in
the season Of "brighter light and soft
er air" of summer, after visiting the
green house whose long shelves of pot
ted plants, of many rare varieties were
being propagated and prepared for bed
ding on the lawn next summer. Mr..
NJ. is fortunate in having procured the
services of an English gardener, who is
as tidy and neat as an ancient spinster.
and to whom he gave much Of the cred
it for the order and nice arrangement
of every thing about tho garden and
implement house. We could write
quite little volume on what we saw
worthy Of further remark, but must 60
in doors with the members of the
Club, where the election Of officers was
to have been held, but owing to the alb
sence of the president, Mr.. H. H.
Duyckinck, the election was further
postponed till the February meeting,
which was appointed for the 18th of
next month to be held at Stephen G.
Magraw's, at Porters Bridge, on the
west bank of the romantic Octoraro,
the Indian name, we have been inform.
ed, for "rocky serpent"
Though incomplete and fragmcntary,
we are compelled to close our sketch
of the meeting, and at some future time
hope to return to the model place of Mr.