Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-07-23
BURLEIGH 4 BoDwELL.
A Glance at Their vassalboro Farm-Soxne
Mammoth Fat sattse-A Mexir.n See.r
with Big Horne ,Om. sheep worth
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heepfng-Thefr Eecundfty
Up In the hourising town Of Vassalboro, a
dozen miles or 81 from the capital. its area
comprising over three hundred acres Of that
goodly town, is the fertile stock farm of Bur-
leigh Bodwell. II lies just above Gercn-
ellis Corner, AMI the cleaning waters Of the
Kennebec lave It's w-stern b,undsrie. while
II extends mile or more to the east, and the
tall and comely new school building Of Oak
Grove Seminary seems to stand guard over
the treasures Welded by the soil II was
formerly the Lang Farm and had reputa-
ton before this generation.
The members Of the firm owning it are
Hon Bodwell Of HalIowell and Mr..
Hall c Burleigh of Vassalboro, whose names
are closely identified with the industrial aud
agricultural industries of the State and who
have by their importations Of thoroughbred
stock added no little to the wealth of the cat
tie interest of the State An United States
On Thursday of this week we had the pleas
ure OF visit TO the farm and an
inspection of some of the stock which
may we'll be wonder 10 the
farmer who has bred the ordinary native
stock all his lifetime. Mr.. Burlrigh
was found at the entrance of one of his barns
and kindly exhibited some Of the wonders of
the stock-raiser's skill; he entered the base
ment where the tie-up is located Here were
two long lines of cattle, mostly grad. Here
fords. They were as much different from
ordinary cattle "a the modern built house is
from the pioneers log cabin They seemed
like square chunks of beef supported on
slender posts. Their heads were small, their
limbs were small they were small oned;
but the flesh fairy bulgrd out from all por-
tons of the body. Gigantic oxen faced US
which would handily weigh 1000 pounds to
each animal. They seemed elephantic in
stature and the beef which they will IN Ike
will be second to none in the world. Soma
thing like twenty head will be exhibited by
the firm At the coming State Fair, and we saw
several specimens which are being fed for
that show. Among them was the grade Here
ford COW "Minnie," four years old She is 10
be entered for the fat stock prize. She is by
all odds the latest COW ever saw At the
Kansas fat stock show she took the second
prize, while another COW belonging to the
Burleigh & Bodwell herd took the a .t The
animal can hardly see out of her eyes so pre-
ponderant il the fat. II is expected that she
will weigh a ton or more. She is being fed
by Mr. Thomas Burleigh, aon of Hall.
who is thoroughly in love with cattle This
young man is also feeding yoke of vearling
steers for the show. They already grth
six and one-half feet and are rapidly gain
ing. Oil cake is largely fed. Mr. Bur-
leigh said that the thoroughbred fattened
faster than the grade and he could easily
distinguish the difference
The firm own about ore bundred head of
thoroughbred stock at the present time, Here
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