Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-31
MR.. BoDwRLL's FARM.
fKennebec Journai.I


Lang Farm" and hsd reputation be-
fore this generation.
The memb-r. Of the firm owning II are
Hon. J. X. B;dwell u Hallowell and
Mr.. Hall C. Barleish Of Vassalboro.
whose nsm,. are 80 closely identified
with the industrial and agricultural in
du.irie. II the State aud Who have by
their imporl.,ion Of thoroughbred stock
added no little TO the wealth OF the cattle
in,ere., Of the State and United States.
Mr. Barlsish Was found at the entrance
Of one Of bis barns aud kindl, exhibited
some Of the wonder Of the stock rAlser's
skill he entered the basement where the
,ie.up /. located. Here were two long
lines Of cattle. mostly grade Hsrsford..
Gigantic oxen faced Us which would
handily Weigh 1000 pounds to each AMI.
nal. They seemed elephaniic in stature
and the beef ,ha, they will make will be
second 10 rone In the world Something
like twenty head will be exhibited by
the firm ., the coming State Fair. and
We saw several specimens which ate be-
ing led for ,ha, show.
Among them vas the grade Hereford
coz "Minnie" four years old. She u to
be entered Coz the f., stock prize. She
/. by al odd. the f.,tes, cos We ever
saw. A, the Kansas "a, stock shos she
took The second p'ir-. While another Coz
belonging 20 the Barleigh * BOdsell
herd took the frat. The animal can
hardly see og, Of her eyes so pvpondsr'
AIT /, the f.t II IA expected iha, she
gill ~,ish q ton OF mote. She !. being
led By Mr.. Tho.. Barlsish. son Of Hall.
~ho /. thoroughly IN love With cattle.
Thi. young man is also feeding q yoke
q ysarling steer. for the show. They
already sifth .x aud one.h.lf feet and
are rapidly gaining. oil cake Is largely
FED. Mr.. Barlsish said that the thor
oushbred f.,isted faster than the grade
and be could easily distinguish the differ.
snec
The firm Own Abou, one hundred head
Of thoroughbred stock At the pusnt
time. Hereford. and Sussex. aud ATE
constantly sslins To farmer, ,hroushou,
the State. Thoroughbred bull. bring
from $500 TO $1,000 spice. They will
no, make any more importation. this
season.
IL have che Of the creates, eurio.i.
tie. in the way q bo'inss, said Mr..
Bailsish. .fi,r We had seen the "a, stock.
lie led a. inio the bssemsn, o. another
barn and exhibited H. What "a. IL, VAS
the first thought Could I, be OF the
bovine specie. |, s,iden,ly NJ. TIE
animal stood .iS fee, high. with horns
spreading ns,rly ar feet and bCdy
more resembling ,h., Of a greyhound In
shape than anything else. lie -. es-
eesdingly g.uni. lss. long. and color dun.
lie va. Mexican steer. the like Of
which i. not believed TO eiis, abo'e the
Rio Grande.
HI. history ia ehsek'rsd one. lie
va. l..o,d by moonlight Ia Mexico.
taken into drove and driven north on
the trail 500 mile. lie then broke awsy
and Fan back. getting into a herd Of cat
lie belonging io . Sco,ehmsn. Ba',sna-
DO. the grsA, Mexican cattle thief. with
foiiy gre..er.. made raid on the herd
.hd drove az one. hundred head, among
which W.. Mr.. Burlsigh'. long .lesse !
steer. Thi. va. Ia the nsighborbood OF
Jessie James Mexican rancho. The
noted oa,l.w va. away al the time Of
the theft. but on BIZ, return in three days
he took five u bis most desperate coz
boy, and followed the trail. Ga the
nigh, Of the fifth day the camp Of the
free. boo,er. va. reached. and the follow
ing morning jus, q. the cattle thieves
were q, breakfast Jesse aud his men rode
in upon them. taking them completely
by surprise. killing large number OF
the band sad their noted chief. The
steer va. Afterwards returned 10 Texss
and fell into the hand. Of Capt. u. Il.
Millsu. an sx.eonfeders,e officer aud
large r.nehmsn. who took him up the
Haw river In Kansas and exhibited him
a, the Kansas City show.
Here Mr.. Burlsigh purchased the All.
nal. but ". obliged TO take fourteen
other prize cattle with him. The steers
name i. 0inglsronhAm. Fences and
stone wall. ate mere kindlins wood in
hi. path. One day young Thomas Bur-
leigh liberated him aud the way be strobe
over the land va, q marvel; but by
little strategy. using another OK 10 toll
him along. he was returned TO hi' quar-.
ter. In the barn. An endesvor has been
made by Boston parties TO purchase him
to put on exhibition.
"Ba, suppose | can tell the bissss,
sheep story which you ever heard said
our conductor. lie took us to a small
pasture in the rear Of the old Lang man
sion. nov unoeegpiei. Here was a
small flock Of sheep and lambs quietly
browsing or reclining ia the shade. They
were rather small ADD their heads were
.rmored with horns. These are Horn
ed DOr,e,..'" quo,h Mr. Barleish. and
were imported from England where they
are employed TO breed lambs Tor the Lon.
don market. Eight ewes dropped 'ix-
teen lambs las, November. fifteen Of
which were raised. The following May
the same sheep brought elven more lambs
or q total oftwen,y.six in less than seven
months. One Of the ewes dropped trip
ple,s each time, sir lambs in .ix months.
Talking abou, big lambs. and rapid
growth; one Of these ewes dropped twins
on the Fourth Of July. weighing twenty.
eigh, pounds. The lth they tipped the
beam a, ,hir,y.eigh, pounds. aud the
18th at ff,y.
An examination Of the hay mows
showed thu, they were stuffed fall from
rdgepole to foundation stone. HAying
has been completed. and one hundred
tons were harvested. A few years ago
when Mr.. Burl,ish took the place the
total production WAS ba, fifty tons, and
bu. one or two ,ons OF that was English
hay. Mr.. Barlsish believes that the
hay crop Is being set too high this sea
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