Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1892-02-24

Big things have been TRANSPORTING
during the past few weeks, the trend
of which will be to bring Stevens
county to the front as the great horse
breeding county i'll the state, If not in
the Northwest.
The farm of 1900 acres, belonging
to Delahunt, Pierce and Judson, To-
Gated some few miles distant from this
city, has been purchased by the
Rockdale Farm Co., of Morris, Mimi;
paid up capital, 100000, Among
the stockholders are prominent capt.
| talists Of Chicago, ILL.,, and Milwau-
kee, Wis; gentlemen with any amount
of capital and thorough business men.
The company is locally represented by
FL. S. Judson, as secretary and treas
urer, and VIM. Delahunt, manager.
It is in fact transfer Of the famous
stud of ROckdale Shire horses from
Lake Forest, Ill, to Stevens county.
On Sunday last four palace horse
cars arrived here by special train, in
charge of James Davidson, horse
superintendent. The train was run
out to Wheeler station, where the
horses, consisting of the following,
were unloaded and taken to the farm:
Fifteen imported Shire stations.
Twenty imported Shire mares.
Fifteen registered colts.
One trotting stallion.
One trotting mare.
One trotting horse.
The business of the company will
be to import and breed Shires, all
full blood and registered stock, and
gradually work into the breeding of
standard light harness horses.
An agent Of the company is engaged
in selecting a few choice brood mares
for the speed department. A track
will be built On the farm this summer.
A thoroughbred running stallion is
now being selected in Kentucky for
the use OF Western Minnesota breed |
ers, and will be in the stud of this
farm.
The raising Of grain on the farm
will be continued, which has hereto
fore proved q profitable business. 1t |
is quite probable that the company
will purchase more Of the rich farm
ing lands in Stevens county.
We look upon this undertaking as
the biggest thing for Stevens county
that has TRANSFERRED since its organi-
cation, and much credit is due our
enterprising townsman, Mi. H. S.
Judson, for initiating and aiding in
it about.
Mr.. Frederick L. Pierce, though
not a resident Of Morris, has done
much the last three years in improv-
ing Morris and Stevens county, andto
him more than anyone else, we under
stand, is due the establishing Of this
new and important enterprise.
We may state here that the above
is member of the Ameri-
can and English Shire Association.
Below we give a letter from Mr..
Cobb in relation to the origin Of the
which will be of interest to
horse breeders:
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
Some years ago Mr.. J. V. Farwell
and I employed Peter Blundell, one
Of the governors Of the Royal Shire
Horse Association Of England, to Sc
lect for us the best stock of stations |
and mares he could find in England,
as we intended starting a breeding
farm Of these horses. After carefully
Investigating all the different breeds
Of draft horses, we decided that the
Shires were the best for our country.
We got together in this manner a
stock of about 10 head and have been
them on my farm in Lake
Forest, Ill. After several years ex-
perience with very satisfactory results
we decided to make arrangements
with the Rockdale Farm Association,
If Morris, Mimi, to move our entire {
stock to Minnesota, where feed and t
and was SO much cheaper and we are
able to increase our business to a
/ mach larger scale.
I am confident that anyone investi-
eating the merits Of Shires as they
nave been used in the cities, will find
hat all transfers prefer them to any
,ther draft horses.
HENRY Ives COBB
ChicaCO Ill., Feb - 1892