Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-01-23
Simeon CIR.

advance of the prcseut generation
and was not appreciated, lie did
more for The interest ofhis people than
any man in the State. Early in The
, iifties he saw chat our beautiful. rich
prairie lands conld be better eutihzed
in raising fine cattle. horses, sheep aud
hogs, than breeding young negroes,
Hence he planted his land in Bermu-
, la grass and red clover; bought a
splendid short horn bu.l-Minstrel
Boy, from Gen. Gideon j. Pillow OF
Tenn: followed this with another
beautiful rcd bull-Brooksvillc. From
these crosses he produced the finest
family of milk cows have ever seen,
in This or any other State,
His magnificent pastures OF clover
and other grasses cqnallcd the famous
blue grass region of Kentucky or Ten.
nessec, and it was really II treat to Wis.
itlhis prosperous and hospitable farm,
and see the fine fat sleek cattle come
up, the cows with their uddcrs distcn.
ted with gallons OF rich milk, while
1 the splendid fat bccvess seemed un.
mindful Of the fact that Capt. VIM.
fCottrill OF Mobile, awaited their alrl-
val ana at five 10 six cents per ID. gross
weight. equal 10 10 or u cts net.
Mr.. Orr bred and sold to Capt. G.. a
high grade steer that weighed 500
pounds gross md Melted 1870 lbs. for
which he received $500, and it WAS
customary for him to receive from
$3.50 TO $500 per car load for his
beef cattle.
In 1850 Mr.. Orr bought of Edwin
Thorn, of New York, a bull and hciicr
calf tor which he paid $500. They
were from the famous Duke of Oxford
strain, then the highest priced cattle
in tie world. Since the war a COW of
this tuuiAy cold at auction for $4,000,
and ,hc.wholc herd sold from 10000
$4,000 each, lie also bought, at the
same time, the fine trotting horse, JEFF
icrsou Black Hawk, afterwards known
here as New York, a son of Long l..
land.Black Hawk. From him he bred
a lot Of very dnc mares, and notably,
| rememb r n beautiful pair of ches.
nut horses he was driving when the
war broke out. One Of them, Balco,
was presented to Gen. John Gregg, a
former schoolmaie. The Gallant ri6er
and splendid horse were both killed at
the battle Of the Wilderness, After the
war Bolton was sold MS a buggy horse
for 81 900 cash aud when last heard
FROM was a EBe driver and fast horse
at % years OF age.
In 1860 he sent three OF his best
mares to Kentucky and bred to Nam.
brine Chief. The result was two mag.
uiticent bay stations. After the war
cotton was king worth forty cts per
Id. Nobody wanted any colts, then
fine horses were not putronizcd. Mr..
Orr, like every one else, was impover-
ished. and these flue horses left only Il
few colts, aAd aicd purely from neg.
lect and starvation. Fortunately, Col,
j. ". Garth, II of Mississippi's most
progressive stockmcn, had saved a
| splendid son of New York. jeff Davis.
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stock interest of Octibhcha County,
All of his progeny were fast and fine
horses. From this horse Col. Garth
raised two splendid stations, Oclibbe.
ha and Jeff Davis, Jr. Octibbcha
proved II %p'cpotcnt and valuable
sire getting style and spe4I from all
sorts of COMMON mares, notably, Cady
that made o record, with n few months
handling, of 1882, and his owner, Nj. +.
Mcllafic, refused $1,000 for him. &c.
plas from IA little pony mare, ,rottedto
record of 2:36, aud was q grand horse
for his opportunities. Echo Chief, the
greatest and best bred OF all, made n
record of 2:2ll in first heat, 2:23i third
heat and 2:27a sixth heat, and is to-day
one Of Tie finest horses in the United
States, and after making his negro
owner rich has beeu sold for 1913, 900.
lie wHs bred by James T. Harrison, of
Columbus, out OF one OF Or-s Nam.
brine mares and sold by Mr.. Harrison
t, the negro Howell Dlcwclt. Tor $3.50.
and by him carried to Wiclita, Kansas.
jeff LAWS, Jr.. has proven hnmscl!
one Of tho finest breeders of fancy
horses in the State aud sired Il lew
very high priced and fast horses and
is now, at "a yrs Of ago, sound. hearty,
vigorous and M OF the h%andsomcs,
horses in the State, and promises scy-
eral years Of usciulnnss yet. His son.
Allen a'Day. was sold last ycar tor
$3.50, and il is reported that $4,000
has been refused for him since.
Had these Mambrino's been sent 10
Kentucky directly after the war they
would have been n fortune TO Mr., Orr
The boom of trottcrs WAS lust then
commencing.
The fine Duke of Oxford bull was
not appreciated here. lie was rcsold
TO Mr.. Thornc for $500, and rcsold Nv
him for $4,000, again sold for $500
and went to England. The only prog.
envy lett from these fine cattle was a
bull calf sold in Kentucky and used in
Nanmetcr & Hamilton famous herd
for II years, and some of the highest
bred short horns in the L. S, trace to
this bail Duke of Noxubee. It was
often my pleasure 10 visit this beau.
iiiul and prosperous farm, | have
seen upon its rich pastures 100 head
OF fine cattle. 80 head of fine mares.
horsc aud mule colts. 400 head of as
fine hogs US you will find in tho U. S.,
great pens OF corn-thousands of bush.
els, that could not he housed, every
bnrn and put .housp fillnl ,,;th olo,n.