The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12

the trainmen:s deposit, but before
he reached the city the bank had
awaited itself of the sixty-day clause.
A Model Farm.
1t. was the good fortune of The
Gazette to spend couple of days
on the farm of Drs. H. p. Guilbeau
" Sons, adjoining the town of Break
Bridge, some days since.
Notwithstanding a large medical
practice, these gentlemen find time
to devote well-directed enterprise
and intelligence to the affairs of
what may truly be called one of the
best appointed model farms in south |
western louisiana. |
Besides the cultivation of cotton,
corn, some sugar cane, and other
farm products, they are devoting
their efforts towards raising fine
blooded stock, and have been quite
successful.
b. Only a. few years ago one could
scarcely see other than scrub stock
in that neighborhood, but to-day,
perhaps, not one farmer in a hun
dred but can show either a fine
blooded horse or some other thor
oughbred animal, and, we do not
think we err in stating that the doc
tors were the pioneers in that line.
At the present time they have in
their stables the celebrated pedi-
greed horse, Boston, coming from
an illustrious family; Barnard c, a
splendid dark bay, with a trotting
record of aga, made without any
special training; and number Of
others. Among the horned cattle
the most admired is young Hol-
stein bull, who can trace his ances-
| try very far back. There are also
some fine Berkshire pigs, and South
down sheep. And to carry out their
intention of having only the purest
strains on the place they have
pair of setter dogs, bought at high
price in New York, and some game
chickens from Cincinnati, q cock
erel and chick costing SIS. We
have gone into these details to show
that these gentlemen are willing to
pay fair price for their breeding
animals knowing full we'll that they
will be amply repaid, as instanced
when they solda three-year-colt to a
party in North Carolina for $500,
which did not cost hundred to the
|
of the family" is the three-year-old
colt, lie Teche. A thousand dollars
was offered and refused for this
handsome looking animal. He is
of magnificent proportions and gives
every Indication of a future full of
grand possibilities.
We took particular pleasure in
in going through the orchard. There
found r,orv & traes Of 70 re-
, leste and Smyrna variety, the latter
rare and deliciously sweet fruit ;
pear trees, Japan and other varieties
of plums, Japan persimmons, pea
ches and some magnificent orange
trees we'll laden with ripening fruit.
In short the variety of fruit on this
= place are so many that we canno,
mention them all within the limits
of this necessarily short article.
From the orchard to the field i:
t but few steps. The first thing tina
strikes the view is a field of oats anc
adj Joining is sorghum tract. 1r
: the rear is the cotton, corn, etc,
\ field, and all the crop look very
r promising.
But to us the most interesting
thing on the place, and which
> showed 1ong-headed wisdom on thu
part of the owners, is the 500 thir
= teen-year-old pecan trees. This, i,
= few years, will give splendis
p, revenue
. There are many other things OF
this fine farm, but what we hav'
i written will give an idea, though al
e imperfect one, to the reader, as t
: the state of things on this splendid
farm. 1t is worth seeing, and n
fault will be found with the hospi
tally of the owners. On this poin
we sneak knowingly.