Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-21

thousand hushel turnips, aud some
two hundred bushels buckwheat. Ten
men and eight horses IS the average ior'e
employed throughout the season, whist
the mechanical equipment is OF course
perfect. One hundred acres oi woodlah"
adjoining the farm and from winch were
taken 1900 cords of wood aud some
400 900 feet spruce logs, were cleared l"e
past summer for pasture. Inc farm Is
managed by Mr.. Fred Hlbbard, a man
who evidently understands his business,
ne under his management it has more
than quadruTled in product:venesS.
When VanDS kc took possession, ard
placed Hib'ard in charge, four years
ago, a single barn suthccd to hold all
that was raised thereon. In four years
they had added three more, each about
100 feet by 90. All of them, with con-
tents, were burned to the ground last
Iuly cutailinE Il loss OF thousands of dol
lars. With the laconic remark, they
never Just suited me anyhow Van
Dyke Immediately began the erection OF
Others which are hardly yet completed.
The horse barn, located about twenty
rods from the main street of Canaan,an
facing the public road leading to Cole
brook, is 112 Ivy +6, - feet posted. The
basement is fitted up and used as stable
for work horses. colts, etc. The first floor
consists OF driveway, o.htc, harness
room. wash-rooms and seventeen large
aud deliberately finished box sails, the
whole painted and decorated according
to Hoyle, or some other standard au-
thoritv, at all events making most at
tractivc interior. Every one of the stalls
is occupied b. 4 high priced, highly bred
horse or colt. Among them may be
mentioned Early Bird, reIOrd 212l2,
diamond 2.I5i,, Grand Isle 223 /,
Nicola, a four year old, = 23i., Royal
/ Wilkes 2.25ii as a four year old, with
many Others, including half dozen
Young colts lom the fastest stock in the
country; also Grey Bird, thorough
bred saddle horse from Kentucky, and
Rodcric phuc, full bloodcd, Ciydcsdaic
stallion, imported from Scotland weight
1900 pounds This stable in fact prob
ably contains the best bred, and most
"""' hsy are being ''os,1. etc, b,
Mr.. frank Hayden, who as trainer
driver, etc, is rcputcl to be one OF thl
best in the country. The stables are lat
throughout with electricity, and slpp"cC
with fresh water from mountain springs
a mile and hall away, conveyed to The
barn IN pipes put in by Van Dixie. Somt
ten rods from the horse barn, aud on The
opposite side of the highway, is the ncw
stock barn, lSOx6O. 36 feet posted, cX
elusive Of the main approach SO called
V HEB is jOX26, and the upper floor o
wiiilu is built on a grade OF ) inches t
the foot, connecting at the lower en-,
with a stone driveway fifty feet long, tn
same grade, the whole running from tn
highway to the upper floor OF the man
'rI:--. = H.. &c.. H.,.- 80 l,'s ," 81
will be used for grIst mill, granary,ctc
power being supplied by an engine place,
in the basement The engine Will be use
for various purposes: to run grlSt mil
,..1, ,,,fr ,y1,sl ms at
etc. The basement of the barn lSoXGL
10 feet posted is divided into hoSpem
tone hundred aud fifty OF these scductiv
and mclodious animals being kept thcr
now, storage rooms tor turuipS, an
roots of all kinds. On the first floor thcr
is driveway lS0x14 with stables 10
stock on both sides, each 16OA23,
feet posted, with separate stalls for 9
head. The whole is provided with ever
convenience, painted ard finished in sue
s,yIc as to paralyzc yc impccunious scribe
and appall We frugal economical rusti,
In one Of these stables there are Z steer:
all i'll fine condition, one pair of tire
year Odds tipping the scales at $50
pounds; another at 5000; and pair {
four year Odds at $500. The other st;
bic is reserved for drove of full bloode
Jersey COWS, expected to arrive this wecI
There are forty electric lights on tn
+ floor and ten in the basement, aud cigl
p on the upper floor. This upper floor is 4
feet from the stills, and consists OF driv
way, with hay mows on each side, wit
estimated capacity OF 375 tons. Ther
. are also two sllos, one on each side {
the driveway each slo is 2Ox23, 40 Zee
deep, supposed to contain at prcscr
{ about niue hundred tons ensilage; fl
capacity about eleven hundred tons. Vel
, tilation is secured by five large ventil
I tors running the width of barn and COZ
| nected with stables, etc, by 80 smallt
pipes. Water supply same as in hor,
barn. 1t is perhaps superhuous to ad
that the people of Canaan feel almost &
much pride i'll this institution as Va
Dyke himself.
Do you ask if this is all there is to |
, said about orr budding metropolis
NAY, Nay, Pauline" It's but the b
ginning-an airy prelude as it were-t
e the Wagncrian strains that are to 70
: low.
See you later CIR.