The evening times., 1899-09-26
TO Raise CHEAPER BEEF
Land Purchased and Company
Formed in Maryland.
WnshinEtonians Interested i'm the
Venture and the organizers Conf
dent of Success-Practicai Men
Identiaed With the New Project
A Site i'm Prince George County.

COLLEGE PARK, Nd, Sept ga joint
stock company has been organized for tle
express purpose of cattle raising on an
extended scale in Prince George county
and supply the demand for cheaper beef.
The company consists OF several mem
bers of the Patuxent Planters Cub. and
good business men who combine the pro-
ducers, the distributors, the scientific far
mers, and the real estate dealers. Tae pro-
ducers are represented by several mem
bers of the Patuxent Planters Club and
their practical farmer neighbors; the d-s-
tributers by three of the most prominent
iealers and butchers OF Washington. Gen
lemen connected with the Department OF
Agriculture of Maryland are also interest
I'd and will lend their skill. real estate
drm in Washington gave Evidence OF Its
confidence in the success OF the enterprise
by Offering to purchase all the shares OF
stock the promoters would sell
A company has been formed which has
purchased AGO acres OF land, known as
Greenwood, on the line OF the Chesapeake
Beach Railroad, between Washington and
Inner Marlboro. The stock comprises
twenty SIdTGS O4 S4sNNN NoSh'
wood" will be turned into regular Gait e
ranch, and as one of the members recent.y
remarked lit is not at all improbable that
other companies VIII soon De organizer
and that cattle raising in the future Will
divide with tobacco the honor OF being the
money-getJer OF this section OF soulhern
Maryland. There is plenty OF land in TN ;
same section available for this purpose al
reasonable prices. The Individual lar
mers want a good local market Tor their
young cattle, and fnishers and fatteners
will be welcomed most heartily. Inc
Chesapeake Bay, the Patuxenl and Poto-
mae t>ivers, the railroad 1acinties, the
Marlboro Pike, the stock yards and abat-
toirs at Baltimore and Washington, To-
gether with natural advantages CT soli aad
climate ought TO make southern Mary ana
most desirable Tor stock raising o. al
kinds.
The eleven members of the Patuxent
Club own and farm in a hrsI-class way
over 5000 acres. The following are the
members: DIR. Richard S. Hill, president;
Franklin Meems, secretary; Upon b.
Brooke treasurer; William Berry, George
w. Brooke, Eugene Roberts, William Is.
Brooke Frank w. Hill, Frederick Sasscer,
Elisha Z. Berry, and Il. Snowden Hill.
When all the resources are taken ad-
Arundel counties there is, perhaps, no sec
tion in the United States better adapted to
general farming and stock raising. All THE
crops required for stock raising can be sue
cessfuily grown, whether the system adopt
ed for ii be pasturing or soiling. The fact
that stock raising is the chief element of
what might be termed the best farming
is now generally recognized by intelligent
farmers.
Some club members have been buying and
raising cattle for the express purpose OF
feeding the extensive crops. The success
that has followed has demonstrated that
the business can be made very profitable
one One member said, 'the fact that our
section of country lying between Wash
ington and Chesapeake Bay is SO peculiar
ly well adopted TO the growth Of forage
crops, which under the modern systems OF
conservation can SO readily be made avail
able al all seasons of the year as food fol
live stock, together with our favorable eli
mate and splendid marketing facilities
should enable us TO carry and fit for mar,
ket large numbers of the finest beef cat
tie as well as other farm animals"
To a limited extent this idea has beer
successfully carried out by a number OF
individuals. Mr.. Holmead last year fat.
tened over 100 beeves. DR.. Richard S. Hill
of Upper Marlboro, and Franklin Weem.
have also been making some experimental
trials in grading up native cattle to a beet
standard. They have been using Hereford
Durham, and Red Polled sires Their sue.
cess was even greater than they antici.
pated.