The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-09-29
Cattle Rising.

A correspondent of the Baltimore San
writing from College Park, Md, says:
"a joint stock company has teen organ
lied for the express purpose OF cattle rails
ing on an extended scale in Prince
Georges county and supplying the demand
for cheaper beef. The company consists
of several members of the Patuxent Plant
ers' Club, and exceptionally good business
men of experience who combine all the
elements most essential to the successful
working of the enterprise-viz, the pro-
ducers, the distributors, the scientific
farming and the real estate dealers. The
first is represented by several members of
the Patuxent Planters Club and their
practical farmer neighbors; the next by
three of the most prominent dealers and
butchers of Washington. Gentlemen con-
nected with the Department of Agricul-
ture of Maryland are also Interested and
will lend their skill. A real estate firm in
Washington gave evidence of its conf
dence 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 Washin gton and
Upper Marlboro. The stock comprises 90
shares of 81 900 each. Greenwood" will
be turned into regular cattle ranch, and
as one of the members recently remarked,
it is not at all improbable that other COM
panes will soon be organized and that
cattle raising in the future will divide with
tobacco the honor of being the money
getter of this section of Southern Mary
land. There is plenty of land in this same
section available for this purpose at rea-
sonable prices. The individual farmers
want good local market for their young
ca.'lc. and finishers and fatteners will be
wo.comcd most heartily. The Chesapeake
bay, the Patuxent and Potomac rivers,
the Chesapeake Beach and the Baltimore
and Potomac Railroads, the Marlboro pike,
the stock yards and abattoirs at Baltimore
and Washington, together with natural
advantages of soil and climate, ought to
make Southern Maryland most desirable
for stock raising of all kinds
"The eleven members of the Patuxent
Club own and farm in first class way
over six thousand acres The following
are the members: DR.. Richard S. Hill,
president; Franklin Weems, secretary;
Upton B. Brooke, treasurer; William Berry,
George w. Brooke, Eugene Roberts, Will
liam G. Brooke, Frank w. Hill, Frederick
Sasscer, Elisha E. Berry and F. Snow,len
Hill
when all the resources are taken ad
vantage of in Prince Georges and Anne
Arundel counties there is, perhaps no sec
ton in the United States better adapted
to general farming and stock raising All
the crops required for stock raising can
be successfully grown, whether the system
adopted for it be pasturing or soilng
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 members of the club have been
buying and raising cattle for the express
purpose of feeding the extensive crops
The success that has followed has demon
strated that the business can be made &;
very profitable one. One member said
the fact that our section of country lying
between Washin gtOn and Chesapeake bay
is so peculiarly well adapted to the growth
of forage crops, which under the modern
systems of conservation can SO readily bt
made available at all seasons of the veal
as food for live stock, together with ou
favorable climate and splendid MAJ ketins
facilities, should enable us to carry and fl
for market large numbers of the fines
beef cattle as well as other farm animals.
ITO limited extent this idea has been
su cessfully carried out by number Of
Individuals Mr. Holmead last year fat
tened over one hundred beeves Dr. Rich
ard S, Hill. of Upper Marlboro, and Mr.
franklin Neems have also been making
some experimental trials in grading III
native cattle to beef standard They
have been using Hereford, Durham ant
Red Polled sires. Their success was even
greater than they anticipated.'