The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
TREUSDELL'S HEIGHTS.
Pure Water, Pure Air and Model
Farming In the GIades
of Garrett.
RAISING OF SHEEP IN THIS COUNTY.
Col. Treusdell's AltamOnt Springs Farm
and His Fine Flock of RambouilIet
French Sheep Recently Imported BY
fle Owner.

A correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, writing from Deer Park under
date of Monday, the 2Sth inst, giving
a desc -ption of Col. Geo. Treusdell's
farm and its surroundings, situated
near Deer Park and commanding a
magnificent view of the whole coun-
try Whereabouts, has the following to
say:
"Altamont Springs farm, located
near Deer Park, is very beautifully
situated, the highest part OF it being
1900 feet above sea level Deer Park
is spoken of as being 1000 feet above
sea level, whereas, in fact, its eleva-
ton is not quite 270O feet-high
enough, however, to get beyond mos
quitoes and hot nights. Altamont
Springs farm is higher than any
point l the region, not excepting
points on Backbone Mountain, close
at hand. The farm is owned by Col.
George Treusdell, formerly one of the
Commissioners of the District Column
bia. He bought 400 acres in the fall
of 1894 from John Beckman, and at
once set about improving it. He had
roads constructed by an engineer, the
grounds laid out, pastures fenced and
soon after began raising sheep. Re-
Gently he has bought additional
ground, and the farm now embraces
in all 1900 acres of very desirable land.
About 300 acres are under cultivation.
Colonel Treusdell raises oats, hay,
rye, rape, corn for fodder and turnips
and beets for winter food for his
sheep. He began with native noun
tain sheep, crossed with Shropshires.
the latter coming from England The
flock was very small at first.
Early this summer Colonel Treus-
dell went abroad and visited England,
France and Germany in quest of the
best sheep he could find. He pur-
chased in France, about fifty miles
southwest of Paris, herd of the ia
nous Rambouillet sheep. These sheep
excel in the quality of the wool, and
also in size, as compared with the
Spanish meriuo, from which they
spring. At present there are $50
sheep on the farm, IS of which are of
the imported Rambouillet French
stock. They have abundance of pas
ture, and, in addition, are fed grain,
turnips and beets in the winter, and
rape, oats and bran in the spring and
summer. Colonel Treusdell is grad
ually disposing of the native sheep,
and intends to maintain only the pure
registered Rambouillets. This same
breed of sheep is found in Germany.
Among the So sheep he purchased
in France are two rams and ewes that
took first prize at the Paris EXPOSE
ton this year. The Colonel also has
| the prize German rams and ewes from
the exposition at Mecklenburg, Ger
many, this year. The sheep pur-
chased in France and Germany were
selected sheep, and are supposed to
be the finest in the world. The flock
is in charge of shepherd and an as
sistant, and they are aided in their
work by two trained collie dogs,
which were purchased in Scotland
and brought over with the sheep con-
signment.
wv. H. Chadderton, of the Deer
Park neighborhood, is Colonel Treus-
dell's farm superintendent.
There is grand spring on the
farm, the water of which is raised to
a large tank by a hydraulic ram and
distributed from it for farm purposes.
The tank is painted white and can be
seen in all directions for miles around.
Colonel Treusdell is connected with
the street car system in Washington
and is also real estate dealer there.
Some few years ago he laid out Eek
ington, one of the suburbs of Wash
jugton.
"Altamont Springs Farm is known
throughout Garrett county as Treus-
dell Heights, on accornt of the mag
niticent views to be had therefrom,
but the Colonel has given it the name
of Altamont Springs Farm. The
water from the farm spring was Oh
sale in Washington for several years,
but its sale was discontinued on ac-
count of the long-distance haul, Wash
ington being 200 miles away. The
water, like the famous Boiling Spring
water, is noted for it's purity"
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