The Washington herald., 1908-08-16

bury. c c. King. J. T Hawkins. and c. n G-f-
RarBessile-F r. Weller " H. Chanbers. f T.
Getzezdauuer. Mr. a Poole. W B. johnson. I'd
ward HORNE Waite Bros. C.. C. sIainhart 7. I'm
mefran. . O. Baker and Charles K DARBY
Buck Lodee-S p Young. " J. White R. T.
White. ~ Z. Wade. J. r Gotr. r. l. bsrdy. g.
2. Nicholson. J. l. Nicholson. r. K Poole, and
C. H. Irict
Derrood-w. ". Mo5ley. Albert Fields. F. "
Fraley. ]. ". Fralcy. ". h. Rshbett. 2 E. Stup.
Dic6srson-wnliam g Brewer. Ernest Holland.
Thomas Shreve. Mercer Jones. Mciil Belt L. B.
Kenes. and John G0u.
Gauett P7rk-FoId & Graham. j. y Kelley and
4 P Kinnln--
Reusington-Eichard Anderson. T T. Payne. and
" 2. Perry
LavronsyIle-O. B. WLliaus. George J. waters.
Lirdc7-w. +. Chields and G.. n w5H
Baczlilie-J- Z. Diamond. ". g. M7utg-merE-
william Beard. Geofgs e.. Fly. George GaltAer- "
A. Brooks and WIlum Broozs-
Raudoluh-J. Higgins.
silver SuriuE-M. " Holland.
Washington Grore-T- Cavgnaush and y A
Walker
Sandy spriog-Grsnt FarGchar
Colas4ille-Esuton g.. Ray
Beef Raised Farther Away.
Feeding cattle for the beef markets or
Washington. Baltimore, and Philadelphia
Is a branch Of stockfaruing confined prin-
cipally 10 parts Of the county remote from
the railroad. and the short feed. which
means running a 1.000-pound animal Up
several hundred pounds by a few months
care. is the popular method. Most Of the
cattle that are FED in the country come
from Chicago. whereas IN former years
Virginia was rhe principal. source Of sup
ply
A new Maryland law provides for the
qu8rantining of cattle at the state line
so that no tubercuioUs cattle may be ad-
ruitted 10 the state. HerrOrds are in de-
mand as beef cattle, and some OF the
large feeders IN the county are Robert H
Miller. Of Olneys Charles Williams, Of
PooleSvilIe. Aaron Hirschberger. OF Po-
tomac. William T. Charles. and Howard
Griffith. near PooIesviIIe- r White.
Po0IesvlIe. Uriah Griffith. Gaithersb-'rE.
Louis Allnutr. Dawsonviile, and Joseph
Dyson. who feeds a herd Of about 80
cattle between Po0lesviUe and Dawson
vile
Howard Griffith. Of Washington. a
grandson OF Howard Griffith. who was
active in the stock business many years
ago. says the quality Of cattle fed in the
county has greatly improved IN recent
years. though cacrIe-raisilE T0r other than
dairy purposes IS nor conducted on any
more extensive scale
sheep Raising on the WHue.
-Saeep-rasinE ne says. Is not nearly
as much favored as twenty years ago, as
the farmer has grown 20 believe that the
sheep hurt the land I am going 90 false
some sheep soon myself. but II is only
because I have some woodland cleared
and want 70 turn The sheep in there
lIr. Griffith and his relatives are inter
est1d in stock-ralsing- of various kinds.
and he is among those who believe that
some dasryueu are growing discourage
with the conditions Cf the business
Farmers OF Montgomery County VINO
have had prize sheep a. the Rockville
Far IN recent years are l. n Waters.
Goshen Zalock Cook GafrharshurE-
James Fl Dhutt Darn-stuWn. o. B. VII
.aus. Layrc-svilie. and John E. MEncas-
ter. Sor6e-E-
The posssss5rs of prize p7rkers have
been Nr. Williams and Nr. Nuueas-ar.
=ach OF whom raise Berkshires extensive
ly. and Shor5 Bros. Of B7yds-
Raises Good Trotters.
Charles c. Waters. Of Germantown. IS
pre-sUireur among The c1U-rys horse
men. Mr. Waters has large farm at
Germantown. and is The most extensive
breeder Of STANDARDIZED horses IN the
county He often has I1. head Of horses
on his farm including twenty-five brood
mares. and he has a half-mGe track and
all the facIit.e-. for trimming race horses.
To him and few others has been due
the improvement of tile quality u the
driving horses In the county.
M Waters had O. SlHaaa fire On his
farm not long age. h1t fortunately only
. lost one pony His first ereat horse was
KinSre-- d. stallion. who made a 2-I4-s
mark on the Prospect Park track. Balti-
more. about ten years ago His Ki1srreSS.
with mark of 2-aiz is the fastest mare
iu the county. and Is stiu winning IaureIs
for her owner Another fine animal n
his stable is Kinslee. = stallion. with q
2-lsl. mark AIr Waters mare Minnie W.
went a mile in 2-2aiz. and he raised and
Z bred Montgomery Boy. q stallion. which
ran a trial mile in 2-I7lz SIX or eizat
colts from Eirs-ress have made marks in
Z The borhood OF 2--l
Charles ". Field. Of the Montgomery
Sentinel Rockville is no longer a breeder
81 horses but he and his father did much
+ for the Improvement Of horses ia the
county AlL- p LtaA lC4F-l+TaF DN uefa lrDEEeT
+ Nugget and Gilbert Red TIE latter IS a
son OF Red Wilkes. sire OF many horses
. with record better than 2.1T and IS now
owned by Albert and Wallace Field
{ brothers Of Charles W Field al Derwood
They also have two mares by Happy
Medium, a mare by NorvaI. son OF Eiec-
| tioneer, and another mare by Macon. son
E of Belmont Gilbert Red is of the
maternal stock that produced Gen Watts
1 a three-year-old with a 2;05ia mark. owned
I in West Virginia.
ThOrOughbreds His Hobby
/ The leading thoroughbred breeder IS
! Frank TsChineIy. Of this city. who ha.
I farm I'VE miles west Of Rockville. whose
/ horses have run in Canada and New
/ York Thomas Hickman. near White
( Ferry. IS a breeder Of tho-oughbreds. and
David r Hershey, OF BaruesviIle. and
I Thomas C Keys near Rockville ar,
( among the men raising fne horses The
+ late John p. SellEa0 and the late William
I r Rapley also raised fine horses Jes
/ sup Blair. IL his lifetime. had Bessie. q
/ fast mare. and Gussie Gould and Monte
3 Gould. from the famous horse jay Gould.
I The introduction Of Perche~uu stallion.
I for heavy draft work has been due q
I Trundle Brothers. Of PoolesviIle wLl
I have formed eight or ten companies for