Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-12


ter County who has not heard of AMI
who does not know of the wonderful;
Aries Plantation, four and one-half
miles north of Americas on the Cen
trail of Georgia Railway. This i'm
mense fertile farm was formerly
known as the Bagley-Ray Orchard
Company 1t was purchased by Mr..
Morgan H. Grace, a wealthy man of
New York about two years ago, and
thus was commenced one of the most
modern stock farms to be seen in
Southwest Georgia.
Mr.. w T. Calhoun has been put in
charge of this farm as manager. He
has shown his ability in the well laid
plan of this immense farm. There is
scarcely a county in the state of
Georgia which enjoys a better climate
and more fertile soil, which could be
better suited for diversified farming
tina that of Sumter County, and the
Aries Plantation lies right in the
midst Of the best of all the land in the
County.
This plantation is situated in a lat
itude which enjoys the warm breezes
from the kulg and the bracing frosts
of the north, having an elevation of
SO feet above the sea level. Abundant
water may be found on this farm. in
quantities sufficient for all purposes.
Going north on Lee stree until you
come to the Bagley Road and then out
the Bagley Road about four miles, and
you are at the threshold of one. of the
hnest farms in Sumter County. AS
you arrive the home of the manager
Mr.. Calhoun, you will wonder at the
well kept surroundings of the home
and its pleasant and pleasing picture,
but when you consider that woman
must play some part in the manage
ment of large farm like this, you
will know at once that Mrs. Calhoun
hand has had large part in making
this home so beautiful to the eye.
In the visit to the farm we were
taken to the dairy first, here we met
Mr.. B. L. Dana, into whose charge
this branch of the work is entrusted
Mr.. Dana is an experienced dairy man
and the fruits of his work can be seen
on all sides.
In the dairy will be seen a collec-
ton of fine Guernesq's as ever graced
dairy. They enjoy life in their home
for it is screened and there is not a
single fly to annoy them, and instead
of wearing themselves out brushing
the flies off with their tails, they use
their surplus energy giving more milk.
The dairy is built so that it can be ex
tended out to any length and more.
COWS added from time to time as this
dairy grows. All the floors are of
concrete and this makes them abso
lutely free from filth of any kind
A record of the production in milk
and butter is hanging framed over
each COW, showing what they produce
from day to day. through the week,
and it is very valuable as compar-
ison sheet, to show whether the COW is
gaining or falling off in her milk. Sew
eral of the cows in this dairy cost
$4,000. The finest COW of the herd is
Flora Inverness" a blue ribbon COW
at many fairs in South Carolina, hav-
ing won the first premium for the
years, 1912, 1913, and 1914, in South
Carolina and coming second in hun
dreds of other fairs.
This dairy also owns a full blooded
Guernsey bull sired by Amiable Ros-
cites Raider of Washington Farm.
Wheeling, West Virginia. This animal
is 1856 months old and is beauty, anc
will gradually bud into one of the best
animals in Southwest Georgia. when
he completes his growth and attain9
his height and weight
The animals of the dairy are well
groomed and the barn is washed out
each day and kept scrupulously clean