Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-08
'GEORCIANSFOUND
WONDERLAND ON.
TRIP into NORTH.
c. c. Hawkins Tells of
Stock Farms
Visited

"It is worth the time of any man
interested in cattle and hog raising
to take such trip" said C. C. Haw-
kins this morning, on his return from
a tour of Indiana, Illinois and Ohio
stock farms.N In the party with him
was L. A. Jennings, of Plains. who
also returned last night. Two hundred
others composed the party travelling
by special train and arrangements
had been perfected in advance for
them to see all of the splendid stock
farms in the section visited They
were gone one week on the trip.
Travelling in special train of sew
en- Pullmans, the party, which assem-
bled in Atlanta. went direct from
that city to Lexington, KY, where
Walnut Hills farm was the first point
of interest visited. At this farm, Mr..
Hawkins said, there are maintained
as stock animals no less than 300
mares, all Of them of finest thorough
bred stock, the total value of the
farm and its equipment being given
as S6,000,000. Besides the mares
maintained for breeding purposes,
and which supply most of the racing
stock on the grand circuit, as well
as a vast number of horses and
mares shown at fairs and stock
shows all over the country, there are
5000 Hampshire sheep, every one
pure bred and of uniform coloring. |
This sheep herd Mr.. Hawkins said, |
was one of the most beautiful sights
he witnessed during the whole trip. |
Only Few Cattle
The Walnut Hall farm is devoted |
wholly to the raising of horses and
sheep and with the exception OF a
few cows which supply milk for
farm uses there are no cattle on the
entire 600-acre tract. One feature
of this farm which attracted, the at
ution of all the tourists was the
rye quantity of standing walnut
timber. "All of the virgin walnut
forest" Mr.. Hawkins said, " has been
left standing. except that this has
been thinned out to permit proper
Grazing and the growing of iuXurl-
ant blue grass which covers the en-
tire acreage" -.
At Columbus, Ohio, the party VS.
i+ed the famous Hartmann farm.
Here there are 500 milk cows NAM
tanned constantly, with an addltlona5
number grazing, besides a large neIe
of heifers and young calves an ol
them pure bred and OF finest sLTaln,
NJ the 500 which enter the mixing
sbads dailv 200 are of Jersey ana ana
un1stain cross, being the finest mix
"a bntter combination known to oal-
pn;rg CIV Three hundred of the mixers
81 present are pure-bred Holstelns'
+hosa nrobably producing more mlk
tban the others and falling oehlho
them little in butter.
BELGIAN Horses Here
r,ouo ora altogether 900 or l,OOo
r,,re-hred cattle on thus farm peslueo
= large number of Belgian no[seS, dl,tas
Tbose horses have proved uhehisenss'
ia,,,;rabIe hT; draft animals and sever
al s'Iiln ,,aors ago when Belgian stalhonS
80 a. distributed throughout the coun-
w. w. from, the Hartmann farm at 'easC
C.s nf those was sold to sumter
county farmer. - Gown, Of
At shadeland Hereford farm at
To Favette. Ind, the party mace an
i,,nnrassion upon the management
rrbicb named a calf born that oay
Georgia Woodford," IN ho49r Il
their visit This calf is sired by Wo9u-
ford VIII, and out of one OF the In
ast Hereford brood cows on the farm;
4ero the management appeared great
Iv interested in stock and cattle ralS-
mo in Georgia and already negotla-
+;ons have been begun looking toward
the establishment OF mutual rela-
Hons between breeders in the TWO
sections.
Tho state universities visited es-
noc;aI1v impressed Mr.. Hawkins and
others in the party. At columbus
tbara are 50 magnificent buildings
devoted to the various branches; OF
science and study, and the college
FORM there is equipped with every
1oodarn convenience, as well as stock
nlTU nJ With fine herd of cattle stock
oud bogs The equipment of this
farm, so impressed the Georgia tour
ists A that thev took collection among
themselves to complete the un1I.llSu- I,
ed cattle barn on the campus OF tne
state College of Agriculture at Atn-
ems. a gocdlv sum being contrlouteo.
a. Chicago the members OF the
partv were guests of Aromur & Co.,
and were served lunch in the dining
hall of their big packing plant there.
Tho menu was of Armour products
entirely and after luncheon the par