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for tlie purpose of breeding ; making in all two hundred and six 

 head of horses, fed on the farm. 



There are four hundred and thirty-two head of cattle, of various 

 kinds and ages. Of the full-blooded cattle, there are ninety-three 

 cows, twelve bulls, (one Ayrshire and one Alderney,) thirty-four 

 heifers, thirty-three bull calves and thirty-two heifer calves. These 

 are all of the short-horned Durham breed, and many of them im- 

 ported by Mr. A. Most of the balance of his cattle have a good 

 portion of pure blood in their veins, and all as fine stock as I ever 

 beheld in either England or America. 



Of sheep, he has five hundred and forty-seven of the Cotswold 

 and Southdown breeds, though there are some half-breeds, crossed 

 with the common sheep of the country. 



There are three hundred and sixty-eight head of hogs, mostly pro- 

 duced from the Hicklin and Clay breeds. They are very fine, grow 

 to a good size and are easily kept. 



The distinguishig feature, however, about this celebrated farm, con- 

 sists in the systematic arrangement of every department. 31r. A., 

 who is a very superior business man, superintends his entire estab- 

 lishment, save when absent any considerable time. His agent is 

 Mr. S. W. Johnson. Each department has ahead man — the hors- 

 es, being divided into breed and training stock, have each sep- 

 arate managers. The cattle, also, divided into two herds, are 

 managed similarly. The race and stallion stables are acknowledged 

 as the best arranged of any in the U. S. At the first there are em- 

 ployed twenty-one negro men and boys, ^nd a white boy, one white 

 man, and a negro woman. At the latter, there are a white man, 

 two negro men and two boys. At the cow-houses and sheds, which 

 are also models, there are six white men, two white boys, and five ne- 

 groes. There are also three men at the trotting-horse stables. Of 

 men, women and children, white and black, employed on the various 

 farms, in agriculture, etc., there are one hundred and twelve persons, 

 which, added to the above named herdsmen, supported on the premi- 

 ses, make the sum total one hundred and six persons. Of this 

 number there are twenty women and forty children. 



To compute the wealth of this gentleman would be a difficult task, 

 but the reader may have some idea of what it is, when I state what 

 are the probable facts : namely, from his estate in Scotland, consist- 

 ing of iron mijies, he receives an annual income of §75,000 to 

 $100,000 per year. His cattle are worth from $150,000 to §200,000 j 



