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Editorial Correspondence—VII. 
Baltimore County, Md., May, 1858. 
It was a pleasant drive of something over twenty 
miles that carried us from “Ha.yfields” to “Sudbrook,” 
the residence of J. Howard McHenry, Esq., near 
Pikesville. Mr. Merriman, to whose kindness I was in¬ 
debted for it, pointed out to me several places of inter¬ 
est as we passed them, at some of which we would 
have been happy to stop if time had allowed. Among 
these was “Hampton,” the almost baronial seat of 
John Ridgeley, Esq.—in whose family the old Colonial 
custom of driving out on state occasions in “ coach- 
and-four” is still retained. The grounds are admira¬ 
bly kept I was told, and all the belongings of the man¬ 
sion and place, such as might be expected from wealth 
and taste and abundant care. Our drive carried us 
through Towsontown, the present seat of the Baltimore 
county buildings,—an attempt to divorce the business 
of the county from its real center in the city, to a vil¬ 
lage off the line of any railroad, which, however ex¬ 
cellent in theory, I am inclined to think rather out-of- 
the-way and troublesome in practice; but trying it 
will best prove the merits of the case, and the location 
is probably as good a one for this purpose as could have 
well been chosen. 
Numerous residences bordering upon the York turn¬ 
pike, attest the increased development of an inclina- 
nation among the wealthy to expend their time and 
money upon rural pursuits, and, we may add, increas¬ 
ed attention among actual farmers who depend upon 
the soil mostly or wholly for their incomes, to those 
simple decorations of planting and gardening which 
add so greatly to the beauty and pleasure of a coun¬ 
try home. The places of Messrs. Henry Turnbull, 31. 
P. Brown, R. A. Taylor, Fred. Harrison, Jr., Jos. W. 
Patterson, Jas. M. Buchanan, U. S. Minister to Den¬ 
mark, David M. Perine, J. H. T. Jerome, late Mayor, 
W. C. Wilson, Jos. Reynolds, Charles Pitts, W. E. John¬ 
son and others, were passed on this part of our road, 
and we paused for a moment at the hospital residence 
of Col. Wm. Tagart- 
Sud/broolc. 
Before dinner we had time for a ramble here, just 
giving us a glimpse of the stock and fields. Mr. Mc¬ 
Henry farms 800 acres, and is widely known for his 
connection with Jersey and Devon Cattle, in the breed¬ 
ing of which, together with other stock, he has for 
some time taken a deep interest. Having in 1852, pro¬ 
cured from the late Roswell L. Colt, Esq., of New-Jer¬ 
sey, five Alderny cows and heifers, together with a bull 
from another party, but originally of the same stock, he 
made these the starting point of his present Jersey herd. 
In 1854 he bought of Mr. J. A. Taintor, two imported 
cows, “Commerce” and “Gazelle,” and Mr. T. in 
addition, imported expressly for him the bull “ Com¬ 
modore” and three cows, (all with calf) “Faith,” 
“ Hope” and “ Charity,” portraits of some of which 
have already been given in these columns. With these 
and their descendants, Mr. McH. has now seventeen 
cows and heifers of pure Jersey blood—in order to es¬ 
tablish his own herds never having as yet, with only 
one or two exceptions, disposed of a pure bred female 
of either Jersey or Devon blood. 
His Devon herd was also commenced in 1852, its 
basis being two females from the Patterson stock, and 
a bull purchased the next season direct from George 
Patterson, Esq. In 1853 he also imported three 
heifers, Rose of Lancaster, (1366,) Belle of England, 
since dead, and not entered in the Herd Book, and 
Queen of Hearts, (1359,) all from the herd of Mr. John 
Bloomfield. In 1854, Mr. Taintor imported for him 
a prize heifer, Dahlia (623,) bought from Mr. Turner, 
the heifer Myrtle (909.) from Mr. Quartley, (both with 
calf,) and a hull also bought of Mr. Quartley, Red 
Rose, (290.) The same year Mr. McH. purchased the 
bull Uncas, (324) from Messrs. Wainwright of this 
state. He has now eleven females of this breed. 
“ Sudbrook” is cultivated mostly as a stock and 
dairy farm, and the butter, as might be expected, bears 
witness to the Jersey cream that enters largely into 
its composition. Its color is of that deep orange, and 
its taste is of that peculiar richness and sweetness, 
