VOL. VI. 
ALBANY, SEPTEMBER, 1858. 
No. IX. 
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Editorial Correspondence—XI. 
$30 to $35—not less than the former figure, nor more 
than the latter ; the cattle were sold for $120 per head. 
This was a higher price than would be obtained this 
season, by any lot of stock, however fine ; I did not 
note particulars as to the number sold, or time of sale, 
last year, but the markets were considerably higher 
than they have been the present year, and the price, 
although a large, was then not a very unusual one for 
really extra beeves. Mr. T. purchased 125 steers in 
Ohio last fall. We saw a few of them, at that time 
nearly in order for the butcher, and really a very first 
class lot. 
The farm buildings we looked over were commodi- 
ously arranged for stock below, and above for storage 
of crops. Throughout all our drive that day, I could 
but notice the substantially-built and extensive barns 
—an evidence, in this instance, not less than it is ge¬ 
nerally the case, of good farming and a thrifty far¬ 
mer. 
I was forced by the length to which my memoranda 
had extended, to break off last week in the midst of 
a ride one rainy morning with Messrs Bryan Jackson 
and Son, in the outskirts of Wilmington, Del. In the 
afternoon, when we had concluded our call at Mr. 
Reybold’s, we drove past several places of interest 
where we had not time to stop. But at 
Bellevue, 
the residence of George Z Tybout, Esq., we took the 
opportunity to avail ourselves of a few minutes rest, 
and to see one of his barns, and some of his cattle. 
Mr. T. farms 540 acres, of which there are this year, 
In Meadow....70 In Wheat...100 
In Corn.70 In Oats......... 70 
And the remainder in pasture. A hundred acres las 
year mowed, yielded between 180 and 200 tons o 
hay, and this is considered only a fair crop in th< 
neighborhood. He probably works his land with con 
siderable less force than usual for a place of the size 
but I could but infer from what I saw and heard fcha 
the pecuniary results were not proportionably diminish 
ed. The main, or one of the main objects sought, i: 
the feeding of cattle for beef. Mr. T. usually has 
about a hundred head in process of preparation fo: 
market. We understood that this was nearly his num¬ 
ber at present, in addition to which he has about 3( 
head of young cattle. In reply to some questions as 
to the profit of purchasing cattle for fattening, I learn 
that the last year’s experiment had resulted thus 
The cattle bought cost $56 per head, aud the cost o 
feeding as nearly as it could be ascertained, was iron 
Buena "Vista 
Is the title given by the late Senator Clayton to the 
place he occupied in life, and on the improvement of 
which he expended so much time and labor. James 
C. Douglass, Esq., his nephew, is the present occupant 
of the estate ; it includes about 330 acres, of which 
there are now 
In wheat............ 50 In oats,. 25 
In clover and rye-grass,.. 50 Incorn,... 50 
And the remainder in pasture. Mr. D. had just re¬ 
turned after some days’ absence, and we had time for 
only a hurried call. When his uncle began his labors 
upon the place in 1844, it was in a very low condition. 
The remedies applied were lime and clover, over 73,- 
000 bushels of the former having been used, while 
plaster has been also freely given to the clover crop. 
A crop of corn has been raised that will look very 
large to our readers, and is a large one for so large a 
field. Forty-six acres averaged throughout 89f bush¬ 
els per acre. If any one questions the propriety, (as 
here and there a subscriber often does,) of mentioning 
extra crops, as merely practicing upon the faith of the 
credulous, I can only add that I say nothing in which 
I do not myself repose entire confidence, and that the 
effect of such facts should be to encourage both the 
believer and the disbeliever to test their reality by 
endeavoring to produce them in their own experience ; 
to this end availing themselves of the experience of 
others, as laid before them through* the columns of Ag¬ 
ricultural Journals; adapting to their own localities 
such proved and reasonable advice as they meet with, 
