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INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, APRIL 17,1886. NO 16
VOL. XXI.
...Dim AM HER DEVELOPMENT.
How the WOrk Has Gone Forward in
Delaware Connty.
Twenty-five years has wrought wonders
In the development of the material resources of the West, and Indiana, lying
across the track of our great internal commerce, has gone forward as rapidly as any
of her sister States. Perhaps greater
strides in this respect have been made by
no single industry than thatJJof Improving
the live stock of our State. The people
themselves have little Idea of it outside of
their own sections. They do not as a general thing know of each other, nor to what
extent this industry flourishes, and it isour
purpose from week to week, through the
columns of the Indiana Farmer, to Introduce them and their industries to each
other, as well as to the tens of thousands
in other Western States where it Is read.
The grand and massive Shorthorns, the
symmetrical Herefords, the shaggy coated
hornless Galloway, the beefy Polled Angus, the black and white Holstein Friesian,
tbe domestic and mild eyed Jersey, as
well as the thoroughbred trotters, heavy
Clyde and popular Percheron, the French
Draft, and other tine blooded stock,
should all have a hearing. Look at Indiana, her splendid bluegrass fields, grain
fields, finely watered, and with railways
for shipment iu every county—why may
it not stand at the front in all these lines
of fine blood. Our work now in this plan
of introduction is with the breeders of
DELAWARE COUNTY.
She stands well up in the front rank with
her sister counties. She produces in prof us-
sion all the staples. Muncie is the seat of
justice, a city ranking among the first in
Indiana in business and commercial importance, is located on the south bank of
White river which affords a splendid water power that might be utilized to much
better advantage, and, is distant 54 miles
from Indianapolis. It has three important lines of railways, and was settled In
1827, and now has a population of about
7,000. A new court house is now being
erected at a cost of over J)200,000, which
will bean ornament tothe city and a
monument to the liberality and enterprise
of the county.   The first herd of
SHORTHORNS
that we visit is the "Pine l/roie Herd"
owned by Messrs. Buckles A Yost. The
senior member of this firm is Judge J. S,
Buckles who has been a resident of this
county for many years; has reached 65
years of age; has been the leading lawyer
for years in the county; lias held several
positions of public trust entitling him to
the appellation of Judge and Honorable,
and withal Is enterprisingand progressive.
Wm. E. Yost, the junior, is a young man
of enterprise, deeply Interested In the
breeding of pure stock and has the entire
management of the herd. Accompanied
by Judge B., we rode out over a good free
pike to the farm, distant only two and a
half miles from the business center. The
farm, "HmeMles Place," comprises 680 acrea
of productive soil, and is handsomely
faced and Is all under good Improvement,
eaa 100 acres of heavy  timber.   The herd
have been bred ap to their present numbers of 51 within, the last seven years and
embrace In It some of the finest blood
found ln the several families of Young
Marys, Roan Duchess, Red Rose and Rose
of Sharon. The bull at present at the
head is "Dickey Dobbins 47790." He was
calved February,'1881, was got by Richard,
5th, 36787 out of Frantic A by Duke 16679,
5tb dam, imported Frantic by 4th Duke of
York (10167). He haa a good bright red
for color, massive front, good top line, is
finely proportioned and a good stock getter. There are several fine young bulls fit
for service this season of Rose of Sharon
and Cruickshank breeding that are
worthy the attention of any who desire
good young animals to head a herd. We
were favorably impressed with some of
the females among the "Rose of Sharon"
and particularly with four of the Young
Mary cows and four of their two-year-old
heifers, the latter are certainly superb.
These eight alone are the foundation of a
herd that with the right creeses will make
one in the near future hard to beat. As
we have referred particularly to the young
bolls that are for sale and to the Young
Marys we will slightly touch on their
breeding. "January" was calved January
lst, 1883, is a red and white in color, has
proved a good sire, traces to imported
Caroline, had Laura 6th of Louan Duke
and Airdrie top, had Duke Treble 45690
of Treble Duke and Geneva top for his
sire. The young Acklam Duke is also red
and white, Is a yearling' had Prairie Bird
of imported Bella family by 5th Duke of
Acklam 41734 for dam. The latter bull
was a Renick Rose of Sharon that took
sweepstakes at St. Louis in 1882, in a large
field, and one of the best bulls in the
country. Jennie A. 2d is a Young Mary
tracing to imported Young Mary by Jupiter, was got by Duke of Bsmere 16765.
Royal Hattie 3d was got by Royal Dimple
46997. The other Young Mary oows are of
the same line of breeding. The young
heifers are all Cruickshank top by Barrington Star 47400 from imported Barmpton Royal 32996.
They are also breeding thoroughbred
Poland Chinas, have a fine young herd
tbat traces to some of the best blood strains
and are choice and growthy. We are
under many obligations to tbis Arm of
breeders for their attentions to us and here
return them thanks for the favors.
The next herd visited was the
ROTERTON HERD
located four miles from Muncie. This
herd numbers 20 head and is owned by
James Pixley, (Muncie P. O.) a stirring
active man who has been engaged in buying and shipping cattle largely to the eastern markets for seventeen years. His experience in this line of trade has convinced
nim of tbe importance of high grading and
breeding and as a sequel has entered the
arena of thoronghbred breeding. His
first start was made in 1883 by the purchase of two females one a Louan the
other a Carnation. In the fall of 1885 he
purchased from Wm. Warfield of Lexington, Ky., five head comprising two
Gwynnea one London Duchess one Gem
and one Jessamine of his best breeding—
and at the same time and place from Benjamin Smith a two and a three year old
heifer of the Gem family. The three year
old was in calf at time of purchase. The
Warfield stock was got by Oxford Cam •
bridge 2d, 57324, Baron Butterfly 49871, 2d
Dukeof Graseinere 13961 and 30th Duke
of Airdrie 45761. The bull at the heatl of
this promising herd is Louan tuiiibo by
Louan Chief 48643. out of Great Louan by
Great Republic 26th, 8295. tracing to imported Rosemary by   Flash (261).   He was
calved November, 1883, weighs about 1,900
and Is among the best of the bulls in the
oounty, is massive and well proportioned,
good top line, low set, heavy brisket and
a ratting good feeder, a point not to be
overlooked in a sire. Here will be a good
place for buyers to find young bulls for
there are several for sale all suited for service this season. Twoof them are Kentucky
bred and three by Mr. Pixley. His farm
comprises 120 acres of good productive
soil while his buildings are in good order
and his cottage home a very pleasant one.
With the right enterprise coupled with
judicious using of printers' ink he will
soon be prominent among the breeders of
this locality of our State.
BELL CREEK   HERD.
In the township of Salem in the southern part of the county, some thirty years
ago, Samuel Davis, with his young wife,
settled in an almost wilderness of heavy
timber upon forty acres of land. Their
fitst home was but a humble one, t'was
but a log shanty yet it sheltered them and
was home. Here with a willingness to
work and endure, with a firm determination to succeed, they continued on their
career firm and undaunted. To day as we
visit them for the first time, we find them
living In an elegant two story frame house,
the father and mother of four sons and
four daughters, some of them married and
well settled, some of them still under the
paternal roof, and ranking high as a family in public esteem. As we glance out
over the broad expanse of well tilled acres
the bright April sun reflects back the
shlniug gleams of a brilliant landscape
and we are told by the owner that the
home farm comprised 580 acres, but within a short distance there were enough to
swell the total to 965. What a heritage to
own, could it be accomplished in any
other country but this, is our query ? As
years rolled on an Increased acreage of
corn was planted and the feeding and
fatting of swine became one of the leading industries. It proved profitable for he
was a "hustler" and a rattling feeder,
turning and shipping his products to the
best markets, and his Poland Chinas became famous for their easy fattening
qualities. It must have been true for he
tells us of one lot of 105 young growthy
chappies that averaged 444 lbs. and as a
breeder never was beaten in the showing.
As the pocket book swelled, enterprise
was not checked but a wider and more
pleasing field was covered. With his rich
pasture fields for their roaming, he oommenced grading up the native cattle with
the.cboicest thoroughbred sires that he
could reach, for Instance Gamester 14297,
bred by Dan McMillan of Xenia, O., followed by several from Kentucky. This
gave him still more enterprise in Improvement, he attended many sales of shorthorns abroad, saw the prices they were
sold for and was lifted on a higher step in
the ladder, even if he could breed and fat
steers for a Christmas market in Buffalo,
N. Y., worthy of newspaper notice. He
is now associated with his sons under the
name of Samuel Davis & Sons., engaged
in the breeding of only thorough breds and
their "Bell Creek Herd of Shorthorns"
now numbersjover forty head and has ac
quired prominence in the country. Their
P O. address Is Tabor and the farm is
eight miles southwest of Muncie. The
bull at the head now is "Garfield" of Bell
Creek 59825, Vol. 27, he was calved October
20, 1883, Is a handsome red In color, weighs
1,900, has fine muzzle, clean cut head, good
lines, heavy ham, full crop, lots of constitution, quiet in disposition, was got by
Geneva 43816, .out of Superior of Bell
Creek by Baron Lewis 9484, etc., to imported Ruby by Young Dimple (971). He
will be succeeded this year by a very
stylish young Kentucky bull, called
"Grandee," who was bred by Wm. War-
field, of Lexington, Ky., was calved October, 1884, was got by Baron Butterfly 49871,
out of Gipsey Gwynne by 2d Duke of Barrington 50877, etc., to imported Mystery
by Usurer (»763). He ls very choicely
bred and should till dome gaps In the herd.
The families mostly In   this herd   are the
Louans and Jenny Linds, are all of grand
size, and one of the prominent features is
the fact that they are all good milkers.
We notice an eight year old cow, a descendant of the much discarded Miss
Mott's, that in a herd of higher prized
breeding would stand their equal for individual merit. Among the Louans we
notice favorably 2d Louan of l?9ll Creek
who has been the dam of seven heifer
calves, lst Louan, 3d Louan. In the Princess family we find Princess of Bell Creek,
the 2d Princess a very fine seven year old
and full sister to Garfield, all tracing to
imported Rosamond by Sir Charles Napier
(10816). There all several in the Superior
family in the herd none of the heifers
having been sold and all tracing to imported Ruby by Young Dimple (971).
The Jenny Linds all trace to imported
Matilda by Imperial (2151). We have
given enough pedigree to show the value
of this herd and like their owner tender
an invitation to examine assuring them of
a warm welcome.
Last but not least—among the Shorthorn breeders visited by us (of course we
were accompanied by our good friend,
Judge Buckles) was that owned by O. E.
Clevenger of Tabor P. O., and called the
TABOR HERD.
After doing full justice to a sumptuous
farmer's dinner we were Invited to first
visit the $2,500 barn erected in 1884. As
we look at it from the outside we pronounce it the best one we have seen in our
drive over the county, and, it does so
much remind us of Michigan enterprise
that we feel quite at home with its genial
owner. In size it is 40x60 with stable back
35x40, all 20 feet height of posts, and built
in the most substantial manner, painted
white outside has two top ventilators and
plenty of windows. This barn to many
may seem too large for the 180 acre farm,
but as we glance around we see how nicely the agricultural implements and wagons can be housed. See the room for grain
straw and hay and better still how well
the horses and cattle can be sheltered from
Inclement wintry blasts, while chewing
upon reclining sides the cud of content
and we pronounce none too large and none
too good for any farm of its size. We
find as we converse with Mr. C. that
though net dashy, he is solid and reliable,
cautious and of good judgment and will
and must succeed as a breeder. All of the
surroundings bave taught him the lesson
of breeding to a higher standard and he
bas profited by it in two fold ways. For
fifteen years he has been grading up stock,
till they have as we see, reached a high
standard. He has now fifteen head of
thoroughbreds and like many others he
went to the fountain head to supply for
some of his stock, having a Young Mary
bull to head his herd tbat was breed by
Wm. Warfield of Lexington, Ky. Orion
was calved March, 1883, was got by 4th
Duke of Grassmere 51044, out of Oakwood
Lady bv Airdrie Duke 5306, tracing to imported Young Mary by Jupiter (2170) he
is stylish, very high bred, plenty of individual merit and a good sire. The females
are mostly Jenny Linds and Strawberries,
Jenny Lind 2d was by Royal Oxford out
of Jenny Llnd by Duke of Oakland 4745,°
to imported Matilda by Imperial. There
are seven in his family. Among the
Strawberries are Strawberry lst of Tabor
herd a three year old, got by Geneva 43816,
and the dam of a magnificent yearling
heifer that money should not tempt him
to part with it. Willow Daisy 5th was
bred by Wm. Hall of Kentucky, was
calved November, 1884, was got by Oxford
Cambridge 2d, 57324, out of Willow Daisy
3d by 13th Dukeof Airdrie 5535, etc., to
Imported Desdemona by Frederick < 1066)
and to Old Daisy by Hubback. A good
line of breeding haB been commenced here
which promises to continue under a skillful hand and a watchful eye. Our trip
through this county was a pleasant one
notwithstanding the Inclemency of the
weather prevented us from seeing many
who are interested and have laid the foundations of herds smaller than those visited
and noted in this.