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THE SOUTHERN WORLD, MAT 15, 1882. 5 give $Jac1t ryiutmnt. A Visit to Kollo Monde. This magnificent estate of over 3,000 acres is North west of Nashville, Tenn., six miles; there is railroad, the Nashville & St. Louis running through it, with a station called Harding’s near the mansion. Here resides Oen. W. G. Harding, the most extensive breeder of horses in the Union. His three stallions, Great Tom,Enquirorand Bramble, are so well known that it would be useless to describe them. On the 29th of April at his annual sale, was sold 36 one year old colts; they brought near $24,000 cash; they are beautiful animals and were much ad mired. Milton Young, George Lorrilard The Dwyar Bros., Col. Bruce, editor of the Turf and Farm; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Read, of Saratoga; and many other Turfmen were present and purchased largely. One colt brought $4,600. This farm is admirably adapted for stock- raising, a large portion being in Blue grass. It was estimated that over 2,000 persons were deer, and before the war there were many stately elk, Indian and Rocky mountain buffalo, but the United 8tates soldiers slew them all, and the only mementos left are the gigantic antlers, which adorn th e outer corridors of the mansion. The grounds and farm are kept in admirable order; most of the fences are of rock; a beautiful stream winds along the base of the lawn, and its clear waters rippling over the rocks, makes music for this msthetic home. Gen. Harding is 74 years of age and is in infirm health; he is a gonial gentleman of the old school and thorough scholar, a grad uate of the A. L. and S. Academy, Middle- town, Connecticut, under the supertendence of Capt. Alden Partridge. He has written several articles of high merit, on the subject of immigration, which were published in the history of Davidson county, Tenn. His son-in-law, Gen.W. H. Jackson, superintends the vast interests of the place with admirable judgment and indomitable energy, a host in himself. This household are of the old time Southern fashion; hospitable to a fault; plain, high-minded, but highly cultured people. walking over the same land only once, while your plan, as I understand it, necessi tates the walking over the same ground three times, namely: First you attach your line or rope to stob number one, and walk the lengtli of the line where you attach it to stob number two, you must return, making twice and when you reach stob number two it makes three times. The following is my plan, as shown by this diagram. Take two pieces of nny seasoned timber, (hickory or oak preferred,) 1)4X2 inches, 4 and 6 feet long. Let the 4 feet piece into' the five feet piece, just 4 feet from point a, leaving one foot extending for a handle b, the two pieces to be securely nailed and braced with piece c of same timber. This makes the two points a, (which should be sharpened) on a line just 6 feet or 2 yards. The man who would increase his income by a colt a year, really saved nearly his value. He would contend that the interest on the price of the mare,‘her food, service of horse would be more than the colt would be worth. I replied, you keep a saddle horse, never in the plow, or between traces; suppose you use a mare, then no interest, no feed, and only cost of service of horse. He was the owner of two places, raised about 900 bales of cotton, and was a successful man, and supposed of course he knew. On the occa sion of the young horse, I had him cornered —said to him you can’t dodge, you have to answer: what did that pretty sorrel cost? He, like a good fellow as he was, said if the colt costone dollar he did not know it. His wife’s father gave the dam to his wife, and the colt came in time; he had grown up, getting salt and feed as it could among the mules. Why not plow mares and rear a colt every two years? I saw a mare brought in at dusk from the day’s work and next morning she had a colt. This was in Kentucky, and the owner said he had forgotten dates. Caleb. "GYPSY BOY OF WOODLAWN." in attendance on sale day. Ample provis ion of barbacued meats and barrels of but ter milk was provided free and sufficient for the great crowd. The General has a large herd of grade cattle, blooded sheep and some ten or twelve Shetland ponies, together with Angora goats, game fowls and other fine breeds, with turkeys, etc. There is a saw and grist mill on the place and a fine extensive marble quarry, of which the pillars and steps of his noble mansion are constructed. There is the most perfect system of agriculture used here; immense quantities of hay, bar ley, oats, wheat and com are annually raised, amply sufficient to supply his stock. He has 80 thoroughbred mares, that have never had a collar on, or even shod; kept for breeding alone and the General remarked to me when I asked him if they worked, “does Queen Victoria work or bake bread or wash clothes, no sir, if people were as par ticular in breeding their own progeny os I am with my horses, there would not be as many bad men and women in this world as there is." There is a park here of 400 acres, with 36 aores left in ‘’natural’’ in it roam over 300 There were present as invited guests, Hon. Thomas Bayard, Senator from Delaware; Senator Gorman, of Maryland; Senator H. E. Jackson, of Tennessee, a son-in-law of Gen. Harding’s; Mr. Baughman and Hon. George B. Loring, Commissioner of Agri culture. I was much pleased to find Dr. Loring a genial gentleman, and the right man in the right place, highly educated and very practical. N. “ Gypsy Boy of Woodlawn.” We ore indebted to Col. Alexander War ner, of Woodlawn, Connecticut, for the above illustration of his famous bull, Gypsy Boy of Woodlawn. He is an imported bull, weighing about 1,700 pounds, 4 years old, fine, soft hair, first-class escutcheon, and pronounced by competent judges, to be, without doubt, the finest Guernsey bull in America. ________ Another Way to Measure land. Editob Southern World—Your plan for one person measuringanacre of land or any number of acres in a piece of land is very good, but not so convenient as the way I measure land, which you will see requires 36 steps with the compass gives measurement one way of a full acre, or 70 yards. Cross the land wished to be measured first one way and then the other. Take the two results obtained and multiply them together, mul tiply the result by 2, (the tompass being two yards,) then divide by 4900 this being the number of yards in an acre, the quotient is the number of acres in the field. Solu tion: A field is 140 X 210steps; multiply by one another is 29,400; this multiplied by 2 gives 68,800, which divided by 4900 gives 12 as the number of acres. B. Mixed Husbandry. Ed. Southern Wobld—I think it was about 1860, my friend and neighbor, A. M., whom I had known from his boyhood, had a young sorrel horse as a riding horse; he kept one always under the saddle. I asked what did that young horse cost; where did you get him? He evaded a reply, but when pressed remarked, you know thejcolt and the dam; this did not suit me; as we had had many arguments on mixed husbandry, he ever contending cotton culture was his bus iness; I advocating the best success as a cot ton grower was individual and community advantage. The Peruvian Bark Tbeb.—Mr. Irvin, a Northern man, writes back home that ho has found in Jackson county, N. C., what ho believes to be the genuine Peruvian bark tree. If the tree is the same that is known by this name among our people, it is abun dant in many places in Henderson county. We have seen it in the mountains of this county. In appearance it resembles the wild cherry—prunus • erotina. When trans planted in favorable places, its growth is very rapid. It would bean excellent tree for parks and streets. If this is the true Peruvian tree, it will prove a valuable addition to our resources. We understand it is found in all the moun tain counties.—[Independent Herald, Hen dersonville, N. C. The human mind needs the support of kindred opinion—at least it always loves it; but it is indispensable to it in religious con victions, the very basis of which is the pro- foundest feeling of community. God’s sweet dews and showers of grace slide off the mountains of pride and fall on the low valleys of hntnble hearts and make them pleasant and fertile.