Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1883 — A FOUR THOUSAND ACRE FARM. [ARTICLE]

A FOUR THOUSAND ACRE FARM.

' The Belle Mead farm, six miles from Nashville, owned by W. G. Harding, is, it is claimed, the finest and bestJtept farm in the United States. There is nothihg fancy abont it. The system of Gen. Harding is that of all other common-sense farmers, but there is not an acre of the 4,000 that is not thoroughly utilized. It has sixteen miles of stone fencing, and there is a deer park of 425 acres. Of course it is a stock farm. The/ owner does not believe in selling his grain. What he raises he feeds out to his well-cared-for and high-priced cattle. His horses bring the highest prices, and his bulls and oows are in demand tcjf impioving neighboring breeds. Mere grain raising is, in the long run, wasteful. It robs the soil of its fertility, a&d the best results are obtained when 'the farm becomes a species of manufactory for producing animals and dairy products!