. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 ®n$ grcc&cr anb Sportsman [August 19, 1916 THOMAS W. LAWSON'S FARM. For boldn i Idity of creation, few. if any, farms mwold, the country-seat of Thomas W. Lawson. Situated about two hours by rail from his beautiful home in i he southern shore s Bay, at a point i Egypt, it comprised until a short time a^ro some of the most rugged and I ground. Covered with bould Loose stone of all shapes and sizes is characteristic of the land there.; *' ta original fo led them to such a deg] sc ircely a patch of any i admit of plow- ing. Briai s > the chief vege- tati
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 ®n$ grcc&cr anb Sportsman [August 19, 1916 THOMAS W. LAWSON'S FARM. For boldn i Idity of creation, few. if any, farms mwold, the country-seat of Thomas W. Lawson. Situated about two hours by rail from his beautiful home in i he southern shore s Bay, at a point i Egypt, it comprised until a short time a^ro some of the most rugged and I ground. Covered with bould Loose stone of all shapes and sizes is characteristic of the land there.; *' ta original fo led them to such a deg] sc ircely a patch of any i admit of plow- ing. Briai s > the chief vege- tation. All these have recently disappeared, and in their place there is now a flour- ishing farm of more than live hundred acre?. Truth to tell, it is like a para- dise dropped there by some propitious ty. From afar its numerous white dings, compared with the neighbor- ing scenery, look as pure as ivory, and between and beyond them on every are miles of fences overgrown with (in summer) blooming roses. These, together with shrubs and vines Of all kinds, give the impression of a kept park. Closer inspection, how- ever, reveals the practical combined with the artistic, and so amply that the whole forms almost an independent township. The meadows grow nothing but the purest green grass or whatever other crops they are devoted to, and in the paddocks and pastures graze herds of the best horses and cattle that money and scientific breeding can procure. The poultry runs contain the finest strains that can be found, and there are three thousand chickens of all varieties. Dovecotes have been constructed, in which coo the sleekest of doves, and on the ponds swim fat geese and ducks. Scores of dogs of high pedi- gree fill the kennels, and at the head of each department is a skillful man- ager, the farm buildings being ar- ranged upon a scale of such amplitude as to afford abundant working space for the carrying out of every detail. Among their equipment for facilitating, work water is pipe
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