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Date: n.d. Client: JM Green Type: Farm Status: Extant

1911 Kenmure, belonging to Mr. J. M. Green, is a farm of 2,900 morgen (2483.27Ha), of which about 30 acres (12.14Ha) are cultivated in oats, barley, wheat, turnips, and potatoes, all for home use, no irrigation being employed. There re 5,000 sheep of the Rambouillet and Tasmanian types, and some good Colonial-red rams. The cattle number 300, and are a cross of Afrikander and Hereford; there is also a small stud herd of Herefords - one imported cow, and an imported bull from the United States, both pedigree animals. Mr. Green is seeking to breed pure cattle, not to increase the number of his herd. Sheep, however, are to be increased, but for the wool only, and he will breed his own rams. Horses and cattle are to be the main objective, so far as the stud is concerned. Cattle have been shown with success, as have also his horses, which number 50 mares, with 1 imported stallion, named Lycophron, out of Tragedy, by Ladas, winner of the English Derby in 1894. Ordinary riding and carriage horses are being bred from Colonial mares, and not a horse has been lost here for eight years from sickness up to 1910. Mr. Green bred the two horses which proved to be the winners of the Breeders' Cup at Barkly East three years in succession, 1908-9-10. Kenmure is purely a stock farm, but turnips and roots do excellently, though the frost is too severe for most cereals. The farm is entirely fenced and divided into several camps, and there is plenty of water all the year round. Twelve hands are employed, and the farm is managed by Mr. Green himself, assisted by a white overseer. The house is built of stone, and lies in a hollow, under a mountain; it is situated 14 miles (22.53km) from Barkly East, and 36 (57.94km) from Lady Grey. Large and commodious stabling and outbuildings for storage have been erected, as well as numerous kraals. A small amount of tree-planting has been done, willows doing especially well. [Playne, Somerset FRGS (Ed). 1911. Cape Colony - Its History, Industries, and Resources. South Africa: JC Juta & Co. p, 559] 2011 The farm still belongs to the Green family. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.