After the completion of Coe Hall, the family divided their time between a New York City town house, the ranch in Wyoming, and Planting Fields. Generally they visited Long Island for longer periods during the spring and fall, and for weekends during winters in New York City. Like many North Shore estates, Planting Fields was almost totally self-contained. The grounds included a large kitchen garden, chickens, and approximately 25 dairy cows. A miniature railway in the mansion's basement carried coal to the boilers. The agricultural pursuits of Gold Coast estates were rarely efficient enough to produce enough to support the entire estate, but mirroring the country manors of British royalty was more to the point.