The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-10-06
Wise ella m G o u s .
THE TEN HILLS FARM l..

HISItn
mr., Hills Farm at Medford, Mass, the
.:.o,oo IF Col Jaques, ffom which we make the
following extracts:
,rLo Iast visit with which we intend to troub
tho uatieuce of our readers was call at the Ten
n,Is r,rm situated partly on the easterly decivity
4 or ,sin,er HILL and extending to the bank of Mys-
Y tic or Medford river. This farm contains two nun
Il Irod and twenty-five acres consisting of variety
If Soils there is said 20 be sufficient clay of an ex-
eIIent quality in the snbsoil of this farm to buid
anotber CITY Of brick of the size of Boston, The
.,roupd is highly fertile and productive when well
4 rrl.ivated Twenty acres Of moving ground upon
3 aha side of Winter Hill, in one field annually pro-
duces on an average three tons OF hay to the acre
\ Zach. without being pioughed, and only spread o.
NOR with some dozen loads OF compost manure once
\ in three or four years.
Col Samuel Jaaues, distinguished equestrian
and breeder of horses cattle, sheep and swine who
ho5 discovered more practical skill and better judy
wan, in relation to live stock than almost any 9th
er man in the country, has occupied this farm Tor
tho last ten years. This estate is owned in stock
company of one hundred shares, of three hundred
%doars each; and the property is held in trust for
&tho respectve owners of shares Tho company
,yas instituted at the instance of Col Jaques, he
pay,ng the proprleors annually five per cent, equal
TO fifteen hundred dollars in the whole, and having
the right by himself or his legal representatives at
any lime with in twenty years Of paying'th hold
era of shares the amount by them respectively IN
vested, and the five per cent, and receiving an as
signment from them of their right in the promises.
The original design Of the association was the
establishment of "Stock Farm, 3" in the near vi
,ho pf
of breeding and rearing the best breeds Of Horses
Neat Cattle, Sheep and Swine.
The price of the purchase OF the Ten Hills Farm
in 1881, was $25 ,OO0 and to this amount was adj
dsd AS COO laid out in stock. Col. Jaques has so
managed to pay the interest Eof five per cent on
1.-The cost from the proceeds of the farm, and in the
mean time to make such increase and improvement
upon the stock suited his fancy. Ho estimates
Sthe value of his improved stock upon the farm n
900; and for this amount at any other than the
present dull times he thinks they would sell. He
/ employs upon the farm three hired hands in win
ter, five the opening of the spring, and twelve in
the time of haying and harvesting There are ex-
ensive salt marshes attached to this farm; and the
low lands are irrigated from the of the Mid
llesex canal which runs through the farm; Three
Hundred tons Of hay in year sometimes pro-
duced; and Col J. in single year has taken from
COWS kept upon the farm milk that sold for the
Epf So 500.
q Whatever may have been the sacrifices which
Ifave been made on the Ten Hills Farm to expert
ment and fancy, Colonel Jaques has kept up sys-
tenn of management highly commendable, which
puy could have resulted from the most indefatiga-
pie personal labor and attention. Turning to .he
books kept generally by his own hand for any day
pf the ten years during W mich this extensive farm
pas been under his care, he can tell not only how
many and what persons were employed, but what
bach particular lndiv idual doing His journal
fuled off shows each day whatever money, i'll
Any, was received and paid out, and for what par
AicuIar object. His account of hired labor upon
shis farm, from Mayer, 1881 to Dec 81, 1889, all
pr which time it was under his charge, makes out
Mn the aggregate 26,1l4 days works, at the expense
\ OF $2O,539 95 Clay, for the supply of several
orlckmakers is annually disposed of upon the farm
4 10 tho amount of ten twelve hundred dollars.
Inc clay is Of excellent quality and the invarable
price to brickmakers is fifty cents for each thou.
sand OF bricks completed. An arrangement in the
orgInal articles of the agreement with the proprie-
49, that the proceeds Of the sales Of clay should
Oe sinking fund pay for the farm, for the bene-
n ""' anu occupant. IL marks the llberalty
VI t'e men ofcapital and merchants of Boston and
R'e'hi'y that one hundred men should be ready to
aaVance three hundred dollars each, on interest OF
per cent, for the use ofany man, leaving all
A"aneous advantages, such az the rise of the prop
ffV' the sale of the valuable clay in which it a.
oanuS' ana the chance to redeem at the lowest
VI inc shares, to go for the benefit of the pro
BPector and occupant.
= ne nrst pitch made within the waters of Bos,
0ay more than two hundred years ago, is stated
Nv "a'e oeen upon the Ten Hills Farm by Gov.
''n'hroP, who gave it this name, not exactly be-
fapse ten hills could ever be counted abou. and
ear the premises, but because the heads of several
f''s then discovered themselves when the land
n Eas forest. The position being somewhat above
H. wider bay which it crossed below by both the
Y'a Maiden bridge and tbs Chelsea bridge connec-
20 with the Salem turnpike, was found to be Of
P''er too shallow for the convenient approach of