The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-09-08
The Farmer.
Mr. WebSter's Farm

I. 0,TIFTEEN HUNDRED ACRES IN MAHsRFIELp,
u,,, The editor of tho Lowell Journal gives the
rrIowios account of Mr. Webster's farm.
oANcr dinner no took us in his vehicle around the
rAolo Of his fine farm. In one field of fifteen acres
M n,tying this which kind of manure is best
,iel 10 corn. lie had the whole Of fifteen acres
,aalcd with corn al one time, on which he has tried
hor kinds of manure, viz: guuno. stable manure,kolp
jfh (menhndens,) The stall manure, the lelp
x ,ilhe fish were spread upon tho land and ploughed
+, Tho guano was put on the hills after the corn
vuthrough At present il is impossible to say which
sj Ormanuro will produce the best crop We
s,v not seen corn field this season which looks go
"a &c Tho corn which tho guano was put is as yet
nj high or so stout as that on the other parts Of
N The fol bat is impraving rapidly and mny yet pro-
duco the heaviest crop.
Passing on VIC came 10 old Governor Wnsow
house, which was built 1870 years ago, and is with.
out doubt tho oldest house in the State. The house
and estate remained in the Winslow family until with
in few years. 1t is now included in Mr. Webstor's
N estate # is a large square frame house, with
chimney in the centre, the top Of which is ornament
B ed with sort of cornice work. Tho corners OF the
+ house have also woodwork ornaments which were
Otherwise it has no peculiarities which distinguish i
from other large od-fushioned houses. In field Of
rich grass Immediately in the rear Of the old mansion
were number Of cows and calves Of the Ayrshire
. heed. The field had not been broken up for many
Years, and produced scarcely anything. BY spread
log upon fish il has become completely renovated,
and the present season two tons Of hay TO the acre
bad been taken from it.
Turning round we took another road which led
toward the sea- Opening gate NO entered into
large field in which some twenty or thirty head 'of
lwO.year-oId Ayrshire hefors and steers were feed
ing, Ths field has not had plough put in !; for
perhaps Maf century. 1t was large and contained
At least one hundred acres, thirty ofwhich are now
being broken up, the furrows being about half mile
in length. In the middle Of tho field, the ground rs-
cs to elevation of abou; sixty seventy feet The
cattle were fat and their smooth glossy sides, almost
reflected the rays of the departing sun. From the
topOf the hill we had view of the whole farm, the
sea, and the surrounding country. Away to the
south lay tho towns of Duxbury and old Plymouth,
with the bay and harbor, into which glided, 225
years ago, the little May Flower, with its precious
band Of Pilgrims, the founders Of OF the noblest
COmmonweulths tho world ever Looking in a
Mother direction we had the open sea before us. We
alsOgOt glimpse of Cape Cod which lay thirty miles
across the water Turning round we had 6no view
Mr. Webster's house, tho extensive marshes, and
tho main land beyond. Near where stood was
small enclosure of about rod square in which wero
four graves in which buried fwo favorito cows
and Two dogs From this eminence field
oil few about half 4 mile distant. From its
flesh ycrdant appearance thought it was field of
young wheat or rye. Mr. Webster said that n fort
night ago it in appearance precisely the same as
the field in which we stood, but it had becope so
a'tOnshingly changed by merely spreading fish upon
it, lie thinks very highly of fish and ep manures,
both of which, being the products ofhe sea, are cas-
lIy obtained at MarshfeId Passing from this field
we made for the beach, about three quarters oil a
mile distant, and the lido being low we had good
view oft. Iextends for seven miles along the Dux-
bury Shore and forms natural breakwater and de-
icncc and the harbor inside. We rode short dis
lance upon its smooth surface, the Of the broad
Atlantic breaking at our feet After a stop of about
aquarter of an hour returned to the house, where
We arrived little before shutdown.
Mr. Webster has three or four 6no barns his
house, and there others in different parts Of the
STATE. We should Judge nlso.that there were over
nall dozen dwelling houses on tho estate; he has
ase flock ofgeese, large share Of them wild geese;
nc has two Chinese geese, which wore brought from
china by his son, Mr. Fletcher Webster. They are
much more beautiful than either our common geese
"'ho wild they are of grey color, with long black
"tcSs and black bills, and stand very erect; their
CHESTS arc very FULL and in this respect vesemble a
uucE more than goose ..s -.
We find it will take up more room in paper
Aan we can conveniently spare to go into mnut o
INSCRIPTION Of all we have seen, and we must there
PRE- be brief MIR Webster's house is n few hundred
yards from the main road; the approach to it from
NE road is up smooth gravel-way, bordered on
zach side with a thorn hedge The house is painted
""Ue' with green blinds, and has green lawn in
'Ont' studded here and there with trees. To the
yam building there havo been made two additions in
'O'' oil half gothic style, in OF which is MIR Web
''er study and library. The improvements on tho
'''o have all been made by its present noble pro-
E''V'or We think he told us that he had planted