Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-08-06

/ fully enclosed, where the chickens and their
associates have the " liberty Of the yard. F"
Each hen with brood has house IN tho
field exclusively her own, and each day tho
house is moved. as ,ha, removal make, the
rats and other vermln think II is q trap and
50 they keep out Of it. Here $4,000 poul-
/ try are raised year. The chicken depart
ment is under the charge OF gentleman,
trained in England under Lord Northup,
and the fifteen years experience In the old
country 10 well used here. The LOFTY hall
over the roos, is devoted TO the fnal feeding
Of capons for the table. Each OF the 1000
fat c.pons, that are to be honorcd with a
revolution on the splt OF the Astor House
kitchen have here their final preparation on
the f" corn Of the land" Here also is 10
be placed an incubator Of the newest mod
cl, where. by means Of Of hot water, chick
ems are cheated into life; and after they
come out. they are clapped into another ma
chine called 4" the mother, where for a sec.
ond ,ims. they are awiully deceived with
the idea that they are under the mo,herly
care Of an old hen. Six hundred eggs can
be hatched at one time. aud the total Of
chickens tha, will probably SEQ life under
this novel method is not far from 1900
per year.
The turkey yard comes next, from which
5000 Turkeys per year come forth. And
then an immense ,rae,,-fvo acres, water
cl BY a running brook, emincnily .ugge..
tive Of trout. Is called Duek,ille." in
which tho ducks aud geese IN countless mum
bers are fa,tsned for the table. Besides,
there are acres OF strawberries, which are
picked at the rate Of ono cent per basko,
and a good picker can realize one dollar per
day. All the Injuries OF hotbeJl,, all the
flowers, fns herbs. celery. grape, pears and
apples that may bO needed for the table,
With acres Of potatoes, corn, bcets, and all
the roots used for food, grow on the farm.
Hay In vast quantities, and bccf, fattening
in the stall. meet ths eye.
A, the head Of ,hi. model farm stands
MAJOR Fornei, who was Kos.uth'- chief en-
ginecr, and tho condition OF the farm indi-
Gates that he Is as able in the plowed, as in
" the tsutOd fold" Sixteen men. four
hor-cs, two stout mules, an oVersesr OF the
poultry. geese, hogs, each man with house
to reside in, general ovsrsoer under MAJOR
Forns,. comprise the working iorco Of the
farm.
Ia is the centre Of general attraction.
The setting down among the staid old far
msrs Of jersey, who for centuries have done
their farming after the good old fashion, Of
such system Of agriculture as the As.Or
House farm displays, and with such trcmcn-
d,us rcsul,-,hc idea Of feeding animals,
keeping them warm aud clean, no, only
having good light barns, pens aud houses.
but actually warming them with coal, 50 as
20 be really comfortable for man, produced
a; frs, ridieulc, then surprise and as,ouish.
msnt. and then imitation. The farm is
visited by all persons for miles around and
when Major FOrnet shall have had time TO
pericc, hi, plans, arrange the strawberry
bed Of acre. oi srouni. hiring out bis fruit,
st up his bone mill, and complete fully his
various houses and villages 10 which the
tribes under hi. charge reside and grow tat,
IL will be one OF the grea, attractions to all
who love successful farmius,s system and bcas-
" m arrangement, aud splendIt scenery (;
and as tho ride toward. il is one Of the
best in all this region, !, will a,trae, grea.
aud general attention; and the eminent,
success Of this experiment will probably IN
ducc many other hotel keepers to attach a
farm to their palace hotels. 1. costs no,
far from ten thousand dollars per year to
work this farm. The fruits OF the farm.
at the lowest estimates, are not less than
fifty thousand dollars year, beside the
attraction that must attend a hotel in the
centre Of such city as New York, tha, can
guaranty to its guests such milk, cream
eggs, poultry. pork and vegetables, ,ha,
grow under the eye Of the host, and are
watched as carefully as the ledger or cash
l in the safe.