East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-11-15
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pRoaRnss IN AGRICULTURE.
A Two Year Old Farm in Saginaw County.

visited the new farm of Messrs. Flag
Ter & York on the south bank of
the Cass river, two and half miles
above Salina, and we chronicle with
pleasure the Improvement there APP
parent, as indicative of spirit of pro-
gress in agricultural matters, which
''only needs to become general in this
section to place Saginaw county, in a
very short time,in the front rank in
this, as she is in so many other inter-
ests which insure growth, prosperity,
wealth and commercial importance.
The farm we propose briefly to
notice, consists of a tract of land six
hundred and ten acres in extent, in
the township of Spaulding, Saginaw
county eighty acres of which, that
portion immediately bordering the riv-
or, is of marshy character and sub
ject to periodical overaows; the bal
ance, which rises by gentle incline to
Il plain embracing the remainder of
the tract, high and dry, susceptible of
easy drainage to the river from oil
parts, and covered with rich soil of
loan over clay, as prolific as any on
which the sun shines.
Messrs. L. & Y. commenced opera
tons in December, '63, not tree hav-
ing been cut on the premises before,
and pushed their improvements with
such vigor as to secure an excellent
crop Of oats from Is acres of the
land i'll 1861 BY the spring of 1865
they had increased their area of clear
ed land to $50 acres, from which they
have now nearly finished their harvest
of 80 acres of oats, yielding over 40
bushels to the acre; 10 acres Of corn,
yielding at the rate of 30 bushels of
shelled corn per acre; 40 tons of hay;
1900 bushels of potatoes; 1900 bush
els of ruta baga turnips; 40 wagon
loads of pumpkins; 200 bushels of
boets and general family vegetables /;
and 1000 head of cabbage-monstrous
nice cabbage they are, likewise.
The farm buildings consist of sub
stantial dwelling, neat and well paint
ed, 26x30 feet in extent, two stories
high with dry, foored, planked and
frost-proof cellar under the whole; a
two story barn, 40x66 feet, with warm
and well ventilated stable room for
20 head Of horses or cattle in the low
on story two rat-proof graineries on
the second floor, storage capacity for
1000 bushels of grain each; and am
pie room in addition for storing an
Immense amount Of hay, and grain in
the sheaf, as well as all necessary ag-
ricultural implements and machinery,
. still leaving abundant space for drive
way, threshing floor and feed-cutting
purposes. a threshing machine was
one Of the first purchases of the pro-
priet0rs this with straw cutter and
horse power hay-fork constitute all the
machinery which can be well used un-
til the land is rather more generally
Invested Of stumps.
The farnl stock consists at present
of three excellent pair of cattle, five
cows and a happy family of about 30
pcrkers of various sizes, and exhibit
ing the customary traits and elegancies
Of the hog species the world over
The piggery, however, is designed to
hold n prominent place in the arrange
&. ments of the Buckeye Farm; some OF
the rarest hog fanciers in the West
being now engaged in securing blood
stock for this particular department
There are in addition to the build
ings mentioned, a comfortable lodg.
ing house for the laborers, and @
shop wherein are all necessary tool:
and fixtures for doing all carpenter
wheel-wright and blacksmith work re.
quired in the way of repairing.
Another hundred acres Of land viii
be chopped during the coming winter
70acres Of that now under cultivation
will be seeded down; the remainder
put into crops next spring, as will also
considerable portion of that chopped
this winter.
We make no estimates in oonnec
tion with this notice readers can fig
ure for themselves concerning the
financial results of this agriculture
venture, The wood taken off tho place
the owners use In their salt works al
Salna the labor on the premises il
well and practically done; the i'm
provements, judiciously planned ant
prudently carried out; the buildings
plain but substantial. The whole ar
rangement "means business" and a
On intelligent enterprise in business
which in this section particularly need
an infusion of intellect and enterprise
Is deserving a far better notice thar
we have been able to give it, and tn
hearty congratulations of all who ar
interested in the prosperity Of thi