Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-12-02


FARTIER PREMIuEs AWARDED BY THE r.
g. Ms ASSOCIATION OF AsHTABULA.-Class1 l.
Forms and Gardens. To Mr. Perry Parker, Of
Kingsyille, first premium for farm, consisting
| Of 140 acres; vegy lne buildings, and every
way splendidly adapted to farm use 20 acres
, of good wood land, acrcs of fine bearing
orchard Of all the varieties Of fruit Of the
country; acres Of young orchard 20 acres
pasture and 20 acres meadow; % tuns Of hay
4 acres Of clover, lS acres Of wheat-35O BUSH
els 10 do. Of oats, 800 bush 19 DO corn 300
bush. 0 do potatoes, 1860 bush. acre sweet
| corn 3 loads of fodder Stock. on farm-4
horses, 2 two year old colts, 10 head Of cattle
O cows, 10 sheep. IL ycaIliIg hogs, 4 spring
pigs and IA small pigs
To Mr. w. II. Landon, Ashtabula, second
premium. Farm ! 10 acres-2J acres OF wood.
land, acres of bearing orchard-10O bushels,
| Il acres young orchard, 40 acres Of pasture,
0J1 do meadow AZ tons Of hay, do sweet
corn, do sowed corn, O15 do winter wheat
lG7 bush. Az do OATS $50 bush do corn, i
do potatoes. Stock on farm-2 horses Is head
of cattle 3 cows, 70 sheep, ycarlng hogs, 8
pigs months old. / $50 0f tile drain, Good
buildings and in good repair. Facilities for
watering stock good Fruit OF all the varie-
ties Of this region.
There was but one garden entered for COM
petition. that of Elijah Bliss, of Ashtabua, to
which first premium was awaFded. His gar.
den EMBRACES nearly acres Of land including
one half Of the street rods wide and "a rods
Of ground occupied by the A. Y. e. p. rail.
road. A good house with o good well and
cistern in prime condition barn with suta.
hc shedding and henery; 10 rods of tile
drain; reservoir or spring for gaFden use, 8
feet square, well laid in cement About an
acre newly sowed to grass, most of which is
occupied by oreharding
There are 81 peach trees, averaging 20 inch.
es in circumference 26 apple trees, 90 inches
1 willow, 62 inches. 12 cherry trees, "a in.
8 dwarf pears, 12 in. ounces, l3 in. 40 ap.
pie pear and cherry, 8 in. 235 grapevints,
$50 raspberry hills, 400 blackberry bushes 20
currant bushes, Is gooscberry bushes 8 flower
ing shrubs, Siberian crab apple tree, about
1000 strawberry hills, set one and two years
about 2OOo set this fall, also fine flower gar.
den and ample walks and driveways.
Sold from the garden in the season of 1871
G,060 lbs of Tomatoes, 7G12 bushels of peaches,
$50 qts. Of strawberries, 6l7 qts. raspberrics,
SS3 lbs, of grapes, 24a bushels Of potatoes, 20
bushels beans and peas. SwcctcOrn, squashes,
ounces, blackbcrries, cabbage, corn fodder,
&c, value $l5T3, 9Gl straw berry plants,
grapcvines, quincc. raspberry and other BUSH
cs, sold for $3257. Besides the above, there
was a large quantity of canned and dried
fruit, among which there was about o bushels
OF Crawford peaches 8 bush. ears of sweet corn
400 lbs grapes jellied and boxed; large guam
| tity of tomatoes, raspberries srawberries, cur
rants, gooscherries, ounces, pears, apples,
cherries and other fruit and vegetables raise d
in the garden; alss large bed of parsnips,
| satisfy turnips and bccts yet in the ground, all
Notwithstanding quantity used in the family
during the season-at 500. About i an acre
of ground in blackberrics end raspberrics Just
coming into bearing. On hand for use or for
sale, in the future, i2 grapevnes, 500 raspber-
ry and 2000 strawberry plants; . tons of hay
and some Other fodder, valued at $G5. Total
value of products, $l032.s5.