The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-09-05
Farm, Garden, and Household.
Visit to a Model Farm.

ir' .e. 3" see mill where the most per
-"ct machinery, AMI the most exact ar
.H-em mtpt> are combined III complete
.42fic~ can be made in the best man
0-.- aaa >ol3 20 me purchaser at a cheap
orr rSle Than those made by imperfect ma
h-ueIl ami hap-hazari management,
lf : precisely 81 on the farm. Where the
labor ot men anl teams is economical by
ta Observance o1 certain simple rules, and
where thr implements and machines used
t7e tle RIOS; effective, there will be found
t.e largest money profit.
II thr>e propositions are true, the farmer
may lind some of the strongest incentives
r." progress and prof. at the most trifing
Nr~f
Nitt he>r views we lately accepted an
VrItIOu Ca iook AZ he farm If Mr. George
Wilson, situated in Rhode Island, and
ANau' thrce miles from the city of Provi-
"te- on the somewhat noted Seckonk
aln>. The farm consists of 1900 acres of
sll- small portion OF it, only, being Gov
el with wood
Mr Wilson commenced on the farm some
.-tecr Years ago. with a meagre cash capi-
-a H4i With unlimited resources of health.
study INTO the nature and needs of soils.
- .ogS'rv. 9ud persistence which WELD
'u u' checks. All these have been
uHdant'Y rewarde in himself while his
f,r'nvr iur all those who will look at it.
fl first purchase of land was at 500 an
a.tr Ills asst ami All dining him. $500 an
r rr 'nr lni n the same condition of that
fle first purchase. The first purchase,
.-fugt for 81 lew acres only, exhausted his
flf>t hut me- went TO work upon it with
WALL >o thal an upright and Industrious
.' aul The skill with which he managed
.-' .an9. soon became 50 apparent, that his
mi Ntbia oh
-I' ANY desired These qua lities have
insured wonderful success. so that he
p" possesses 200 acres. and we believe
wing in one body
-' frpY 7" the question,
.uAI WA> n5E ORIGINAL CONDITION OF
u,,. ,n-,,z
NJ ssi4 tl.s+ ,,,.s+i,,, oo,, ,o.+ l
-y,+rrd bv taking Won to the outskirts Of |
t.4 farm where hundreds of acres of land |
remain untitled This he did and 4 |
.-t t,rhiddng prospect it was The |
lIu - 81 lArgt one; perhaps a mile or two |
f ONtpur. and everywhere covered with a |
., .,hIt5~b-grev moss. curly. crisp. two to six |
.t. hes I.li.. ami in walking over If we were
instantly reminded of treadjna unnn and
74~alu4 Arv eco shells.
IhI> moss hlS So much the natnre of
-..d. IHai r does not readily decompose
ala. turned under hv the plough Find
u thi~ hl Inc case. he scratches the
-a .Ia-. FCIh some suitable instrument
....r,f, 'l.. moss and carts it to some suit
'e ia' near ms stables, where huge
7'i'N were ~ preparation for the
"a ...,.-, - l.'eH III ''e ie"ps
.- ~ eA II" 'he "ioSS'
s'.lne'''N '''ly are ana the
.y,r
This pil.a land. we think. cannot proper
M tal.ri a sand plain, nor will it hardly
'-ay Hp t what l. usually termed a sandy |
'4iu DAr soil l. somewhere between |
--~r Two.
in ~omt portions Of the extended plain |
ar' are occasional Impressions, aud two
' '.lr>r ou The farm contain
NAIl AEIF DEPOSITS OF PEAT.
This muck j. considered Of sufficient val |
-t % u~llfv nc cost of erecting a building |
Wiz steam power to take it out and dry it |
.1T Use in the compost heaps 1t is of eN- |
e' seat quality, and forms an important part
g the heaps which we saw. Portions of it |
lTe also prepared for Use as fuel He acci- |
.tutthy discovered these deposits in 1863 |
ANA finding they could he drained. he pur-
CHASED the land includmg them, amounting
more tnan 200 acres. and is now using
tr-r quantities of the peat annuallv both |
lr lael and compost heaps. There are not
.r.-- than l-O0eD cords of peat in these de-
.-4- *. ana what i sold brinps two dollars
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Hf llt >r"Ch IN PASTURE,
N. -Hw ~snjr thirtvp0ung cattle. and many
'H -' it 4Ftat excellence. There
.N',' '''r9 Jerseys and Short-horns
-- -'4''' "i ~''ttal hreedS'
HEED of - Mich cows
81 another pasture mostly of the Avrsbir.
-t >l,..rt.f,., i,-I - ,'lilS
~g PASSED in an equal number together and !
N-I"S '' HI 'hdlNldhaI. a lew OF them
N@l''H n' surpassed IN regard |" SIZE,
'',. HF''tHNi"h' Issuing aho'her
70. ''i'h' .'' 'pr latIh III q late lour III |
''''' We ''u"U
llif rEopUCrS Oh THE DAIRY
E Justify The high estimate which we had |
H|acri upon the cows. Aside from the ex
-'l-uce of the butter and cheese made, the