The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-08-21
a Trip 70 Weed County.

a Trip to Weed County.
IN the beginning Of the we=l-. ia com
pany with Mr SQUIRE CAaLIy. We stare.
for a trip to Liberty township. We,
county. 10 visit tie mammoth farm
owned by that gentleman. Going uar--
on the Perrysburg road seventeen uIa
We turned west. and after riding oi.
mile struck the south line Of Mr. Car,l.,l
land
Mr.. c. made Li> first purchase q ia..s
in Wood county in 1861. Juyin- -.
acres Of prairie land: TO this. III 1S.4 d.
added 240 acres. This land was at g.ll,
time covered with water q large portion
Of the year. and unimproveJ Ia l>it
drainage was commenced by What Is
known "a Ditch No. y. a >tupen!oe>
undertaking. This ditch i 30 feet willie.
sloping to a width Of - feet ar th,. g.. t.
tom, and is at least feet deep. This
las thoroughly drained the adjacent
land, and where "a few year- stood stag
nant water. may now be seen waving
fields of corn and large stacks of wheat.
oats, and hay. In this rich black soil
the growth of corn is simply wonderful,
and We are well satisfied that much Of it
will yield fully 100 bushels TO the acre
Much of the oats had gone down on the
ground and could not all be saved. The
wheat is now in process of threshing,
and runs from 90 to 40 bushels to the
acre
Three years ago Mr. G. bought 500
acres in addition, and about the same
time, in company with Mr.. JOHN METZ
GER, formerly of this place, bought $50
acres. The present season they have
over $50 acres of corn out, rs well as
about 200 acres of wheat, the balance
being pasture land. The land is under
the care of some twelve different ten
ants, principal among whom is Mr..
METZGER, who has been with Mr.. c.
over six years, and is a pushing, wide
awake man. Among these tenants We
notice Mr. Alfred Keel, Mr.. c. Dill, and
other well known Hancock county men,
who, in the cultivation of this rich and
productive land, are doing well for them
selves and for Mr.. Carlin.
Afternoon found us at the residence Of
Mr.. J. H. SMITH, well known in that
county as a successful apiarian, where
we met hearty welcome from Mr.. :.
and family. Mr.. S. is a live go-ahead
Yankee, runs Il stone quarry, takes huge
contracts on public works, cultivateS a
farm, and gives his attention to bee-cul-
ture-having on hand over sixty stocks
of the little fellows-alI of which hr
makes a success.
Leaving Mr.. Smiths the next morning,
we called for a few moments with Mr.
j. w. POWELL, former Hancock com-
ty man. who has at last found place
where he can work a. hard a. hc pleases
having purchased a large and beautiful
farm which he i fixing up uS lie knows
so well how to do. We We're only sorry
that we could not tarry longer with him.
but accept his invitation to come again
and spend a day looking over the fertile
farms of Liberty township.
BY noon we reached the residence Of
Mr. METZLER. where We met cordial
reception. We also had the pleasure
here of meeting Mr. EzEA RorTzoN aud
wife, who have settled on beautiful
farm, which we were compelled to de-
cline an urgent invitation to visit We
also met our young friend, Mr. Al
FRED KEEL, who is taking rank. which
he well deserves. as one OF the rising
men Of the county.
Thus finding ourselves within six miles
Of Bowling Green, we improved the
afternoon in rnakinga flying trip TO this
county-seat. where W. met
several acquaintances and spent an hour
very agreeably. We found the people
alive to the new project of connecting
with Toledo by railroad, and
expect soon TO hear OF the ears running
into Bowling Green.
After spending an agreeable evening |
with Mr.. METZGER and family we start
ed home next day, only sorrg that we |
were compelled to make our stay 50
short, and that we had passed by with |
out knowing it, one of our old friends. !
Mr.. LEVI KRAMER, who lives Il short !
distance this side of Bowling Green. Ia |
fact, the southern part of Wood county 1
is pretty well dotted with former resi- |
dents OF Hancock county, and they |
make good, OrderlovinS and Industrious |
citizens. They are carving out for them
selves beautiful homes in what bids soon !
to be one of the foremost and most |
counties in our grand Buck |