The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-06-20

| few years ago.
John Moores said land is nowhere cheaper
| than in Hartford. Many farms can be bought
| for less than the buildings and fences arc
worth.
Geo. Il. Silver said that for n pleasant place TO
| live in and make comfortable living, Har
ford county will fill the bill. If aman want
ed to get rich by farming he could not live
long enough to do that here. In buying a
farm If man has money it is well TO pay
for 1t. Ii he hasn't let him buy any way, but
| 1t is cheaper to rent than to buy. Compare
lively speaking our lands are as cheap as in
the West, because the improvements here
generally cost rs much as the land is worth.
| We have good society, churches, schools and
postoffices, but in this part Of the county a
railroad is necessary to dcvelope its resources.
| He would consider the railroad question of
| Importance in buying farm. The land and
water should be good. If the land is not in
good condition it should be susceptible of
| Improvement without great expense. The
West has the advantage ofcheap lands which
| can be worked without continually applying
| fertilizers, and plenty of railroads In going
West or South II man has many hardshps to
| encounter, and only one in fifty becomes rich.
For II majority of young farmers Hartford
county is the best place in which to buy IL
farm.
j. Thos. Bradford had noticed persons who
went West and made fortunes while others
| who staid ut home also made fortunes. Such
men would get along anywhere If II man
| wants farm and can rent he would say rent
| He thought the section around Aberdeen
the pretiiest country he was ever in. He had
| travelled through the West and had seen
people who had accumulated fortunes, but
they had undergone many privations which
| they would have been clear of in Hartford
The essential points in buying farm are
good water good soil, and above all, get
| close to II railroad. Hartford has, altogether,
many advantages. The society is good,
| churches, schools, blacksmith shops and mills
are numerous, and there is no inducement
| for young men to go off to the West or South
If man pays one half the money for n small
! farm and attends to his business he can pay
the balance.
Rev. g. ID. Wilson said he believed in Har-
ford county and thought this is where Para.
disc was. He had noticed that men in Iowa
and Kansas are looking towards the cheap
lands of Maryland. He would not think of
living among rattle-snakes and prairie dogs
and where cyclones call on you before break
fast.
$. b. Silver said he didn't have the pleasure
of locating himself but felt satisfied that he
had been set down in Hartford county. Ii he
Aere buying a farm he would select one with
facilities for getting produce to market. In
order to compete with others you must not he
far from depot. The farm should he rath.
er level, of medium size, say 200 acres. The
present is as good as any time within his recols
lection, in which to buy farm. Farms sell
here for less than the cost of the buildings on
them. He would consider the health of the
country, the water and the soil Some soils
will not retain Improvement, no matter how
much fertilizer is applied to them. With a
good soil and industry almost any one can
succeed. fla man is Industrious and eco
nomical going in debt for farm is no great
disadvantage
Bennett IL. Barnes remarked that some
member would not advise II man 10 buy II
farm unless he could pay all the money for it,
IL that advice were followed he did not know
what the rising generation offarmers would
do.
VIM. Munnukhysen said he would want II
good healthy location, good water and would
stock his farm with sheep.
MIR. Thomas lochary the President, said n
healthy location should be the first point
good water next, with spring near the
house then good land which could be easily
improved and not too hilly. After these
points were met he would not be hard to
please.
Adjourned TO meet at the residence of
Judge Walters, July 9th. Subject, "Ruis."