Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-08-28

cut II before placing il in the silo
nu' the famous granite man of Hallowel
Is the possessor of still
Another Farm
VI an area of two hundred acres which /,
conducted in conjunction with hi. otha,
iari ~ Its situation being four miles from
Haiiowell on the Outlet road, between wba
known as ''Jimmy's" and Hutchinson's'
ponos; small portion being in Mancheste,
Out a larger part in Farmingdale
men TINS place was purchased by Mr.. Bod
ven lot slloO, there were no buildings up-
uh ~ 'ney having been destroyed BY fire, and
the ,ahd was In an exhausted condition, but a
smau crop of hay being yielded But he ssw
great possibilities in this farm for, in addition
70 upland of sandy loan. there were
sevenry-Five Acres of Meadow
iana lying between the two ponds, brook
lieanoering through the centre. The soil
was oiack muck, from two to eight feet deep
ooggy and wet, and over.
grown with underbrush and rank weeds and
grasses Ii was not worth a cent an acre
onoer the new purchasers management FORTY
acres nave been reclaimed, and there is nc
more valuable land for agricultural purposes
10 me State, it being regarded as worth
sioo an acre. But to make this bog valua.
Bile it required large amount of labor and
expense. big pillow drawn BY long team
OF oxen uprooted the tough, m tied turf and
turned 1t over; miles of bitches were dug.
ny dlggipg out the bed of the outlet stream
hutcninson's pond was lowered fifteen inches
ana TINS meadow land quite thoroughly drain.
60. crops were planted, the harvest was boun.
teous and Mr. Bodwell is well
pleased with the success of his
PROJECT. Very little dressing has ever
been applied. 1t is plowed often, however,
every three years, after two crops of hay and
one OF cats have been removed, yet the land
continues In excellent heart. At the present
time there is an acre of carrots and one OF
ruta bagas upon it, rank and fourishing
Three hundred bushels of oats have
been harvested the past season,
or total of FIVE hundred on the en-.
tire farm One hundred tons of hay are
cut annually, in striking contrast with the
meaRre growth of grass when Mr.. BodwelP.
operations commenced. Still further, a com
modious barn l00x40 feet with sixteen. fool
posts has been erected. This also contains q
sllo which is filled each year. The mows are
now packed with hay to the ridgepole. A
neat, though not large house. has been erected
near the road for the use of the farm super
intendent and workmen.
novel and cheap plan was adopted tc
obtain fertilizing material Near the road
and about quarter of mile frem the build
ings towards Hallowell
A Limestone Ledge
was discovered. Mr.. Bodwell at once saw
its value, quarried quantity of the stone
and has burned several kilns, yielding in all
some two thousand bushels of lime. This he
applied to the soil on the several farms with
the best results
While Mr. Bodwell is the sole owner of the
farms mentioned above he is also a par
owner in the "old Lang farm in VassalborC
which has already been written about in these
columns.
Perhaps none of Mr.. BodwelPs enterprise,
have given him more widespread notoriety
than his connection with the firm of Burlei gt
& Bodwell, importers and dealers in
Thoroughbred Cattle.
They begun importing some eight year.
ago, being among the pioneers in the bust
ness and the most extensive operators
in the United States. Their first importation
consisted of sixty head of Herefor S. Tn,
next lot was seventy Herefords and tive
Polled Angus, the third one hundred ant
twenty Herefords and Polled Angus and on,
hundred Shropshire sheep There were sew
eral other importations made in which wer
included Sussex cattle and horned Dorse
sheep. In all. this firm have brought t.
America six hundred head of cattle, selected
by Mr.. Hall c. Burleigh from the finest herd
of England, Wales and Scotland, and repre-
senting value of $3.50, 900. This stock
after its arrival here was kept at Mr.. Bod
wells farms and the Burleigh & Bodwel
farm il Vassalboro. In addition to the cat
tie imported as many more have been raised
making in all over twelve hundred head which
the firm has handled They now have abou
seventy-ive head of thonroughbreds and will
exhibit forty of oxen, fat cattle, heifers anG
steers. also the Horned Dorset sheep, at the
coming State fairs. Their stock has been ex
hibited at New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas
City and many Western fairs and hav,
almost invariably taken
The First Premiums.
At the present time the New Orleans Elk
position owes the concern $500 in premi
ums, which will never be paid Returnin!
to the reception room at the Bodwell resi-
dence the visitor finds four elegant silve
medals rec lived on Polled Angus stock,
framed and resting upon one of the walls. Mr.
Burleigh has enough medals to fill peel
measure, so his distinguished partner says.
Mr.. Bodwell has
Not EARNED II for Fun
or pleasure, altogether, these later years any
more than he did in Methuen, Mass. He
has realized very fair returns on the money
invested, especially in stock operations. Tt
make farming pay in New England requires
as much business capacity as it does to man
age granite company or operate a cottor
factory, as many have learned to their cost
Some NAV say that Mr.. Bodwell with hi
wealth can farm it and make show, but i
should not be forgotten tina, he once made
e far hay,