Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-18
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are such diversity Of crops anil labors. |
where acquaintance with one branch Is rot
identical vita familiarity With another. where
there are 30 many perishAbis crops 10 handle
sna where a study Of markets is indispens-
able.
This attention to details BY which success
ha, been sos. and success too, Of high
order. We have seldom seea better IL
lasssxssd sbaa At the farm Of Messrs-
J. II. and George A. Yea:on 10 Chelsea.
This so~n 10 not 90 veil known AZ IL
shoulf be, A. il is some sha. oTershadoTet
By cities In its immediate neighbcrhood.
The National Soldiers Home is located in
Chelsea. and there s much good farming
land in ,o-a. The farm Of the Asssrs. Yea
ton 10 situated iust opposite the CITY Of Hal
lowell on the east sbie Of the river and Is
eighty acres stretches along the Hailo~eh
AMI Togu. roads In abou, sig feid- WHICH
lay IS pretlily and are as handily placed
to the farm buildings, as is the case
with any farm have ever visited
The public road forms the south
boundry of the farm and the fields are 30
located that the highway serves as a road for
sI the farm hauling Of manure, hay grain
and the farm crops generally, good openings
and driveway, connecting the several fs!d'
with the road. The several feds are all in
zooi condition. and at the time Of our visit
one day last wesk-aoogt SIX tons Of hay
were down in one field and Ne saw many
other. good for two tons of hay /, the acre.
The .peciaitles of the farm may be .aid to
be a nne herd OF cows, ard one of
the best flower, fruit and vegetable gardens
in all th. section The Mfssrs
Yeaton are not large farmers bat whatever
4. undertaken is made success because the
incest care and attention are given to It.
From keeping a small heri of siI TO eight
cows this part Of their business has grown to
such an extent that they now have twenty
tv ine cows and make at present l20 quarts
Of milk daily which is all sold to the Insane
Hospital of this city. The milk is delivered
bat once day, in the morning aud it takes
lust about one hour from the time
of starting, until the milk is
discharged at the Hospital and the
| DAYS work The Messr-. Yeaton are most
| favorable situated for this business, and 1t is
needless to say that they give the best of sat
! isfsction to their contractors. Although
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the high price Of $50 per acre, for farming
purposes the farm does not now contain a
suf'cency of pasturage for the large herd of
COW. kept. and they are obliged to be fed
from the barn more or less the year round.
Probably now one-half of their living
is furnished at the crib, the
pasture furnishing about half enough to sup
port them aud also furnishing a heslthful
outing ground for the entire number
Provender is supplied the year round.
In Walking over the fields with Mr.. Yeston
ST., We gathered many bits Of useful infor-
nation from his long experience and cf6se
observation which were exceedingly interest
ing. He speaks highly of the value of
leached ashes as fertilizer, especially for
grass on clsyey soil Fodder corn is an ex-
cessvely exhnusting crop. tie likes the
| plan Of seeding fields in August, although its
success depends largely upon the season be-
ing favorable. His greatest success with
potatoes has been an old ground A flock of
| Plymouth Rocks were rs pretty lot as We
ever saw together; and the same is true of
farm Is well stocked with a suificiency
of the best improved machinery, mowers,
harrows, rollers, carts, sleds, power fork, all
well taken care of and when not in use as
we'll housed rs are the farm animals in in
| element weather. Tools handled and kept as
they are on this farm are rot only pleasure
to use but satisfaction in the beholling and
| in Knowing where they are when wanted
Much As we were pleased by the fine clean
appearance OF the fields on this farm, and
their abundant crops; it vas when we came
to the gardens that we were most satisfied
and here we found the Messrs. Yeaton most
completely at home. The gardens are well
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