Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-03-25
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E,lReg Ns,s EagiiHd Fdrasr
sir: lnasmuch a. the vital question
for New Englani "a answer at the prc.-
ent time I. "whst shall the New Ing
land farmer dor ! trust YOU viii not
think Il Intrusive u I call your attention
to th. following;
There I. nov = farm for .ale-,he Foe
ter farm on the cold spring Road, a nile
distant from the mo., beautiful village
Ia New England, wllllam.town, Berk-
shire County. ani within two miles 81
the station, az which twenty passenger
trains n day stop. To the station runs
one of th. b-.t berkshire gravel rad.
and upon an almost continuous down
grade. The farm has twice taken the
premium a. the beat managed farm In
twenty year. IN. been "putting on more
than he Ia. taken of;" that !. to s,y,
be- Ia. .old butter and bough, graln.
The price of all agricultural products In
the n.ighboring village. of Williams
town aud North Adams !. about the
same a. In the town. 10 Albany and
Troy, excepting hay, batter and mutton.
The farm contains ioi acrc., aud has up
on II th. we'll known New England
farmhouse white with green blinds,
aud two large maple tire. before the
door ani ten farm buildings. All of
thcse building. have been kept painted,
and are In good condition. The farm IL
we'll fenced.
ThI. farmhouse. these ten farm build
Ing. aud the fences probably could not
be- replaced for slO,Oco. In their pres
ent condition call them fairly worth
500. let thi. farm, Ia which q good
farmer Ia. given lifetime of Intelligent
carr. has been offered Ia me, and can BE-
bought by anybody for that amount. Ia
other words, II you will pay what the
buildlng. and fences are reasonably
worth, or two-thirl. of what they act
ually cost. he will give you i05 acres of
good land, In high cultivation, for moth
Ing.
II YOU ask my friend Mr.. Foster
WHY nv WISHES To SILL
his farm at an low q price, be- Will tell
YOU that Il Il because he can't work hun
self as he once did, aud "cant get good
help lf you ask young man of the
neighborhood why be does not buy the
farm on mortgage. as Mr.. Foster did.
and pay the mortgage OF by hard work
and thrifty WAYS, aud make for himself
a comfortable home a. hi. fathers did,
he will tell you that he can do better.
n you tell him that he should adapt his
agriculture to the changed circumstances
of the time; that he has all the advan-
tages that al. father had aud a thousand
more besides; that the soil IL actually
more fertile, the stones picked up, the
stumps dug out, the roads built; that
statistics show that certain products
bring better prices than they did hun
dred years ago, while clothing aud farm
Implemsnts coat less; that two men With
a mower and te,ider can harvest more
hay In one day than four men With
scythe and pltchfork could formerly do
In two. he will blandly reiterate that
farming pays worst Of all, and that he
..can do better"
IuE Ruin or NEw ENGLAND AeRicrL-
TCRE
Il due TO combination Of causes, the
chief Of which are these:
I. For many years the government
has been paying the most extraordinary
bounty that the world ever knew for ag.
ricuitural products. Il has not paid
this bounty upon agriculture To farmers
In general. but only to those Who would
live In the west. To them it has said In
substance, "Come over here and under
cell American farmers eAst Of the Ale
ghanies, and We will give you for moth
Ing cltisenship and farm. Atthe same
time the government has been giving
another 81 Of bounties In land and
guaranteed bonds 70 such railroads a.
should carry the immigrant farmers 70
their ffve fsrns without tfsir being sub
)ssssd 70 - ds.gss ssd dslays and