Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-06-30

fni2Tat3fF f<opir al1 a->o VI 1S<o1Hs Va
the occasional change of circumstances
on the part of sle owrer which indu
e4s him 70 sell aai either change his
basiaess Or resnoye 20 ! farm ia some
other locality.
$1,000 fur an Aroossoox Farm.
A few years ago man bought farm
in NY iCnustaisre vicinity for which be
agreed to pay s.. 06a The fsra con
tsined soHse so acres of exceptionally
good land and was under very go+-d
state Of cultivation though the build
| iags were yery much ous OF repair He
psid $500 down AMI the next year sold
/ 100 acres from the farm for which he
received $500 which he turned towards
( payment fer the farm The remainder
| OF the purchase was secured by mort
gage upoa tsss farm. bat = year before
IN. expiration CT the laort age he paid
the eatIre amount from The products OF
the farm ard BOW iaflents that he sold
any part of it "a he Is convinced he
could easily have paid for the whole
/ He has still left. however. one Of the
/ finest farms Ia Pressure Isle, whfeh he
owns without any egcunbrance and -
now investing the proceeds OF bis CROPS
in repairs upon his buildings. lie has
raised large crops Of potatdes, bat hss
not had the adYaHrs &c of the winter
pisrkst for shipping To any great extent.
a. he lacked cellar room for storing
potatoes. and has usually pat the larger
part of his crop into the starch factory
af from twenty u t@enty-hve cents
per bashel. He j. modest rnan
and does not care for publicity
/ but the initials OF his name are samuel
: {. Greealaw and he has this year some
| twenty-five acres planted 10 potatoes aud
proportionare area Of other crops and
| a fine stock OF horses and cows. This
shows what man Of energy aud good
| Judgment can DO on good Aroosiook
/ farm If he has the courage 70 trv. By
4 the way. nay good friend, Mr.. Hall G.
| Burleigh of NassalbJro. wa. my guest
some ten years ago and he had SO severe
! An Attack Of the aroostook Fever
that he declared his Willingness TO bus
| "a farm here, IL he could Ind one large
enough. and ointo the business Of stock
| husbandry upon an extensive scale. We
walked over upon this farm, which Was
then the property of former owner.
and Mr. Bnr,eigh at once fell 80 much in
love with 1t that We sought the owner
and he offered him 5000 for the place
! The price asked was 5000 which Mr.
| Burleigh was strongly tempted o close
with, but concluded 10 hold it under
adyisement until his return home. Upon
reaching home he entered Into the ar
rangement with the rate Gov. Bodwell
to 90 into the business of importing and
breeding thoroughbred stock, br which
arrangement lost good neighhor and
he made Il comfortable fortune. Ii is
not the least dispardgement TO Mr. Bur-
leigh however. to say that in Mr.. Grec,-
law the neighborhOod secured just as
good a man While speaking of farms
in this vicinity | cannot refrain from
mentioning the farm of Mr.. j. b. Long.
which adioins the one already described.
and which includes the fine tract Of 100
acres purchased from Ir. Greenlaw.
Mr.. Longs farm now contains
About Four Hundred Acres
and is situated at Maysville Centre about
three miles from Pressure Isle village on
the road to Caribou. one hundred and
fifty acres lie on the east side of the
road, while on the west are the remain
der and the buildings. The house Is u
neat white cottage with ample ell and
sheds. There are two large barns. one
| of which IL so feet and the other 100
feet in length. There is also large
and convenient hose stable, a granarv
and other ont buildings. Water is
brought TO he buildings in every con-
venient place, being pumped from a well
| by an Aermotor. For long distance
on either side of the road are double
rows Of beautiful NAPLES which give the
| appearance of a shady park and add
| much 10 the attractiveness of the place
Mr.. Long keeps large number of
horses and colts among them a handsome
Percheron stallion imported from New
Brunswick. lie has also a large herd OF
dairy cows, the milk from which l. thi.
summer sent to the cheese factory al
Presque Isle. He has this year about 30
acres planted 10 potatoes and has broad
fields of grain Of different kinds. His
garden also receives particular attention
and for one item he has this year some
5000 cabbage His plum orchard con
sists of 1900 Moore's Arctic plum trees
which are laid down every fall and re
main under the snow during the winter
| This orchard suffered much last winter
from the drpreiatjons of mice. but now
| bids fair to raise large crop of plums.
Mr. Long has also one Of the most pro
ductivc apple orchards in town lie is
a progressive farmer and is always
abreast of the times IN the matter Of
farm machinery. Among the many
labor saving implements upon his farm
are the self rakiug reaper, a self binder.
I ihreshing machine, potato planter and
many other minor articles of machinery
Mr.. Long bought this farm few wears
ago from j W. Bolton, Esq the preseno
high sheriff Of the county. lie has
since added to it and erected new build
ings until the place TO day cannot be
worth less than $4,000.
/ A Ward TO Young Men.
We have ondeayor"l in this letter
especially to draw the attention of
Young men in other portions Of the
state, who are about starring out to look
for homes, to the peculiar advantages
offered by Arocstook We haze sought
to show them that the task Of making
comfortable home from a tract Of virgin
I forest, though it requires grit. muscle
and perseverance, is not one after all
which need appal any man who il not
afraid tn work We have shown them
what has been doac in the past anf
what caA even more easily he .io.e now.
from the fact that all the conditions are
more favorable. We have also tried to
show that any man of experience in
farming and 81 good Judgment and indus
'''""7 .ap''s ''i' 'ull VA d"ut i.r lafge
t,rm md wi,h ernnl,", III ayors"@
good fortune pav Tor it oil the farm in a
j very few year. The present indics-
r" ;,i al are 'h.t re 'H.uri "a Arno-to1 ,
rsst The nr,sno i .,,ad ,"r I heo '''1
commencement Of the work Of building