Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-24
II WESTERN kEsSEBEe.
Notes absst the Farms, OFchards snd
Steck: and Talks with the Farmers.

&oo1 sefdseb, JGst q3sHef W ave- ~
seemed rather estiy 10 turn cut, but 81
breakfast, vhsn the Whole family were
seased ,sara thss big table ia the spacious
dining fss.a esslrs cT candle light II
half rss. sve, we fell ashamed ct oufseif
for having been es.ied AZ all vhsn We as
esYtainsa that M. Dudley wss ap at half
pass inrse thxs morning and bad miiksd tea
coss before he had raped q. cuc eoor
Think Of ii. city deniz ms, you
Who ihi1k ii . hardship to 60 20 work 81
seven o'clocx-yoa know little ct the long
days that Maine farmers are obliged to
make, or the solid vork they put in morn
ings and nights while you are ct rest. Blu.
they have sood health and solid amount
Of rational enjoyment tia. city people know
little Of.
The morning opened bright. The cir
was crisp, sharp and tsscing; the SKY eieAr
as deer's marEle; the varied colo,s OF the
hillside foliage wss Insignificant ia the first
light of the moraing, before the saa had
made its sppearAnee, snd everything betok-
eued tyriea! Ocscber day. So il proved.
An early start was made, taking the road
thst ran up the bill from Mr.. Duilsys.
through the woods aud down on the Ses'
side. windipg round is base 10 the most
picturesqae way, lined Is il WAS en- each
side with sturdy beeches, naples, ti-ches
aud some evergreens-giving varied AID
beau'ifu color TO Natures su'umu drap.
erie., the hsisht Of the fall fashions.
The st call made was at the farm Of
Mr.. Atwood F. Grassy, pretty valley
farm of mist productive land. situated
just At the begi1nius Of the gentle rise at
the foorslopss Of McGafsy m'u1tsin.
M. Cressey has altogether four or Eve
hundred acres, one hundred acres in the
home farm, which carries stock Of twen-
ty.five head Of cattle. five horses and sixty
Southiown sheep. His herd com.
prisss six cows and usually seven
yoke Of oxen and steers. Mr.. Creassy
sold thres pairs Of large cattle this fall. sud
is going to replace them by at once buying
three more pairs Of yoIDge, cattle to help
eat up his hay aud obtain the profit in their
growth. This is the sure sign OF good
farmer. MIR. Cressey had twelve acres
under the pillow this year. one item OF bis
crops being two hundred bushels Of corn
There is young orchard upon the farm.
mostly Bsldwins, just coming into bearing
from, which Mr. Crelsey harvested 200
bushels of apples this fall. His buildings
are such as indicate the thrifty, working
fa.mer-located in warm position, the
sun pouring into all the rooms of his dwell.
ing; the barn snd stable being on the
opposite side of the road from the
house. The bsrn is AZ by 20 feet, the stable
80 by 40 fee.--sll the buildings are picely
painted snd the ysrds and SURROUNDING
kept in nest shspa.
Beyond Mr.. Cressey's She read WINS uf
4 series of slight elevations leaving Horn
besm Hill to the left and thu valley Of Long
Pond 20 the risht, past the farms Of Chss
W. CfeAsey, c. w. Leighton, and num-
Der OF other coed farms the names Of
whose owners We did not obtain. To the
right on the top of Carr Hill road lead,
to the new re.iiencs of Mr.. r. Fl. Jscob.-
who has a farm CT It's acres, cuts 80 ton.
OF hsy and hss an orchard yielding eighty
barrels OF apples Mr.. jacobs is q res
vorker-one OF those men always at it. He
is good fame, q carpenter and builder
ard man who when me fsrm work is Do
pressing always has some job of building
or repairing on hsnd al Mt. Vernon Wills g
o. elsewhere He is never idle. His stand
OF buildings is one of the beet in the town
A brief call was made at Mr.. J. R. Yea.
TINA, whom fortunately we found at home
he was in the bsr husking out an elegant
crop of c5rn and We at once went to the
gfsnary building to see it-one hundred
and forty BASKETS Of bright, handsome
esrs. Mr.. Yeston also raised this yeal
lOt Uu5hCAs Va bbitCy hbu AOV VI
potatoes. His farm, which embraces
one hundred acres, is pleasantly located on
the southern slope of McGstfey mountain,
The land is in high state of cultivation,
the buildings substantial. all kept in good
repair, ana the premises indicating the
home OF he prosperous, Independent farm
er. The farm cuts thirty tons of hay. A
handsome field Of thirty acres slopes sway
to the south and east, and from Mr..
Yeaton's home is a wide view down the
valley, twelve miles in 3 straight line to
Allen bill ia Manchester, while LoDg po1d
is one mile to the east. Mr. Yeaton
is Que of the most prominent
and we'll known farmers in kennebsc coun-
ty, having been for five years trustee, and
for two years president of the Old Kennebec
Agricultural Soissy, besides Occupying
many other positions Of trust and RESPONSE
biiity. His vie 70 on Maine agriculture are
sound s9d progressive, and he rightly be-
lieves that Msine farmers must raise more
grain and crops in order to keep up their
farms, pay taxes and meet the necessary
bills. ct is all wrong says Mr.. Yeaton,
"for Maine farmers to purchase so largely
OF corn and grain from the West, when We
hive our Own farms, must stay on them aud
must pay Whist it ,sss to operate them. In
addition to this, TO keep on paying out
money for Western corn and grain is the
height Of stupidity-it will ruin our formers
If they keep il up, ard has nearly done it
as it is" But Mr.. Yeaton, with others, re-
joices that thi, 10 beir g changed, and the
reform commenced is likely to continue.
Near Me-. Yessoh's is one OF the neat.
pretty schooihou.s for which Mt Yer
non IL bee ming 9, we'll known since the
town 81 stem has superseded the old district
system. IL has worked we'll and met the
apprev OF the towns- people to 3 high
degree. Some schools have been diecon
tinued i. is true, because it hiss been nee
esssry 10 some cases to mite two districts
for obtairing greater efficiency; bu. this
increased usefulness more than If sets the
disadvArtagas. The fohoolhouses bSve
been repsired sbd much improved, and the
whole System is giving complete satisfaction.
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