Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-23
N WESTERN KExNEBEC.
Notes absst the Farms. OrchArds A.
Steek; and Talks win the Farmers.

Iva dus, damp ard threatening that
afs.rocon re started ueou cur last tour
among The gsod farmers in sovns Of Western
Kennssec, Oc;cber Is There had been
rain the night before ard vhle the coaei
lions indisssei more "faiipg veaihss,' ~
old eoustrr pscrls ssY. ihsrs vAs N evsa
char ca Is might ei..f Cd. Not many mole
days will re gwen rs tbs fall
il which. 4, s.ks couuIy rides,
obssrve lie imprsvi menis upon farms
SID 81 ~ the glorious autumnsl dAys-so
we .srriled to make he most Of the
few that ~ remain. our route led US up
Mt vefrsa avenue scfoss tie Sanford
PIaips, and evsr tas so called beg Rosa"
.-sx2res i've nnms sno1Gh, bus also
inexpres.lve enough for il deserves
. bsttes-shsoush = correr Of Marchestar,
through another corner Of Belgrade AID
into the picture qas town OF Mount
Vernon, as. asiasd Washington, but
Afterwards changed TO IesTetuAte the
home Of Wssh. Js.sn which hs 30 mach
loved On the banks Of the Potomac-ssttlsd
in 1874, he yes. b. fore the battle OF Ban.
ksr Hi Beg ond Coombs' Mil the road
runs through . section Of hns Augusta
farms, tile road fences all tahea away, the
buildings neat, the bsrns large, and every
thing denotiog thrift. Among these farms
are ,hoss Of Charles Morrill, tsy,
ats active place which one wants to
turn round ard lock at as be
passes; Daniel S rlbner aud E. W
Knowles, the man who briggs Us the best
milk We ever bad sinee we 'old that pet
Jersey COW. Here 10 the new Je~sst school
houpe, = model Of its kind, abandantly
lighted, pretsily located sId ore in Which
teacher and scholars must alike take
pride. NJ; CONS the farm Of Mr.
J. W. Morrill,, another OF Augustus
well known milk farmers who're buildings
are model of neatness and whose fields be-
aken good care and large crops. just
beyond Mr.. Morrili's We strike out upon the
Stanford plAirs" in the northeast corner OF
Manchester-s section OF ilsnf' poor iAnd
for farming 9, Dus valuable iof "s grown OF
young pine umoer from ~nicn many NOUS
ands Of dollars have been realized in the TIM.
Der Gus n, and YET the new grown 10 coming
on rapidly ana enhancing III ''iae every
year. A steam -" "iii PAM was e'..eu
here a few yeara $40. now operated BY Mr..
Lyon ana IL mas Done large BUSINESS Al
converting tnis PING uihoef in'' sA"eu Jun
Der OF AL oimehsions u 'ui' Tue
demands OF 'ne "NAe'. oeyonu 'Ne
rh'e' sle 'ne 'Aims y. Ausu.'u' "o""'
a"hu'tiine iafmer 'ano VI iss'o i"'AeI'"n'
A A ~ - go 49,. . ,.,ao o,on s.
b,v escb ve.r. Throuph tbi, lower corner
~ R.lur.de are MANY good farms bslong-
in, IN the Knovl,es. five or six Of them,
and al we'll known and leading farmers,
hut wa had nj time to make calls
An along the road the apples were
being gathered. and every little While
the fr.o,an. odo, of the vinegar fsctorie.
ore. ted The sen,e Of sme)l-po. thank you,
nat even new cider, At East Mount Yer.
non the,e il "A smsu post office where Fred
A. Wing. E,o.. ia postmaster, the Office
having been q. cured largely through the
. ffo,t. n. Allen r. Wing E.o,, upon whom
wa had a pleasant call, The coun-
.,v r,sident. NJ this section get a
aa;,v mail here. and it il a privilege they
n,,zs immensely. AZ the morning daily d.
ma, .. IA tn them ,hs same Afternoons
g,eat ,bi,g tn @, inv ard aporeciste in these
.,;i, ,ur.I commu, ,sies where there il 40
little of incident to the daily life,
mn In. p,.,
ine MAJ hien' 'u. We u.ous" ~ =. '.'
ho'l''ao'e nome u mr. wniA'n liz LUZ
icy Id nas' MI veinon. LUIS "a psop'e ="
Aogus's Aho" ".' i'uu"y 'ei, "e"' Aoi
nc IL Id tue CITY '"o VI 'niee '."e. e'''
~ees' tul It" Ano" JUST "heie ne n'e' y.
an, 'hine ABOUT n''n' ou' ~ ~ '' VI '','u
SAY ''action W 'ee ni'n a. nV"e' 'p'n N''
own acres among ni' COWS aha nofse'A
STOUT mao, c'psoie Vi sfea' e"'a'An'e,
who mas done VAST amount oi hAia
~ork sii 'hese years. anu ye' muse isoe -
as fuddy as tnst OF toufteen-Seaf-oio ooy
ana ~ho Is inc pie'u'e VI pefieo' ne'''n.
When william gers on us iops'Nsseo
ooofs and set'ies Gown 10 "ofS' 'nele sie
few farmers VINO can 90 more, ano oon
you toige1 lie Mr. Duc'eys liz me farm
consists OF something over one nulofeo
acres' WIN Two nunofso scfes
outlsying in vienna, hesoneid ana
Mr.. vernon occupied Is pAs'ofaes
and ~oodiahd' his farm ouiiains' com-
prise dweihpg' Darn ~ oy oo iee'' large
stable, Storage house Tor carriages sle'gns'
farm implements and toois; ouiiding WIZ
appliances for dressing oeeves, hogs and
poultry; ice house and butter making room'
with two or three other sheds ana ousouiio'
inss. This farm was taken up oy
Mr.. Dudleys grandfatnef' Benjamin
Dudley, who came from Raymond
N h., and VINO Formerly owned part OF
the land on which the. city OF Augusta now
stsrds. The farm cuts 70 tons OF nay ana
among his crops this year were l'o ousneis
Of corn, four acres OF oats, three hurdted
bushels OF potatoes and ten bushels OF wheat
this last the product OF one qusrt OF seed
received from the Department OF Agficuit'
ure in 1890. That gave about one peck which
was sovn last spring and Mr.. Dudley thinks