The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
Many Of Them Are Now Alan
dOnHd In Massachusetts.
Prices ASKED LOW ENOUGH.
An Investigator FInts Thai III Sre for
Sale Ia lhs Ear State Scms Are
in G0oa Localities.

'you have all read or heard moro or
less about the abandoned farms of New
England = said the man Of an agrlcultur-
al turn to a company of listeners. "and no
doubt some OF you have concluded that
large tracts in New England had utterly
gone TO waste
1T IS true that many farms there arc
not SO valuable as in some other parts
OF the country, but the case is not nearly
so bad as II has been represented and
there is hope for New England yet
Il have been looking up farms and sta
iistics in the state OF Massachusetts the
richest OF the New England states, I sup
pose. and ] find that OF the $500 farms
in the state by the last census only al
were reported to the state board OF agri-
culture as for sale
''You VIII understand that the state has
taken the matter up. and The board lists
in catalogue for free distribution all
farms which may come under the head
of abandoned.
"Of these III farms 800 have been sold
either for homes, for Investment or for
farming. and buyers very generally re-
port themselves 10 be well satisfied with
their purchases.
PRICES Low ENoLdH
"of these purchasers em are from New
Engl,nd and New York. us being from
Massachusetts but inquiries are received
from all over the Union and from the
British provinces, and Ihe work is pro-
crossing favoraDly.
Up TO april 20 OF this year 252 Inquiries
had been received, representing "a states,
Canada and Nova Scotia. -Four OF the
southern states were heard from. and let
ters had come from as FAR west as Cali
fornia and Washington.
"One farm in EcrkShire COUNT, miles
not the Dalniest in the world or The most
eQuabe but IL Is hcaifhful, and tho
nTins. wnen property tTHTrufrv1, tire geea
producers. Prices are low enough,to war
rant a man putting on h little extra work
and fertilizer.
One farm IN Berkshire county five miles
from a railroad station. containing fifty
acres. house OF eight rooms, outbuld-
inGs. good water. vein OF white marble
and other attractions, is offered for sl2VOi
about What IL would cost 20 build the
house, ano11er Ia the same county OF
sixty acres, with buildings, water. fruit
"One in Darustablo county OF thirty
acres, *with house, orchard. etc, two
miles from the station and mile from
the shore. Is offered for only S2co.
A VARIED SELECTION.
Another IN Berkshire ot 100 acres, 40
acres under cultivation. with house out
buildings. two barns, good water etc.
mile and a half from the station, is oiicr-
ou at 500.
''One OF 500 acres. six miles from Great
Darlington. with ten room house on II
is 70 he had for S2S03; another Of 815 acres,
with a twelve-room house, q fine view of
Lake Garfield. and iC0 sugar trees, is Of
ferred for $500; another OF l2o acres
with ou;buildinsss. can be had for 500,
only 81 an acre.
A farm of SO acres with $50 acres to
pasture and 100 10 grass foar miles from
South Lec is offered az s. - acre; an
other OF 40 acres IS offcred for s66o.
In Dukes county, which Is an island.
the average price Is so an acre; in Frank
Nm s. and 50 nm acre Is asked, ana near
~ an farms have houses and outnuild-
ings.
we've counties offer farms FOR sale,
and while some go as low as $3.50 an acre.
others run rs high as Sieo an acre. but
these are few In number and really should
not be reported In the abandoned farm
list"