The sun., 1900-12-16
ABANDONED FARMS ~ DEH i\D.
Opportunities TO Get Land and Buiidings
Cheap In Nassachusetts.

"You htNc all read and heard more or less
about the abandoned farms Of New England,
said he man of an agricultural turn To p
company OF listeners. and have no doubt
some Of you concluded that large tracts IN
New England had utterly gone to waste
II Is true that many farms there are not 50
valuable as in some other parts of the coun-
trv bat the case is not nearly 50 bad a. II
has been represented and there is hope for
New England yet
Il have been looking up farms and sta
tisrIcs in the State of Massachusetts, the
richest Of the New England States, suppose.
and find that Of the 5000 farms in the state
by the last census only III we're reported 10
the state Board of Agricultur" a. for sale
Nou will understand that the state ha~ taken
tho natter up. and m. Board lists in csta-
locuc for free distribution all farms which
NAV come under the head OF abandoned
"Of these ~ farms 500 nave been sold.
either Tor homes, for investment or Tor
farming, and buyer. very g%onsralE % report
from New England and New York. l7s being
from Massachusetts on, INQUIRIES arc r''-
British Provinces and thcwork ie progressing
favorably p to hpril ~ ~ THIS year 2"2
Wenty .fonT states Canada and Nova scotia
-Four Gf tho southern States were heard from
and letters had come from as far west as
-Of course the New England climate is
not The haluiest in the world or the. most
equablc, but, It is hea thfnl and the rnrms
Pricos are low enough to warrant = man
putting on n little extra work and fertilizer
One farm in berkshire county. i've mil"s
from q railrond station. containing hfty
acres. n house of eight rooms ou'buiidinc-
good water. a vein oI white marble and other
II would cost to build the house. another in
The same county. Of sixty acres. wl,h bulid;
jrss water fru, and HrChaTdS S?nG,rI
acres, with house. orchard, SC. two miles
from the station and 2 mile from the shore,
shir" of 100 acres. forty acrcs under cult
vation. with house. outbuidings, two harms,
good water, .tc. a mlc and 2 hnlG from fro W."
TnS TS rs h"ssa eo 10 ho Sad ar >: 400 another
C '7l acre aKe Tn ayC rnd 100 nH"sr
trees is rercd for sS.5oo another Of l25 acres,
with ou'hulldlnes. can be had for 500 only
ocroa 10 pns,ura and 100 10 grass. four miles
from South Loo, Is offered q 3 an mere;
ano'hcy of 40 a"rcs is oIcT"d i"r ism 600. ,.o
average m .'n nric, is s2o m acre; In Franklin IS
and eio an mere is asked, md yearly al, farms
snTn no rt,rs n"CT" Oyer farms n for sale and while
go ms low ~ - SO an acre, others run as hir
as SioO an acre. but these are lew IN nulnher
and really should not bc reported In IN" aban-
ut is a plain case that land is more than
drt chean' b,it n cheap farm is not alwavs
tho most desirable even TO the poor man
Yet I m, sure that the farmer tn tho North
wost could do better in Massachusetts than
,hora he ia not orlv rs n farmer. but in the
improved condition of civilized surroundings
possihlv vou do not know II, hut the value
~ agricultural property IN Massachnsetts :
~ 1905 was siIO.27l $50 exclusive OF huild'rGs
which represontad = value ~ 81 7.a?o.35f and
tho annual value Of an products was about
ass ooo ono Something that NAV -trtk" YOU
as almost rheuomcnal, having Boston IN
your mind |. that only 30, i3i bushels of hea ne
wore raised ~ the state. while there were
- ssi 81 cahhagr heads turned ou' And
This T. not explained nv the further fact that
~" ,oue Of tho fsh produced Ash h"lnc a
I-ai- foNd va. bu, a. .oS5, while hogs pork
MT being brain food though bean COM
plouent were raj scd 10 the value ot saIs .i'a.
"IIov"vcr ! am talking about agriru'ur"
and not about intellectual development.
ard 10 get back Ia my subject | would say
that I believe the farmers OF leSs ia'or"d
states than Massachusetts, would do well tn
look over the land there before purchasing
else " here. as the advertlsers SAY.