The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-02-07
ABANDONED FARMS IN oEMANo.
Opportunities to Get Lsnl and Build.
fnRs Cheap in Massachusetts

Opportunities to Get LanI and BuiIds
fngs Cheap in Massachusetts.
You have all read and heard more
Or less about the abandoned farms of
New England" said the man of an az
ricultural turn TO q company of listen
ers, ''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 are not
so valuable as in some other parts Of
the country, but the case is not nearly
SO bad as il has been represented and
there is hope for New England yet.
Il have been looking up farms and
statistics in the State of Massachu-
setts, the richest of the New England
States, suppose, and find that of the
45,O10 farms in the State by the last
census only Ill were reported to the
State Board Of agriculture as for sale
You will 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 aba ndOned.
''Of these Ill farms 309 have been
sold, either for homes, for investment,
or for farming, and buyers very gem
orally report themselves TO be well sat
isfied with their purchases. OF these
purchasers POI are from New England
and New York, lis being from Massa-
chusetts. but inquiries are received
from all over the Union and from the
British provinces. and the work is pro-
crossing favorably. Up to April 20.
1900. % inquiries had been received.
representing twenty-four States, Can
ada and Nova Scotia. Four Of the
Southern States were heard from, and
letters had come from as far west as
California and Washington
"Of course the New England climate
Is not the balmiest in the world or the
most equable. but 1t is heaithful, aud
the farms, when properly handled, are
good producers Prices are low enough
TO warrant a man putting on a little
extra work and fertilizer. One farm
in Berkshire County. five miles from
railroad station. containing fifty acres.
n 'ousC VI CiSHt iVOAh-f
good water, vein of white marble and
other attractions, Is offered for $1,000.
about what it would cost to build the
house; another in the same county, OF
sixty acres, with buildings, water, fruit
and sugar orchards, is offered for $500.
One in Barnstable County of thirty
acres, with house, orchard, etc, two
miles from the station and a mile from
the shore, Is offered for only 500. An
other in Berkshire of 100 acres, forty
acres under cultivation, with house.
outbuildings, two barns, good water.
etc, a mile and half from the sta
ton, Is offered at SI00. One of 800
acres six miles from Great Darlington.
with n ten-room house on il, is to be
had for $500; another of 3I5 acres.
with a twelve-room house, a fine view
Of Lake Garfield, and 100 sugar trees.
is offered for S3 500; another of 125
acres, with outbuildings, can be had
for $500, only 81 an acre. \ farm Of
$50 acres with 500 acres to pasture and
100, to grass. four miles from South
Lee, is offered at S5 an acre; another
of 40 acres is offered for $500.
in Dukes County, which is aRisland.
the average price is $50 an acre; in
Franklin IS and SO an acre is asked.
and nearly all farms have houses and
outbuildinss. Twelve counties offer
farms for sale, and while some go as
low as $3.50 an acre. others run as
high as 500 an acre, but these are few
in number and really should not be re-
ported in the abandoned farm list"