The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
The EStaOrOOk Farm.

Ieruay morning where d Coup'0
Of V ry pleasant hours were
spent i'm looking over the place.
The farm consists Of forty acre
tract and is located just mile
and three-quarters from the city
on the Houghton road, and lies
between the road and the Omaha
track. The land is fairly level,
being just enough slope to it to
furnish drainage. The soil is of
a sand and clay loam with a clay
sub soil and is of the finest kind
for the raising of grasses. small
fruits and vegetable. The entire
piece, with the exception of
about one acre which was left
for a grove, has been cleared of
brush and the stumps have been
removed from good portion CT
1T. The land was purchased by
Mr.. Estabrook some few years
ago. but during the past year or
SO the greatest number of i'm
provements have been made up
on it. There is a good dwelling
upon the farm and also a fine
large barn, chicken house and
hay shed combined. The place
is in charge of Herbert Burns
who lives upon the place with his
family. Mr.. Burns is a prac-
tical fal mer and a trip to the
place will convince anyone that
he knows his business when it
comes to farming. The princi-
pal crops consist of hay, Straw
berries, potatoes. tomatoes. peas,
turnips, with an abundance of
other garden vegetables. Mr..
Burns is now furnishing straw
berries, radishes, lettuce and
peas to the local market. The
peas were planted early last
spring and have been ready for
use since the first of July. We
can voucher for the taste of the
same for we were furnished an
elegant mess by Messrs. Esta-
brook and Burns, and we consid-
er them the finest that we have
ever eaten.
The crops are all we'll advanced
and all promise heavy yield. Mr..
Burns has some potatoes that will
be ready to market in the course of
IL couple of weeks while the others
were planted for the regular harvest
time. The hay crop is now being
tlkcn III and will perhaps take a
weeks time. Some of the hay is be-
ing taken from land that was
bru> he'd last year. The land was
seed, d but has never been plowed
and it is surprising to see how we'll
the grass has grown.
Last fall and this spring large
number Of strawberry plants were
set out upon the place and they will
be growing berries next season
More land will be set out this fail to
new plants and from now on large
patch will be kept going. Straw
berries are sure crop and net good
returns to the grower.
Mr.. Burns, the man in charge OF
the farm, has been in this section Of
the country but d couple of years.
He is thoroughly satisfied with the
soil in this section and thinks that
the climate is ideal. He gives it as
his opinion from what he has seen
and knows of the country that with
in few years this will be great
ia aiming section. He says that no
better place could be found for the
raising of small fruits and he intends
to demons trate this stasement in
course of the next year or so by set
ting out shrubbery and fruit trees.
Mr.. Estabrook, the owner of the
place, is to be congratulated on bis
fine looking farm. He is setting a
good example that it would be we'll
for others to follow in the way of
improving his place and getting it
in shape for making money, and
building up the country. Dell takes
great pride in his farm and he
spends many days during the sum-
mer in working about it. During
the past few days he has been put
ting in all of his time out there as
sisling in cutting ard getting in
the hay crop, besides cultivating
some of the vegetables. He can
hold his own with any of them when
ii comes to farming.
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