The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-06-16
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WAL. linen ms Rra0oIatner who succeed
ed his father on the place, was n the
war OF 1872, but his father, who lived and
died on the place, did not keep up the war
record and was not enlisted in the war Of
the rebellion. The present farm, which
lays but few rods from the Ames farm
the town line between Unity and Burn.
ham, separating them, is one of the best
in that section Of the State, and Mr.. Rev
nolds is increasing its value every wear.
He believes in the live stock husbandry
branch OF the business, and is breeding
Durham cattle and Shropshire sheer
very successfully. This spring he is
planting Is acres to potatoes, four acres
to sweet and fodder corn, and has * acres
in oats, an acre in peas, and two acres
in Hungarian. He raised 1000 bushels
of potatoes last year, and sold 1900
bushels of them for AZ cents a bushel
right out of the field. In March he sold
GOO bushels for IS cents, little later 30O
for 80 cents, and the last 500 bushels
went for 10 IL cents. His farm cuts 30
tons of good hay on the average, and
some seasons even more. He has 70
cows, 40 sheep, and six or eight horses.
and says that this number Of fertilizer
makers will be increased each year until
he gets his farm to cutting 100 tons of
hay year. Just now Mr.. Reynolds is
very busy rebuilding his house, and when
all is completed will have very conven-
lent set of buildings out of the old ones
handed down to him from his ancestors
Soon after leaving Mr.. Reynolds we
called at his uncle's, VIM. Reynolds, who
has good farm on either side Of the
Horseback. Mr.. Reynolds has sort of
given over the reins to his son. F. R.
Reynolds, cousin to Wilbur, and chip
off the same block. Although this young
man is only II years of age he has been
handling team and doing mans work
would think from talking with him that
he occasionally did mans thinking.
For instance: He said that he was striy-
ing to renovate the old farm. and as he
could not do it as he wanted to was oblig-
ed to do it as he could. For instance, he
said that he wanted manure spreader.
but he would have to wait until he had
more stock before he could consider one
necessity. Then he asked US about the
different breeds Of stock, and we sug-
gested that the Holsteins seemed to have
the call just now; but no, he did MT want
a Holstein, for the reason that if he had
Holsteins he should feel obliged to sell
the milk, thus robbing the farm of some
thing that it much needed. He thought
that he should have Jerseys or Guernseys
and sell the cream, as he could get as
much for the cream as he could for the
milk, and then have the skim milk left
to feed the pigs on, for he recognizes the
value of pigs to help in the process of
renovat ting the old farm.
Now perhaps somebody can give US a
better way to bring back the old farm
than with Jersey cows and good thrifty
shoats. Yes, and he was going to have
flock of sheep, too. He said his cousin
Wilbur thought he had better have
Shropshires, but he rather favored grade
merinos. Said he had half a dozen of
them and was greatly pleased with their
appearance and development
OF course Mr.. Reynolds belongs to the
Grange, and while he says he does not
talk at all the meetings all the time,
when any matter of interest comes up
for discussion and he has anything to
say, he is usually able to say it. Although
young in years this lad is a giant in
stature, and seems to have brain equal
to his Drawn. 1t is really refreshing in
musing over the several problems that
come up for settlement in the agricultur-
al zone, to strike such fresh, vigorous
young chap as we found in young Rey-
nolds If he doesn't succeed in reno
waiting the old Horseback farm away out,
in East Durham all the rest of US might
just as we'll give it up, for there is moth
ing to it.