The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-01-10
ON SCIENTIFIC BASIS.

Fairview is a farm OF eight hun
dred and seventy acres in the high
lands about twenty miles north of
Washington. 1t is one of the best
examples of farming along accepted
lines. There has been nothing fancy
in its operations; only practical hand
ling of the old crops, The point of
especial interest is that books have
been kept accurately and from these
accounts we find that in sixteen years
it has averaged an annual profit close
to $4,000
Boston has it's Tea Party, but
Maryland has its Peggy Stewart Day,
the anniversary of the occasion when
the patriots of the state marched to
Annapolis and burned the ship that
was loaded with British commerce in
Guiding seventeen cases of tea from
London. On their march to Anna
polls these patriots camped at what
was known as the Five Springs, To-
Gated in the highest and between
the two upper branches of the Pat
uXent River. All the land thereabout
was the original Warfield Range,
owned by Dr. George Warfield, who
gathered young men in little stone
house and taught them medicine.
This stone house is held as probably
the first medical school of America.
The original estate was 10000
acres. A part of this old Warfield
Range was purchased by Peter Cor
man, father of Arthus p German,
one of the best known of American
senators and grandfather of A. P.
German, Junior, the present owner.
Peter German moved on the estate
in 1914 and later left it to the family.
Senator German, the elder, passed
his early years there and among
other tasks drove loads of potatoes
all the way to Washington. Under
his ownership, the property was great
ly improved. Round the mansion
was planted a grove of beautiful trees
-spruces, naples, Japanese cedars,
English walnuts and Others Many
rare shrubs and plants were put in
under the direction of the superin-
tendent of the Botanical Garden at
Washington. On this farm was born,
this farm has dwelt all his life, Sen
ator Arthur P German, Junior.
Thousands of travellers and writers
especially foreigners who have visited
our National Capital, have remarked
upon the dreary ride between Balti-
more and Washington. They have
expressed their amazement that the
country was allowed to remain in
dirt piles and scrub pine. A change
is coming about. The farms have
doubled and trebled in value within
ten years and the truck business has
begun to put the acres into the one
and two hundred dollar class. But
with all the improvements the view
is none too attractive In order to
find out what sort of country it is
you must leave the railroads and go
up on the hills beyond, for you may
strike elevations of 500 feet within
five miles, and when you reach this
hill country there will come upon you
a revelation, not only of natural
beauty but of country life in it's best
expressions. You will find handsome
mansions centering beautiful farms,
and all the pleasures and comforts
that go with intelligent farming.
I Senator German is smiling young
giant, with a splendid breadth of
shoulders, a high forehead, piercing
steel blue eyes, and strong chin.
He is himself product of the farm.
He was born there, he worked in the
fields as a boy and for nearly twenty
years he has been the manager of
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