Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-09
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and market gardening Prices Of farm
products have risen.
And when II comes to trolley, tele.
phone. rural free delivery, schools or
libraries, New England is certainly
more blessed than the South or
West.
Mr.. Hale says that land which can
be bought for from SO to $50 an acre.
when cleared and planted in fruit In.
four or FIVE years viii return profits
OF 5000 to $500 an acre, and often
twice that much. =
Here are. some concrete examples.
Mr. Sylvester bought a farm OF l60
acres IL years ago for $500. He
writes:
That farm supported during its
improvements q family of six who
lived on OneIhird OF the gross returns
sofs fii1age III has been improved after
paying the interest ON the first invest
ment, By what was left Of the two
thirds proceeds, after paying all ex.s
Ipenses. have a carefully itemized
statement of all expenses incurred
since the day OF purchase. Today it
Is assessed at $1,000 and the yearly.
sales amount TO $500 as
sAIr. b. IS a man who left the city
III years ago at the age Of SO, In brok.s
EN- health and with no farming exper.
fence. He, bought 100 acres in Maine
for $2500 and had barely enough
money to move his family and make
necessary repairs. He now has a
farm in the. pink Of condition, worth
$1,000 more than he paid for it, and
1920 worth of stock and machinery
besides. He has made good living
and $500 besides. Some of his ueigh.
bors have cleared from $500 to $4,000
a year The owner has good slid,
q dairy, 100 hens, bees. picks 100 bar.
rels OF apples year and has young
orchard coming into bearing.
Here is Mr.. Soper of Androscoggin
county, Maine, who made a failure OF
farming in the West: fa S S s
I'll bought a run-out farm OF 100
acres for $1790--had bnly $500 which
paid in. Went in debt for the, bal.
ance. Since have bought3S0 acres at
q cost Of $3.50. Have spent quite a
sum on buildings, 5000 for stable;
just completed a new barn at q cost
of $4,000. Keep 80 head of cattle, five
to 20 hogs, 25 hens. 81 Total income
from farm for last r-$12SS.59.
From Is COWS, $7S1.57; hogs, $174.99;
apples, 800; hens, $72: beef sold,
$4470; sweet corn, $126.36. l. also
raised berries, potatoes and vegeta-
bles for family of six not added to
above. / owe no man cent. Maine
Is the state to farm in g.. i
"Mr. Goodwin of Pennington cleared
$4,000 in four years from farm of $50
acres-$1000. Received $72S for sweet
corn of two years crops, and $500
this year from apples" .-.-~
- Mr.. Ferguson gives an itemized &C.
count of his expenses and receipts on
a 40-acre farm which he bought on
time three years ago. Profits in this
time from the farm alone-$3900.
Mrs. Jacobs at Vernon, Maine, has
125 acres. Her gross yearly receipts
are $21S5.
Mr. Holden of Vermont writes:
There is no spot on earth where |
larger yields can be secured than
here" ~.
The backbone" spirit has been
growing steadily for the past 10 years |
and farmers from the Middle West, |
Western Canada, and even the Pacific |
coast and islands, are coming into |
New England to farm.
They are satisfied, too, and express
themselves in no uncertain way as to |
their bettered condition socially and |
financially. Many, indeed, prefer the
New England climate to that of the |
Middle West. Some who have come |
from the South, Cuba, and other trop- |
ical sections are enthusiastic over
their nearness to something good to
eat" churches, schools, neighbors and
markets.
I do not know why the ownership |
of farm in New England should not |
be a very good thing for many resi-. |
dents Of Hawaii. Young men and the |
who are making salaries |
now but who feel unsettled" and, |
later, would appreciate an income |
yielding farm, might we'll invest their |
earnings in farm which If they never |
went to it themselves will steadily
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