The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-04-24

" framed over my office desk 1t
shows every apple tree location anu
the boundary fences are outlined IN
such a way that the material OF
which they are built and every meas
urement are indicated. The Woodland
Is shown with its area in acres. fhere
Is also noted the number OF acres III
each separate field The buildings ap-
pear on this plan and the whole Is
drawn TO scale or course this Is in
valuable in all kinds OF building and
farm problems
The Federal Department also sent
a man who started a system Of books
for me did not consider his ser
vices productive OF good as the sur
yeying party He did. however. make
complete inventory OF my farm. land
buildings. live stock. farming tools,
household effects and everything else
placing his estimate of the valuation
on each This was very interesting
and useful. and it is worthy of note
that his footing OF total valuation was
over $4,000. kept my accounts
according to his system for year or
TIVE, but finally abandoned part of the
detail which seemed somewhat I'M
necessary
During those years OF 19l0-ll-l2 /
had the time OF my life. ! used to go
out to the farm Monday morning ana
STAYED there until Friday night, all
through the summer In the winter
would usually 60 to my village
home Thursday nights for the week
end enjoyed working With the i've
stock. with the farm crops, and espe-
clally With the apple trees. Ny health
came back with a rush Our original
plan was TO give up our village home
and move to the farm. but when II
came time to make the change. 1t did
not really seem advisable. | had
three children in the Skowhegan
schools. and we did not like to face
the problem of getting them In town
in the morning and out at night dur
ing the years of their school course.
At the beginning of 1913, there came
an opportunity for me to get back In
to the newspaper business, under
what then seemed and has subse
Qnently proved to be advantageous
conditions was conceited enough
To think that | could manage news
paper enterprise and carry on a farm
AT the same time, and this | tried to
do during 1914 There are many
people who are able to thus man
age business projects at somewhat
widely separate points, but | am not
one of them. My mind would just
about grasp what | could bring with
In my range of vision or within min
ute's walk of my business desk My
crops and live stock five miles away
we're too remote for my limited ca
pacity to keep an eye on and had
to give ii up.
Since they were planted my apple
trees have had splendid care. There
Is nothing very difficult about that.
even as a side issue to the newspaper
business, but | do not want 10 acres
OF corn, 20 acres of potatoes and
tle-up full of cattle to look out for.
unless | am going to be where ! can
see them when | get up every morn
Ing.
And this Is the reason why Eaton
Mountain Farm is for sale. Having
recovered my health and become con-
yinced that | am better adapted to
newspaper work than to farming, and
having abandoned the hope that my
family would consent to give up their
village home. am forced to relin-
quish any dream | may have had OF
passing the rest of my life on Eaton
Ridge SO somebody will get mighty
good trade in this farm. One building
alone, that one hundred foot New Eng
land type dairy barn. would cost $l0,-
900 to build at the present time, and
for this amount tten thousand) I will
sell the entire two hundred acres and
from ten to a dozen other buildings
that would also cost $4,000 to build
Some statistics of this farm follow.