Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-19
CHEAPEST FARM
IN PENNSYLVANIA

i 0l4u
IN PENNSYLVANIA
This farm is located in Chester
County Penn. on good macadem
road and ten minutes ride from Pheo-
nixville city of twelve thousand
people, one and one-half miles from
Spring City a city of four thousand
people and two miles from Rogers
Ford city of five thousand people.
This farm is nicely and centrally
located. 1t contains one hundred
and forty-one and one half acres un-
der good fences, watered by wells and
springs, the quality of the soil is rich
and loamy and free from rock and
every foot can be farmed, except
about /; tx acres of fine white oak tim
Der, and this part of the farm is be-
Ing used for City Park and rented
by the electric trolley line and. bring
ing in the owner $4,000 per year
which will go to the purchaser from
Nov. the 1st. In this timber are a
number of good buildings, two bum
galows and quite number of good
big other buildings used for amuse-
ment. These buildings all belong to
the farm but are kept up by the troll
ley line company. The trolley line
runs the entire length of the eastern
side Of this farm.
The main farm buildings are good
with good sized dwelling in good con-
dition with large bank barn, stable
room for forty or fifty COWS and ten
or twelve head of horses. There are
all kinds Of good outbuildings that
are necessary on such farm and all
under good metal roof.
This farm is wonderfully adapted
to grass, There are two fields of as
fine blue grass as you ever saw. The
wheat stubble field has the best stand
of clover and timothy in the state
and has just all been covered with
lime. This entire farm is clean and
free from filth, has been we'll farmed
and kept. All the personal property
on the farm that belongs to the own
er goes in on the sale of this farm,
consisting of twenty-eight head Of
fine young dairy cows (some pure
bred holsteins) one pure bred hol-
stein bull, four good we'll bred calves.
six horses, two mules with good har-
ness complete. Five nice yoL.-s
hogs which will weigh about Two
hundred pounds each. All told about
forty-f1ve head of live stock on the
farm, Also about two hundred chich
ems and nice lot Of ducks and geese.
The crop consist of seventy-five to
one hundred tons Of hay (and the
best hay you ever saw). Two or
three hundred dollars worth of good
straw in the barn. Two hundred
fifty to three hundred bushels of good
bright oats threshed and in the gran
airy. Seventy-f1ve to one hundred
bushels of old corn in the crib.
silo just filled that holds eleven
acres of corn. Fifteen or twenty
acres of this. years corn crop shucked
and in tn crib. Two very large cribs
filled and lots of corn elsewhere.
Twelve to fifteen acres of wheat sown
for next year with grass seed which
is looking fine.
All farming implements necessary
to run an up to date farm such as
this, consisting of four gasoline en-
gines, one thresher, fine silo cutter,
two manure spreaders, one graindrtll,
three farm wagons, two milk wagons,
one dump cart and harness, big lot
of good milk cans and all kinds Of
plows, harrows, cultivators, roller,
all kind Of small implements, all
kinds Of small tools of all descriptions.
and kinds that are needed on farm.
This farm will be sold with all the
above described property: with this
park included for twenty-five thous-
and and five hundred dollars t$25,-'I
500.00). If this farm is sold be-
tween now and Dec, the list and the
purchaser pays all running expenses
Of the farm from Oct. the list to Dec.
the list, the purchaser then will re-
ceive the milk check Of the entire
herd for Oct. and Nov. with all the
other income of the farm. Milk
check will be something like 100000
or 100000 for the two months. ~
The owner receives $4,000 ground
rent per year for electric light house
built on the corner of this farm,
rent will go to the purchaser dated
from Oct. the 1st.
Anyone wishing to go to see this
farm, we would advise to commune
cate with W. B. BLAKEMORE or B.
E. CARRIER, Harrisonbtug, Virginia,
at once. 2t