Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-25

taking every precaution. toward in
surfing every possible improvement to
best conditions for breeding and de-
velopment.
There is. 1T the present time a
splendid 80-foot barn upon this farm.
but Mr.. Frost purposes q wholly
modern cow barn to accommodate
20 head next spring. This win be
fully equipped with sanitary and la
bor-saving devices appropriate to
such a herd az Kennecook Farms
expects to support
The property which now COM
prises Kennecook Farms again holds
complete the original farm lot of 200
acres. Several years ago on q part
OF the shore point was developed the
Arrow Head Inn, a summer hotel
caring for so or Vore guests. Mr..
Frost purchased the larger acreage
in 1919. He later acquired the hotel
property.
The house with the main farm Us
a typical New England colonial
structure of two stories and two
huge brick chimneys. Of which Mr..
Frost remarked. There are bricks
enough in those two chimneys TO
build good-sized brick house to.
day."
This house has been thoroughly
renovated inside and out. It haS q
modern kitchen. bathroom, heating
apparatus and electric lights. A
pipe,s1 Ia inches in diameter, brings
the water by gravity from a spring
into all the buildings where needed
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley make this farm
house their home.
Since last spring Mr.. Frost has
had a crew Of carpenters and masons
tearing down and remodeling the
hotel. When completed, the build
ing covering the same foundations
will have only six rooms. But these
six rooms will do full credit to the
tastes of Mr.. and Mrs. Frost for
space and comfort.
The living room will be 30 feet
square. with fircplaces, of course. The
former dining room will remain the
same size as that which accommodate
ed the hotel guests One whole end
OF this big room is taken up by a fire.
place built from stones personally Sc
lected by Mr.. Frost. This fireplace
is large enough to take at least Is
sticks Of cordwotd in four-foot lengths.
It Is one Of the most attractive and
picturesque bits of masonry the writ
er has ever seen. This room will be
used for billiard and lounginS room.
+ From the windows of the new dining
0oom there stretches wonderful vista
OF fields and lakes and wooded HIS.
That Mr. Frost is a believer in plenty
OF light and air is evidenced IN the
large windows and the French doors.
glass from top to bottom, throughout
the house.
A few yards from this home nf Mr..
and Mrs. Frost is a cabin Of logs. with,
spacious porch and 1--WE comfortable
rooms. This will be completely fur
nished and equipped for guests.
And one certainly should not miss
the boathouse end its wharf WITH
white-railed side extensions, "a1eoves."
observation platforms'-or whatever
one chooses to call them Here we
found Mr. Frost. Joviaily debating with
Harry" Jordan, assistant general
manager of Mr. Frost's organization,
the respective merits of their farms
for Mr.. Jordan is also a proud owner
OF Maine farm a few minutes walk
from Kennecook
The boathouse is beautifully shaded,
as are all the ether buildings on the
farm. 1t is doubtful that if anywhere
in Maine there arc to be found hand
somer naples and elms than along the
gylrnOtrndin dxx-ox y, -
fields OF Kennecook Farms.
|. Down across the farm runs a stable
brook. Here Mr.. Frost is having dams
built and will stock the little ponds
thus formed with trout
1t is safe to predict that another
year will not only find Kennecook
Farms one Of the most modern and best
equipped agricultural properties in
this section of the country. but that
| many of it's rich products will be turn
ed to building health and strength in
the members of a very superior sum-
mer camp which Mr.. Frost hopes to es-
tablish on shore of his property
| where gigantic pines and high. dry
land have furnished an ideal location
Mr.. Frost now has in mind such camps,
buildings. instructors and equipment
az can give the best possible atten-
| ton to 100 or more boys.
Wen not only give them a good
| time. the finest of vegetables, corn,
milk and other hcalth-giving foods. di-
rect from our farm. as well as athlet-
les snd educational facility" Mr..
, Frost declared, but we'll make Maine
farm enthusiasts out of every one of
them."