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THE LAND AND THE IK >ME 



A VISITOR TO THE HAYFIELDS ON THE SAMMIS FARM IN TUNE OR EARLY JULY WILL 

 WITNESS A SCENE LIKE THIS. — The gentle-eyed oxen enjoy having their pictures taken. 



si m 12,000 (twelve thousand) baskets 

 were sold, and this season a larger crop 

 is expected, as there will be thirty 

 thousand (30,000) plants in bearing- 

 condition. 



The next farm of about seventy-five 

 acres, is owned by Hiram Sammis. 

 This is as finely situated as any farm on 

 Newfield Avenue. Air. Sammis raises 

 principally potatoes and field corn, 

 pumpkins, hay and rye which go to- 

 ward the support of his herd of fine 

 cows. Some of the large pumpkins 

 weigh in the neighborhood of two hun- 

 dred pounds. 



To the west of the Sammis farm is a 



(Continued on page xv.) 



PUMPKINS OF ALL SIZES GROWN ON THE FARM. 



SUMMER HOME OF MRS. THOMAS S. GRAY AT NEWFIELD. 



