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MAINE STATE SOCIEtY. 



(1) 

 FRANKLm FARM, September 1st, 185-. 



<125 acres) 



Franklin Farm contains about one 

 hundred and twenty-five acres of land, 

 forty acres of which are tillage; nearly 



sty acres pasturage, and the balance 

 is an old growth of bard-wood. Be- 

 sides this, there are connected with the 

 farm two meadows, one of ten, the 

 other of fifteen acres. 



The buildings are a dwelling-house 

 with ail Lend wood-shed — a c.irriage- 

 house — a cider-mill (connected with 

 which is a hog-pen and a henery,) and 

 two b:irns, one of which (that built in 

 185-,) has a good cellar for vegetables 

 and manure. All the buildings are in 

 good condition. 



The farm fences are, for the most 

 part, nearly new. The old are in good 

 repair. The greater portion of both 

 old and new, is of cedar-rails with 

 yoked stakes or posts. 



The original cost of the farm to me 

 was eleven hundred dollars, (?ee deed 

 of purchase on file or recorded in Pe- 

 nobscot Registry, vol. 89, p. 71,) but 

 for my farm account I shall charge the 

 present assessed value. A statement 

 of which, together with a statement of 

 implement?, of stock, of crops gath 

 ered, as also for an account of debts or 

 liabilities and of such amounts as are 

 due to me, see below. 



That I may, after any lapse of time, 

 (mere or less,) be able to show the lo- 

 cation of any piece of land referred to 

 in this journal, I have marked off my 

 farm into divisions, (five in number.) 

 The first division commences at the 

 road in front of the house (the south- 

 erly end of the farm) and extends back 

 on the line twenty rods. The second 

 follows also exteniiing t^\enty rods, as 

 does the third, the fourth, and the 

 fifth — beyond which is the wood-lot. 

 Each division occupies the entire width 

 of the farm and has corner marks on 

 the farm line. 



