WHERE THE SPORTSMAN LOVES TO LINGER. ()5 



As one passes tliroTii;li tlie fanninj;- districts of Maine, 

 if he has ever lived in tlie country, he will appreciate the 

 manner of the construction of the farm buildings. On 

 account of my health the fifteen years following my gradu- 

 ation from Columbia College Law School I spent on a stock 



Bt'tweeu Fort Keut aud Nunross. 



ranch in the Stat(^ of Towa, in a county bordering on the 

 ]Missouri River, and would have likely remained there if 

 the Beef Trust had even left me the first cut back of the 

 horns; ])ut it insisted on taking the wliole steer. If before 

 I liad erected my Iowa Imildings I liad taken a trip through 

 :\Iaine I would have l)unc]ied them instead of isolating 

 them. The iMaine farmer joins all his liuildings together. 

 First comes the house, tlien the carriage liouse, then the 



