‘““‘BACK TO FARM’’ MOVEMENT. 
State Agricultural Board to issue 
List of Places for Sale. 
A list of the farms in Massachu- 
setts which are for sale is soon to 
be issued. by the state board of agri- 
culture. This is the first step by 
the state toward initiating a ‘‘back 
to the farm’’ movement. 
The publication will contain a de- 
tailed description of 474 farms, 
ranging from a few of five acres in 
area to several of more than 600 
acres. Practically every county in 
the state is represented in the list. 
Worcester leading with 105 farms 
that are for sale. Berkshire has 87, 
Franklin 79, Hampden 16, Middle- 
sex 60, Essex 22, Norfolk 39, Ply- 
mouth 28, Barnstable 21, Dukes 12, 
and the island of Nantucket has 
three. 
While an effort was made to se- 
cure the names of parties owning 
or controlling strictly abandoned 
farms, the attempt was ineffectual. 
The board says, though, that reports 
confirm the opinion that there is an 
enormous amount of land lying idle 
or partly deserted, and that many 
farms are not worked to anywhere 
near their limit. 
Brief descriptions are given in the 
publication of the geography, cli- 
mate and soil, and also the character 
of crops possible in the various sec- 
tions. It also points out that in 
the last year a census was taken, and 
that the dairy industry, possible any- 
where, represented a value of 22.- 
500,000, or more than 30 per cent. of 
the total products for that vear. 
Specific products, highly localized, 
are: Apples in central and northeast- 
ern parts; celery in central Hamp- 
den and in Middlesex and Suffolk 
counties; cranberries in Plymouth 
and Barnstable counties; onions in 
northern Hampshire and southern 
Franklin counties; dressed poultry 
in Bristol, eastern Norfolk and 
northern Plymouth; strawberries in 
Bristol and Middlesex; tobacco in 
southern Franklin and in Hampshire 
and Hampden counties; wool in 
Franklin, Berkshire and Dukes. 
The report shows that there are 
six natural markets in Massachusetts 
for the products of the farm, so that 
no farm is remote from a ready 
market. These are: Pittsfield and 
North Adams, Northampton, Chico- 
pee and Springfield, Worcester. 
Fitchburg and Marlboro, Lowell, 
Lawrence, Haverhill and Newbnry- 
port, Brockton, Fall River and New 
Bedford in Massachusétis and Woon- 
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socket, Pawtucket, Central Falls 
and Providence in Rhode Island, 
and the Boston market. 
As the result of its investigation, 
the board says that farm land is 
cheaper in Massachusetts than in the 
West and that there is available a 
greater percentage of cheap land 
suitable for cultivation. Massachu- 
setts farm land is better constituted, 
the board says, richer in mineral 
plant food, more adapted to artifical 
enrichment and more durable than 
that of unglaciated soils of the mid- 
dle and extreme West.—Boston 
Herald. 
The eighth annual motor boat and 
engine show will open in Mechanies 
Building, Saturday, January 28, con- 
tinuing through the following week. 
While each year has seen a greater 
number of boats and exhibitors, this 
coming show will be better than ever 
before, and the man who is trying 
to decide on a new craft, new engine 
or what he will need in the way cf 
equipment for 1911, will find a visit 
to this show a good investment, as 
the boat you need, the engine you 
have heen dreaming about. and a 
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Funeral Directors and Embalmers 
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