The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 9, 1889 Big Farms 8/9/1889 Speaking of farms and farmers, the most extensive farmer in Vermont is Oscar A. BURTON of Swanton. He, with his son, D. Noyes BURTON, has ten thousand acres of farming lands in Franklin county. It is not in one patch, however, but is divided up into smaller farms, the largest of which includes 1,500 acres. he keeps five hundred cows and other live-stock in proportion. The Messers. BURTON also own a big ranch in Kansas; so that, altogether, they seem to have their full share of the earth's crust. The second largest farmer in Vermont is Dr. WEBB of Burlington. He has 2,300 acres of land, and fancy live stock till you can't rest. But his principal distinction lies in the fact that he has the largest barn in the world. How big is it? Hold your breath a minute. It is in the form of a square, and each side of the square is 400 feet in length; and it is high in proportion. The center is open, of course, for a barn-yard. But then a man who has a regular income of three thousand dollars a day (Sundays and rainy days included) can afford to have a big barn Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

Ruth, This 'farm' really caught my attention. Is there anything left of this? I live in Kansas and am involved with the Kansas Barn Alliance. We are one of several barn preservation organizations in the US, primarily the upper midwest and New England with one of the best being in VT. Do you have any idea of the location of Mr. Burton's Kansas holdings? My VT ancestors, the 8 Dorr brothers and their parents, Solomon Foster and Elizabeth Willson Dorr left VT and NH in the 1830s and all came to Washtenaw County Michigan to farm. Sally Dorr Hatcher -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ruth Barton" <mrgjb@sover.net> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:09 AM To: <vermont@rootsweb.com> Subject: [VERMONT] Big Farms 8/9/1889 > The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 9, 1889 > > Big Farms 8/9/1889 > > Speaking of farms and farmers, the most extensive farmer in Vermont is > Oscar A. BURTON of Swanton. He, with his son, D. Noyes BURTON, has ten > thousand acres of farming lands in Franklin county. It is not in one > patch, however, but is divided up into smaller farms, the largest of which > includes 1,500 acres. he keeps five hundred cows and other live-stock in > proportion. The Messers. BURTON also own a big ranch in Kansas; so that, > altogether, they seem to have their full share of the earth's crust. > > The second largest farmer in Vermont is Dr. WEBB of Burlington. He has > 2,300 acres of land, and fancy live stock till you can't rest. But his > principal distinction lies in the fact that he has the largest barn in the > world. > > How big is it? > > Hold your breath a minute. > > It is in the form of a square, and each side of the square is 400 feet in > length; and it is high in proportion. The center is open, of course, for > a > barn-yard. > > But then a man who has a regular income of three thousand dollars a day > (Sundays and rainy days included) can afford to have a big barn > > Transcribed by Ruth Barton > -- > Ruth Barton > mrgjb@sover.net > Dummerston, VT > *************************************** > List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm > Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4837 - Release Date: 02/28/12 >