Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1912 — 320 ACRE FARM AT AUCTION. [ARTICLE]

320 ACRE FARM AT AUCTION.

The Maines Farm Just Northwest of Rensselaer To Be Sold at Public Sale Oct. 26, 1912.

A finely improved farm pf 320 acres, on stone road, R. F. D., and telephone, 1 mile north and one mile west of Rensselaer, the county seat of Jasper county, (Indiana, about twenty rods east of the Monon railroad, will be sold at public auction on Wednesday, October 23, 1912 at 1 p. m. .This is one of the most complete even-soiled farms in this section of the state, and must be sold to the highest bidder to settle an estate. Improvements are all in fine shape and practically new, A large 9-room house with ba-'Otrient And furnace, 160 bbl cistern, 2-room summer kitchen; large double crib with basement underneath for tools, etc., crib holds 6,000 bushels of corn; barn 60x60 holds 75 tons of hay, 25 tons of straw over sheds, 14 head of horves on one side, 14 head of cows on other side; barn ?.i>x4O for cattle; 4 hog houses; also has good four-room tenant house for help. Insurance on house $2 500 barn $1,200, crib SSOO, tenant property $5 00. Drainage consists of 20 and 16 linch tile diagonal'll aero s' south quarter, also 12 inch across this quarter and 8,7, 6 and 5 inch laterals and 4 and 5 inch laterals connecting from these. All under cultivation an,d will bear closest inspection. Every acre of this farm is of equal producing value and we will prove the same to you if you will come and look it over. The oats were an excellent yield this year and the 175 acres of corn we will take great pride in, showing Farm is well fenced; SIO,OOO worth of improvements and tiling. Terms —s2,ooo day of sale; 1-3 including this $2,000 on Feb. )5, 1913; remainder in five equal annual payments at 5 1-2 percent interest. Cash discount 'will be made known on day of sale. For further particulars- write or phone Fred Phillips or J. E. Maines, Rensselaer, Ind. Mr. Phillips, the auctioneer, will furnish free transportation to the farm to prospective purchasers who desire to see it at any time before the sale.

J. E. M AINE S .