Birmingham, Mich. : its past, present and future.

BIRMINGHAM, ITS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.

ning streams fed by springs run through the farm and afford plenty
of water for horses and cattle. A drilled well also supplies a
splendid mineral water, which is being shipped to various places
quite extensively. There are two houses and large hay, grain and
cattle barns. A windmill supplies water and grinds all the feed.
Some well-bred trotting stock is kept on the farm. prominent
among which is the stallion Spartacus. As may be imagined, it
requires a great deal of care and judgment to properly attend to a
farm of this size. Although Mr. Cooper does not attend to the
farm personally, it is under the careful management of his capable
superintendent, Mr. Wilborn B. Harris. Mr. Cooper was married
twenty-three years ago to Miss Jennie Chitsey and has one daughter and two sons. By hard work and good management Mr.
Cooper has acquired one of the best farms in this part of Michigan.
SPRINGBROOK FARM,
Edward T. Brooks, Owner.
SPRINGBROOK FARM, owned by Mr. Edward T. Brooks.
is about one and a half miles west of Birmingham, and consists of
one hundred and sixty acres of ideal farming land. The soil is a
gravelly loam and the land is quite level. The buildings comprise
a fine large farm house, a tenant house and six barns of various
sizes. The farm has over twelve miles of tiling, and perfect drainage. A constant supply of water is obtained from flowing wells,
and it is pure and cold. The land is very productive and the yield
is as large as any land in this vicinity. Mr.Brooks makes a spe
springs on the farm and a branch of the River Rouge runs through
it, so that water is plentiful. Three houses, two hay and grain

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barns, horse and carriage house, tool and hen houses, etc., constitute
the buildings on the place. Mr. Brady resides in Detroit, and later
may use the place for a summer home.
HUPP FARM,
Mrs. C. J. Hupp, Owner.
THE HUPP FARM is situated one mile west of Birmingham,
on the Franklin road, and contains one hundred and fifty-one acres
of fine farming land. The soil is a sand and clay loam, and the
land rolling. There are running springs on the farm, which supply
water for the stock the year round. The land has all been thoroughly 'drained and tiled and put in the best possible shape for
cultivation. The buildings on the farm consist of a farm house,
three large barns, carriage, tool houses, etc. A windmill with an
elevated tank holding two hundred barrels of water supply all wants
in this direction. Mrs. C. J. Hupp, the owner, purchased the farm
only a year ago and has only begun to improve the place. A large
new modern house will be built at once, and other improvements
made with a view of beautifying the farm. A beautiful driveway,
bordered with fine trees, has been constructed and the barns remodeled and painted. Everything will be done to put the place on a
par with other prominent farms in this vicinity. Mrs. Hupp will
make the place her permanent home, and no one will question that
she has made a wise selection.
RED GABELS FARM,
Edward L. Parsons, Owner.
RED GABELS FARM was purchased by the late Philo Parsons, of Detroit, during the civil war, and was inherited by Mr.
Edward Parsons upon the death of his father. The farm is situated two and a half miles southwest of Birmingham on the
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cialty of breeding heavy draft horses and gentlemen's thoroughbred roadsters. He has also thoroughbred Jersey, Durham and
Gurnsey cattle. Two thoroughbred, stylish roadsters-Freddie B.
and Reno-are the property of Mr. Fred Brooks, son of Edward T.
Brooks, and they are indeed fine animals. Mr. Brooks has owned
the farm but three years, and during this short time has placed it
in the front rank with other prominent farms in this vicinity. Mr.
Alex. Grossbeck, the superintendent, deserves a share of the credit
for the present high state of perfection that has been attained on
this farm.
CHESTNUT HILL FARM,
George M. Brady, Owner.
CHESTNUT HILL FARM is situated two miles north of
Birmingham, on the Detroit and Pontiac road. There are one
hundred and eighty acres of extremely beautiful rolling land, the
soil being a gravelly loam. Mr. Brady is another one of Detroit's
citizens who appreciate the beauties of this locality for a country
place. Mr. Brady purchased this place about a year ago and has
been improving it ever since. He has rebuilt the house and barns,
and is now building a new tenant house near the farm house. Mr.
Brady has gone about making his improvements in a business-like
way, and the result is he has accomplished a great deal in a short
time. And it may be said that no small share of credit for the fine
condition of the farm is due to the personal interest taken by Mr.
H. E. Craft, Mr. Brady's superintendent on the place. The products of the farm are principally fruit, there being three thousand
peach, two thousand apple and about two hundred pear trees on the
place. Besides this, there is one of the finest vineyards in this part
of the country, producing a fine grade of White, Concord and
Niagara grapes. The land is all improved and new fences and
extensive tiling has been recently put on it. There are four natural

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Fourteen-mile road, and contains one hundred and fifty acres of
level, land, with a sandy loam soil and clay sub-soil. The buildings