Better Accomodations. The Great Northern has at last begun to put in a spur at Farnham Bros. brick yard, a promise of which was made two years ago. The track will be 400 feet long – long enough to hold nine cars – and will be not only a great accommodation for the brick manufacturers but also for the farmers who live near by. The shipping rate is the same from this spur as from Woodcock’s, which is nearer town, and the two will furnish ample facilities for the farmers to ship their hay and wood. The spur represents an outlay of about $1,000. (The Princeton Union, Thursday, December 5, 1895, Volume XIX, Number 50, Page 1)
Farnham Bros. report good sales and say that while the market is reported to be dull the excellent quality of the Princeton brick creates a demand for them. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, January 30, 1896, Volume XX, Number 6, Page 5)
Princeton Brick Chosen. Farnham Bros. closed a deal yesterday with the architect of the drill hall at the State university to furnish 300,000 of their excellent brick to be used for inside finish. Architect Aldrich in his specifications called for Princeton brick or brick equally as good and although the Minneapolis manufacturers tried their best to get the order, the superiority of our brick won. The price paid, too, is $1.20 higher than the price Minneapolis brick could be obtained for. Messrs. Farnham have also just finished burning a large kiln of brick which was successfully accomplished - something new for Minnesota at this season of the year. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, February 13, 1896, Volume XX, Number 8, Page 9)
Farnham Bros.’ yard was also visited and presented as hustling an appearance as the other. Thirty men also find employment here and so far this season have turned out 2,000,000. Manager Farnham said that the yard would run about three weeks longer and with average weather about 600,000 would be added to the run. The Farnhams have been engaged in the brick business for the past fifteen years and although they are newcomers here they have shown that they are competent men by the excellent quality of the product their yard has turned out. One thing of which manager Farnham is proud is the fact that their entire plant was put in without the aid of a machinist and to this day the services of one has not been required. This yard also uses the same system as that used at the Woodcock yard. The men employed in these yards receive an average of very nearly $2.00 per day. One hundred and twenty dollars, therefore is the amount paid each day for labor, and as residents of the vicinity are employed wherever practicable it means that this amount is distributed daily among our settlers. As Mr. Farnham put it; "We are shipping out Mille Lacs county real estate and shipping in foreign money to be distributed among Mille Lacs county people." (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, August 13, 1896, Volume XX, Number 34, Page 1)
The brickyards have stopped manufacturing for the season and the crews are now hustling to get the raw brick into the kilns before cold weather sets in in earnest. Woodcock & Oakes turned out nearly 3,500,000 and Farnham Bros. closed with about 2,700,000 to their credit. The latter firm’s output would have been considerable larger but for an accident which shut down their machinery during some of the best weather of the season. The demand for Princeton brick is steady and the yards will probably be completely cleaned out before they can start on the 1898 run, this too at an advanced price. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, October 14, 1897, Volume XXI, Number 43, Page 5)
There is a change in the Farnham brickyard, E. M. Farnham, so well and favorably known to our citizens, retiring. The firm of Farnham Bros. will be succeeded by the Princeton Brick company, a corporation. The incorporators will be H. M. Farnham, of the old firm, J. A. Sanborn and J. (James) R. Farnham. The last mentioned gentleman will move his family here and will have charge of the town business while H. M. Farnham will look after the yard. Here’s success to the new firm. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, February 17, 1898, Volume XXII, Number 9, Page 1)
During the past year the demand for brick at Princeton, Minn., has been greater than the supply. As a result two new brick plants will be established there next season, one by E. M. Farnham, of Pelican Rapids, Minn., and the other by Farnham Bros., of Minneapolis. (The Clay Worker, T. A. Randall & Co., Indianapolis, November 1899, Volume XXXII, Number 5, Page 390)
Farnham Bros. Brick Co. have just finished a tubular well 107 feet deep, the deepest and finest well hereabouts. (The Princeton Union, Thursday, July 5, 1900, Volume XXIV, Number 30, Page 2)
Brick Yards Close Down. Last Saturday the brick yards all closed down for the season after a rather poor season, from the standpoint of weather conditions. The four yards of the Cream Brick Co., Woodcock & Oakes, Farnham Brick Co., and Princeton Brick Co., turned out the past season about 14,000,000 brick, of which Woodcock & Oakes made 3,500,000, Cream Brick Co., 3,250,000, and the Farnham and Princeton Brick companies about 3,000,000 each. Last year the same companies made 19,000,000 brick. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, September 10, 1903, Volume XXVII, Number 39, Page 7)
Farnham & Kuhn finished burning a 15-arch kiln of brick on Thursday evening, the Eaton yard has two 15-arch kilns completed ready to burn, and the Paine yard has started to ship out the new product. The combined yards have made over four million brick so far this season. (The Princeton Union, Thursday, July 10, 1913, Volume XXXVII, Number 29, Page 6)