Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-04-27
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Tho following plain, earnest. tru'hlulaUl
lom,ly vorl, arg from ,ho y. \ Tribune.
They ar, truly ,1rl, that ought 90 make
tb. ear. ur Ncv England farmer tinslr anl
area r.nl accompaniment lr Co., article
la,t v.s f-u o.. same .as...
Both corn and duur were never known 20
'n higher 'lan th.E ars urw an over Oh"
Western STATE lha i.vr-t quotation that
vs can rrl in tHs r.rH.,i ruu-.rvIu. r-
-iHu' Is FORTY cent. % .H.li. and FROM t.n'
ur d, sr,. .njg-l,r. lts.mauaN u-rinrr'
t.H.- a. high 81, iu aus iuuuar 1Hur, while
H.rr 3, 'rrm t.u 'I fuHI" Hu''sn- .arw' n
tui. market. lti,aucv n lr N~'gu
farmer. lfmBk,. % u.n, err i.r Eastern
,uu.rw -s l' 3, tEn era u, high price
high t.s' many WuI a-r wurA.ug Goo cue
'1mary va-.. are rUt b. .t 90 50 fool .H'-
fulaut t1 -lti.i, tHr apostle. ui their imi-
Iias NrNrutuw t1 Vwrdrsy that neither
uf th,,r article. will lll much below thc exc
i,,iu- price doe present yas. even With uu'
u, flH '..t avrN-H crops ui thr h.t tHllr
ugy,lrs. Md with such o. drru,h o.. that
of flu.t ..a.ru-phich j. not 40 all unlikely
o. hap.n-,hc price ul corn and flour will
probably bc l,ty Ier cent. higher than Il h.
now aud thr poor ur th', City, iI not in
country. will actually ,taryr. Tie wi~"
will take hrri iu time. Agr-uhly O. our
former suggestion. We trust the Eastern
States will largely engage, tie Ir- ut ~ra-
-un. iu the cultivation ui th, carral grains.
N /. urmut uUu-usr i1r any man IN ull
New England to ,av that hc cannot raise
grain that hi. laud i, too pODr. IL u not
half 80 rUur o. HE TpDr pitiul brain that
will LO, lcln the chIpart ol making poor
land fertile In an inventions, except that
ufmakne poor land productive, New Lnc-
land /, master of the world. lnagricuItur'
she /, behind the Chimes, ilr they do ave
and apul, il.ir m,uuu-. There - not ou
old dai.,-fcld ia all Connecticut that may
not D. mad. o. produce wheat with more
profit than usually arises upon the arabic
product nf tn Wet. The ground j. there
h. hold the .c,l, and that j all that b,
wanted. Science points cut the proper in
rrclirnt- % apply % make the grain. Every
dollar that /, ~ expended will pay hack iilty
pr cent. per annum. 1t /. The stupid ~
nor,ncr of those who own the land that pre-
vents the Application, ana lIOlu"n sulNh'
ton prices We know this j. strong Ian
ruasr, hut IL !, true. Strong language i
i.,clcd toarousc ,tupor. We are AZ star
yation prices now sud. without one Of the
best crops ever grown in the United Sutes
We shaH b. worse Of next winter.
The b,rt hour j. IL, ,iOa barrel Potatoes
are s. bushrl at wholesale at retail 81
pr cent. higher. Who can afford TO cat
them Last week the most common pric,
of hcef was l6 to ~ cents pound, and
choice steaks sold for 2j to 81 l-2 cents q
pound.
The only cheap article Of food is sugar
and that Can b. bought fpr a less price pci
pound than -four. IL should he largely con
sumed as matter of economy. let tn
poor elt more sugar, ricc, tapioca, larina
mlccaruni, hominy, dried fruits, and lee
meat, and much lees crude vegetables.
Let the farmer resolve 30 grow more, an
the consumer eat and waste less, or tn
present prices will prove only the bcginninj
of sorrow.