Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-02-05
Beard Of Agriculture
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that time commenced my fruit garden by
setting oata frv apple, pear and plum
tres. In five year. bad a 6uc crop OF
plums. Of over fitsyu bushels Ny apples
and cherries hs.au o. bear. aud produced
enough o. show their character and quail.
ity bat ibc severity Of some winters i'l-
loving, destroyed most of my trees.
commenced anew, and ailci TO my trccs
the smaller Kind. ,i fruit, such as straw
berries, c11-shsrri.., cuuaut., etc. l have
no trouble with miIcw, and but liule
from Gle cusya,ia. Nothing was ,o,u OF
the curyulio til after ths year ISIS.
keep my soosrh,rri-. well thinnci oui.
and train thrm la trre form, allowing uo
suckers 90 grow. The soil and climate
scgm 60 De- be., adapted 60 the production
ofs,5ue lruit. particularly the plum bat
th, tender Kind. arr ar, O. fail. Ny trc5s
arr now just beginning t1 hsar They pro
duced a few specimen. tLis' year, which
were Guc.
CrmrEL,Np SoguY. J.F. Anderson.
/ am a now member of our Society, having
had nothing % do with d, tiu tbrce year,
ago. am. therefore. not % vel posted
in relation 90 its past d1,us' a. some 9TH
ers. can however ay, can s'c thcrc
has been a marked improvement in the
quality ors'ock iu our county since have
been connected with che Society. Farmers
take much greater interest in this matter
than formerly. The same j. true with RET
crcncc 20 farm improvements and all mat
ter, pertaining % agriculture. Hut | will
not prolous MY rrmarks, and call on Mr.
Psrlsy. who IS au old and well tried mcm-
Der.
S.F. P,rIcy, OF the Maine State Society,
responded. l am hardly prepared to make
statement of che lr.srut state OF the AZ
fair. of cur S,gisty. 4 few years ago it
was nearly run down Very few took any
interest ia the matter. until crisi, in ~
AFFAIR, arrived. The question was fairly
before us. whether @, stand .,i,, and die, or
rouse oursslyc- aui give ,t some s1rt Of Vi
tality. Tbi. la., va. determined on. A
few took the matter ia hand. made a rally,
and now The Society D IN good standing,
and B., doing a god work for the aSricul-
tural interests 0i Oh, county.
The improvement, going on in asricul-
tural operation. amoas MS are very mark
ci. Much attention is now gwen % under.
draining, especially in the lower parts Of
the county. ou the eJast. several persons
are making experiments in understanding
from which wc expect % hear in due time
In the loamy parts of the county, the
soil is st1ucy. bat strong and well adapted
70 orcbarlins, % wh,eh increased attention
j. given OF late. A.s1, attention ., turned
to the Improvement 90 stock, and some full
blood animal. arc found among u- All
this. tbiuk. i- o. D, ir,ced 10 the inlu-
euce % ,Le society. efforts
know tle labor .' tle farm q, hard. lt
require, diligence aud perseverance. We
Become weary when night arrives, aud
many are r.aiy o. ask, doe, it al, pay?
lhiuk it does. Il Ne are weary az night,
We can rest, and amid DE rural scenery,
aud tbr sog,al chi nilymert, of home, We have
oar reward Our agricultural eGJrt,,
thr1ust aur associations, help their enjoy
m5uts 10 helps o. make men more social,
and bring, tbrm together as brethren. l.
paw. iu tbis view, even were tAi, an. So
much DO value tbis benefit of our asricul-
tural associations, that would D. uuwill-
ius 90 live iu community where no su,h
association exist,
E,sI SovEEsrr. ". VI. Palmer. Our
society has been but recently formed. and
We have done but little We intend to
make greater gxsrt.ous But short as has
bc,n cur existence. We already see the e.
feet Of it. influence ~ the Improvement Of
our stock aud the Increase of tbe manure.
Stock has doubled ia value. Manure il
also produced in double ,hs quantity it
formerly was.
FnNEuN C0U>T. II. Russ. DO not
know where 90 begin. \ icw years ago
our society was divided, and another one
formed In the northern part oC the county.
IL rather declined Tor a time, but rallied
again Held shows at Pennington Hill,
Pennington Fails, and Wilton. Gained
members and strength, although not 80
large as before the division but what We
had was good We now have voted 10 To-
cate. the result Of which Is division
among Us think part Of the society
will leave in consequence.
Bot notwithstanding all our trials,
grcat improvements have been made in our
agriculture, especially in stock Wheat Is
not much cultivated bat there is great
improvement in the cultivation Of corn,
apple, and pears. But from the present
position OF our affairs. | fear we shall 20
back instead Of forward We are at a try
Ing point, but will hope for the best.
LNoyD slo,ar. Mr.. Avery. repre-
sent the Oldest county in the Stats, aud al