Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-02-11
Board OF Agriculture


upon milk and cheese making.
Mr. Perciyal preferred, ior milking quail
itiss. cro.. OF Dt,ous and purhams. lie
had .yi much with roots, and found that
they gave uo unpleasant taste To the milk.
Mr. Lancaster .aiI he had found The dai.
~ ba.iuc-s profitable. lie had found Oh
cake tb, most profitable iur extra iced. pro-
Lu,.r- more milk, o., better quality, and
ruu. ,h, COWS a good appearance.
W Anderson. oi Cumberland, said that
itvl, thr bs.t policy G, procure cows iur
Gle dairy. t.a; hal been generously iei.
II. recommended o,l cake as an extra igc,L
II. .-ak, highly % Dsydus bot aid they
d.u.t excel .n milk Though, ,lsy might
D. bred o. Dc sood miik,rs.
Nir eastman. of Aroo-iyok, stated that
L.v.t though; heating ,hs milk, injured
o., quality OF ,acrss. >le SITS lrr milk
u...; and morning, auI mizgs ,ac two
ea.l.. and ryJ,-r. together.
>u,su,Y. The ..list ualcr cousiIera-
ton va, asri,ul,urll clla,.Da. TIE Sc
rrary thought thc t.m- bad u.t arrived lor
tfs establishment, OF "a N .lsl Farm, and c.-
resa.ry I.yrc-,i,l tbs transformation of
a., E form >.il1, farm iut, such. Mr..
Wa..la considered tli, board a ,1rt of moi-
81. The reports wer, o. o. REGARDED as De-.
.sI currency. from che am1au, OF infrmo-
tra ttrv c1utaiucI MANY farmer, czVrr-
men; t.iuIly. lls referred Co a clay farm,
10 Ca,,Inc, which was improved bv car,ins
on ,aul,-wtcrcur,n ,he farmers applied
sand iuIt.crimiuat.ly, vithou; profit in
many cas,.. lie thought Model Farm ys-
s-nu,l.
Or True alluded o. the large class Of
Young farmers. who need Instruction, 80 as
O. understand b5w 90 apply chemical set
ruce. lIs thought We were largely indebt.
Cd 90 chemical science fr our progress in
agriculture. 10 pas, times, a hrmgr, when
lg llI worn out a farm, looked ah5u, him
Immediately 90 find virgin soil, on which
g. commence operations again.
Mr. Martin. of Andr.s,o-sin, thought
that theory and practice should De- c'mbin-
cI. Temper the kn1uicl,e derived from
book, with thc as:ua. experience %, farm
labor
Atihr clos, ogthI. discussion, Mr. Han.
mat, presented rgp5ri rron Topic ~. @,
ila crop which should yield 90 Us, ,ho
alanas., ol tAc iurn.p crop in England.
REPORT
/; would seem by Oh, wording Of ,hc
question Tropauud,i. ,Hat % the turuip
crop t, awarded IN ihe mind or the question:
e.. Oh, great byucits wbi,h have besu de-
rived ty tbe agricultural interest ia Eng
land, --am their sy.,em Of rotation Of crops.
Toe system or rotation ol crop, ia Eng
land necessarily involve. ,ac adoption ior
general cultivation, ct SOME crop which
,.4I answer ,be rurP..e of winter te.I llr
st.es. AMI as the farmer, aul .tusS growers
f..l .ly o. their animal. o. avery limited
extent, ;h-y have alup,ci she turu.p IS doc
cheapest AMI te,t ,t-uh.,,,u,e ilr lay, auI, d,
d. presumed that under ,ae e,rgum.uugs.,
c.r.II.r.n: tb.i ,hey are i.J olt in large
quantities. and make up, w,'a a very snail
auuuut % bay 90 straw, ihe whole diet of
thr.. auima'.-.i is tle h.,' variety nf tlc
r.rt crop tfcy can u-,. Buttn th., state.
WHO'RE srls. B., our Ir,nsila. AMI cheapest
forage cI.r. 10 seems O. els, chat W, should
,rIa,1r @, produce and preserve l9rw.n,,r
Use .1 tle form ofr11ts, tie i.rSs.; amount
oi rarr.ti.u iu ths .nai.es; bulk that b.,
W. ,.uu'd pack away these dls',-, ior our
stock, iu the most concentrated fosm r1,,i-
l.e
lnunucb az the turnrp crop in England
i' relied uToa a, a., principal f'rd for
sheep Jariu. the winter, taking tho place,
a'n Isl, entirely. of the varilu. Kind, of fol.
J.rauI grain which ia ibis STATE We are
obliged O. supply 10 our stock, our answer
might very properly begin and end with
tbs amrl. bai emphatic word, none But
Ire.um.rs that the Board d.i not expect 10
desire quite 80 ,hor, reply, We will ven
tar. Q, exposes very hr,sdy. olr opinion,
hl.sl upon our Own cEperience aud Ob,er-
aulu, th,t the turnip. however extensive.
j. cultivated IN th,s State. would nos
"y.lL similar advantages 20 the rgri.
cultural interests, that it has 10 England.
Neither would the cultivation ot ans one 0r
ihc different varieties or vegetables, h1Uc,-
er extensively it nigh, De adopted ly ,be
iararr. Of Main,. y, root crop can in our
climate hs made O. constitute 81 large
proportion OF the winter iced % sheep and
neat stock, as does The turnip IN England.
We can, perhaps, produce nearly as
heavy crops and Of quite a. good quality as
ar, produced there, bat 6, is almo,, impos-
sia,s 10 secure The requisite quantity to
suIplrta large stock Of sheep AMI cattle
through our siH months oi winter. but not.
wi,hsundins the presumed impo,sb.lity Of
gaining the Who'll, point, may We Not by,
adopting moro extensively the cultivation
Of turnirs, beet. and carrots, approximate
very nearly 10 itF'
The iurnip, in our climate, may svneral-
ly b. raised in large quantities at les cost
than Any other TOO, crop, bat 1t Is more It.
able to injury IRON insects, and is Of less
value for feed for stock, than either the
Mangel.wuriEel or carrot.
TIE Mnnrsl.Murtrel We esteerl The mos,