Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-02-18
Board Of Agriculture

The Board met on Tuesday, Jan. sj, pr
True IN toe Char.
Mr. Hammond thought il highly prorct
that TIE Beard should speak cut frankly
their opinion. With reference to the bo,
brccd. % stock.
Mr.. Anderson thought q uuvise Tor a.,
Board to undertake 10 decide ia relation {,
the b,s, brccls Of animals ior general pro
ductiun.
Mr.. Goodale acrrci with the gentleman
who la,, spoke. H. thought any decision
that might De now made wouli encounter
Interests and prgiuIiegs which vould pre-
vent any expression being allowed thai
weight to which it is entitled.
Mr.. Lancaster presented a lot Of potatoes
to dl.'r,ba,e as seed among the members OF
tle Board. They were o, ,sc,aT,s,y known
as thy jackson.
wednesday morning an Informal meeting
vas br.i heiuro the s-s, on Of the Board cnn.
yrn,I. "a which all person. present rar,i,i.
ratsd Io ,ac discussions. Toe subject l1r
consideration was ,.c cultivation OF the Io-
uio. Mr. Cobb o, Union, sad hr planted
potatrc. before be did his corn. last year
be planted ou OLD ground rlOwcd in 'hc ialI,
adplu,ns h,s potato piece, on low clay
ground About quarter part only of those
raised were ft f1r thc pis'. lie oVrclsr' clay
loan 90 sandy loan; likes new broken ZAP
ground lor potatoes rather than old. Con.
siiers tAe carly ripe the best, though they
a, not yield - wcll,-soi them IA New.
barsh. Mr.. Tucker had raised the early
ripe and the jackson, anl though, the tyr-
mer would command q quarter more than
ibs latter. Il j. a little lonsist, purple
outside, and very white inside H. bad
good potatoes as early as The 2O,h Of July.
Considers tbem i5Ur week, earlier than the
jackson.
Dr. True spoke upon topic No. 1. lie
thought - Ear a. Jackson's geological sur.
ygy went, it iii n1t open up the public
lands. bccaus, II did not extend through
them. Tho action Of thi. Board had done
much g, attract attention 70 thcs- iand.,-
it bad cent thc S,crcary there, and his ,is-
il % them was % more bcncf, than all ihc
survey Of Dr. Jackson. The only interest
which had been previously awakened ia the
wild lands Of the state. was by Dr. HOLMES
report, but il vas lel, TO the j1usuey OF our
Secretary through that region, 10 bring
;hoss laGd- most eT.ctuslly intl public no
tice. Mr GlJlais sad that m lSij an act
Wa, passed % continue the survey. aud 10
only hiicI bccau~, OF a clause requiring gh,
ANALYSIS of ,5,l ia each town. Mr.. Wasson
s.iI tha, Or Jackson could not iJr .he SUN
named. 5000, maze the analysis required
ALTO o 'c.1ck 4. NJ. the President stated
the question before The Board a. topic No.
4. pr. True remarked iha, the discussion
Of ihe top,e was in many r,spsc's peculiar
one. 4, involved principles that were dih-
cult % discuss ~ as O. convince the uncJn.
yintgl uu such an Oscasi1u. He hoped ihe
s5r,ic,, oi Dr. jackson might again be oD.
taiu,l. aud believed We oush, 10 ask the
legislature % turn their attention % this
subject Massachusetts,, New York aud oih-
er S.a,,s have seen and lsls tbc true policy
OF developing their natural resources, aud
are now rsapins an abundant harvest. Ihe
qusrr.r, % marble and s,at1 which arc 20
valuable o. Vermont. ou resent Investigation
ars found to extend into northern Maine.
Probably ao.OOO.OOO dollars worth Of men
aud capital have l,ls the State % Maine the
past yrls. with tLe expectation of doing
better somewhere else. The older settled
portions Of the State forge, that almost cy-
ery farm has another one untouched beneath
10. oar state j. not Yet developed. We
need ,.Is man % plunge into the arcina OF
science. and bring out those hidden treas
ur,.. Mas,achusc,t, knows what she i
about hy developing her Resources. Her
surveys we're made ~ or 50 y'ars aso, and
her greatness has bcer largely buils up from
these surveys. Maine attempted TO DO the
.,ms th,u. when she commenced hcr seo-
lo.igal survey in ls37. which led to an az
ricgltural survey 0f ArOostook m ls3s,
opening a territory almost literally unknown
LsiJre. and yet as lars- a, Massachusetts,.
and infinitely better Cor agriculture. What
was the consequence? Pubic attention vas
for time directed 10 that portion Of the
State, and We prevented some % the best
msn ia the state from going out of i; BY
orebrns ihe Aro0siook. Ia concluding bis
remarks, DR.. True suggested that a stand.
in. committee be raised, who shall make a
report upon topic No. 1. worthy sueh an
important subject, and to present the mat
trr At The meeting u the next legislature.
\ motion 20 recommit Was lost, and the re-
port was adopted.
Mr. DAVIS, in response to the call ior r.
port. from the county societies. proceeded
TO speii IN regard to the society be repre-
sented. AZ the last Fair its show Of neat
stock surpassed any that be bad ever sen,
with one e1cep,ion-iho last State Fair.
The Durham cattle are hvOriles, with his
neghbor.. and il was lately though, the
Hereford was a good eros, bat be thought
the Devon the best, all things considered.
The Durhams are very large. and coarse
limbcd, aud the Devon eross seems to make
the handsomes,, beet built animal. The
Ayrshire COW he thought well Of. The