Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-10-14
PARIS. ME-, FRIDAY, OCTOBER Ia, 1859.


wheat would no, grow on old land, might
be that the soil had been deprived Of some
OF the elements necessary to develop the
kernel.
Mr.. Phelps thought that IL farmer. when
telling Of their success with plaster, super
phosphates, guano, &C., would describe the
character of the soil upon which they were
used, moro intelisen, idea Of their value
might be obtained. Their soils might no,
be lacking in any Of the elements these Ter
tiliIcrs were intended to supply.
lie had used plaster in tho hill, on a
small patch OF land, planted to corn. Ar
ter the corn was up, he ashed all but ten
rows. That ashed did best. Raised at the
rate Of 50 bushels per acre. Soil, light
loan.
In travelling in Western Canada, be had
learned that wheat growers never used the
same seed more than two years. They
changed for that raised several miles away,
and on different soil.
lie had sold Scotch Fyfc whca, from hIs
mill Tor seed. Some carried to Norway
yielded vcll-whilc somo raised in Paris,
did not produce good crop. a variety
called coffee wheat has done well this year.
One man had raised Is bushels from IL
bushels Of seed. They cow IN fall, and do
not manure heavily, but generally have
good crops.
Col. Parsons stated that IS years ago, he
travelled in Ohio, and Michigan. In Cen.
trail Ohio. :ho soil was deep and claycy.
Thus produced much straw, bu, the crop Of
grain was small. In the northern part Of
the State. where there hai been timber
growth, the straw grew les rank. bu, tho
yield Of grain was large. ThIs soil contain.
eI lime, which be though, accounted for
tho differences in the grain.
Mr.. Holt Of Norway, .aid that last year
he .owcd acres Of old ero.gi to wheat
and raised hut co bushels. This year. he
broke up one acre, plovinS il deep. Ilar-
rowcd in coris OF manure. Sowcd two
bushels OF wheat, and raised II bushels.
Two years ago, ho made some cIPeri-
mcnts with manure. On IL acres Of
land. he spread nine cords Of manure. lie
then divided the field into three lots. On
the irst Of these he used $3.50 worth OF
euano--on second 81, 80 worth Of lime and
sshcs-and the thlri had no additional
dressing. On harvesting the crop, the lime
and ashes produced l.lth more than the gu
anp. and the cuano l.i,h more than that
which had nothing bat manure.
lie tLoueht those farmers who lived near
q mArkc, missed 1t m sending away their
Lc.t potatoes. they should save the best
Tor seed. lie last year collected $50 OF the
be-, potatoes In bis bins, which weighed 81
pounds. lIc then cot ordinary potatoes tIll
hc had lSu pieces, weighing " pounds, aud
collected l,O small potatoes, weighing IL
lbs. These ho planted, making an equal
numb,r OF hill. from each lot.
The large seed produced : bushels, 10
Us the cut, d bushels, II los the small,
1 bushels. Q lb-. lie added however. that
the second silo produced as many merchant.
able potatoes as the first. while the whole
potatoes were week ahead Of the others
for the whole season.
Mr.. Thaycr thought by planting our bes,
potatoes each year, they would improve IN
quality. while contrary course would
cause them to grow poorer. An cHpsri-
mcnt be bad made, though not carried -
faras he wished, tended to subs,antiaie this
opinion. lie could get more pounds by
seeding heavy, and more merehantablo po-
tatoes by seeding light
Mr.. Phelps remarked having seen Isaiah
Wentworth, in Canada, recently, whittier
ho had gone 70 purchase lcaehed ashe-, to
SOW on his grass land. Mr.. PHELPS had
since visited the Stalker iarm, and witness
ed the effects. The different bread,hs thus
treated, could be plainly distinguished, aud
the crop was greatly increased.
Col. Parson. had seen vessels from Long
Island, on the Kennebcc, loading with
leachcd ashes, to be conveyed to New York,
for the purpose Of top-dressipg lands. lie
thought their effect was more permanent
than that Of any other fertilizer.
The conference was adjourned to 1850.