Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-01-03
rr.m In. Am.,..a. As,icsl,ua.
January.

lie thea the tiwse 90 tead the bs~si'ag iold,
To .trew ~ah litter, ss.l to Iesos from ooLi,
n. csuI. I'D. the f.-l piLed ~i,his,
Al -st,,ss Ia, the hh..isl soafs b~gIa.
n. thea, col. o~aer ~ h'. hiis CT,
The t.rwsr ie.l. NJ. ,sje,.>sdsni bot.
iIear- Nth the er.cka et,.s th.ii'sht. the wall.
The .otc. Of gl.daes. snJ - sstafr call;
Bshski. NJ. ehii'rvn play. their pcih.f 'm's,
A.d ta.,s. 18th then the fruit q Ssmm-''. ts'l.
Iirsrssbs.
The new year will, We trust. opro not 80
haiiy. as soIne Anticipated. There has, w
deeI. bc-n e~iamiiy among msreb.nts, some
failures. and = great tas'ng Ia OF saii oil
around, .ome di.lIu.s aud short work among
manufactures. IN the early part OF the year
bu, god prospee,s at The close. We shall
.l~.y. b- . trading peOpl". doaetle--. bot
henr~ior,h. ~e ar lo make more Of oor o~n
gods. The debt being Incurred by The var
indicates . high anG iOr many year' TO
come. Almost every ihins raised upon the
farm. has ruled lower. hat the demand has
been steady. and the Pay fair. especially for
grain. Immense quantitie. OF EurOpean
coli have come into the coun'ry-more,
rroh.bly. than ever flowed hi'he. In s'n'
sls year before, aud !, 10 nov lining the
farmer, pocket. lie has the metal IN bis
purss. and With many !, 10 an entirely new
.en.alion. The larmSr ~as never mnre co.
outraged N hl. work. Manaiactarers will
be brisk supplying the hungry market, when
the var !. over. AND that will mAss q bri't
dem. .nd fur Ill the farmers erOp. near home
Tn. ~vrld ma., h.,s brcads,oe-. fruit'.
bet. pirs. eh~o-.. ani butter, and while
,r.s- gro-- AMI water runs. farmers can
raise them.
T.rmer Hardy !. r'rdiiAting upon these
thing. &. he .,l. hy hs Winter Ere. after
the d.y'. work d. done. lie +. risSsI>s
INA CAMPAIGN Tor beIi season. Farmer
Harry .. middle ag-d man. and ha.a good
deal OF eIPsr enee IN eui,lrune the '1'l'
lie h,. great m,sy prOssrb. al his tong
ues col. aud yoa e,nno, tss -''h L'm i've
minute. without hearing some OF these p'ihy
..,,o--. One OF these -. +" iak, nms ~ hs
Esr,lsoI." lie !. doing that now. ani maxi
ing all hr. Arran ;emeuis for the whole year
lie ha. learned tha, he can raise better
crop. aud make money faster, BY laying
out h. work beforehand lie tnds that he
br.,n ~Jrk by l.mp Itsh, pay. well IN son.
necti1u With the ~Ork oi the muscles in the
corr field. OF IN the meadow. is has .
map OF his tarm, with every feoes. gate
way. pond hOle, muck swamp, orchard and
woodland lad down. lie know. the enemy
hs has t. contend ~iih-rOeks, water.
brush, weeds, ,ermin. and hos 10 mar'aAi
hi. totce, - Ns 10 overcome them, lie I"
getting hi. guns and ANNA ready, and
drilling hi. iorees Tor the erea, 'srogsIe
peIt Spring. and ssmmsr. This planning
decide. between prohs and lo.'. defeat and
victory. in The years operations.
lie Ia. no ielJs iha. ars growing poorer,
aud running oui. lie enlarsc' his plan .
little every year. and end. iha, the soil
honor, nil draft. that hsmAkes upon IL.
Another OF hi, p',hy sayings 70. more nd
uIr,. and you will hnd that he ha. planned
10 make .s,sn hundred load. this year. lie
want. I've hundr,d for be Loei crop. aud
Two hundred " spread over his grass iaad
IN the Fall and Winter. lie wall make one
haLiTv.l Ia tbs sty. two hundred in con.
Pc, heap. Ou, where he Is ~ plant corn,
and tour hundred IN bi, harm cellar and
yarl. rh,s involves the cartIns oi good
d,.l oi muck aud peat. Of which he las al
way. on baud large quantity. dug a year
bsiors. When the ground Is iroIgn, and
the whe-liu; ). good. his teams are oil busy
With the carIipg. When !, rains VI SHOWS
hs ha. Away. woTk on hand IN The barn
c.Il.r. or under the sheds. spreading mack
and making compost. He hires hIs labor
sr. by the year. % that they are never oa'
of Q ob, and have no tune to learn bad hab-
u. .I the store or tavern. There /. no df
feal,y with him in planning proh,abie
work all the while.
lie has been increasing the quantity oi
manure 10 the acre for several year', and
fa,ls he h.s DO, reached the llml, OF rroh'
a, City loads TO ,h. acre. Hs began with
tsenry loads. aud hud- that bis corn costs
lees tsr bu.bel with City loads, than ~.ih
tsenty. Having Eve hundred loads Of m.'
nars tor plo~sd land. he will plant only ten
acre. 10 eorb. sui will gss about eighty
bushels 10 the acre.
I Farmer Hardy has walked op TO the value
ol roo,.. the las, two years, and b. has laid
Out t~o acre. Tor h,ld bssts AM carros
Cattle IL mach bsgisr upon s'ar's'y o'
food. sua is~ roc every DAY give rrl'sl
- every iLing sIss. shd help digestion. iis
will tel you " iAG proof oi iAs P.Sdirg rs N
iAs oaiiEg," and poiaI to h,- cattle as stand
Jog arsum MS "a i.yOr OF root culture. Tel
han that rOots are " nothing bot water,
and he ~ill answer you, they ars beet
veal, nIlk. butter. and cheese"
lie not oaiy zee. In ior m,nurs and roo,s
out for draining land now useless. lie na'
lsen draining ,~.le. aud We, land, iOr ,er
wears. aud has nov several miles Of tile
and ,ion. drain. earning uooey for hin un
der ground. lie hnt. nothing like them q
Iv.s Tie sosny, water. aud " make ns