Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-02-14


Thought the snow storms We have now wer,
NOT 20 heavy - those Of twenty. Eve rear
ago. A. to the drying up Of streams BY ths
clearing OF land. he believed thu, streams
having their heads in loo. ne, lands would
be dried up somewhat in few years by tn,
process, bat thoaghs it coeie not he true o
those streams rising in highland springs and
among high mountains.
Mr.. wssson said We have no forest,
in H.n-osk county. The growth Of small
light wood We have is rapidly disappearing
and the s,ave mills and hoop manufacturer,
are cutting on all that Is crossing. and IL
to the ~xten, il has in those that are past
il will be but few wears before ve shall havs
no pine, no spruce. no birch and no poplar.
May families in the town in which reside
--Ssrry-have not a single stick Of wood
growing upon their farms. and large num-
bers have been dependent for years for their
fuel. upon the DRIFT wood that comes down
Union river The change OF climate IN our
ally seen BY The sites OF some Of The older
dwellings. apple ,rves Of great age ard size.
but in late years 10 10 impos.ibie for newly
set apple trees TO be made 10 live more
than six or seven years. The springs that
were year, ago regarded ss living spring,
have in late years dried up and failed com
plctriy. The storms OF snow YOU have in
this section OF the State. are usual, rain
With US on the coast. and We have but little
snow during the winters generally. The
change in our climate ). very marked We
have now no spring As formerly. April and
May seem crowded into June and October
Is crowded back into September. Oar sec.
zion also suffer, greatly from drou,Ls. and
for the last four incorporating The last
I'VE have raised hardly no crops for want
OF rain.
Mr.. Wilder remarked that during the
past thirty wears he had observed 4 mar ked
change in the seasons in hi. section. Thir-
~ years ago has county -wsshington-
was largely covered with forrest Twenty
eight years ago the iron work. in Pembroke
~-re started. and an ovcrshot wheel was
pot in Ia carry their machinery. Some
SIX or eight years ago tbi. wheel vas taken
out. III ~ not being wafer enough TO carry
II. and during part Of each summer the
works have remained idl. for want Of water.
During the past twelve or fifteen year. the
water in the river has been growing less
and less every year, and there is now not
three iourths The volume Of water in the
river there was thirty years ago. and the
clearin UP Of the land hal undoubtedly
caused more oftbe rain 10 e,spora,c Many
of the trout streams OF twenty Eve and even
twenty years ago ~eie now completely dry.
A stream ran across bis farm that did TO,
now have more than one-hali or two thirds
the water In 1t, that II did twenty eight yeaIs
ago He believed there we're no. 90 MANY
snow siorms in the ~ inter as formerly. bat
on the contrary, there were more thaws
and more rams. The soil, he thought. did
no, produce so well as twenty or i~eniy-
Eve years ago. BE spoke OF the importance
OF our forests. and thought farmers paid
too little attention to the raising OF ero~,h
OF wood. Every farmer should set OF
part OF bis farm to grow up TO NO d Sheep
aud cattle should be kept out from an acre
or two OF pasiuriog. that the hard wood
growth might lave, as At was known that
cattle and 'hecpl would feed off ali hard
wood gro~ih IN pastures. and soon unless
they were kept out from portion OF the
pastures, no growth but q black or soft
gro-ih would appea,
Dir l.. Chamberlain said that in his sec
ton, fiscstsquis county. corn was planted
IN 1880. ia April. bot sinee thea it bal not
been planted so early by = bou, Two weeks.
The trou, streams OF twenty year, ago were
now nearly diy, and he believed there va,
not two thirds the wafer in Pisca,auui, river
thor. vas twenty or thirty years since. Ia
1910. two feet Of sno. fell on the "a of
November. but OF late years our frs, snow.
did not fall until about the last Of l,~ec,,hs,
tie thought The seasons shorter now than
f"eTiy years aso. and the spiing. we're
colai-r and shorter. The corn crop Ia has
section - safe one, aud some kinds ripen
an ninety days. There is nov l.ss snow in
winter than formerly
her r-msrke ~ere made by Mr. Rock
OF orlAnd. and Mr. Judkins q the Hou..
OF Representatives, alter -hioh the Board