Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-02-28
Hon Culture No. z.

future articles. should say something 81
the manacr of procuring roots. and annual
expense OF eulr;vstion. SC.
Wi'hou, doubt. there will he more or
les. hop ground nesly planted. the coming
spring. Each and every farmer Who plants
one or mole acres, should pare m pains IN
procuring roots Of we'll known quality.
such As have b..en proved % bc veil aiapt.
el to our climate and coil. The roots
should be taken from A thrifty h1p FIELD not
field which has been cultivated too many
,cat, ,a ssecess,ca. sad slrould be variety
that will command the highest prices IN
market. Invariably tssc irom thu hill the
roofs oalird "runncr,~ AMI be sure these
ruunrrs are ia h.shhlul state.
u sould not bc ~iso 20 briug hop root.
froa' the Southland plant them nor,h. nor
'ice '-rsA. bat hops grown w.sl IN the same
iatnuir With n,. can. no doabt. b. planted
and grown saecvssfully bore I, cannot bc
icnied, anil even y generally admitted.
that changing ih. seeds OF cereals aud roots
from enc soil to another. in rho same or
nearly the same climate. improve, thu, var.
iriy 80 exchanged
l. thi' not true ot the hop? Tn. hop, Of
Name particularly va ONfor,i -Conn,,. do
not root a"d . oiocr runners a. thu, lad
when hrs, planted aud raised here, /, /.
discouras'ng 10 the farmers. to take from
ih'Ir h"p f-ld. ~ s,gkly roots or run.
ner. and plant them IN the "a Ne soil. AMI
T. ~ iV- ih,- dyirrio, o. ION continually CO.
ing on. uot ~Ith>isndin. 'h. r. bc,t for. 10
max, hop fasinG apaying business. O.lv
a iew !"ars ago oar iaunrr, ,~a,rd almost
wholiy - s0N shcat. for ihvS harvll, raised
tie amount Of s'r,l sow; but ~Hhin a irw
YEAR, by Introducing p,~ ,-yi. wheat
culIurr ha, revived. and tn farmer no.
crts from ten 10 is"niy bu,hvls Tor svrry
busbcl ,ovn; mat no; the same b., irar 81
the hop culture. hops fAru-r, ~r no, bo
d'scouias' d uli they make thorough lrial.
10 The la, issue Of be -, tnncrat. | noi,cri
the advertisements OF Ia, ford & Bradford
o. Carton. and y /, MARSHALL, 81 Pari,. TO
suppl! iAtrnrrp with N,-Cot ,tn Hop Il so',.
The coming SI.ring. ranno, ,ugEv,i any
better or sair way TO obtain them Am
glad The! have undcrssen the enterprise.
Ii i ono Of great inPo rance TO the hop
growing community. When such man a.
alfoFd. Bradford and Marshall. engage
N al cutcrprise. !, Is sufbci'nt euaranis
hat 'br people ma, have coufd,ncc in ~hA,
5, promised them. The Wi,cvr,in bop 1.
grown IN tie same lainrdr that bop, arr
raised bctc. and u la. been proved 10y &C
tual experiment that the WISCONSIN hop i,
well adopted TO tie roll aud climate Of
Name. ! hope cur farmer, will give the
matter cand i though, and avail 'hcmscl,c.
Of The opportunity TO ,ecure Wisconsin bop
roots
Sometimes large majority Interested in
an enterprise viii hesitate and wait til a
lev have carried it through and received
ihc '''"vhis thru -i'cu iirry what their
ncighbor. have dom. take hold and run
the risk OF second chance Nos is the
time 70 wake up.
The cultivation OF The bop should br pro.
portiouaie vuh other ,fop. ol br farm tia;
i. It orEb' not ue made ,p' cat! to the
exclusion Of o,hrr farm, prs,Ju,t. ID. ..u,l
number OF acres OF corn h,sns, potatoes
wheat. rye and cat. should b. plsn,,,l ,oJ
.oveL IN addition, TO ,l. 10 h,lJ and ,b,.
manure on ih, farm should be Increased so
,hat ia, hon crop should not d.irAc. from
the supply ioi the usual farm crop. This ran
be economically and pruhi.bl, done h.,
procuring ruano Tor To-, hop hell. which b.,
ssuai ,,p,riu, ~ Ia, been pro,.d 20 be