Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-12-09

Agricultural.
More Farmers' Climbs.

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Mr. McGown called to order and invited
Mr. Clements to preside. Mr. WATSON
opened the discussion. Subject. manures,
which he treated from a standpoint some /
what new to our farmers. He said, m
.ge is manure. The farmer when blowing 1
and narrowing. is as really and enectually 4
n uuring, as he is when carting anim.l /
10 the fields. To the unthinking 4
farmer this may not be obvious. Let Us
examine, let Us Investigate and see. We
pillow and harrow to make the soil fine and
Invisible. But why make II fincg There
must be an intelligent reason for 80 doing,
There Is.
Plants take up their food only in a solu
bic or liquehed condition. In any other
condition. the soil PARTICLES can be no
more available as plant food than block
OF granite. A soil particles may a. well be
- large a. peanut, as to be reduced 10
the Size Of pigeon shot 80 far A. either
can feed the plant.
Chemists divide the >oIl into two class
*. soluble. insoluhlr. Soluble that j. in
that condition In which the food contained
therein as available condition. and insolu-
bic, or in that condition which cannot feed
the plant. Another classification suits Us
better. is TO consider the soil a. actsre and
dormant, or fne and coarse
A soil made fne. impalpahly fine. a. re-
duced to a suitable condition ,o feed vcgc-
tation, il then becomes dcfiFe or fertilizing
While dormant Il l. inactive furnishing no
food or fertilization whatever Here then
Is the value Of tiilAge which tends 10
change the dormant soil constituents into
active ones The more We plow and bar
row. and harrow j. only fns V3ytrsHg.
and the more with the pillow and har-
row-thc soil J. exposed - The action and
Influences 81 the wcatAer.-ihc more j.
dormant soil changed into active 81 fertile
soil! Many a crop refuses remuBeTAutc
returns, many an acre becomes inppycri-h-
ga. not because. the liinc. nitrogen potash.
phn>phAics aud other elements Or uuiri.4uu
have been cropped oui-hut because the
ae'tre elements have been taken out In the
crops faster than the former wi,h hi plow
harrow and hoe. has grouAd or reduced the
coarse or dormant elements into hnc or ar
tive ones
Farmers talk about an exhausted soil.
Exhaustion is ninth, 4n impo>>ihiliiy. No
soil can ne exhausted Of ~ d.rr. ~ nafri-
eAf eirm,Hts. These arr deposited in the
son in iacxhau>iihlc measures. yet thc
soil max h. '"rctd inio harrcnncs. by too
much MANURE aud too l.iilo piowin-. Right
here. :, The ar>i and the grand mistake Of
un>cicniihc farmers. these who ~ bone
aud muscle dig hard earned prnduct> from
an unwilling >ail-iho>e IS DO complain ihai
their manure heaps arr insufficient to keep
up the fertility Of the fArm-tho~c wlro
regret their inability 20 purchase CONNER
ciai fcrliiizrr> like por-ir-chuIn and super
pho>phaies LET me say - such. trp>j 20
patent manure- les hHt t. the pillow more.
there's money. there i>-sncccss in - doin.
Capt button said. he had been much In
teresicd with the ingenious and novel way
the speaker preceding him, had handled
the subject He has presented some valua-
bic thoughts for consideration. and throw
out 4 variety Of themes which can he dis
cu~scd with profit IN FARMERS Club The
formal ION II such Club j. the primary
object OF This meeting lti> very com
mon saying that Hancock j. poor farming
county. WHY Is its oar soil !, not Inferior
10 that Of other counties ia lAr Statc-Dur
farmer. are gifted with a. much brain, nor
are they lacking IN lndu>irS. No. the fault
j. elsewhere IL j. because our farmer du
Lot make il business They 10 < 10 other
pursuits for their bread and butter /
have raised thi> season from ono fourth 81
al acre and marketed squash al the rate oc
SOD 10 the acre II one fourth of Al acre
can be made 10 do this. then four fourihs
can, and what one man can do. ANOTHER
can
Capt Grant said. il hardly becomes me,
an Old sailor, having spent my best days on
the ocean after only eight years OF expert
cuce on farm, to assume 10 teach agricul-
ture 70 Others. Butt have learned that
valuable Information is oit~a gained by an
expose OF what one does not know. I hat
Is why | 80 highly prize Farmers Ciab.
Because therein far.I, r can come together
aud In their own WAY aud Ia the familiar
language or the farm benefit zach other.
TIE fall value ofthcse a.>ociati5nc II yet
uIkIown. bu, they are becoming appreciat-
sr,r ~.
are being formed all over the State. | be-
lese that 10 the Secretary Of our County
Society j. due the credit OF originating =
movement OF such vast utility.
Rufus Clements said we live In a day cf
great thin. ga day when farming j. taking
IL, proper pace a. an inviting business.
We have al Agricultural College when
] wa> a Young man, nothing Of the kind
was known Every man had TO
farm a best he could. II was up hill and
hard work Mos, farmers depended solely
o heir Two hands. but Eow We are learn
in. - use our heads a. well a. our hands
WIN. Maddocks said well remember
and | need not 60 back great man, wear,
when some Of our best and most success
fai farmers thought IhaE farming was NIGH
ty small business Why did they sknk 80.
VIII tell you They know nothing bout
IT, laundering then attracted all the time
aud attention But when men 60 to farming
giving II their undivided thong and en-
ergies. they learn thar IL j. an inviting
svocaIioH.
c. McGown said. want TO see the young
men interest themselves in these Clubs
The hope Of the future lies in them. We
want more information egarding the bree
of domestic animals. The breeds are now