Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-04-01

ZION tutilS Aic Si'"lie SVo>'''
Capt \. II. Barnes il opening the dis
cusSion said that with him CORN WAS moro
profitable thanauy other crop except hay.
He regards hay n first in Importance;
corn second, and wheat third. In 1868
he raised on acre and 6 rods of land lO5
bushels of ears. or - bushels shelled corn,
which at the average price in Bangor Tor
that year, SlSS would amount to S13.li
In addition to this he raised : - bushels
beans. sold at $500. 50. 80; corn fodder,
$500; { load, OF pumpkins -, making
total OF Sl076i lie presented q state
mout Sho a inc the cost of cultivation &c,
20 Lc Sll.j0. charging the com with the
whole value of manure applied. This
would leave him a net profit of S66.l4.
His method of preparing the ground Is TO
pillow in a good coat of manure. dress in
the hill with old manure and apply ashes.
lie practices using the cUitivator and hoe
but once, Keeping the weeds down 10y
pulling afterwards. Ills rotation is 10
follow potatoes with cora Nh b. Barton
stated that he considered corn ~ proita-
bic n any crop We raise. His practice Is
10 Sprral 25culloa,lS of manure on broke
M ground aud plant 20 potatoes; second
Year L spread + loads more and plow
ia then dress in the hill with horse ma
nure worked over by hogs. Had t,iod
supcrpho>phatc without manure in the
hill. II the rate OF 26o lbs, TO the acre.
Gave good corn bat not equal to that
duugcd IN The bin Would use double
the quantity OF SUI phosphate generally
recommended bv the dealers Woulduot
recommend raising pumrSjn, with corn;
bu, would raise beans, Nj =. : Griffin
said iha, in order to get good crop OF
ANYTHING We must - our work well.
Corn i, rs profitable ~ any crop itpropCr-
ly Jrc, -ed and cultivated Had raised O.
bushels Nhcllcd corn per acre. Plants
a0crpu,atoc>. spreading on a heavy coat
of manure; top dresses with ashes Would
not plant beans iChis ground is very rich.
Hi, corn the past year was a. good or
better than any he ever raised. FINDS no
difficulty in getting good crop 10y dress.
ing I'm thj, manner. with thorough cu,tiya.
ton during the growing season. Thinks
crtyclIy >o,i the best.
Mr.. J. J. Fiu,ou nd that he conceded
with NJ Griliu'> views. Recommended
the large Clnad, variety; ears very long
and cob small. and ripcns well. Nj Fin
son ,ook the premium for best specimens
trace 81, the Fair held in Bangor last fall.
Nh. G.. " smith thought tia, corn was
40. "a profitable crop to raise in this town.
Count, or State. He sail, however, that
in favorable seasons and localities he had
sometime, raised u good crop. Mr. d..
Gilman also thought thu, corn VA. not 4
profitable crop. lie hadu>ually got about
Sd hu>hcl, per acre. The President, Mr..
Wing, said /, might bc like bringing
Goals To New Castle" To talk to a company
OF Intelligent farmers about the impor,
lance OF crop. the merits OF which We're
- universally known aul acknowledged.
Nj. smiths, however, seemed 10 call for
a brief reply. He considered corn the
most important crop produced in the
world Wuo,the potato crop i 10 Ire
land. com i lothc rest of the world In
the United States the money value of the
corn crop i double that OF hay. three
times that of wheat. and four times that
ui cotton In the State of Maine it is
second only in Importance 10 that of hay.
The Uutri,iye properties Of corn rs com.
pared wife those of wheat are - 10 O.,
while it. average COS; 10 the consumer is
generally about one half IL much per
bu,hel, showing that money expended in
corn goes much farther than the same
amount of wheat. It's comparative
cheapuc>S. therefore, accounts for the
vast quantity consumed BY the laboring
classes. Nothing can take its place 1t
may be more truly called he staff of life
than wheat Experience. he thought
proved that the farmers of Maine could
produce their own corn cheaper than they
could buy i, with potatoes or other pro.
ducts He did not favor the practice OF
/ blowing in the manure Preferred TO mp
/ ply it TO the surface and mix in thorough
( ly with the the soil, by using the har-
Tow or cultivator. t. II. Wiggin, Esq,
-tr.der-turnished the Secretary with 4
statement showing the average price paid
/ Tor corn. 81 los. 20 the bushel to be in 1868,
$l3S; in 1869, SIP. lie also remarked
that corn raised in this vicinity is heavier
and brings higher price than that grown
west. Mr., p NJ. Clark has corn. raised
last season, which weighs 90 lbs. to The
bushel, for which have offered him 81 81
per buShel'
! UrurrY Or FARMERS CLUBS. hope
and believe that hereafter falmine viii
take higher grade in the social scale
that il will become more of science and
an Interesting Study-and that there viii
be connected with il less Of dull routin,