Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-01-21

them grated some ten years "s'' ""'
now they bear very well; raise both
Baldwin and Greetings; sell the Baldwin
and keep the Greening thinks il Is much
the hes, apple for cooking or eating
The best apple for cooking is the Fail
Grcening, although it is nota good Bearer.
Several other gentlemen gave their
views. but as they did not differ in man
from those given, have not set th'm out
in full. The meeting was very wen at
tended and the discussion Qnilc animated
Adjourned TO meet at che Brick School
House. Paris Hill. .Jan. Sth. Topic-"liow
shall the Farmer make or procure the
best manure with the least expense"
W.
We take from the OXFORD Register the
0ilowing account of the discussion at the
meeting Of the Club ON Paris Hin, on
Saturday Eycning-,lany Sth,-aS we
were Unable to be present and report 1t
The topic-"ls il profitable TO raise
root crops fer stock and if so what Kind"
continued from the meeting here, two
weeks since, was first taken up. Rev.
ZcnaS Thompson said in respect to car
ro,s the change in public opinion must be
considerable rs they have been deemcdthc
most desirable OF all root crops and only
cave way on account Of being more eN-
pensivc 70 raise. Where he had lived,
they were considered the best for milch
cows. have always raised them for my
horse and COWS. Ny horse will do rs
much work, when ted with them, rs when
fcd upon other kind of iced and the coat
would always look glossy. Since the
grass had failed he had fed two years
old jersey heller three to four quarts OF
shorts per day. Two weeks ago, COM
mcnccd feeding one-half to two-thirls of
peek OF apples beet> and potatoes. one
half apples, aud in ten days she had gain
cd nearly quart Of milk day and She
is within three months Of calving. He
ascriJcd thi, gain 20 change FROM shorts
to vegetables. In an>wcrto M inquiry 10y
Col. SWEET. hc said he bought his shorts
Of The Pan, FIGURING Company.
Col. Sw,,, had bought shorts there aud
considered them nearly worthless. In
company with two others he sent 10 Chi
ya-o Tor some, aud when it arrived and
the Sup't or the Paris Mill, SAW 1t he said
hc could gc, 500 worth otlour out of The
ten tons II, afterwards changed To Paris
shorts. which the miller stated to bc SUI
pcrior. and his COWS cell of The west
cru cost 500 less portion, at South Paris,
than the Paris shorts. Mr.. Silas Maxim
said ,La, IL the new mill a; Norway the
bran passed through brushes ,hat brushed
out al the -four.
Anrr some discussion !. was agreed to
vote ON the frs, proposition Of the quc>-
ton only, which was decided in the al
iimatiyc
The following topic was then taken mp.
How shalt the farmer make OF procure
the best ana the most manure with the
least eNpcnSe?"
Hon. sidney perham hal used plaster
when it increased hi, crop one half, al
other time when he could no; see parti-
Gle of benefit, in each case on the same
Sind of soil and season. Has not much
faith in the commercial m1uurrs. except
iug when it is desired 20 force the growth
u crops. II All Farmers were chemists,
and knew JUS: the composition OF their
soils. they could tell what kind of fertile
crio use. We must place our depend
cuce upon barn-yard manure. Muck is
very valuable mixed with other manure.
Ashes can be applied to almost any soil
with great advantage and is one Of the
be-, OF fertilizers
Mr. Thomp.nn considered harm manure
a. the great reliance OF our ia,m,rS, bat
the farmers of Maine had shown bad
economy in saving IT, Avery large pro-
portion goes 10 waste. There Was not
more than one barn in hundred con-
>,ructcd tn save il. lie knew OF but one
in this region. in every respect perfect,
and that - in Harrison. and owned by
Mr.. Dawes |; X one of the finest he cy-
ct SAW for saving everything. No part
Of the manure i, lost i Is never exposed
70 storm or sun large quantities of muck
loam is used for absorbcnts and il is all
preserved - il every ounce contained
gold. II our farmers would adopt sys-
tenn to save all their barn manure it would
he the cheapest and best Any one who
has tried concentrated manureS Tor five
years, either condemns them or Is in doubt
~ Ia their value. lie never derived Il
particle of benefit from pho>phGeS. Gu
auo in solution j, the best 10 forward gar
den plants. Can make cabbageS twice n
large toy the appiicationoi liquid manure
Hon Virgil d. Paris thought the land
ou Paris Hill was becoming impoverished
by selling .ae hay. The pastures were
running out and at the present prices paid
it MAS poor economy to take in COWS to
pasture Plaster should be used about
the barns 10 absorb the ammonia, which
is very valuable as manure. and would
otherwise escape. Tie matter scraped
up from the bitches 10 I'LL up roads is
public loss and ought not to be wasted.
He believed farmers would be richly re-
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