Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-01-27
agricultural.
Maine Board of .4gricultwre.

paper on "Sjock Raising ana Beef 1to"-
ING in Maine
The first thing Of Importance in ibis
matter is to obtain good breed for lat
tening purposes lie regarded the Her
ford as the best f,r our climate, being
hardy and well adapted for taking on
flesh. Stock may always be improved
by breeding from the best, but there IS
no Certainty about it while breeding from
gradeS-thereiOre the safest way Is to
breed from pure blood. Next reduce the
number of cattle kept one third or oneS
half two thirds If the cattle wiutered
in Maine could have MI the TODD consum
Cd bY the hole number, and what is not
ate used Tor bedding. the cattle would not
only DC worth more than the whole mum
Der hut the manure worth more. thaS
maSi1g gain ian two ways. The Farm
stock 81 Maine as whole loses Ia flesh
and weight In wiulcr-ih1S making real
loss except in milcl COWS and working
oxen. The stock at our farm Is ccucrgi'y
too numerous toi hc hay mow> aud past
ure. II cattle - from The barn i'm good
cand.tion in SpriGg, they get tat ou the
pasture Iced in lhr c.uly part OF the sea
son; WiiIc ii lhyI 80 lo pasture in poor
condition they jus, fairly get stated in
gaining when tccd tail, in The pastures
and they como To The larn thin in flesh
There j. ro prof, in keeping stock in the
last manner named. PjiceS OF cattle have
not dcrv,cia,cd So much the past season
on account OF The numbers thrown upon
the market. a upon their poor quality.
Gond cattle have lceu in demand. bat
poor ibiu ones h,,vc sold slow. and have
only oceu Bought because better ones
were not iu he market in numbers Sut-
fcicnl 10 meet tie demands OF purchas
crS The effect OF this has been 90 Keep
the prise OF good cattle high. 20 that farm
erS have made money who had good cat.
Tie t. sell. One halt tho cattle NC send
to nark,t ought 10 reVIg>cul A. much
beef. and ~ many dollars ana cents as
the whole mum. 81 does nov. The cattle
would give batter satisfaction I'm market.
il would cost hut lj,tic more than half ~
much To n,srs cl l,rn,. lhc butchers would
have hut half - uJuy 90 Aill, the con.
sumner would .el a> much 1ccfOi,h little
more than hali - ,...cJ banc ov waste.
and the tanner or te,Jrr Get double the
prof, he now does. NJ cattle should l,
KEEP, in Maine, cA,ep, ui,ch COWS. Mt
il ooudi,i,u lor Loct. W.rSiug oxen
can work and e. at work oH ;hci flesh
Tie uo.ic working "N,u "l kcnuche1
County Cr iu-,s. cr. - .ou6 wa,St,
beet although W,sae.I,,,y day; their
beet l. u, ylc and ocpi ou tncm AT The cN
pru>c OF good iy,-d and good ,arc, which
i as cheap u The cnd u To- wo,S Oh the
nr>h. aud jhcu feed !; 81 again fot the
hu' ,b,r. C;d,lc SAN work anil grow f,t
at the same nv Il worked ted and treat
cd property It i the practice with luo
many ltracrs w,to a,,emp, TO ia,tcu cat
tie ia trc f.'l and winter. ,u iccG them
until ,hcy vii! Just answer to skin. sn1
sci then, tor what Ia y cJu EeL TajsI
is tho wrong po.icy. There Is prof., g..
feeding IL hsd once pa, the question
Ia an experienced hu,chcr. ID au oN
weighing 6pn t,> would Ice worth % c,>.
per H.. Wh.a w"a'd Jhe same auisuU .e
worth per 10. IL fed Ia weigh 1000 ll.
and what IL ivd 20 weigh LEO las. Tho
an~,vc was. ,hl, ID the au.mal wcishe
1000 .A> il would bc worth l2ccnjs rer
To-. and /. 1t weighed l.lJ5 lbs. 1t vouid
be worth Is /. .. possibly Il cents. Fol-
lowing aa; tins argumeu, VI; Lucas >i,cv
conciUsiycly that !ccdiuy hcef animals
vii pay 81 large profit. There j. also a
dcc,.rd preference t,r good beef o. All
leading mat,r;>. In market % day 81
poor COW sill fetch orly $50. white a..
good oac vi., -. Cor So .u.d san extra
one for SOP Iti.T oor policy 10 throw
poor stuff uu the u,, set IL pays ID, pro-
duccy nothing, j, pays Che jtuv. loihiug
the commission mau gets all the proG,
ii the >Jrf IS worth enough to pay hi,
commission Ii our TURNER'S wouId count
the cost ol keeping cattle in the ordinary
WAY. poor. and cote ihe result, also the
cost Of. IN manner So that they will inn
prove D., it and he good beef al the same
tine ami also note the result. which is
YER easy ching 10 do. they can dOtel-
mine for themselves which IL the most
for their interest.
Cheese and Butte Factories.
IL the aiternoon. Rev Mr.. Quincy. of
FoNcrait, -.ve a lecture on Cheese and
Butter Factories
llr did not SEE why all the reasonable
conditions, of successful jairyjug did not
exist in Maine that exist in the hilly
county Of New York and Massachusetts
and OF the other New England Statcs.
CHEESE dajryiug >hou "a he the chief bust
nesS OF the farmers OF Maine They can.
not afford - raise grain because they
eann"t compete WIKI The west in it, pro
duoiion. neither can potatoes be profira
bly raised, as i, is oul, occasionally
when the price becomes exorLitaut that
potatoes can be produced at a profit -
The horse business i not profitable. for
while one GA Of two hundred i lit for
the race COURSE and sells for from me To-