The Portland daily press., 1871-02-22


v;ted sdmers stoekr and bortculturists in
as haya cn to this department. sach matters
as nave come within their own ,xneriance and oh
IVA VAC general advaucem OF the cause.
THERE are 1047 patent chuus.
HE average assessed valuation Of farm
lands in Maine in 1850 was s12.O4 per acre
In 1860 in was Sl3.73
ASHES is good fertilizer for Strawberries.
PRIME corn delivered at the stores in sonth.
ern Illinois is worth 25 cents busheI..
THE Commissioners appointed by the Gov.
ernors of this and other States to investigate
the cattle disease, met in Albany on the 9th
INST. On full comparison of notes among the
Commissioners they were unanimously of the
opinion that the disease now prevailing
among the cattle was easily prevented, provi.
ded that prompt sanitary and restrictive meas
ures were adopted. The following prescrip-
tion for daily disnfection of the cattle yards
received the approval of the Commissioners.
Ten pounds of copperas, 60 gallons Of water
and one half gallon of 80 per cent. carbolc
acid; total expense twenty-five cents per bar.
rel for the preparation. The solution must
be stronger ii it is to be applied only twice a
week, and the composition will accordingly be
thus: Ten pounds of copperas, 20 gallons of
water and one-half gallon of 80 per cent car
boic acid. Stephen L. Goodale was present
from Maine.
The farmers of .Ren:on have recently or.
ganized farmers club to be called the Ben
ton Farmers Club, with the following officers:
President, A. G. Clifford; Vice Presidents,
Henry Eames, John D. Clifford Secretary, j.
L. True; Treasurer, W. G. Lunt. They pro-
to hold weekly meetings during the long eve
nings, and monthly meetings in the spring
and summer.
Farmers Club was organized at Foge's
Corner, New Gloucester, Feb. Let. The iol-
lowing are the officers: William L. Shurtleff,
President; L. G. Curtis. Sullivan Hackett,
Vice Presidents; Jacob Merrill Secretary.
REMEDY Tor scratches on horses or cows
is an ointment made fequal parts of tar, sui
phur and lard, applied every day.
THE farmers Of East Winthrop are moving
in the matter ofestablishing Cheese Factory
at that place.
AN Ohio farmer saw a stranger tearing
down his rail fence, and hailed him to know
the reason. The reply was that he was sud-
denly seized with the shakes, and was holding
on the tence for support.
The following gentlemen are the officers of
the Elm street (Biddeford) Farmers Club:
President, Simon M. Blake; Vice Presidents,
Stephen A. Seavey, Joseph Hill; Secretaries,
Charles E. Hill, A. L. Aver; Treasurer, John
fluff.
THE New England Fair for 1871 will proba-
bly, be held at Lowell, Mass.
The New England Poultry Club holds its
annual exhibition at Worcester, Mass, early
in March.
FRANKIE L. PAINE of Beans Corner,
writes to the Maine Farmer as follows:
"Last spring father gave me some land, and
told LIE l should have all l could raise on it,
harvested two bushels OF nice sheed corn
one bushel OF yellowIeyed beans, and five
bushels of potatoes. l am nine years old.
Do you think any little boy that reads the
Farmer has done any better"
If any little boy in Maine can do as well or
better during the coming season, we will pub.
llsh his account of it in the PRESS next fall.
AT the recent meeting Of the N. E. Agri-
cultural Society Hon. Thomas Lang of Au-
l susta was chosen Yice-President, with the
| following members of the Board of Trus-
tees: s. L. Goodale, Saco; Columbus Stew
ard, North Anson; Seth Scammon, Scarboro'; ;
Calvin Chamberlain, Foxcroft; ]. F. Ander-
son, South Windham; Geo. w. Kicker. Port
land; Israel B. Norcross, Charleston; Asa
Smith, Mattawamkeag; Samuel Wasson, Ellis
worth.
A correspondent of the Ploughman writes
as follows:
The farmers of all New England have
taught themselves to believe that nothing
short OF trotter Is tit or profitable to raise,
while only one Of a thousand proves a sue.
cess. This is the only and all the trouble
with the profits of the business.
Thele never was greater demand than
now Tor first class business horses, and they
are as scarce as "hen's teeIh." / mean
horse with two good ends TO him, at least fif-
teen and hall hands high, good limos and
feet, with body to match, and ,lish withal
Such horses are watched for by dealers and
business men, and are sure to bring from $500
to $500, aud no trouble to bring a buyer
such colts as l describs are able TO earn their
nving on farm at three years old, with care
'ul handling and right management. They
Will hnd their way 10 market at four or five
years OF age. The climate and soil OF New
England, Maine especially, is just the place
tor the business. Let every young farmt of
Maine provide himself with good, rugged.
healthy pair Of brood mares, aud breed from
them horse such as / describe, and he can
stay at home and sell all the colts he can
raise at good round prices. In short let him
use the same judgment in raising horses that
he uses in rearing dogs and cats, and there
| will be no trouble about the profits of the
business; he will certainly succeed.
The Utica Observer says that the Clear6eld
fair consisted OF a calf goQSS. and a pump
kin. We are told that 1t raiAe0 so hard the
drst night that the goose swan off, the calf
broke loose and ate the pumpkin, and tibet
prowlipg around stole the calf, and that end.
ed the fair.
HOGS confined in pens require something
more than is accessible to them here, hence 1t
is well TO furnish them with a little salt now
and then, and ashes and sulphur are also
good. There is little danger of their eating
too much of either of these substances.
A farmer residing in Erie county, N. Y.
sold pair Of steers to an Indian named John
Smoke, living on the Indian reservation near
Buffalo, who was to pay for Them if they suit
ed After waiting what he thought was time
enough, he went to Smoke and said: snow,
John, it's time those steers were paid for; you
must either pay me now, return them, or take
an Internal licking" The Indian with char.
acterstc stolidity Of counteuance, replied
after thinking a moment: "Ye.s,I guess
that's the best way TO settle itw
/ WOMAN SUFFRAGE.-There is rot th,
least doubt that the strong-mnded leaders o
the Woman Suffrage question in New Yorl
really mean to vote, and when woman
makes up her mind to accomplish given OBJ.
ject all history proves that she usually sue
ceeds. At the stated meeting of the New
York Woman Suffrage Society on Friday, Mrs
Blake read an interesting paper concerning
the Amazons, showing that such class o
women really existed, and lad government
, after their own hearts. The men were nov
here under this Amazonian dispensation, an,
1 Al flax, hnla 49,