The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-03-03

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A MAN iu Ohio lately sold an imported
Sow for $780,
JERSEY COW is advertised for sale in the
Caeaoator for 5000. Buff Cochin Hens are
advertised in same paper at s15 to son no,
pair. fN'
MORE THAN 100000 worth of butter and
cheese made in other States is annually used
in Maine.
A CORRESPONDENT Of tae Farmer saws. 81
have measured young pine on the side of a
steep, rocky mountain, which has grown dur.
ing the past summer, three feet six inches in
height.
| Mr.. GEO. o. Weston, student of the Az
ricultural College at Orono and member of the
Madison Farmers Club, recently delivered a
lecture before his club on "Food' which was
highly commended by those present.
Mr.. FRED ATWOOD of Winterport is the
general agent for this State and the Provinces,
OF the Meadow King mower.
The following are the officers of the Bristol
(Lincoln county, Farmers Club. Thomas
Herbert President. Dennis R. Hanley Secre-
tary Stinson Weeks, general agent.
AT the annual meeting of the North Pen
obscot Agricultural and horticultural Society.
the following persons were chosen for the en-
suing year: VIM. r. Hersey, Lincoln, Plssi.
dent; e. A. Clifford, Lincoln, Secretary; A..
0. Ingersoll, N, R. Houston, of Lincoln, and
q. A. Cushman, of Lee, Vice Presidents;
VIM. 4. Aver, Lincoln, Treasurer and Collect
or; Shepard Bean. Lee, Librarian; Asa
Smith, Mattawamkeas, Abram 3. Brown.
Chester, Alvin II. Lindsey, Carroll, F. E.
Mute, Lincoln, Shepard Bean, Lee, John
Treat. Enfield, and F. A. Read, Springfield, /,
Trustees.
The citizens of Nobleboro' and Damaris-
Gotta, met on Monday evening, Jan. 80, and
organized Farmers and Mechanics Club. by
choosing J. F. Sanbern, President, Samuel
Oliver and Eldin Chapman, Vice Presidents;
j. B. Ham, Secretary; Amos Haggett, James
Oliver, John Leman, Committee on Questions
for Discussion,
HE following are the officers of Somerset
Central Agricultural Society.-Hon. Abner
Cohurn, President; VIM. d. Hayden, Amos
c. Tobey, Vice Presidents: William b. Snow.
Secretary and Treasurer; Levi C. Emery.
VIM. D. Hayden, Daniel Snow, Trustees;
Warren Russell, w. H. Haynes, Horace
Eaton, Standing Committee on Stock; S. w.
Coburn, Joshua Burns, Joseph Currier, Stand
ing Committee on Crops; Amos c. Tobey.
c. G. Emery, R. E. Lyon, Standing Committee
on Manufactures.
THE officers of the Sidney Farmers Club
are W. A. 2. Dillingham;, President; Green
lief Barton, Vice President; j. s. Grant, Sid
ney Centre, Secretary; ]. H. Field, Treasur-
er. The term of Office is one month.
R. N. S. writes to the Farmer that Captain
M. of Bucksport has White Chester SOW,
from which he raised 16 pigs, spring litter,
eight of which sold for $4,000; fall litter, s
sold for $4s,OO, making $1O4,OO. The spring
litter killed at and months old, the small
lest weighed 300 pounds, the largest 425
poun9s; average weight $40 pounds; the
whole litter weighed 1902 pounds; at the
market price there at that time (12 cents)
they were worth s335,0O, to which add s104,
90, making a total $4,000.
Mr.. E. Toothaker, of Litch6eld lately
slaughtered hog fifteen months old which,
when dressed, weighed five hundred and
eighty pounds
The agricultural editor of the Bee-keeper's
Journal vouches for the following, handed
him by friend: If you desire to get large
yield OF milk, give your COW three times
day water slightly warm, slightly salted, in
winch bran has been stirred at the rate of one
quart to two gallons of water. You will gain
twenty-five per cent. Immediately under the
effects Of it, and she will become so attached
to the diet as to refuse 70 drink clear water,
un'ess very thirsty, but this mess she will
drink at almost any time a1d ask for more.
The amount OF this drink is an ordinary water
pail at each time morning noon, and night. y
A YOUNG York county farmer writes tothe
Plonghman as follows:
IL am one of those young men Of Maine,
who was foolish enough at tventy-one to
leave home, good farm, whore was need
ed, and start tor the city to seek my fortune,
with bright anticipations OF city life, by pay,
and an easy fortune, but after one years ex-
boarding house was no home for me, and
somehow l couldn't make big pay out OF
seven dollars week and pay five Tor board
On the old farm, / could hitch up horse
and take drive, afternoon or evening, and
no lost time, no five spot for team; and going
out evening, better not mention it. On
the whole concluded, had rather be a free
M maq % IN .ne country than slave in the city,
so packed up and started for home, wiser,
put no better man than when lett. found
al glad to see me back again. and a friend
eHefed 10 assist me il l would buy farm: so
on the first OF April, 1866, being TWENTY-FIVE
years ofage I bought me a farm all stocked
and fooled, and commenced farming Down
East style. Since that time have been hard
at it, and although have accomplished some
thing, am not at all satisfied with my sue
cess, but like the business and am bound to
stick to it, dry seasons or wet ones.
In the part OF York Country, where live,
we are very far behind, in our style OF farming !;
nearly all seem to farm for living, aud not
to make any money. They seem to be salts
he'd to do as they saw their fathers, and ac-
cept no new notions nor ileas
II farmer sells one or five thousand dollars
worth OF pine timber, not dollar OF it is cx-
pended upon the farm; it always has main
famed them, and that seems to be all they
want.
OOAN L. hLEAANDER OI lIIl0OS, CultlVateS
$4,000 acres of land. One cornfield is twelve
miles long, and from one-halfto mile wide,
containing $500 acres. Standing on a corn
Glib, the eye can see over five miles of corn in
opposite directions. A little boy visited this
farm with his father, and after riding miles
and miles. became thoroughly tired, and ex-
claimed, Pa, let's go home-I don't want to
see no more corn, never! During spring IS
plows were run constantly to plow it; Is
planting machines put in the seed; and 20
cultivators dressed the rows. This field yield
ed 100000 bushels, or 40 bushels per acre. A
| meadow of $500 acres of timothy and blue
grass, yields 5000 tons of hay. Fifteen ma,
chimes are run in moving it, and horse-fork:
stack it. Timothy for seed is cut with head
er, cutting ten feet wide, and 400 acres yielG
1900 bushels. There are 5000 acres of prai
re pasture, and 1900 seeded to timothy
blue grass and clever-carrying about 4 ,OOC
head OF cattle. An Usage orange hedge en-
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