Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-12-17

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keep the bushes cut out. Put in sheep
and keep them there long enough, and
they will kill out everything except the
grass. lie thought that land could be
brought to a good bearing condition by
pasturing sheep on ii, rs quick a in any
ether way.
Mr. J. Is. LAEIN thought our farms
too small, were not large enough 10 pas
turc as many sheep Is we ought to keep.
The farms were pretty well run out eS-
pecialIy the small ones Land could be
enriched 10y sheep if we would take pains
to keep enough OF them.
MR. SrRoUr said that small farms GER
taiuly would pot pay if they were not car
ried on. \ man thai had "a small farm
was apt TO lie away most of his time, fcg
he thought tina, lac had nothing Jo do 1t
is better 10 cultivate one acre and cult
vatc il well. than 1t j, 10 culiiva,e more
ard half DO the work. Many men got
more hay from . acres OF land than he
dill from 90 Farming WAS not profitable
IL We did TOO much ct IL az, time
Mn. CuAs. ". FOSTER spoke of l,uil
uecs. lie had had yer, good ucS with
The trees from Chase Brothers nurseries
In tennessee, y. Y Ils referred 10 one
nau who had l2j OF those tree, which
were now bearing, and he g,I about l25
bushels OF apples from them last year.
Speaking OF pastures, he said that we
kept our cattle IA tho pasture during the
day, and al night they are pa, ia;o The
yard. There they leave their dressing
during the night, and next day They 90
into tie pasture again and oil themselves,
and 90 through lhc same proecs, again.
In this way We arc sSpping our pastures.
Many Of them cannot be p.owcd, but
something ough; 10 be put back upon
them To make up tor what i, carried
away by the c>lIe.
ME WARREN PAGE said that some land
WAS So poor that it was impossible 10 got
a living from q small farm, but. "a, u gen
eral thing, We cultivate too much ground.
lie had worked in ali kind, of soil and
intended TO always p,ow about 5 inches
deep, and thought that lie 70, ,he best
results lgou blowing that depth. It is
the manure that eurichcs The soil Id we
have plenty of manure il is 40 matter
how deep We pIow. Mono around .eIe
had manure enough 10 make il p4y well
10 pillow deep. lie never had had ma
aure enough 10 gel q crop 10 satisfy him.
lie said tina, he used sawdust % bed bis
cattle with. and thought al kinds except
pine were valuable. Oak was the best
1t took up The liquids and saved them.
Il was q good plan 10 plow under i crop
OF oats or clover. Il enriched the land.
1iE. HAYNES said that the great ques
lion was how shall VIC tcrtjiizc our land
Il was = good plan 10 clear up land, but
that was not al. Was sorry TO see so
many working year after year with every
Kind of manure, without regard TO the
effect OF the different mauures upon the
land. Farmers can find out what is good
Tor their land by observation or expert
euce. Il Is no use to ask man who
iills = clayey, OF wet and swampy farm,
to tell you what is good for farm sitdat-
ed on sandy hill. You should ask OF 4
man who ills land like yours. lie was
sorry TO see 50 many work So hard and
get so little return from their iabors..-
Soil from which the lime has been taken
by one crop, should have different crop
on it next year, so that the line may be
restored, aud some other property taken
out Rotation of crops was right The
same crop on land year after year will
take out the same properties from the
soil until those properties are entirely
gone We should bury our rocks. We
use plaster on our land because it gath
ers moisture and retains H. Rocks act
on the same principle, for plaster Is
simply rocks ground up. Muck directly
from the pit would not grow a crop any
more than ice would 1t was too cold.
Warm it, pulyerize it, and mix il with
The soil, aud then it will produce good
crops. He spoke of gentleman in
Windham who had expended a great
sum Of money upon an alder swamp, and
said that he did not doubt but what it had
paid him ten times over for all expenses.
Climate has 4 81 at deal to do with vege
tatiOn. The soil OF the Amazon is very
rich. and tropical vegetables anil fruits
grow high and rank, but our vegetables
will not thrive there.
Mn. CARsLEY said he was GLAD that lie
had found one man who succeeded with
the New York apple trees. lie did not
DtleNe IN lheul.
Mn. MoULToN said that lie could tell
him of another. lie had had very good
success. The New York trees on their
farm were thriving finely, but probably
much was due to care and cultivation
He said he was surprised to have SO many
farmers agree with him about our cult,
waiting too much land. But they still per-
sist in the practice. They were like 4
man who was chewing piece of dump
ling so hot that he could not swallow it.
He was advised to spit il out. but replied,
"Blast the thing III swallow it, il it
busts me" Farmers seem determined TO
cultivate this great expanse Of land il ii
''buSts" them.
Some further discussion was carried on
by several gentlemen upon various ques