Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-03-05

quarts oil ohtS way, "uu "'S ~
looking well.
Geo. f. Gibson feeds his stock on
swale hay with q few potatoes stock
never looked better; oxen eat swalo hay
better than upland hay do not understand
| it. s. Burnham caid that a gentleman
from Augusta was feeding his horse on
one peck chopped straw mixed with
three or four quarts of shorts to feed,
three times a day; horse Is looking tirst
rate.
VIM. Hall thinks it much better to iced
Young stock with corn on the cob be-
lieves there is great deal OF nourish'
ment in cobs--tbey cause the bones to
grow much better than clear meal.
VIM. Green says his cattle eat swaie
and low land hay better than good up
land; think that the grssshoppers inlur.
cd the better grasses.
The time having arrived to discuss the
question, the general discussion ended.
The question Resolved. That the raising
of potatoes pays the farmers OF Norway
better than any other cultivated crop, was
opened by c. w. Partridge; did not be-
| lieve IL cost ono hall SO much TO raise an
acre of potatoes as corn; believes two
and one.hsli bushels potatoes worth one
bushel of corn: do not think that they
sap Tho land more than corn.
j. A. Bolster thinks a bushel of com
worth three of potatoes; raise one nun
drcd bushels OF potatoes to the acre !;
raise much greater value oil corn tn the
acre; corn does no, sap the land near rs
much a. potatoes, and leaves il in a much
better condition Tor future crops.
G. ". Rycrson raised 80 bushels pc
tatoos to the acre, and raised 80 nr more
OF corn. besides beans. pumpkins and
corn fodder; calling the potatoes worth
| so cents. aud corn 81 .00-which believe
/ to be the relative proportion Tor ten y ears
past Chat il, potatoes hall The price OF
curn) anil there will ne but q slight dill.
! ference to the acre; hut believing one
bushel OF corn 10 iced, equal To three oi
potatoes. will leave quite II surplus in fa-
vor OF raising corn. VIM. Green plant.
ed one and half acres OF potatoes and
raised three hundred hushcls. and ten
bushels OF peas; believed that he could
not raise One.halt that value in corn.
! WIN. Hall manures his land with the
same for potatoes M for corn; does not
manure in the hill with anything but
ashes. plaster and phosphate. Can plant
an arIe OF cora rs easy ~ an acre ot pc.
tatoes; thinks the corn crop leaves The
| land in much boiler condition tor grass
believe potatoes draw very hard from
the soil corn leeds more from tho at
mosphere. therefore is much more
profitable crop to raise.
A. j. Merrill, who resides in Bnekiield.
can raise four bushels OF potatoes cheap
er than one OF corn; believes the potato
crop Tar mole profitable in our section
| than corn. and believes il costs twice as
much To raise IN acre OF corn as pota'
toes.
Geo. T.. Gibson does not boicve that
| the corn crop will average more than
twenty five bushels Ia tho acre IN this
section OF country Potatoes sap the
| land worse than corn. and he has il from
good authority, that while potatoes draw
largely from the pol ASA that j. IN The
soil. that corn will not require moro than
oue.third "a much, and there tore will
leave the land in much better condition
Tor grass. H. Hathaway coinci'lrd win
Mr.. Gibson.
5. Frost rather have au acre ui corn
| fodder, well cured, than the best acre of
hay that ever grew. Vim. Hall gets two
crops OF hay on land after n crop ul corn
in one season. and enly one after potatoes.
Jacob Parsons gets more bushels OF corn
To the acre Than potatoes.
There were other gentlemen present
who made some very interesting and in
struclive remarks. We had good and
highly instructive meeting. Question Tor
next meeting Resolved. That the cult
vation of fruit ~ OF more profit than any
other field crop Disputants-Wm. VI.
Green, ---, affirmative; { W. Ryer
son. Geo. T. Gibson, negative.
The Cl1 met on the 2S,h inst, and had
good meeting. which we have not space
to report tiIis week.
Subject tor next meeting: what kinds
ol stock are The most profitable for farm
ers' of this vicinity To raise?"