The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-06

almost any other business And yet there is
100 merchants fail, "a out of 100 farmers live
and die solvent.
This evening an audience of some five hundred
attentive hearers listened to paper from Mr..
Winslow of Lincoln on ornamental Garden
ing" Immediately followed by an address from
Rev. DR.. Allen of the State Agricultural Col
lege; subJect-"How does Science promote
Agriculture -'
The next volume of our Agricultural Re-
ports will be of great value, even if it contains
nothing but this profound and polished produc-
ton.
The Governor has attended the meetings thus
far, freely engaging in the exercises and dis
cussions, thereby adding greatly to their in
terest
As close this brief abstract of proceedings,
the air is filled with snow flakes, demonstrating
that even in this "Garden of the State it is
not always summer. ARoosTooK.
October 8, 1873,
At o'clock a. m. to-day, a business session
of the Board of Agriculture was held, at which
was considered the time and place of the next
ScoSiOus l. uC Oil dhfCiiiCho VI ehC hdooCA was
left to the President and Secretary, after which
Hon. Warren Pereeival read paper on "Rais-
ing of thoroughbred stock" which was follow
ed by discussion on the same subject.
At 2 o'clock p. m. Hon. 2. A. Gilbert of An
droscoggin county, read a paper on Especial
and associated agriculture" followed by re-
ports of crops in Aroostoook county, conducted
by Hon. IT, c. Madigan
Wheat crops were reported varying from 20
to 40 bushels to the acre.
Oats from 60 to ITO.
Potatoes from 250 to 425
Buckwheat go bushels from OTIS. seed
Some fine apples and pears were exhibited,
beats weighing 10 to Is pounds, and onions
weighing one pound each.
At 4 o'clock p. M, final adjournment was
reached, many of the members and other gen.
tlemen leaving by coaches to join the Govern
or's party at Caribou at early hour to-mor-
row, to visit New Sweden as had been previous
ly arranged, the Governor having left earlier in
the day.
The thoroughbred Shorthorn herd of E. E i.
Parkhurst of Maysvile, en- route for Frederic
ton N. B., attracted much attention. One bull
calf, eight months old, weighs 760 pounds and
girts feet three inches. Another six and a
half months old girts feet inch.
The meetings throughout have been well at
tended by the leading farmers from ll.parts of
the county, and the session must be beneficial
to the agricultural interests f this section. A
cordial invitation was extended to the Board by
the Agricultural Society of New Brunswick to
attend she fair at Fredericton next week.
The crops in this county, although slightly
injured by frosts in some localities, are above
the average. The hay crop was never better.
Grain generally is good, wheat being better
than for many ye ars previously. Potatoes are
heavy crop, and of very fine quality, not a
particle of rot showing itself.
The apple crop is fully up to an average,
cooking apples being cheaper than in the west
ern part of the State. Large quantities of po-
tatoes are being shipped to Boston and vicinity
and farmers are receiving 30 to 43 cents per
bushel for them delivered at the depot iu this
town. Butter sells readily to shippers for "a to
q cents. Eggs 22c and buyers plenty. S.