Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-12-23


North Eastou could make forty dozen
shOvels in a day. while now, by the d.
vision of labor. it is possible to tuin out
2jO ,ozen in the same time. He alluded
10 the grain harvesters. mowers and cap
ers, that enabled US TO keep up the pro
duciion OF grain through the war, Ia the
surprise aud wonder at all Europe.
The Improvements in mowers and
reaperS have nearly all Oeon made within
the last % years. Hussey's machines
came out in 1884; McCormicks little
earlier. but il WAS not Till 1852 that a
public trial was made To show the work
OF the reaper or mower. At this time
twelve reapers aud several mowcrs were
exhibited in Ohio. none OF which did
their work well enough To suit the far
merS. The machines all had heavy
side drau.hl, they could not start in the
grass or grain without backing. and the
power required to work them was very
great In 1855. at Paris WAS the first
worlds trial OF reapers America had
one machine. England had one aud Al
giers one. The trial was in field OF
eats. forty miles from Paris. aud proved
glorious achievement for American
machines. At later trial in the United
States. the machines showed Il great i'm
proyement, the Buckeye taking the lead
Al the trial al Auburn. in 1866, there
were seventy tour machies exhibited
aud of these lorly.two did good work.
Now The mower is found OH nearly every
farm. The Horse Rake. the Tedder and
the Horse Hay Fork, are all great helps,
almos, equal to the newer lor saving
the manual labor aud transferring IL to
the horse. A lew years agO The hand
fail WAS heard on every barn floor, aud
caiIlo were used 10 lIsad out the grain.
have myself, IN the days OF my boy
hood, driven o1en round and round. day
sner day. in The slow and tireSome pro-
cess OF tre.ding out the grain. Now
machines thresh. winnow, bag the grain
aud deliver the straw al the stack. all At
one operation and Ut wonderful rate OF
speed The corusheller, the hay cutter
and root cutter, have also been greatly
improved within 4 few years In 1872
there were 1900 patents issued Tor agri
cultural machines from our Patent Office.
and the value OF the agricul ursl ma
chiueIy produced annually is iily.two
million OF dollars
The great staple OF the country. Indian
corn. Increased in production between
1910 and 1850 from three hundred and
ssNeni, seven millions of bushels, to
eight hundred aud thirty eight millions.
Wheat. The brain food oil The world We
are growing AT the rate OF two hundred
millions oi bushels in - year. Tniriy
millions have been exported IN n single
wear. The production OF potatoes has
Increased between lS40Io 1860 from one
hundred and eight millions bushels to
one hundred aud siaty-iive millions
The cotton crop has grown up entirely
within the las. one bundled years. 1t
was formerly DAYS work Tor one man
TO pick The seeds from one pound OF cot.
ton Now by the use ui steam and the
cotton civ. tNo thousand aud :wo hun
dred pounds can bc cleaned in - single
day. Our immense hay crop Is also the
growth Ut the present century. Tue
inst notice taken OF it IL, the census. WAS
in 1910. when ten million Ions were pro
duced In 1850 II MAS thirteen millions.
aud iu 1870. twenty seVru millions. worth
thtce hundred millions Of dollars. aud
The grass used Ia summer would increase
the amount 10 siN hundred million dob
lars
The Importation al improved stock
has Increased very much within lew
Yeas In 1852 there Mere not seventy
live pure Jersey animals IN tho Stale ul
Massachusetts The Salue may be said
ol The Ayrshiits. Now many single
herds exceed that number. lie also al.
luded 10 the pork packing business that
i now 50 thoroughly syslemstized; the
improvement vi sheep AID horses; also
10 the Increase OF agricultural literature
Previous 10 1890 We had 40 mails. BE
lOIe the revolution there were but lour
essays on agriculture published in Ame,i
ca. The ImericdH Farmer WAS first
started in Baltimore in 1919. Now the
circulation of agricultural. journals ex-
ceeds three hundred thousand copies
two hundred thousand volumes OF agri.
cultural reports are distributed annually.
BESIDES the reports from the government
al Washington. Agricultural Colleges
are also The growth oil the pat few year;
but now there is something Of the Kind
in every State OF the Union. They will
ubtedly do good work for the lis.
ms generation; but whatever result,
may dow from them. hey seem to indi.
cate that the present Ia but the dawn OF
new cram era Of Improvement OF
which No cannot Yet form an adequate
conception. They show that greater
application OF mind TO the labors of the
hand Is to distinguish the future over all
the past generations. for the large mum
beIs OF young men. who will 20 forth
every year from those Institutions