Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-11-17


The president said he was very much
interested in dairying, as to it he is in-
dc5ted for much Of the little ne now pos
scsses. Don't believe skim milk Is worth
even a cent a quart IN farm economy.
Has good calves raised upon skim milk,
but in raising them the milk has not been
above a cent per quart perhaps not that.
Some say skim milk Is worth three cents
per quart, but he knows it Is not worth
over one cent per quart. Spoke Of value
of weights and measures in the dairy.
The scales are Of highest utility, and one
in fact Indispensable. II the scales are
used you snow and have no guess work.
The scales absolutely make YOU make
Improvement
Parker or Aroostook, spoke Of raising
calves on skim milk; has had experience
and some success. Keeps calves in barn
tin year DID, hardly letting them out at
all.
Adjourned to > o'clock, p NJ
Wednesday Afternoon Session.-Board
met ia public session at > o'clock, T. NJ.
President Gilbert in the chair.
The Board, through It's president, ex-
tended Vote OF thanks to those citizens
who have given us this fine display Of
fruits. flowers aud vegetables. The dis
play was large aud very excellent. Vote
Of thanks was then taken by members of
the board
Paper was then presented by Mallett Of
Sagaiahoc, on "Co-operatien among farm
e-s. Farmers are conducting business
upon principles Numerically opposed TO
their ovA best interests. The number en-
gagged in commerce should be limited TO .
small comparative number. Commerce
ha, for It's design to bring the producer
and consumer into connection with each
other, hence the commercial agents should
be reduced 70 the smallest number Con-
sumers and producers are row at the mer-
cv Of merchants and middlemen, while
the former can scarcely get the bare cost
IT production, the consumer has to pay
cx0sbi,aut prices, and some products are
ilvond the reach of the laboriug classes
I'm cities. /, j. evident something is wrong
here. Farmers endure aud tolerate cum
bors5mc methods Of exchange neee si,at-
Ing Q large share of value o. the product,
90 pay these charges or profits. Cooper
alton. rightly conducted, opens a way out
Of rresea, difficulties. and 10 future profit
and success Cooperation may be az
frs, somewhat rephlsiye to the Yankee
mind. who believes that every tub should
stand on Its own bottom" The present
Is really an age Of cooperation, and it
crops out almost everywhere 1t won't
cost a great deal to try tbs experiment
among farmers if they will 90 about it in
the right way. It would be better if
fewer of our young men went c.erking
and more went out into the tougher ways
Of homes; industry where manhood grows
strong with struggling.
Presiden; Gilbert then gave a lecture
on Progress in Agriculture.
Governments, States, nations and indi-
vii14is grow. Every trade and calling
has its progress cited examples aud incl
dents going to show that growth and pro-
gress Is a natural law.
In order TO see progress made in agri- /
culture, It Is not necessary to compare
very widely separated per DDS. Years /
ago a rude agriculture suficed, now it .
vii. net do; the narrow, pnching ways .
Of the best that suticei then will not be .
tolerated now; and hence, in order to
meet the increased expenses Of better
mode of living, science and capital have
been combined 10 restore lost elements Of
fertility. Great improvements have been
made in herds and fOcks, products Of
field and orchard, in implements and
modes Of cultivation, yet these only pave
the way for still greater Improvements.
The Improvement in fruit culture is truly
1t would be no easy task to
convey even q faint idea of The vast i'm
provement made. Spoke Of the wonder
tul results Of hybridizing, and breeding
up the fruits and vegetables of the farm
We may well conclude there Is no limit
TO Improvement nowadays. The reaper
sprang ike magic to aid man in harvest
ing the extending fields of ripening wheat.
Man alone was not equal TO the task
The moving machine replaced millions of
brawuv arms when called TO defend the
nations life. Thereneyer was a time in
the history Of our State, when farmers
were so determined to improve their con-
dition and to take a higher place. 1t
shows in its cutcroppings in associated
dairyiug and Oranges Of Patrons Of Hus-
bandry Also, in the increased attend
auce at all agricultural gatherings and
fairs.
Does not believe the relations of labor
to agriculture will maintain its present re-
latious long. Labor Is plentier than at
any time since the war. Manufacturing
Is over done. Operatives are out of
work. The producer of raw material
now pays nearly all the taxes. Illustrat-
ed by citing known f-ets and usages of
manufacturers and dealers. This Is what
the farmer Is trying to out-hank; this Is
what he Is waking up to; this is why
there are signs Of life among the farming
classes. The farmer has too long been the
servant of other classes. If we would
assume in the social world as important
rank as We now hold in the producing
world, we must qualify ourselves for it,
and struggle for it.
Concluded in our rext)