Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-11-23
Horticultural ItenS.

raised seventy-fve bushels of good, clean,
sound wheat this year on little less than
two acres OF land.
Tho Massachusetts, Agricultural Col
lege has been experimenting the past sum
mer with ninety different varieties of po-
tatoeS.
The California canary seed crop Is
almost a total failure, and the birds will
have to whistle for their food.
-Au old apple tree has just been cut
down at York, Me, which was brought
from England in tub in 1929, aud has
borne fruit every year since.
A disease, the nature of which has
not vet been asccrtained, prevails among
the hogs in Columbus County. Ohio
About one thousond have died in Hamil-
ton township.
Two crops of potatoes in one year
is an unusual thing for New Hampshire,
vet Mr.. Daniel Dearborn of Woodstock,
has Just harvested the second crop. both
good ones, from the same lot.
The starch factory at Caribou, Me,
Is working up potatoes at the rate of 100
bushels per hour. or 1000 bushels a day.
The factory at Bridgewater Is working at
about the same rate.
Adam Grimm Of Jefferson. Wis, is
one Of the largest honey raisers in the
world His crop for the last year was
2j,9l0 pounds, aud his apiary consists of
ll5S colonies.
In the four Pennsylvania counties of
Crawford. Venango, Erie aud Mercer,
there are l0l cheese factories, producing
yearly al aggregate Of 100000 lbs.
In Bell county, Texas, there Is
farm Of 1900 acres, which is inc!osel
by one fence, and cultivated by thirty-two
owners, every one OF whom is unmarried.
New Hampshire farmers have obtain
cd an excellent crop of corn this year
NJ. IL. Wentworth, esq, below Comic, has
nine acres Of very large corn, estimated
10 yield about sixty bushels per acre
Among this corn was raised about fifty
bushels of beans, making the corn less
than 90 cents bushel.
Safeguarding has its drawbacks IN
California. The Visalia Delta remarks
"Many heards of sheep are driven from
the mountains to the valleys, where the
feel is already almost completely exhaus.
ted. There is fair chance for 100000
sheep to starve in this country this fall If
they are not fed"
An enterprising and ingenious Irish
man has patented a process by which the
heat wasted in burning lime, may be
economical in the production OF fruit and
flowers under glass. At the top of the
kiln is placed boiler with hot water
pipes connecting with the inside Of a
green house. If successful, lime and
fruit should be both somewhat eheapened.
1t is to be tested soon in this country.
A correspondent in Forest and
Stream, writing from Charlestown, Mass,
states that a Boston gentleman (Mr.
Marston) has recently shot at Centreville,
Mass, tine specimen of pure White
Crow. 1t is now being stuffed by Dir. G.
J. GOodale, taXidermist, and can be seen
at his store, No. SO Sudbury Street. BOs-
ton. This bird has been seen for several
wears, and efforts were made By numerous
parties to effect its capture, but without
success, until Mr. Marston became the for
tunate possessor."
The Hartford Courant tells Of q
farmer who, if the story is correct, has 4
head almost as innocent of brains US are
the pumpkins he raises. He brought in
to Birmingham a few days ago pumpkin
which weighed Us pounds and which he
sold for sl.75. He explained that the
pumpkin was an unusual kind, he having
paid FIVE cents apiece for the seed, and
offered to buy the seeds Of the pumpkin
from the purchaser at one cent and half
each. The offer was accepted, the pump
Iin cut and the seeds counted. There
we're 6l3 in all, but the farmer purchased
hem.
"A correspondent of the Rural New
says: "Set tomato plant into
,ach hill Of cucumberS, melons, and
quashes, and you will have no trouble
rom the striped bngs that are so de-
truetiyc to these plants. The plants can
,e tied to stakes, and if will pruned
vhen large, both subjects can proceed with
heir fruiting without detriment to one
An English farmer accidentally
lropped grain of wheat among some
,ed he was sowing in his garden, and,
having 4 curiosity to protect it, gave it
very chance to come to perfection" The
esult was 63 heads &c very largc) con-
aiming 3044 counted kernels. not includ-
ng some picked away by an saterprising
eu. lie leaves readers to draw their
Uo conclusions only adding that "a tka