Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-12

and Tribune visited model farm
few miles from Paris. France, short
time ago. The owner. he saws. had Xix
hectares of land, (nearly fifteen acres,
which he valued 900 francs a little
less than 5000. IL consist Cd of thirty
five detached parcels, all within one
mile OF the village in which he resided.
/ He was cultivaiing wheat, oats, barley.
/ rye, peas, beans, potatoes aud other
vegetables; also grapes, apples, plums,
4 cherries aud small fruit. lie raised no
stock, aud had neither a pig nor chicken
about his premises. lie had one hor. c.
a fine grade Norman, two carts, a pillow
and harrow. and a general a,,oltm eut
( OF hand tools, for eradicating weeds,
stirring aud pulyeriziug the soil lie
employs two men and two boys to aid
+ him in his farm work. and pays them
80 per month tor men, and half that
amount to boys, with board. Hands
/ furnishing their own board get about
go month. lie said that labor was
/ very scarce and wages high Oh account
OF the young and able-b bodied men being
drafted into the army. The work is
! principally done by old men, women
ami boys. Day laborcrs get ~ to -
cents a day, without board, ana DAYS
labor is fourteen hours. The CORES
pendent SAYS:
"Th" standing whea, would average
about five aud half feet in height,
with head heavy and long The berry
Is plump and of eXccllen, quality, and
mostly Of the winter red, or amber,
variety. Oats and rye were much tai,
Ter than the wheat. was shown field
OF new variety OF oats which lad re-
Gently been introduced, and hich very
/ closely resembled the Norway oat.'
gathered lew stocks and brought,
them TO my room. They are seven
feet long, and by actual measurement
one-hali inch in diameter. OF root
crops, potatoes seem 10 take the prefer
ence. The potato bug has not arrived
/ here yet, snd there is no insect TO prey
upon them. The tops were rank, near
lily covering the ground, anc the round
ed hills were well filled with fine grow
| ing tubers. The average Yield OF wheat
grown by nv Informant was stated 10
be fifty hectolitrcs per heciare. or nearly
iiity-seven bushels per acre. Oats were
said TO yield from seventy-five TO eighty
bushels per acre. and barley from thirty
to thirty-iiye. Harvesting is done by
hand. Where the grain stands up
well, the cradle is sometimes used, but
most of the grain is Gu, with the scythe
and sickle. Every head is saved. The
threshing is done by small two-horse
machines, 10 which all the wheat in
neighborhoOd is hauled, and the straw
sold from the machine. The wheat is
generally seld TO the miller and buyers,
and the bread used in the families
bought from the bakers carts, which
make their daily trips from house to
house.
The owner OF the farm gave me IA:
following as the result of his farm oper-
atoms for 1877: His land was all in
crops, and The value of the same when
sold was nearly $500. After paying
for nlanures purch ased, his hired help,
taxes and other expenses, Including the
support of his family, he saved $3.50.
which would seem 10 be good margin
for go small q farm; but when co1sid-
er that pent-up, humble dwelling, with
its small rooms, scanty furniture and
cherries surroundings, together with
the plain fare upon which the family
subsist, l can understand how that
amount could be saved. A farmer OF
our country who lives and dresses as
we'll as most of them do, would fail ir-
retrievabiy into debt on this income"
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