Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-11-07
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AN IMPROVED FARM IN LEWISTON. DIR.
GARCELoN's SUBURBAN ACRES.
The Lewiston journal SAYS: Thirty
years ago uy telling heavy trees and
making gridirons. a road was built
through heavy timber. now known as
the Sabattus road. A mile from City
Building on this road are the hereditary
acres of DR.. Garcclon. Part of it was
the farm of the Doctors grandfather
In 1868 the Doctor bought 20 acres
more OF the Milett estate. The Doctor
has 50 acres, all told. Eight or ter
years ago our reporter visited the place.
The Doctor had just built house in
field OF stumps, and the house looked
disconsolate and as il it was rather sor-
~ that it had got there. But the Doc
tor at that moment was bent on making
the desert blossom as the rose. His
working force fell TO. and it occurs to us
that, as possible Governor is now mas.
ter Of the place. it would be well for
our reporter 10 take another glance at il
and see how far the Doctors agricultur-
al dreams have been realized.
''All this land" SAWS the Doctor,
where the buildings stand was heav-
lily timbered when took hold there
cut the timber of which my house in
the city was made, on this spot. 1t was
heavy growth of hemlock and hard
wood. Ii has cost me about 500 an
acre to put ii in shape. But l wanted
good hay farm. and think that have
got it.-Why. did you know that the
hay crop of New England is about as
valuable as the cotton crop of the South!
| believe that hay is the best crop for
ne to grow. You see believe in feed
ing the land. There are large piles of
dressing mixed with muck, which have
been there for year. That man is now
pulverising the heap and it will soon be
ready Tor the land. buy what manure
the Bleachery has. think that | can
afford 10 bug manure at 81 a cord.
pay about 81 per year per horse for
that which l get at the Blescbery. This
land is sort of clay mari. Yonder YOU
see long fiat field-a black peaty soil,
which have just turned with the plow
for the first time. Below the peat is
mari. l put lime and ashes on there to
IN a.
tidote for acids. shall plant it to po-
tatees or sow it TO buckwheat. l put
fifty cords of manure on these fields all
nually.
II have sixty-five acres under cult
walton or in moving, aud you can drive
moving machine anywhere over il.
get two tons of grass to an acre on an
average. Here is field that gave me
this year rising three tons to the acre,
OF as good herds-grass as was ever put
into barn, and of the same field get
one or two tons of aftermath.
There's. fifteen acres of meadow
across the brook that lie as splendid as
a muster-field. 1t is underlaid with
stone under-drains. There is the mead.
CIV brook. Ipaid o.. 900 for having the
bed deepened five feet, so as to save the
intervale land from being wet, and il is
now first class land. Originally we
couldn't drive on it, but now you see
how dry it is. l am going to put man.
ure on there, and l will show you a
crop that will astonish you.
Il don't top dress much because
can't afford to wait to have my manure
in condition. Top dressing should be
well-rotted and thoroughly pulverized.
got over 100 tons of hay this year.
Yes, sir, grass is gold. That is the crop
for Msine."
HORSES VS.. OXEN.
Do you prefer horses for farm work p
asked the reporter.
NO" replied the Doctor, 81 believe
liz oxen. have here pair of horses
and two pairs of oxen. like both in
their places, but ifI couldn't have bur
one, l should say give me the oxen
The cost of keeping horses Is greater
than that OF keeping oxen. With horsee
you loose on what you feed ont.
Horses can't be sold for beef. Now on
the contrary take oxen (Solon's steers
alone excepted,) and you see there 10
great gain. This very year l bought .
pair Of oxen and paid $40 for them. I