The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-10-15
AGRICULTURAL.
Questions For Farmers Clubs.

The season is drawing near when farm
ers have to think as well as act. and when
the officers Of farmers clubs are making up
their programmes for the winter meetings.
DR. Loring is reported as having said, at
late farmers meeting at Worcester, that
scussion of farm topics in farmers club
meetings is entirely useless, or something to
that effect. Perhaps the EARN Yard Club
of Jotham' succeeded in settling all the
questions that have SO veXed farmers for the
past few centuries, and left nothing for the
present generation to do in th't line.
There may, however, be a few farmers who
may not quite agree with the Doctor, or
there may be some who will persist in dis
cussing if only for discussions sake. Some
think the exercise Of ones faculties in the
way of telling what one knows, or thinks he
knows. to his brother farmers, in sort of a
public way, is a legitimate method OF i'm
proving ones powers of communication so
that he caff make himself understood when
important questions are to be acted on IN
town meetings or elsewhere. To all such,
the following list of questions gathered from
the records OF few of our successful farm
erS' clubs may not come amiss:-
Trees for shelter; kinds most suitable. most iu-
dicious arrangement for shelter and for
picturesque effect
Treatment and feed OF Stock IN WINTER.
Are Swine Profitable?
Potatoes Their cultivation, cost of production,
profit, best variety.
Cows and the profits from them.
Root Crops; cultivation and cost Oh growing
Mangolds, Ruta Bagas, etc.; comparative
merits for feeding
Effects of rural life on health, material pros
perity and longevity.
Commercial Fertilizers, and their application.
Manure-itS production ana application 10 tle
soil
Improvement of Dairy Stock.
Abortion of Cows the cause and remedy.
Horses-Care and Diseases OF.
Swine, their management and proht
How Farmers are humbugged.
Poultry-The best method Of feeding and the
best breeds for general USE
Peculiarities in plant growth and how to take
advantage of them.
The Grass Crop.
How shall we feed for milk?
Special and mixed farming compared
The Grain Crops. Will it pay to raise Wheat
Rye, ETC.?
Sheep Husbandry.
Wastes on the Farm.
Principles of Fertlizing the Soil.
Reclaiming Waste Lands.
insect Enemies-Unity of action cmong farm
ers for their destruction; Remedies tried
and results
Which is the most profitable for the Farmer to
keep for work, Horses or Oxen?
Houses Barns and Out-buildings.
Market Gardening; The best crops for profit
and the best manner Oh CultiNdtioil'
Barn-yard Manure: Best methods OF saving
and application.
Can Specially Farming in New England be
made profitable.
How shall we make farming more attractive to
our young men?
Culture of Flowers and Shrubs.
Culture of Bees.
Can Tile Pipe be practically and economically
used for drainage of streets, side walks,
as well as low, cold, wet lands, and the
best manner of laying.
Ploughing and Ploughs.
What Books shall we read ard how shall we
read them?
Roast Beef and Plum pudding; The science OF
living and enjoying life.
Stock Breeding as a science.
Is it profitable to remove stone wall and re-
place with wooden fence?
Labor and Wages.
Small Fruits.
Opportunities for young farmers
The Census and Enumeration in their relation
to the farmer.
Our Buildings-Best way to warm and venti-
late.
Peat. and its Formation. England
Farmer.