Ellsworth American., 1880-01-15

than iack or pluck. One chances
to grow a big pumpkin, takes It TO the
exhibition aud gets premium. Tie
premium Il given for no other earthly
reason than because it 10 Dig. One
happens to grow . large OK. AWAY he
goes 10 the Fair with Il. lie can't tell
why il grove large, can't grow another
like il. lie makes no statement" the
committee give no r-sson 'for their
award. snd 'h- State pay tor informa-
lion which j. mot given. The purpose
for which stipcDds are granted, IL dis
regarded. or frAudulentiy eva.led.
Farmers Clubs stand upon n better
basis. occupy different vantage
ground. They impart aud difiuse prsc-
tical irformation.at no cost TO the State.
They are farm schools wherein farm.
iers are both teachers and pupils.
INeighborhood exhibitions of home
talent. Even if there be some butchery
Of the Kings English. some displays
Of ludicrous syntar. i, "pans out" com
mon sense. 4 live Fsrmer.' Ciub.
brings out the experiences. which have
been proved BY their works. and more.
they result in better farmer. and better
farms; better cattle and better crops.
The governing rules should lie lew and
simple; tho exercises varied, To make
"a
Weeds. Not that kind offer display
ed on . bonnet, ,.or hat, saying in plain
and unadulterated Anglo Saxon,
lin in the market again" but those
plants which persist in staying where
they are not wanted. A weed. stripped
of i,s iechnicali,ics, is any plant out Of
place. Many . plant. always q
weed. has no known nu,ri,ive. or med
icinal value, nor any use in the Arts.
A robber the world over.
itiners;e from farm TO farm, during
their honeymoon" monrhs-August
and September-and see the fields infect
ed by them, and left in undisputed pos
session, ranking all things" as If they
were worthy. and were the recipients
Of the most solici,ous care.
Maine. cold and sterile as her soil, is
pronounced 10 be, can boast Of more
than $50 distinct varieties OF weeds. OF
this number. 81 are clsssed. as weeds
OF culture" common pests. whose quail
lilies are bad. evil very evil. or the "a
worst weeds. AZ OF them have been i'm
ported from Europe. They have come
10 stay"
In prolifcacy. nothing in this world
of ours can excel them, not even .
MsdswsskA Frenchmsn. A single
Pur.lane can ripen 100 oo0 seeds in a
season. Pig-weed 10 Goa Charlock
s 0oo-while eleven Of the most pro-
life Of these freebooters of the iarm,
can yearly re produce 32+ 600 OF the
most troublesome of weeds.
To subdue the weeds. is no psstime.
no child's play. Ii means business. -
q constant, unremitting warfare. A
summer fallow is great destroying
agent. Ii is death TO dnnuals. and
very discouraging TO perennisls. Weeds
not only choke and dwarf the growth
OF food-producing plants, but they
alsrmingly sap the soil. Two acres
were drilled with wheat. the one was
carefully wed, the other WAS let TO
take its chance. The weeded acre pro-
duced 81 bushels; the unweeded "A
bushels. With corn, the weeded acre
yielded 6s bushels; the unweedsd. %
bushels. Weeds always take the "lions
share"
"Ihe pig is idme-whai sils him:
Nothing but that extremely cold pen
in which you wintered it. II those
who winter over swine. in cold s,ys
could be made TO swap beds with the
pigs. some of the nights when it is
below Zero" it wosld give them q
freezing lesson in hyperborean mar.
fyrdom. which . lifetime would be
too short TO thar out.