Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-11-24
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Farm Notes.

\ new and a yer, bad weed has put in an
appearance. 1t is the Wild Carrot, bo-
tanicall, known As Dg,irus Caratn. !, is
one Of the Umble~ort>. large order of
plants. having umbrclla-shaped flowers
The Parsnip. Poison Hemlock. Life Of Man.
Celery and Parsley, are members of the
Umblewort family. In this section Of the
State. the Wild Carrot il in full flower in
August; when the seeds are ripe, the um-
bles become deeply eonoaye and resemble a
birds nest The mature umbles aIe broken
off and are driven 10y the winds to a great
distance and are thus rapidly spread over
extensive districts when once II Ia. got
foothold, it is as difficult TO eradicate as
Canada thistle. lie, the farmer, Of Hancock
diligently take it, eradication in hand. for
once established. II becomes ! very trouble
some weed.
This is an oft year with Poiatoc-; crop
a failure prices up. with hungrl demand.
and most farmers have stored the few bushels
which they NAV chance TO have. IN eN-
pec,Aiion Of higher prices in the spring. Il
Is calculation, which MAY Unexpectedly be
'-s,epped on. for scarcity, with The a!Frad!
unusually high price, makes the potato too
costly eating for poor people. and MANY
pig-sW will be without is accustomed
potato-eating porker. and thus, by spring
time the supply will 50 nearly equal the de-
mand, that higher prices,
Like dreams Of beauty, will glide away.
The Early Rose like It's predecessors the
Chenango. It ais, has had It's day; the
tubers grow smaller and when cooked. are
waterv and waxy. The expectation Of
life of potato, is about Is wears, period
of life which the Early Rose has passed, 80
far passed that it has become 80 enfeebled
as to be an easy prey for diseases and in
seots. To insuIe against future failure II
becomes necessary 10 renew both sort and
seed sor, and seed from the native habitat
Of the potato A> New Mexico. rather than
Chill or Peru. Is the home Of the potato.
seed obtained from Nei ada, Arizona.
Colorado. or Utah will produce a crop the
like Of which, has no; been seen in many a
long year.
..Agrlcola' has a small flock Of thorough
bred South Down Sheep-l7 in number.
There is a deal Of cheap talk about South
Downs having ligh; fleece. vet. from the l..
the last wears clip weighed lsl pounds and
sold for $50. 80. Ho~'s that for fes1f Z
From the flock Of l.. for the wear ending
November 10. We have sold Of lambs and
wool, $500 worth. We md 3 profit in
sheep and clean money IN South Down wool.
There's deal Of "tafis" about the Is, ~.
% pound heeces of the Merinoes, but We
happen To know that 100 pounds Of South
Down fleece factory cleanscd. Yields more
pounds Of clean wool. than does the same
weight Of Merino heeoe. Stay East. Young
farmer and keep sheep, breed Of mutton
sheep. quiet. docile. hardy, prolific, which
thrive upon ihe boulder-ballast, chaparral
thicket pastures Of "Sun-Kise" Maine-ihe
breed is South Down.
What care the public to knos that \.
won the frat premium on colt b. on a
COW {. on a crop. or ID. on a carpet , Such
bald and naked statement is on par with
the information. that Betsey Jane didn't
miss day at school. Were the colt, COW.
and crop, each sport Of nature which
neither 4. B. nor c. can reproduce, or were
they the products Of applied skill, Why
did ID. win premium ,nd F.. win a blank
Wa d. the better farmer " as his product
AZ Oatooase of skII, o. did il gFos cause it
did ?" As too many Fair is managed. to
win premium, means nothing.
This between HAY and grass" season Of
the year, i the most difficult TO keep cattle
in flesh and cows in fos Of milk The frost
bitten grass is Of little value. and cattle
have nst come to a SHARP appetite for hay.
At no time during the lsng piteh-fork feed
ing sesson, vii feed Of roots, shorts, OF
meal, do so much good, q good THAT can
find no words 10 tell" as ROW.
AGRICoIA.