The Republican journal., 1882-12-07

FARMERS INSTITUTE. A meeting of the farmers
OF Wa'do county, under the management of the
sltte poafu OF Agriculture, was held at Grange
man, III BROOKS, on Tuesday the 9Th. Among the
members OF the state board present were Z. A. Gil
oeft' secretary, George f. Brackett Waldo, Mr..
ooop AhtiroScoggin, and Mr. Pearson, of Kenne
bee Mr. Francis Barnes, of Houlton, a cheese
manufacturer, was also present. Among the repre-
sentative farmers of this vicinity were Messrs.
ohepherd, of Belfast Lang and Rich, of Brooks,
Frye, OF Montville Hill, of Linconyille, Webb, of
unity, Ferguson, of DiNmont, Paul and Mears, of
Morrlil Drake, of Jackson, Richie and Atwood, of
Monroe, Bellows of Freedom, Cook and Wallace of
jackson. At 10 A. NJ. the meeting was called TO or
Ger by Geo E. Bracket, resident county member.
lhefe was fair audience present, including
number of ladies'. Hon. L. a. Gilbert was the first
speaker, his subject being-"Winter feeding of
stock" He said success in farming is mastery of
inc work IN which you are engaged. The central
thought should be-'succesSfnl farming which is
dependent and is based stock husbantlrv and
hoos as good In Waldo county as in any part of
the state. Another proposition is-s ONLY good
farming pays" The speaker twelt upon a svs-
tematic course of feeding stock and gave the rela-
tive nutritive properties each kind of food Good
English hay is the standard of feed but if can he
improved upon. Good hay contains IS per cent of
aqminoid, 40 carbon. The standard ration for :,
COW per day is twenty five pounds of good hav
which contains - alb l2j carb and per cent
fat. Now, upon farm where the best hay Is sold.
leaving the coarse hay and straw a good feed can
be made up. Wheat straw contains 81 per cent Of
alb and 3I.1 of carbon, while clover contains II per
cent Of alb. Cotton seed meal is very rich in albll-
minoids. Mix cotton seed meal with straw so the
ingredients will contain the required per cent. of
the nutritivc properties, and cattle viii thrive upon
it as we'll as upon the best of hay A mi Nture of
half and half of oat sSiw and clover hay is Just
good. The amount of good English hay which
COW will eat, at the present price, is Is cents per
day, while the clover and straw, which is as good,
costs but lils cts Mr.. Wesley Webb, of Unity,
read paper on canning He said Maine corn
was superior to that grown in the south ana west.
The demand for corn both in this country and in
Europe, has made ii paying crop. Forty -liye dol
lars per acre is an average amount for sweet corn.
Three cents for twenty-siN ounces, which is the
prices paid at factories, is more profitable than vel
low at 81 per bushel. He advocatcdi its culture
and canning in Waldo county. Mr. COBB, of I'm
drosco-gin, said he had been a sweet corn raisel
for seventeen years. 1t paid him last year S4> per
acre, besides giving him large amount of fotder;
500 per acre have been realized. He thought it
would be profitable 10 have factory in this county.
ANY land that is suitable for yellow corn is suitable
for sweet corn J. ". Lang. of Brooks, read a pa.
per upon the 'Conltion and wants OF the dairy in
terests Of Waldo county The speaker said The
amount Of butter had not been increased, but the
quality mad been. the result OF better know ledge.
The Jersey stock j. tile best of all dairy breeds In
reference to c.cese, the speaker said of the Twelve
factories built i'll Waldo county few wears ago,
that but Monroe was now in existence They
went down from Il lack of confidence ami through
acknowledgement. Every factory in the state that
has stuck it has succeeded. He believed the fac
tories would again be put in operation and would
he successful jess" Cook, OF Jackson, said tho
trouble with the cheese factories and farmers was
than no two could think alike. If the railroad could
be abolished and Belfast annhated, 50 that no
hay could De sold. then the dairy interest would
pay. He hoped tue time would come when not one
pound of hay would be sod out Of waldo county
T. W Richie said i'll regard to The cheese factory at
Monroe, itreturnel more money to the farmers than
any other use to which milk could be uscl \ COW
for the four months in the cheese season pil from
$50 to 80. Mr., Ferguson of Dixnont would NOS
sell raw material from the farm, but woud ROW
it 10 beef WOOL cue. MI. Atwood, of Monroe,
believed the dairy Interests Of waldo rounty could
be made to pay. lie always feeds his cattle fiber
ally with good results. The cheese made at Mon.
roe good aud sells readily in lie market II
" shepherds Of Belfast, said AL that is wanted t.
make cheese making success is confidence. 1he
factories in Waldo county hadn't patronage enough
but could be made TO run He believed that cheese
making would vet become Il leading industry.
Mrs. bellows, of Freedom. was in favor Of Il cheese
factory few years ago. But we went in too cs-
pensiveiy. Paid & high price for New or. cheese
makers, and had to 90 after The milk, for The far
mer7 could not be persuaded to bring il to the
factory. She Didn't believe in private dairy, bat
was i'll favor Of butter and cheese factory com.
bned. James Wallace, of Jackson, thought the
officers Of TIM state board nai lone their nart
nohiy at this meeting, but the farmers had not
done theirs. In regard to cheese factories ne .al
the only one which obliged Its patrons to bring in
their milk succeeded while the others faiet. j r.
Mear7, Of Morrill,, said the ilcorie- paid TOO much
for the transportation OF milk and tuo much for
making cheese. We hadn't the experience and 80
failed. He thought they could succeed today and
he also favored butter making. Mr. Wesley Webb.
of Unity said while the factory was in operation
in hi- town it was success But it died OF mis-
management. Unity sells but small amount of
hay. The evening session was called 10 order hy
Charles Bellows, Of Freedom. 4 paper by W. H.
Pierson, member from kennebec CO., on "GXen
and Fertility" was listened to with much interest
lecture delivered by Francis Barnes, of
Houton proprietor Of the \ickerSon cheese fac
tory, ''oha the cheese factory business be
continued?' 1t is a pertinent enquiry, is there
any business of the kind in Waldo county to be
continued: 1t seems many started wrong. The