Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-04-14
Farm Notes.
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| There Is some talk of erecting corn fac
tory at East Jay the present season. Seven
ty-five acres have been pledged and il is
thought the enterprise will be carried out.
| Mr. Thomas Lincoln of Dennysville, will
have to use some three or four bushels of
grass seed on land that the army worms visit
ed last season, they having completely de-
stroyed all vegetation.-LeristohJ JoUrHaL
The journal correspondent C. II. s. of
Freeport writes Something worthy of note
! is the large number of eggs Mr.. John :.
| Wards hens laid in the month of March.
Has 90 hens and got II POI eggs.
The Lewiston Journal correspondent a..
S. S }, West Gouidsboro, writes | have 63
hens, Plymouth Rock and Light Brahma, that
have laid 1854 eggs in the month of March
Cost of keeping S504; received for eggs
Sl9.S1.
| General Knox has retired from public ser
vice. He was foaled in 1853. and has ten
representatives in the 2 80 list, two of which
have beaten 2.2O. His get not only inherit
the disposition TO trot. but have the power of
transmitting speed to their offspring.
The hay barns in Belfast are getting filled
up, Ben Ilazeltine probably having the larg
| est amount on hand. His presses have put
up nearly 1000 tons thus far all intended for
| the Jacksonville market Over 500 tons of
| this are now in the barn. but vessels are in
port or expected daily which will take out the
greater part of it.
The farmers of Pembroke. Perry and Den
nysville are discussing the feasibility of
growing sweet corn in that section. Parties
were ready to invest some $50 900 in fac
tory if the farmers would supply the corn
| beans. etc. The farmers seem to think the
seasons are too short for full crop every
wear.
Gen. W. S. Tilton intends retiring his pop.
ular stallion Constellation from the stud this
season, and will have his speed developed
He is now in the hands of Ed Getchell
Waterville, doing finely and able to show
better than a 2 40 clip any day, without any
preparation. He is leaving excellent excel
lent stock in Maine.
The Western Maine Bee Keepers Associa-
ton will hold its second meeting at the resi-
dence of w. w. Dunbam, North Paris, We'd
nesday, April 25th, at and o'clock =. NJ.
ESSAYS will be read upon Bee pasturage; The
Standard Frame; Artificial swarming; Combs
VS.. Extracted Honey and other subjects.
The hay product of Washington county j.
80, 600 tons, worth $780, 900. The frozen fsh
business of Eastport, Machias, Addison, and
Milbrdge, would average two car loads per
day three winter months. The potato crop
in this county averages .O00, 900 bushels per
season. The wild fruit, bueberries rasp-
berries, and cranberries, already exceed
$50. 900 in value
The Journal correspondent (E. c. s.
writes, X. w. Swift of New Sharon, has
hauled TO market. wood and lumber, this
winter, for which he has received S355 clear.
after paving for the cbopping. He has done
other teaming enough to pay the keeping of
bis horses. Part of this was bass logs which
he hauled to East Wilton. He claims to
have flock of the heaviest sheep in town.
They are Of medium grade wool and large
bodies.
The Almont stock seems to be rapidly gain
ing in public favor. Mr.. Wm. II. Moody Of
Claremont. \. H., lately sold to Mills G.
Waterhouse, Boston, very promising stan
dard bred Almont colt. four months ol !,
recorded IN Wallsces Trotting Register vol.
v. az Claremont, got by Almont Eagle. dam
Med Sheppard, by Jack Shepperd, Rysdyks
liambletonian. price $3.50. This colt has
been sent to Piitsfeld. Me-, where he will be
raised and kept for stock purposes.
Several noted brood mares from New York.
among them ''Gypsey Queen" owned by Mr..
l.. w. Means, of 66l. Broadway, have been
received by rail, at Fairfield, to be bred to
DIR. Franklin, and more from the same place
are to follow in few weeks. The three
colts sired by DIR. Franklin, Slocum, the
otis anu Tue NblDs GDlt, fdtelN sent 10
New York, are creating quite a sensation
there among breeders of trotting horses, and
his services in the stud are in great demand
Mrs J. S. Davis of Palmyra writes: |
would like to compare notes with Mr.. Bean
of Avon, or with anyone else, in regard to
the production of eggs during the past
sinter We have 36 hens, half Brown Leg
horn, which have produced since the middle
of November 152 dozen eggs. We feed them
once day on boiled apples mixed Will, India
wheat meal, scraps of meat, what waste We
make in the house, and give them barley.
corn and India and buckwhest and keep
c -acked bone and cracked oyster shells bv
them all the time.-Levistoa Journal
Mr.. E. 3. Thomas, Union has a young
orchard of some 250 trees (western) that he
has set within 20 years, and from which he
gathered 1000 bushels last fall. His crop in
1851 was 800 bushels and in 1850 some 1900