The Republican journal., 1883-06-07
n otes by the Way.

BOwDoINIIAM: IT'S INTERESTS AND INDUSTRIES.
FARMING AND FERTILIZERS. EXPERIMENTAL
AGRICuLrU RE.
Correspondence Of the Journal.
BowDoINHAM, June Iat, IsS3, We find THIS TO be
pleasant little village the line OF the Maine Cen
trail Railroad. There three churches and the
school is divided into three departments or grades.
1t seems that they believe in womans rights as
Miss Carrie fl. Kendall, lady Of excellent Literary
and executive ability, is Supervisor Of schools y
steam MILL run by Fogg NeWhal, gives en-
ployment to some fifty men. One schooner is now
being built, and the material is being collected for
another J. NJ. Kendall 4 90. are doing Il large
business at the grist and feed mill. The Kendall
Fertilizer Co. sold something one hundred tons
of their productions last year, and the amount OF
sales is increasing. They also grind large quaint
ties of plaster rock here, the rock being principally
obtained from Chevcric.
The other day accepted the invitation of VIII
Kendall to take a ride to experimental farm he
is operating. The first lot consists Ct ten acres 1t
is level and perfectly smooth. and the green grass
already waving in the breeze made it an object OF
interest to any practical tanner lie has had this lot
dnder cultivation for three years and as he has an
exact account Of every dollar, either expended or
received, it promises to be valuable experiment
in the interest Of agriculture, especially as regards
the feasibility Of making it profitable to use com
mercal fertilizers for grain and grass crops We
next visited the farm of Mr. White, who uses about
two tons Of this fertilizer annually. with good re
suits. We then visited lot of twenty acres, owned
by the Kendalls, sown to oats. This is also a
level field, and it is smoothly rolled it presents
nice appearance. An accurate account has also
been kept with this lot On the opposite side of the
| road is fifty acres, now lying i'll the furrow. This
ground will moi be SoWn to any crop th season.
but will be narrowed in June, August and Septem-
Der with Il Randall harrow. Next season it will he
with it. At the last narrowing this autumn the fer
tZer will be applied al the rate of 0nehalf ton per
acre As this land has all been recently purchased
and the labor is entirely done by hired help, both
teams and men, it promises some valuable results
1t is generally supposed by our farmers to be al
most impossible to know just what a crop costs In
these experiments it can be shown to dollar. The
item of summer following is also worthy of at
tention. The most of our farmers would consider
1t Wasteful to allow 50 much land to lie idle Ken
dali says that it will pay. One good result IS that
the land is put into the best possible condition for
a crop, being worked while it is dry and light. Am
other is, that by thus cutiyang the soil in this
diton it is exposed to the action of the pherc
sun and rain, which renders soluble inorganic
properties that would otherwise remain dormant
and useless But be that as ii may. the subject is
certainly worthy of the attention of our farmers,
and should be made topic for discussion in The
Grange In our interest in the matter of conduc--
ing farm operations we have wandered from our
description of Bowtlonham, and as it is now time
to attend other business, will leave the remainder
to the Imagination of the reader. bRItSpIrE.