Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-10-21

FAhMEkA
Believing that occasional visits TO en-
,srpri,ins farmer, and stock breeders far'
nIsh us with IDEAS ths, viii interest the
general reader. your coresPonden, recent.
II visited the stock farm owned By Mr..
J. y. Ferris Of Portland. The fern u
situated on the shore road. about half
mile from Falmouth station ou the Grand
Trunk Railway. I, 10 in charge Of
practical Oxford County farmer. the owner
being engaged in other business manager
Of agencies for Maine and Ns~ Hsmp-
shire. for the Union Mutual Life lnsur-
snes Company Of POrtland.) though max
ing the farm house his residence for the
greater par, Of the year.
Az We drove seoss the spacious Lawn,
We we're recognized BY Mr.. Ferris, Who
had Just arrived home from bis duty 10
the city.
A handsome Collsy ". bringing up
thoroughbred Co,swoh sheep from the
pasture, and a. We drove into the barn
our eyes we're greeted With . score OF
more Of handsome portraits Of Jersey
cattle that adorned the sides Of the stalls
and Ia the stalls were the beauties them
selves and the record Of their milk and
butter. posted behind them. certainly
made . ersdi,sble showing. An import
ed Jersey bull heads the herd
II s now milking time let us watch
the VARIOUS processes. The frat COW
MIXED 10 "Jsnnis b." The milk u
weighed, and amount entered on card
IS pounds that day. Upon inquring
Ne End ,hA, shs is nov more than sih
months in milk and s nov carrying
calf. and 70, makes ,wo pounds Of butter
daily. The milk. sfter being strained
three times. goes into an o. X. eresmer.
snd the next day the milk Is drawn of
and the cream follows !, into the cream
pail. where after proper riPenins. an o.
X. ehurn makes the golden butter
Leaving the barn and dairy. We hastily
look over the sheep and lambs, and Psss
into the espseiOu' pissep. Here We
End the choices, specimens Of Berkshirss
and York,hires from imported stock. {"
veil a. the bes, American breeds. Ches-
,ers and Daroc-Jeriss. The spring pigs
looked very thirty. A fine litter Of
Berk.hir,s by imported "COnsmars Ral-
e." especially attracted attention. The
Berk,hir. herd Is headed BY the superb
boar. "Disdsm Of Derby" (l0iSS) BY
imported "Roysl Derby" am. prize
winner at all the leading Eaglish shows.
and carried OF the gold medal n New
York State Fair in 1882 and 1888. The
herd Of choice .ow. Is Of equally royal
breeding. The small Yorkshires are
headed BY the highly bred Theodore
Hambrook" Whose srand-sire, lord
Johu." Won the frat prize and gold medal
n New York State Fairs in 1880, 1881
and 1882 and milton Ellesnere." .
recent purchase, bred diree, from import
ed stock.
Pare.bred fancy poultry Is quite lead.
ing feature st this farm . score or more
Of the rar. vsri,ie. are bred from choicest
specimens. many Of them valued ., from
s20 10 ESQ each. The various breeds in
elude the old stand. byes; The Brshmn.
Cochins. LeghOrns, Plymouth Rocks. etc /,
u veil a. the rare kinds, wysndo,ies.
Lsngshsns. English silver-Gny Dork-
ing., Houdsn.. Polish. Hsmburgh', ,Jsvss.
spanish, Games. etc. The stock Of thor
oushbrsd fowles is valued st over one
thousand dollars. and the pigs - much
more. Egg for Matching have been
shipped this season to every state in the
Union.
The "fArm garden" comprises abou.
Eve acres. and ., time Of our visit, mid
die Of Nay the peas, potatoes. sqaashes'
corn. melons, ETC.. were all up aud grow
ing nicely. though most farmers had no,
begun planting {. yet The soil and To-
cation were very favorable for an early
garden. and enterprise had great deal 10
do with Il. The farm implements are all
Of the ls,es, improved style. including
the Kemp Manure spresler, New Model
Buckeye Moer,w and bes, Of caltivstors,
plows, hsrrows. etc.. in fact everything
that can In any way facilitate work. and
save manual labor. A small meadow OF
lees than three acres had received about
fftssn cords Of well.rotted stable manure,
and the grass showed the result very
plainly. seeming to cay ",hsnk you.
whsa We drove away In the morning u
seemed - though that grass had srowr
st least. On inca during the night.
In conversation with the farmer Ia
charge We learned that the motto vas
"Do everything the best you know how.
aud % . result stock. garden. orchards
grounds, buildings. everything plainly
showed the best management, and th'
lsdssr . balance on the right side.
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