Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-09-23
NAovIrIcFyr DAT FIHLD.

A MAGNIFICENT DAT FIELD.
Under thi. heading the editor Of the
Home Fara tells q a visi, 10 the farm
Of W. n Kendall Of Bosdoinham, who
Is manager q the Ssgsdshoc Fertilizer
c.. he ha. field Of eighty acre sow'd
to oats. -hich were feriliIed With ground
bone a, the cost. We believe. Of about
s2j per acre and =, the time o. his Wis
Il the field presented a very lively sP-
peaAnoe Hogan oats were sovn from
April 97,h to May 18th and the harvest
ine va. begun the lt,h q August.
This Is bow he describes the scene iha,
presented itself to hi. view a. the time Of
hAr,es,
Al The time OF our visit this msgDln
G. NJ ost FELL presented q hu.y sceu". To
beslu with. Mccormick reaper and bind
ef. purchased ny M. n, ndAil. this spTiug,
Ia Chicago. sai The drst sud puly rcapef
ever pot in opIaiiob 10 Maiue, % which
three hofsrs wet, tttaohsd, wss driven hy
Mr.. Kendall This reaper cuts breadth
six Zee, wide. sui binds The bundles In
cool shsp.. with twine. tossing them cot
upon The siabble Tire, thresblng ma
chimes (B,uismlu a Allen. oakland, make
were stationed a, different parts % the
Geld aud were 10 full operation, teams
we're haullug ffum the Cell D. The several
thrcshef. tbe straw was bsing stacked,
AMI the grain hauled 20 DE min Owned BY
Mr. Kendall. Cor storage. Altogether there
was q crew ~ twenty horses aui tscniy'
I've meu a. work harvesting the oats aoi
thrcshlng thea. AMI lie scene presented
by the work wss quite unlike anything
ever before witnessed 10 Malice on - large
a scale. and more Ike Western farming
than our Oh down Eat way 10 doing
thing. The total crop viii hi about 500
bushels
Mr.. Kendall !. thorough believer 10
the value q bone phosphate - fsriilif'
sr. and ha, rrse,ieed pufchA'ing worn
on, lands and rsne-i0s their fertility BY
the u, q ground bone AID. ii !, slid.
With psrtee, success in every instance
The idea prevail. among mAny f.im'r'
,ha, al The ,iee, q phosphate i lc', A.
ter the fret season. bat IN be practice be-
intend, 10 Use sufficient quantity "a
have lasting effect. and IN one case,
particularly, has hi' 'uoce" been very
marked
In an experimental Geld Of ten and
half acres" the field !. thu. described
"ou the ride ~ from Harsood's rosi
on ihe Maine Central. 20 Mr kepdslrs oa'
aeld. ~ stopped a. look Al bis hrsi eNpsr
/ lmsntal nsid % Ten aui haf acfcs, o.
which We have before reisrf,d This wa'
taken 10 hand -four years ago, ,oSci viii
oats aui seeded down, having been dressed
with ground bore A. a cost n aboai
per acre. Aside from the crop ~ oats
Which yielded $40 The nfsi crop ~ 10,
was f0uriesn tons. the second crop sigh
ten tons, AMI the thlfi croP-ihe present
yeaf-ihlrtesn snd half tons The elovel
now stands more than ankle hleh on much
OF TIE Geld. ant WAS al headed oai Al The
time OF our visit Amer this has produced
another crop % bay, u will receive top
dressing % bous-Mr. Kendall sisrilns
with The lfca that The fertilizers nfsi az
piled bslng sufilsieu, n keep the nsli Ia
good condition ior I've year.. So Tar. ne
field has paid Tor Itself for all pui upon ~
all labor Of cArlng for The several crops
ant % interest Of 20 pr cent on The cap
ltal invested