Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-06-10
Dor tne urfori Democrat
GLEANINGS By THE WAY.


Many of the farmers OF Bethel take pride
.n raising good stock. Among The many
good cattle in town. Will mention the
following John A. Libby ~ middle Inter
vale. raised a pair OF fOur-year-o.d sieers'
which hc sold ihc Mcssrs. Ph.ibfook, fof
slx cents a pound. live weight weighing
.8ci lhs.. brings s20LgO. Col. G. $. Ed
wards has Durham and lIolsicln bull,
Two years old the present spring that
weighs $50 lbs.. also heller, same axe,
and same blood, weighing $50 ibs. Hon.
p. ". Woodbury. has a four.year-old COW,
grade Jersey, that makes two pounds OF
batter per day, without rcsori.ng % The
.tunng process Also pair OF iwo'yeAr'
steers weighing 100 los. :. ID. Phl
brook, not % be- outcome by the Judge,
hasapair of steers of The same age that
,p the beam a, s,s50 lbs. aud are gaining
daily
I mentioned. some time ago, a ioek Of
sheep kept By =. J. Ma.as. l have since
seen h.s nock. and will say u Is Iast splen-
dId. he has sixty lambs and they are al
fai and good A. the best. A few of ihem'
dropped tac fr.i OF March, are now no iof
market. vii dress from twenty-five 10
thirty pounds apiece. SIR. Mains knows
how % raise lambs lie keeps bis sheep
in grand condition any h.s lambs are AZ
lowed free access - a pen separate rom
the sheep, where are long. shallow boxes,
kept constantly supplied with cracked corn
ani oats. corn meal and whole oats aud
it Is real fan % see the lambs run 10 these
,roughs ami n.bblc a. their leisure. HIS
lambs are mostly afier a noble Shropshire
buck. A better specimen OF the true WOOL
ani.mutton sheep 10 has never been my
pleasure % see. n this buck Is fair rep
rosentatIyc OF that breed of sheep ! should
have no hesitation ln advising al sheep
Talsers who have rocky, hillside pastures,
T. use a Shropshire buck foF their dock
the coming fall, unless thc.r present fook
Is mostly OF merlno blood then would
recommend Cotswold or some other long
wooled breed. Mr.. Mains has an oxford
Down buck, but has but few lambs Of tha,
blood this spring.
WONDERFUL QUiLI.
Mss Bessie A. Mills, daughter OF \. G..
Mills OF Mason. has a charm guilt, which
she calls her Centennial Quilt, a. she
commenced - collect her pieces In 1876.
This guilt has ten thousand six hundred
AMI any pieces In Il, and no two pieces
alike. As 10 the number OF pieces can
not youch, bat upon seeing IL was will
lng 10 take the statement OF the owner
rather than 10 attempt 10 count them but
will leave the task 10 some man much
younger than your correspondent, whc
ha. more leisure and enough curiosity 70
call upon Miss Bessie and count Tor him
self some pleasant afternoon and MAKE
due report.
NOTE
Mrs. Sarah b. French has sold her tim
Der land and pasture In Albany 20 Thomas
Morrill,, W. A. Johnson and Justin y. NJ
. Tntlre. The purchasers will put In q crew
A. soon a. the season will admit, 10 pee
, all OF the hemlock bark on the lot.
Our farmers are turnlng on their youns
: stock % pasture. this week.
The weather IL cool, but grass II start
ing fairly. should We have no more snow
cattle will get q good living.
Sheep need bat little hay now. But few
: have sheared their sheep a. yet Thos'
: who have shesred ara very careful not 4
let their sheep be exposed 20 cold storms
a. a chill AZ this season OF the year Is Al
most fatal 70 sheep.
Pigs have not been plenty. here, thii
!, spring. yet about enough 10 supply the 10
v cal demand.
Cows are scarce aud high,-yery fev
sales. Sheep are low; one farmer sold tel
= sheep with the wool on and lamb will
each sheep for st5.
The old mill In Mason. formerly know
A. the Dr. Mason mill. bat OF late owne'
i by A. C. Bean OF New York, was crushe'
n in by the snow last winter. and Is now a
utter wreck. II Il very doubtful n u vii
4, be rebuilt.
Lewis Tyler has bought the Cyrus MIL
farm In Bethel. OF c. c. Chapman.
}, T.. Lewis Wheeler has bought part o
J. the Elijah Wheeler farm In North ALBANY
|. and moved on 10 II. lie has been In Can
ala during the past year on his return b
= brings q wife with him. q. IN.
e Mason.