The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-24
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bat il is not good place 70 farm i y
yer, ar-e ely.
lu tt, first place. the season j. general
Iy little reluctant. When Wa, ~
near Noosehead lake short tlmc age.
people were driving across that body q
water with perfect impnugty That I
one thing that lnterlcrrs wuh the farm 4
ing business ia Maine. a young man
i, ,eighriliue every night TIL midnight
he don feel Ike hocIng corn the follow
ing day ANY man who has ever had
his feet tro~. bitten while hugglng pots
toes viii agree with ne that Il takes
away the charm Of pastoral pursuits II
j. tins desire 70 ama,Eamate dog days and
Santa Claus tnat has injured Maine a an
agricultural hot bed.
Another reason that might be assigned
4 for retaining from agricultural pursuits
/ in Maine Is that the agitator OF the SOIL /
/ finds when II is 100 late that soil itself.
which IS essential to the successful pro-
pogation of crops, has not been in use ~
Maine for wears. While all over the
State there Is magnificent stone tounda
;ion on which farm might safely rest,
the superstructures or farm proper, has
not been seen ed.
fl had known when passed through
Minnesota and Illinois what a soil famine
there was in Name | would have brought
some with me.
The stone crop this year 10 Maine will
be very great II they do not crack open
during the dry weather there Will be
great many. The stone brulse Is also
, looking unusually well for this season OF
the year, and chilblains were IN full bloom
when | was there.
In the neighborhood of Pittsheld the
country seems to run largely to cold water
+. and chattel mortgages. Some think that
rum has always kept Maine back
The agricultural resources OF iItts1e q
an vicinity are not great, the prlncipai
:, exports being spruce gum AMI Christmas
) trees Here alS) the huckleberry hath
! her home. But the country seems to
run largely to Christmas trees. They
we're not yet IN bloom when | VISITED the
State 50 it va. too early to gather pop
corn balls aud Christmas presents.
Here, near Pittsti Id is the birthplace
y OF the only original worHless dncd apple
: pie with which we generally insult our
gastric economy whcn we lunch along the
railroad / he>e pies, when properly
kiIn-dried and riveted. with german silver
Il monogram on top, il fitted out with ale
:, proof wormless pies Of commerce They
= take the place of civil war, and as pro
s moter of intestine strife have no equal.
i The iarms 10 VI .ine are fenced IN with
d stone walls. | DO not see anything or
e these farms that any one would naturally
y yearn to carry away with hlm
.e saw some sheep IN one OF these en-
Z closures Their steel-ponted bills were
=, living on the wall near them, and they
10 were resting their Jaws in the crlsl
morning air In another enclosure
farmer was planting clover seed with
hyperdermic syringe, and covering /
- with a mustard plaster. He said tina
~ last wear his clover was a complete tai
- ure because his mustard plasters wer
- no GOOD. He had tried to save none
y by using second hand mustard plasters
III and Of course the clover, seed, mlesn
=; the warm stimulus, neglected to rally
~ and the crop was failure.
- Here may be noticed the canvasbac
- moose and strong antipathy to goo
~ rum. do not wonder that the pcopI
bo of Maine are hostile to rum If the
Judge all rum by Maine rum. I'll
moose is one of the most gamey of Il
40 iinny hbe He is caught in the fall
= the wear with a double barrel shot-gu
IA and a pair Of snow shoes. He does N
= bite unless irrtated, but little boy
,o~ should not 20 rear the female moo
~ while She is on her nest. The masc
he line moose wears hare lip and h
* rack on his head, to which is attached
m, placard, on which is printed:
to ................. ..-..'..-.
lty PLEASE KEEP OFF THE GRASS
~ ....... -...''..
; IN This shows that the moose IS i
lei mOrist.
ESQ Near Pea Cove | saw strange slgl
A farmer was rowing around over
cranberry orchard in skiil. | stock
on the stone wall and watched him
@ ns some time, because | am greatly int
q ested in farming and dearly interest
ow in farming and dearly love 10 watch a
;on one else who may be engaged IN mal
r al labor. 1t was long time betor
could make out what he was doing.
p last. however figured it out, and
vor very much surprised, indeed, for !
mni never seen horticulture taiI'ed " :
If of extent, and as Mr.. Seward remark
The Il thought he was carrying t'idI I'll
ohm too far.
and Many will doubt my word. and wo
Nc not have believed Il mysell Il any
Ina else had told me, out tne hlan as
Le- tually picking crauberrles out OF his :
stat merged orchard with stomach put
resi- have one OF the cranocTrles at h'
e OF now BILL NJ
pply
made
essor FIRST AND FATAL TRlr.-Charles
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