The Republican journal., 1885-02-12

PROSPECT AND STOCKTON FARMERS CLIH. This
ch met Tuesday evening Jan. 27th. The meeting
called To orcr by thc President. W illard
staples. The topr for discussion read uy the
secretary, Freeman Pirui ige, and was ;t9 follows:
The progress of waldo county farming in the past
80 years Matthew Partridge in opening the dis
eusaioh SAID thal the threellnE machines, which
thresh the grain all AT one time, have been a
great progress and labor saving, relieving the
boys OF barge amount Of -abor winch iity did BOT
like. y ". staples sait that great Improvement
in farming is plainly u Ia" seen but it has come
about gradually. stock is greatly improved. Farm
ers 'ild large business hauling corWpod 40 years
ago. Ihen cattle were turned out at O'clock in
lbe morning ana left C) 9hltt for themselves until
iale III night Barns were t"ld only boarded thele
were no cellars ANA the baI1= were not even bank
ea up 70 heer out Tie 'oia' Now many barns are as
warm as t"e houses were 10 years ago The seere
talY eAid oar homes are more attractive, every
thins around the buildings is more tasty ana trees
or HOVER sar'iene are more common than 10 years
ago lhere Is an air OF neatne77 III the outdoor ar
Engagements tn'" "hNi'o"h' NOW PMhIeo houses
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eti"@ t'e co"i7 lor tne next "ay hfe Is ulhS of
~. p'7'' ~ '''''Vi JOY VI 'olio"l"e hre u l"e
n'ls'io'fS Is ''ousht ol now. Matches ana "ry
"'''' A'i ''o must '"'e pcei great progress
me irst Iuclfer Match ever saw was when l
''e I'"''i''s /" '''e Mars" creek lhere was YES
- ''leie '""''i"s WOO" ana went ABOARD a boy
out A''e I'r3er tn'h hiSaell 'u' lae cooklhS' ana
We went ihto the caolh together lie hghted Il
maui" 70 MAKE Il ilie' lnc vessel haa IRE piace'
me post once mas zone 4 great deal to make larm
NE e1Joyaole cheap postage has caused large cir-
'"auoh oi papers, magazines and farm journals,
when nave made the farmer and his family more in
telllgent Farmers families have greater variety OF
looa ana i've oetter tlan formerly. The President,
NAifeu staples said WIN our improved ma
'hher! one man ahd boy can Ito as much WORK
us louf men could 10 10 years ago with hard work.
Great improvements have been made in moving
machines, horse rakes and horse pitch fork. The
scytaes are shorter and of much better quality than
eiio9e ID use Az years ago SuDsoll, swivel ana
9uhy pioWs take tle place p1 the ola wooden plow
covered win Piate and The cast iron piow that
iaiiel 70 turn luffoW IN the best of chances The
u9o VI i"oor saving machinery has tendency TO
'ie"f loch7' trees an" bushes from the fields The
'''' '"'i0" VI an crops was formerly Hohe 10y
~" '.' "'ie - pola''es can pe TAKEN care
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9toNe9 nave ih"'e IL great change IN the mode OF
| ooohIhS. Churhs nave improved Taxes are high
| ei III thesc towns. lhey dont stand where they
uia 'o years ago. Despite al the progress farm
CTS are growing poorer Seldom Jacobs said he
knew bothing Of what happened forty years ago,
put farm machinery has paid the farmer, and
| ihe mode OF travelling has improved in the last