The Republican journal., 1885-02-26
Farmers Institute at Waldo.

majority of farmers in Waldo county-that of sell
by ID. b. johnson, of Freedom, who briefly wei
coined the members of the board and farmers gen
orally He called J. G. Harding, of Waldo, master
of Richie Grange, to preside Mr. Harding in a
very happy manner welcomed the assembled far
mers, and showed himself to be AN excellent pre-
siding officer. Abiding to the farmers of Waldo
county he said they too near Belfast, where
the price of hay known daily. What the far
mer wanted to know was the price OF other things.
The opening exercises began at eleven O'Clock, a.
M by singing by an excellent choir. The first pa
| per WAS by ID. 3. johnson, of Freedom, member
from Waldo, on the subject of "Raising and Feed
Ing OF Steers" MIR johnson read the farming sta.
tislcs of Waldo county AS given by the last census
and which has been frequently printed. lie said
farming i'll Waldo county was undergoing change
| for the better Farmers Were learning that it was
better to sell more on the hoof and fleece and less
IN the bale He had followed the ways of his faith
| ers-fcd out his hay to stock. Waldo county is 4
| large hay producing county and is only exceeded
by three others in the state, which shows that we
! have abundant facilities for the raising of stock
He gave examples in this county where farmers
owned horses and oxen, and in every the latter
were more independent, and advocated the chang
ing from horses to steers. Mr. johnson advocated
the raising of stock and thought IL would give
better return than to sell hay
Mr.. J. NJ. Decring, Of York county, follow
ed i'll the strain, and said the great ques-
| ton how TO dispose of tne hay crop to the
best advantage II thought by feeding hay for tie
purpose of stock raian. dairy products was
| better tha selling it for So ton. There were two
ways o. Gieposing of hay-oy feeding it out sell
Ing at the market price. Mr.. Dcering, to Illustrate
| took one acre of land valued ut $50 and reckoned
! Tor six years the income by selling hay, and the
same by feeding it to stock, and found balance of
?3i i'll favor of the latter method lie wanted the
farmers to remember that in every ton of hay they
sold - worth Of manure and plant food went with
it. He owned two large farms, one of which he de-
voted to selling of milk and the other To stock rails
ing lie sold his milk tor three and half cents a
quart and thought it paid him rather better than
stock raising. There i, no fear OF overriding
the latter branch for EngIa ID is great market.
English farmers cannot M ,rl To raise beef for less
ihan 81 per hundred MI Dccrny urged the
farmers OF Waldo county to change their mode of
hay selling to feeding out on the farm, and closed
by Say ins-"BeW of the custom of selling your
hay, for the time Will come when you viii be haunt
ed i'll The lead hours OF the night by the dread spec
4 ire of a mortgage"
The forenoon exercises Closed by Leroy Burns
| singing a song" The Farmers feed them all -
The chairman invited all who were not provided
TO picnic dinner, which the ladies had yrcpar-
c,-a dinner which only the wives OF farmers,
know how to furnish.
The afternoon session was opened 10y Mr.. Gil
bert, who said Il premium had been offered The
Stnrt 6usLa,,i1, w,. n,nuti ,'t' u, i
lance. especially to Waldo puntv Waldo has been
,thrr t1,t IL, ,j,n e,.,i, +, .,,'ii ~
wv, prt i .,eI ,t !, = 10 w
~ ~ @ e,'' H. - ut tlt e7' n'iho"
I,nIr,,ith1r s,,.n ii ,'r tf y i
;t,9 - | n "a 49, 7, ~, -, - 80 80 W. "'ii
,.',,t inl,.IIi1ent ,vnrL rbn t;n1o 9 -"
inlIntr,ni work wanna H. hnt IN, ",il N''r'
t Whj.l oti;lr he rnio ~, 't - W.
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ntht.r at ,,rn +oii,y- ~. INK + ~ H. ~
best t,seand ahjliIy 10 folinw nothrr hr,,,ci =
IN. ,i.rr i,,,l,iri. w., ,a,r,,. We ~ a. -
nav Win intnIIi,." r',, ' ", w '',,'" ,""I3
tne hal I'D on linn .uIJ ~ H.. f,rn, i i,l;,t
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arri..nltnra Van rar IL, II h.., IAN NI',,- 7 -
~ IN ,t,'ar th, >tnt,. A. ti'I.,'.t H a." o. '
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tn, 49, ,,,,,i ~, tnl. .,li',. r',+, !' ~ t
| GOV at ,,hnut thirfv cons mon. ,i,,,,.
CIV make. %,I nu ,I ,.r ..'. I, - ,i, .
th.,yh i, ,I. t pr , ''.''"T ~ t'i
| nave adlanfape. over thn.e Who ,ln Nh ha,o tI
nriviror Recent ,;,.,.f rn'r ~ ~, w. ~
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| three And = laIt rant mn, nu4,t IL ,hn, +
' ",' " ',"i H,'t per i""i', re t"o"slI
- "a lax if ,,,4f.7 ,G-ttiir a. ~ i' t ,;
much rs s3o nor ION In, AZ H. ,,;rt t t
on the t;trn, H. l,4yr III. r,i,,.. a t.ii,t iI If
tift4,u unnnI. N ia, f,,I,, ,,Iart i,'-,i 80 ,,i !
and two quarts of shorts or cotton Seen u,'..,i
lis fathpr once haa - cav nin,. IiS ala, ~ 49,, ~
made p;0 uonf,l, of hutr,r fn an,. [,.,,. n I,
li,yrI tAat ,iiiiryiug And st.rt Whisky h,nll on,
hand in honi There h3s hr.n g. M, i,t7i., ,..,i,f
,lnirviu,r Inn tnrrr i I,,oun, ia IL MI ~ f'
Vii I'M il i, ''''N' - II anu ''0 i' ''el
Mr. ,,iiuprt tIn,lont .tan,,. cn,iI Nv. ,.,i.,t 4
small cost Sen lh,. butter aud ru tI stitu Xii
| to the calves Calye,. viii 10 we'll on SKIM MIL
uniiI about three Itnnlhs old ami hon ,di ,.,
centrated food and nj the ace of pi.nl month, the
ANIMAL win be n tD0d III, fno,,,b II h.ij I..r tJ
ON whole milk Dairy Interest,", m lI,i,t, M ,,,n,.
productive than in New YORK There i, moi - ~ nh.
IN I'M, 'uun where chrt.,4 ,.,,iI.i l., -, ,..i ",
MS in Maiup " q rccriy,. ,n,,,,. mon. nnt,,,l n,.
,tifl.IlS ~ ~, M. -, =, l,,'a., ti r. ''
New York yhirh la. h,ipu y tiIt in.i7, .,t', =,
since. the DAYS of t,. revoutinn ''
The tonic for discussion in tine ,.,rnin., WA.
..truit {, uItlIr, for Waldo 10 II - ,tnnr7n ~
| u,lI0yrIl a sutr,.slI, ,r.h,,..i-, Nm, ,.'' M
orchard Of tif.ru acres nr.s.',.. . ,, ' ~ '
subject from which we select th, fujI1win,, i,Iaa.
TIA, uui, truit la lac r,i-rJ il, ann ,,,.,, 80, g.,
nrotit i Inc a,nr :nd il n,li'r ,f ,,if t
nrotjt he wah, il ID he nr"i' " ''i1 i"i
',,,,I- ,rt.,l an. ~ 80 'ne''''ii'T
ft emit The Ian ,,,,t If ~ t, IN ~" ,i'nel
to set ynun.i lrras in ;t,i ola nrri',I i, m '
,rrnti 10 .rp healthy tren 1mI ',i,1,.S ~ ,
NIp = van a ia ,.., . l.
rack nav Iitt,. ,It,utin, tn ,t.h .d, ,, - s
IL, ,I,.Ns iti,,SSii,in n.,,rit M , II L. ,iT
MINT Va h.,,, j., in,t y, tt'i ,., % ' -
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~ IN. tr., Nnu,'r ,r,.. MI, ~ .''lo Ei0N I"
ola rch.rI ,,r,yi,,-,l th ,tf,,I l,,',,35 f i
IT., In. 1,1,,litJ Ga IN, ,i ,,t'i y; ms VI oilli
,sh 1nd XXX, hn SIn,,IinI IL, ,,.I 'i'A \, ~
,rlas I,,,. H.. t.uI ~ fitL Ill, , '7' i''i'
thay irn y',,,, I, ~, '' IN u't' wy " Nm
il, ~ IirI t',Tin1a ,,ri'.,'n ii " 7t ot'.i9
nnt n, ~ n,,n +, n, ,,. we, - i. ~ "a ''ie
ed ru,,;,r 81 III. M, ~ , rti, ,I i'I y,
pyaffn, l. ! 500. Nh ~; - 49, ~, 49,! 49,
II III. r,nts ava, M Az t, INK w - ~ tihS
AMI. nt 700, 80 taj ~ IA, ,t,,, 49,, IL
as LARGO healTh,, nrNlih,, o. ,,, i f. "t'
cd IL, 1c, ill., ', a. ~ '1"i sl'il T.
hnach H., ii,.n .,rn ,hn .,,itI Ni sio"9 tIle
90 mo nr.Larlii' h od,, 9oH Riop"sG 10
If ,rIi,,,, yisit mi ~, 'tiiiIu pan
H,,nr ln,,I;ty VIM I /" '''' W ,n''i'iSt9 ~
.,.t ali HI IN :, ,n,.ti,u IN, ul' anu
SH,,J rt,. ,i,,, ,,,''' '"' N''n '' t''t S'dit,
r,r td n,it. an - 49, o..' ne d 'utiui on
tr H., ~. liii = ;.t 49, M'nt9' no hvt jung
a@e 10y - ,iai liut as rye natures. Its lrut
] III ~, ''',a t''o p's' run Sio"a on nteS
f., M ,ii II ,I',.' - , 49, az ~ VI e"PPii'u
r ,tii ,',nn :. va; I'm r'tiiS " nc elhphaalAei
nIro,,. I,, tLn In.t H. III, i aeio' 'lnS tiee9
~ S,'S,, 'y.r - Y - IN, M 'tte9 lloin HN e
sn,tinr ~, ,',u,l,, - ~ N.Y. ~ ''ie nl3Idht vi
800 7.,noI -, t ~ mss YOU nave ii
SS.r;et;,S .nnmrI, tor ha'S 80, , "" '''t.'lliH
,.arjatial ar ,,,',t yiIi IA t ~ .i'iVc oi lVut
If tha nhar ,n ~ !, ~ W ~ ',ie ieiil'ili'u'l
,i',' ,.I ~ L > - ~ ~ oii'''ih twenty acres
in Tb .' n . ' 1870 ~ ny v" 'e i'rn. NHi!Ne
p'ot