Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-11-10
Country Gentleman.
Az ASTONISHING DISCOVERY

Eis C0un'rB GsHNem1n
| don't know that | can write = letter
good enough 10 be printed. ani ! would
not Try. but have made discovery that
/ thiuk might be- surprising - good
many of my brother farmers, as u was 10
me. don't take vour paper yet because !
am TOO poor 4 0Nu 100 acres OF old clay
landf. bot hope soon % be in better clf
cumstancts one Of my usighb0fs takes
your p.pcr. and be told me that man
wrote letter from summit County, aud
sald that n you only plowcd aui cultivated
your land enough. 10 did not uood any ma.
nurr I believed that. for that was The
Nay aWays farmcd my land, AMI my "a.
Their dld The sane We raised corn aud
wheat. aud Alrays sold all The grain, fDr
W. generally needed the money as soon as
The crops could De- harvested ani got
ready W. dli no, keep any stock, except
a couple 90 cows ani The horses, ani some
times fcW hogs. ani was glsi We had
np more stock than We dii, bccausc they
made an aNfllly nasty place aronni tte
barn. sud Ne never had time % clean u ~.
Ny experiment wts made In this way.
Z hal an pii hul a -ii that hai been planted
ln cornil.l Somehow Il klni % run out. aud
! soii the last crop on The ground ior
twenty three cents shoct. ami tfe f,..
ioN Who bought 10 lost money at thai, 20
decided O. give She Geld fc.t ani snWti
~ O. wheat
The wheat iii pretty vel. aui sold
tho grain right of o. meet a note ihit wts
Sue. sui so.i the straw o. the -trar hslsf-,
AMI though they dIi not give mc very much,
10 was better than burning n, A. had a.
WAYS done before. wAs glad io see that
uo weeds started after harvest. sui ir-
CIlrd o. give she nlli test uniI she neat
spflne. when I would plt DO in to corn
sga.n
lhad a Uii'e Timothy meadow next to
the @ 20. ani lu September a tornado came
through ms farm aui blew down every
stack of hay. aui che weather tgfnri so
raIny that most of 10 spoiled on ihc srogni
10 as too wsi 90 hufu 80 | lrt 10 llc.
saN my hani hsaIiug some of it a~af, and
supposed Dr. was go.ng to aA some gu'lies
aui Wa.hogts .n ihc feli. hlt ii uUi il-
ql.fc.
lathe spf.ng hai tle deI planted 90
corn agaln. eutfustlng thls Ilh to tlc hani,
A. was on q Ilry e. the umc The nrIi
hai go1i Cuiturr-iu faCi. was p'uNri once
Wc.k ali slmmer-Hlt somehow the corn
d.i boz poorly a0sr all the rcst the sou
haf hAi Whrn wts clitIus lt up. hi
uD a fra,iy .n caffylug twenty hills
O. ths shook af An arm load, Wh.Ch made
fi.t sofk of cgtiug That wss Onc com.
fnff hlt ln one UuruTT hUt tlat tfr
poorest rnrutr too. | Nas surpflsri io
COO large CDrr-rfsfy sta.k guI', ani a
great many iargf ears ! w1tisrli a. ihls
great deal a. VA cutilng tAc corn ani
selecting g1l1 ears flf seed, bot ! cOui
uui See any reason nf a. When ! hti cut
tar clrn. drilled wheat in thc Cell Agaln,
as ttai scented % pay batter there than
corn. anf Nhrr came to thI. corner. thn
ftIU tore up feN Corn-siuhs. gpi down
0n my kucts AMI examined 4cse stlI~
WIth tlr bal 90 earth attachri-ani Nhai
Do 500 thIuk I founif Toe Co-a.fopis
e.rs lmhrlicd .n q black. fIch ipukiug
st4f ihaiNts Different from anYth.ng ! hai
ever seen JOB That lsri tod my hald
about TO-. ani hc iaaghci anl slIi. WY,
ttat ls ttst o.d hay I laui,d thtfr lat
aI. tni ihln hr told mc that Pei hal
haa. q there. sni spread Ca tle hri, s1
much has A. co4ii Pol pllsrd uuicr An
thatIs my discovery believe. aft,r at,
our hui Nil stant manure. am going
O. tfy 10 oa larger scale rcNi year. IT,
may rtslt JOB my changing my whole
scl.m. of hrmlng n ! can faIsr corn
ut.rttc whole a,ii ,qlsi o. che Olruer, 10
N.I piy Q.
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