Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-10
mile. long hs, jus, been begun in another
part OF the State.

miles long hs, jus, been begun In another
part OF the State.
The principal crops rai'ed here are
hay. corn. cat. and wheat. As compared
with the gres, agricultural prairie States.
such a. K.n,as, Iowa and Nebraska. this
part Of Colorado Is at great disadvantage
on accoun, Of the eost ofirriga,ing. On the
other hand. crops are surer A cyclone
was never known here. and thoigh there
/, good deal Of wind destructive wind
1. rare. Ba, the chief redeeming feature
/. found IN the fac, tia, the low price.
forf.rm products which prevail In nearly
ell part, OF those State. Is no, found here.
For hi. produce the farmer 'ec,ive- about
,hs ,ame price. a. IN Maine. Often he
receive. more. Ia some parts OF Ne
br..ka last winter corn was hheen cents
per bu.hel. In an Iowa paper have
seen butter quoted. this summsr. eight
TO ten cents per pound. while With u' u
a housewife can re, bu, twenty cent. 'he
thinks Il hardly worth while 10 make u.
In the winter butter often brings thirty.
FIVE cents. These differences give. !
suppose. the explanation Of the differences
bstw,en farming here aud farming ihsfr.
One would hardly dare IN say tow many
acres some Kansas oorn.h,ld' tontain -
Since price. are 90 low Al immeass area
must b. cultivated. and ,hi, requires a
large capital. both for the purchase OF
land and then Tor machinery. horses, add
men. Here one can make good living
on a far smaller piece Of l,nd and With
much less capital.
The explanation Of the prizes In Col
orado /. that. Will. the producer in most
Of the Ws., has no good market near At
hand, but hs. to b, bled by the railroads.
the country all abou, here has an i'm
men,e number Of men and animals on
the rancho. aud In the mines. and these
consume farm produce enough to keep
tho prices always good.
The odd. in favor Of the Colorado
farmer a. compared with his brother Ia
Oxford County. are-a soil 30 fertile that
applying dressing !. almost unknown a
smooth surface. and the fact iha, animals
need 90 be fed much les. than IN Maine.
A. matter Of fac, the mos, Of them are
fed almos, nothing !, Is In your favor
tha, Old PROBABILITIES. does the Iriga,ing
have said tha; farm. here are much
smaller than In other Western States (;
bu, IL must no, be supposed tina, they
are very small Twenty i've acres OF
corn !, common thing. May estimate
their hay crop by hundred. Of tons.
Near us /. barn that holds 800 tons
and last year IL wa. fall. This ranch
with the hay wa. sold las, fAll for s2O.-
900. The term farm" Is hardly ever
heard here. I, is "raneh" and fof farmer
one hears ranehman.
Thi. county Is now turning IL. a'ien-
ton 10 fruit. Already s,rawbe'ris',
soo,ebsrrie.. euuAni. and the like are
produced quite .bundanily. and Il l. now
believed TO be proven ,ha, the .oil and
climate i, fairly we'll adapted TO the larger
fruits aud many orchards ate being
planted. A, Florence !. an orchard
which h.. produced fve thousand BUSH
81. Of apples IN = single season no, very
bad for the yoangs., State Ia the Union
We have read with much in,ere',
the account Of the Commencement, a,
Hebron. The friends Of the Academy.
among whom We certainly ooun, our
selves. have good reason for cohgra,ula-
ton in the noble cls. tia, graduated.
and the brish, prospect. nov before the
school. With good endowment. and a
fr,.ela. Principal. !, seems tina, the
only need !, suitable buildings. wi,hoa,
doub, such buildings will soon be pro-
yided.
when one leave. hi. own State. espec'
tally II he 20 far away, home paper. are
read with an eagernes. unknown before.
Maine papers are now much more TO u'
than ever before. On Saturday evening
We look for the DENocRAr and Il rarely
fail. u.. I, i,,he frs, paper TO be opened
and We read !, with deep interest
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