Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-07-31
A Fold for Labor.

There Il more OF the State OF Maine, st
TIE present time opened up To Improved
agriculture, that l. north Of what has bee n
knosn as the natural fruit belt of the
Stats" than there IL of the "belt" itself.
Thls fact Il suggestive one. AL OF the
people In possession OF this northern do
main Of the State want fruit q, well a. the
rest Of manklnd. Probably there II no in.
tellgtni pomOlogist ~ b. found to-day bat
believes an aoupdsni supply ~ good frui,
can BE- pro iucsd throughout this territory
There Is The land. its owners need the fIult,
and AL that seems wanting IL q knowledge
% how 20 prCdacs a.
The great work which the Pathological
Society ,hoald take In hand IL 10 develop the
fruit gr0w,ng industry In this northern
section. 10 the noted fruit growing sec
tlons % The State where the business has
become well established. ard . knowledge
hNs been scquifed OF the best varieties and
methods OF practice called for In prOiuc.
ton. thefe IL not that Imperative necessity
for The work % the Society, snd the stlmu.
lus comiag from that WORK which formerly
w's called Tor; And certainly IL IL not 80
much needed In this old Geld a. where the
business Of fruit growing Il stll In the
background And stiil largely experimental.
Apple. are grown throughout all this
nnrthsrn section of the State snd clear up
q The liue of the forest from the foot OF
NJ Abraham by K,rshdin ~ Ashlan',
Psfham and Carbon. TIE work there be.
ing done, no seyvr. IL largely eipsrim nt.l
snd much OF ita failure. Yet IL II only
through this experimental work that sue.
Gees can b. reached. Experiment alone
G ,n decide what varieties will withstand
The low temperatures, sai what soils all
grow the hardest trees and produce the
most fruit IL "a. throagh ja.t such work
carried on by pAius.skiGg hands 9 half
century and more ago that We came 10
know that the Biliwin, the BsllnD over and
The King cOali be grown In ksnnebec and
Cumberland In such bounty and wi b 80
mach of prod ani that the luscious Bart
ls,t AM ) oksl could be srjOye ei from our
Osn gNrisus
TIE knowieige gAlnei from The expert.
suce nov going On In our nortlern ieruio.
~ ne-is 10 be c-ntraliI a. pat 90 recOfd,
and m,ds available ~ al those dcslriag -
gfos fruit The needed WORK OF itiug
facts can thus ,. mach h,stenei. lirs 10
. gpoi work snd q broad q "a f1r the Pom.
ologicA Society CertAiuly 10 l. q prop.
er qa--tion 10 rAlsr wh ither IL osnnot &C.
compllsh Eiore for the Interest 10 rvpfrs' nts
by lsying larger m ->surr Of 10. wOrk In
these almost untriei 4 Ids. n only q col
lsct All recori what hNs already bsea se-
compiish.i. then ths nrst step viii have
hcvu tAksn tossfds more 10 follow. IthA.
not the fuuds 20 bear any mtAsare of the
expense OF necdei experimental work, II IL
tue. bat IL can greatly aid such work by
"ke.plng The books. sni thus preserving
. tciisbls recori % the work as 10 IL &C
compashsd IL l. possible that The new
experiment station may b. authorized %
sntsnd IL proposed horticultural expert.
msntation - point. away from the station.
ani thus Aid In carrying on WORK that
cannot bs accomplished 10 any other way.
rhls, however, cannot be determined n
once. bot the State Pomologloh Society IL
already organized for WORK, and while II
cannot perform al that IL needed, IL can
give some 90 Ia lsbor- towards establish.
ing fruit growing In this northern section
on q more reliable basis than IL nov rests.
This l. In no sense criticism on the
work the Society has been doing. Its
sork "a. been well done, ani the effects
arc plAlhly visible. Attention IL here
called - ia where further work Il in.
pcrAtiyely called for.-Msine Farmer.