Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-05

fcontfnaed from first Paze-l
I79. yield, 1919 ,s25 bushels. The large t
nay proa7sipg county is Pensbseot witch
lea IL all others Sith ar acreage Of l'i -Ibb,
and a crop of 1876 $40 tons f0iioTed sse"f'd
by Keras5ec 9Th ar acreage Of i3i-i@I, Ai.G
a crop Of iDs IA tons II corn Oxso-1 leads
in exrssf ri,h sssg acres; and YORK leafs
IN yield 9Th i52 g33 Bushels II Thss a;
aroos,ook 4 ais all the sixteen counties ritn
4 RS acre., and a total eropoi l5s .z@b bash
Ella Of the 20, 1876 scres in the otae ~
bucks heat aroo.sopx had 1860 aeTss, aR9
u the ss2, 79i bushels hars. ste4, sae raised
900 1913 sr9ostook alec leafs thu STATE IN
toiAi0vs Eiih AZ acreage Of 1900 aba q
yseig sf2.2fs b9t bushels.
FIeIa and Pasture.
Gra.. started tso reek. earlier ih41 the
avgrag4 ~ year. ard white the returns %
our correspondence speak. Of extreme sarl
ness, they also present the usual ch1fac-
isris-ics u spria2 reports, that j.. some VIII
ter or sprnz ktIiiag' good helis g>od on
aelds p9of; pss- urea good, etc AfoostooN
eorre.uoraent. all speak If spring killing
the same il true Of part Of Franklin. The
warm weather d April and May caGsed an
early somes bat ''.pindiag" gro tn, Which
siIl be- ihicksned up by The cooler and vet
weather the last % the month Pastures are
prspo-tfd ID hne condition. ever etere- ga
rich f. II zTass has never given better promise
II beayy crop than this year; and the usual
term thsi old delf- are poor" j. one al
ways heard Haying. as many Of
our Correspondents report, will no.
commence The day after the Fourth
a. ). usual but will begin a least ten dTys
in sdyanee Of that date, especially on rich
hed. where the groNth is heavy. WITH tha
early gfosth and late .0aking rams eVtry
Indication IS 10 favor Of fully average if
aot increased yield ~ this important crop
TIL. sw.s,soib Crop,
has. In recent year. been one Of th~ most
sfoHfahle which farmer. have grown Boz
those 81. ciiofs Of the State ~hpre the In.
du-try la. bern long established ard the
.oh IL well adapted to corn sroEins Bot
a. our rrrI.rs are we'll Informed. the
past sra- va. ore in which the Industry "a.
saruev hat paralyzed from Two or thrce
cause, chief Of which vas the fact thaf
tttnugh tn.int - change many Il 'h- fac
fcrir. sd ROY oV-rtf- The hst year Boo
,hirh The y, piftmont u Agriculture pub
'ishfd foturn- from The facrnrie, was u i--7.
ehen dNy-segpn factoric- were rcaortei to
hay h,tn 10 operation. ard total output Of
7liI ca-es or II sG0 ojG cans vas pro
iuced 1hs required IN acres le Of some
thing Ike htt.en thoGstri nrrrs T.
.upply ME factories We have been un-
able 20 obtain returns from every
fec try, AID cannot therefore tell how many
y ~ he ia operation this season. But geaer-
ally the industry will he .omew hat more active
than IN SOS 4 rev cora factory is reported
ri Bogdo.rhsm. our CORES pondents give
information concerning he fnlloving fac
p-ie-; Turner oporard by Brri Ke,H
Liy,ruo g FsIls by h. :. Goiirg Frreport
factory operated by Portland parties Sebago
Lake. factory rot 70 be OPERATED. Wilton +;
three corn factories and all viii be run, viz
W T. SAWYER & Co Z W. Jones, q. +
Ml,toch- < Co East Wilton; Frank Jones
Strong; Franklin Packing Company. These
factories have about TO acres of corn each,
planted for them FARM < n; the i've fac-
torres ia thi. town viii PROBABLY be operated
~ usual by the former prnprietors and
managers, North Wayne; by Jrnn'ng- Bros
fayeitr. very little sweet corn has been
planted for the fnotorles llailnweli factory
to be- OPP ra'ei by 6. Otis Monmouth
factory 10 be operated BY the Portland
Packing Co Oakland factory viii he
operated by the Portland Packing Go bat a
reduced arr,agr viii be planted for It. Na--
-alto by Portland Packing Co, Mr.
:. + DiIl agent. West Gardiner fac
tory To b" operated by GEO. II Pope, who
has planted ten acres ut corn. ard oihcr
tprunrs viii plant from one half acre to
two acres ~ h winthrop factory 10 be
f'n by PORTLAND race" ga. h'lera''i