Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-01-22
Earn prnanaofa.

Attended hy it, frOst- ana foods. Another
cause IL the orippllng OF our hvesroek in-
tsrvsts by The west or by western dressed
oeeL These tvo paramount causes have
caused many = farmer 10 cry out sgsinst
his svOcstlou, and bslitile the sgricul,ure
of his Own state While We would Dot
a'gue for = moment that the State Of
Name farmer has no, jast cause for com
pisiut. and that agriculture. hte any other
Occupstiou, has IL pros aud cons, yst In
coming In contact - We DO with al class.
- OF farmers, " wish 20 plsce before
your readers the difsrenoe, why some are
blue and discouraged aud, Others snnshiny
snd lively unier adverse Circumstance.
We think The whole gi., OF The matter.
With very few drawbacks. is with the
jaigment. care aud frugslliy oi The indl.
viduaL The person nowadays Who dos
no, rad and keep posted. gets badly
"left, while those Who sdsp, Themselves
IN The insviiahle changes that progress
bripgs about. and sdop, new Ideas, sre
prosperous and hzppy. The farmer Who
l. prOducing besfin The old. fashioned way,
by giving TIE calf half the milk ull be l.
eight weeks old. then taruing him swsy
90 pasture % blsst aud grow poor In the
nsit -four years. 20 let hls steer shrink a.
much la w'nier ss he gains In summ-r.
snd when At last he has q poor, III shaded
snimsl, with lnst what meat and fat BE- has
gsinei In NJ. last summers run, he II 90 2
"a Tor sale, TIE price is low one. a. fash
lous have ehsnged. and bsef consumers
want beef from young steer that from
the calf up never Va. allowed u lose
hrsh; and The west Ia producing lusi that
kini. SO our ancisut farmer cries oui,
hard times When We 40 into . barn
sbd ctr vifesv.ke up'to ihe-ilme-
farmer sl5 dollars for his veal calf, or
cent. per pOunf f1r bis fat steers, OF $50
fOr hls fancy COW, We do not see sny
frovns aud N ~ lngsr moment Ne
srs comfortable. 81 The cracks are all bat
tened with shingles OF cl,poosrds, aud
the barn presents an air OF nsainsss and
comfort
We me, q Maine farmer short time
since, who called oar siisbtion 10 hl. nbck
90 sheep. al black.fscsd ones, fofiy In
numbsr. lie remarked, "thai npes OF
sheep clipped ten poand. Of wool Zach,
snd | soli their lamb, Toe al average ot
81 each" No fotloru looks were noticed
10 The coantsnsncc OF this very pfontshls
opsfsior. The sane day noticed . poor,
fsml.bsd 4 ca of shssp In farm yard, in
The sane tosn. To oOuvefsing With the
owner, who wAs al complaints sbooi TIA
weather snd farming In Maine, noueipg
my glance At hl, ssssp. rsmsfkei that be
had had bal luck vita his sheep; that bis
"a we're very tickJ In The sPring. that
he lo.i aNsen from worm In The hssi, snd
that be feared that lot. more vosld de
mi. winter. lie askei me u knew rsm.
edy. I wrote hlm . receipts "HAf plot
% corr per dsy. with dry bel .ni goo \
shelter. never kn0sn n fail Tnls msn
lost his corn by frost. his osi sni barley
crop. be- an DO, harvest, aud bis POTATOES
w-rs frol a up 10 TIE grOaoi. 10 qacs'
tloulug him about sasi time in The spriug
be pea In hi. crops. he ssii that be petsr
fii sny farming untll Jane. l sskei him
u he bal ever heard the old aidage, "rhs
early bird catches tae vOrmf' lie sali,
mo, ~ dout t,ke any papers. 80
lsn him 20 sleep on.
We Maine farmers must adapt ourselves
% The altered condition OF things. We
cannO, always drive oar cattle 10 pasture
In ths sane old lane our fsihsrs used.
That lane L. rich Pow IL up sni &c, out
oi The old rut. Most certainly TIE ws.t
tas cripple oar beet prOiueilOn all o1ef
Nes Eiglani. AMI may hold us Ia ehscs
many year. 20 cons, on sccoant of The
imnsn.ity % Der rich plains, where The
refuse of ceniarics ha, been collecting
fertility. We must secspt ihl. dlsad'sni'
.ge. sni change oar tactics. DAying IL
PROD able. aud associated dnryins m,k-s
u more clnvsnisnt 20 carry u on oa
large scale, valca n lOokci sfssr closely
and followed per.lstsnuy. win surely yield
40 incoms shssp hns1snify never hsli
oat greater iaiac-m-nts thsn 81 The pres
eel time Tners l. room in Maine Tor ten
time. The nanDef of sh~sp. u The bo.iness
sAs broagat 20 = system snt studied ihot'
oughly. No ton of hsJ need be fsi inisl-
uginly ~ . b.nd of sheep thN vii not
pay els; no bashs, Of corn that Will not
pay 90, dollar. The only drawback sni
hinirabcs In sheep husbsDdfy in Mslbe !.
that old idea that oar forefsinsrs could
practice because their land vss nss, 10 l,t
Ins sheep tsk- care OF themselves both
.unmsr sai slnter. snich mast o. Who'll
IN snand bu.i - succeed. We frqasnly
see qult- iatelligvut farmers Who slssys
turn their whole chs, be the numb.r
tseniy.fVe OF onc hundred. Into The same
old sheep pasture. . half century old sni
grosiug % % bushes. Here ths . lck 1.
eorrallei - "root hog OF die" Jaigmsni
should be used sboui the oil sheep pas
tu-e. Nearly sycry one In Maine contain.
80 element which. n uiil 4. IL conduct
i've ~ the health OF tn n0ek. besides sdds
log 10 10. capacity. refer 10 the always
present bushes II each year few sefo-
are cut over and barosd. and so~n ~
grass seed. tso ben, nls are derived your
.hesp will be smat,y sud healthy. and the
nswly burned spot will Afford foaf'fold
more very desirable feed than The older
spots.
Sow our opinion Il that there Is Just
- much money In farming In the State oi
Msine a. ever. sni 10 rcmNns with TIE
farmer himself whether be will saeesed OF
not We must read pipersi 20 20 The
q 'ange meetings 20 exchange ideas, and
~hru we learn one give u - the nsxs lei
lo~ AMI above all, study 10 sppsseiste
our avoesiion. leave out the fault nad.
log, pat up Win The Inevitable, ard shed
sun.hiue a. hons sni abroad; f0r rscol-
lect. the farmer l. the chief corner sione
10 all other Industries. So Trg,fd your
self rather q king. than ssrt-I {. LIN.
nv In Maine Farmer.