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

of the factory" They are making abou,
1900 los Of butter per week n the Fayesre I
co.0pe-ative creamery Monmouth has
sseee,sful cheese factory Our Winthrop
reporter Informs rs that the cheese factory I
there ia in operation from " to scPs 50i
AMI that the creamery Is also a success from {
Oct / 20 April 30. In Piitston a building
has been erected for creamery but the ma
ehinery is not in, and the builting 10 not
in operation. In Albion there Is
strong movement in favor Of establishing
a creamery. ard it probably will be
doae thi. fail Penobscos The cheese fac \
tory in Dixmont is Owned and successfully 1
operated By Charlie. Page A creamery is
10 operation 10 Gariansi. In Bradford the
farmers are azifa.ing the establishment OF
one. In Bangor the new creamery started
last winter /. a complete success Somerset:
A creamery Is soon 10 b. built In Scion I
Wab.o There i. a cheese factory At West
Win,e,po-t Washington; There i.
cheese factory a, Pembroke which ought 70
be well patronizsd. bat as il is A new Thing II
sill nave 10 struggle sometime TO get good
start At Hachtas the creamery operates
On a small scale. The skowhegan Jersey
Creamery A..ocistion i. doing yell. Az
Clinton the creamery is success
Farm Help and Wages.
one question asked of correspond f
ent- vas Ia ?. gard % the supply Of farm
borers and the price Of wages Ex rzcts
from letters representing dit+ren parts of
the > ate are given % sh9w III nllare OF the
answer. To these question: Anir0sco22ln
$40 per moath. AFoostook Help p'ent>
wage. slG To $50 per month aai board
Cumberland go AMI totrL Ffaak!in
PhHiip.- Scarcity OF farm help and <age
are high. Vito S2G pr moath Nv
Sharoa-Our correspondent writes, Less
farm help is employed than usual Farmers
are making us Of improved methods more
machinery il gsed than ever before Ny
nei1hb,r tins year pIt p Ing tooth harrJg
On his .aHi ami tea IL for sowing aithoat
pl1xing. soeed 20 DIshrl. of oats l ton
phosphate I bushels grass seed with Ell
.ower. all in one thiti the time it took last
YEAR To do the same by hand.
Farmin 1ion Farm help scare and
sl2,s high. keanehec: The returns
from terht, hy- IoNus ia this county .taye
that s42es ar from SIS u % pr month or
from > 30 To l.jD per LAY. L,1cDia > %
per Is. oxford $50 pr month. Ptnob
scp' Etas- $50 per month. Corinna- SIS
20 - per month DiGmout 81, to % per
mouth. Charle-ton-S21 a month and board
; somerset Palmyra Help scarce and wages
n-h P.tt- irld Farm help rather scare a.
So 10 20. per month. So,on-lleip scarce
At so per month, Anson-Farm help nlen.
IS At so month. st Al1ans-Firm
yage, $50 Waldo Thirteen towns in this
ccnuty report wages Al SIS ~ - month
Washington. Columbia 81 Is to 80 per
daY. York Our correspondent at NDrt1
Berw CO writes Farm help is c,rce and
rate ot wages very high. Mess they have
adequate protection against Canadian a1A
tor IN competition, Maine farmers Will
soon be- compelled to let large portion Of
their lands revert 10 forest, on account OF
the prevailing high price of labor. Ac-
corded this and American farmers can
easily rt.e the $500 900 900 worth of farm
products which ara annually imported into
tie country. Henceforth let the far
m-r. shibboleth be, Protection to home
farmers as well as to home Industries"
The Joarn4l returns thanks to it, able
stan of special correspondents ami other
friends ho have so fully and promptly re-
spondsd TO lis request for Information upon
the topics presented in the above review
Every letter has ben carefully read and all
maip u,e of Ia our summary aud conclusions
given. though We have not always
male extracts from the same. The
summary Is an int, resting one,
shows that Onr farmers are pros
pcrou, and ccutcnted, and that there is cause
Tor ahau liant rcioioj0g thai th-ir homes have
been east in tn, dear oil State of Maine
The ,pring I. full of nope, may the harves,s
IF autumn be such As To ill the farmers
heart with rejoicin. and gratitude.