Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-19
Farm and Orange Notes

One of III. thriving farmers Of Piscs,aquis
county nx. rai.ei this year 100 pigs aud 1900
cabbagsa
Frank Patterson and Del Powers tbreshed
10 G. Power. barn. Caribou, ia ~ hJufs
1872 bushei. of oats, machine measure, Which
weighed out 1879 bushels.
Eivsrd A. Moore OF Msrhia-por, has been
elected member of the state Board Of Agri-
culture in place Of u W. Campbell Of
Cherry field. whose term has expired
over two thousand barrels Of apples have
been purchased in Etns thus far tins winter
by one mar and the eni-rpririag orchsrdists
Of the town say tina, they have = good many
left to srli yet,
Market gari.ners IN Cape Eliz .beth ar
feeling hsppy over the biz rise in csohases
Within week this vegetable has sdvanced
from 81 to als ton and teams laden With
this stspl. prodnct Of the Cape. xoing to
market iins the road from hnsery Besch to
Portland bridge daily A fsw Of The farm
ere sold their cabb.s~s nn'ier contract,
earlier ~ The season tor $40 u ton.
The Fatmcr. Circle is holding meet G,
fortnixht,s Al The houses Of it, members. IN
Butpham DrishDorbooh AMI vicinity. The
latest vas ct Il brrt hason's. in the VALLEY /:
the next viii br NJ Samuel I. boys. A ,up-
per litsr.r, AMI fnu.irat exercises. and gen
sral good nne chsf,rt,r these me. tings.
which are we'd atfrVGei l."nty iiIrr" val
umas have IiH h. $40 Hti,d O. III library,
which IL X. pit 81 nr B~nn.tt.
A yr.rsewa- ipsli,n,.d ~ Nes ppr, Thurs
day ,yc,,ov +, l. " j So 81 II, xer. state
DEPUTY tor i'vn,b e"t tuun This grange
iooI. very rrnrariug ths max'mum list
Of 40 ~ mtrf. h,s hern ,blsin'd To star,
with AMI a. ma NOR. ~. ~sniag 80 come
in. T. Il. l. NJ, has ht.n the head worker
In TN. orsan.sr on aud ali credit IN this
~ork slt,u.i b. duy gwen Ia him The
mans on the ch,rrf comprise many oi
Ncarpr, sii i-,m,r,s must prominent
ciiis is.
"A ue.iu'v e tbs North renobscot Asri.
cultarai sd iiortirphursi society held al
l. 80 the ioiloNIfg itirers were elected for
The ensuing war pfssitnt, Il. A. Reed,
SprnYn, IA See Nathan Avery, Lee ;Treas
" johnson. Springfield: Trustees. { X
Bro~n. II. j Brown. IA. b Lewis. Spring
field n. Il. Houston Vim, A X. Lewis
Lee. Is. ID. Averlii. Prentis., VIM Brown
Csr'oil. Joseph Burlsad, Lineoln: Collector
y. ". ! .hn.on. I, vas voted to hold the
fair nj Springfield nsu y-er
1 e Libby. Esq. OF Buinham, 10 feed
iby IN his farm TINS winter the largest col
lection OF sheep eyrr faftrned on one farm
IN Maine This stock numbtrs over two thou.
sand head and they are fed the iollo~in ra.
tilns For breakfast they get thirty bushels
OF corn and one Ton Of early cut hay. for
dinner, ten bushels of roots lurnip-, beets
and carrots. mixed with half a ton Of shorts
for supper the same AS breakfast thirty hush
els ut corn and tun # hay. The entire
baud run togst having lis spacious ysris
bedded deep with straw for nigh, quarters and
during the day they have the run Of several
helds, the hay being fed on the .now Or frozen
ground. MIR. Libby is irving To demonstrate
that large band. of sheep can be fed IS profit
ably in Maine As they are 10 the west TAX
ing this herd Of sheep and his large stock OF
cattle and fifty hogs which are constant,
kept on the farm In connection with bis ship
ments Of sheep and cattle. all of which are
unlosded and fed at Burnhsm over Sunda,
and average ten carloads per week or more,
he says each Monday morning one can get
. birds eye view Of small pi, &C of Brighton
market.