Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-20
FARM AND 0RAN0E.
Maine Tillers OF the SoIl.-what They
are Doing This Spring.


T. S. Howard of Caribou is the owner of
four sheap that gave birth, last week, to ten
lambs, nine of them being well and smart.
Good farm horses are scarce. also working
| cattle. Numbers of the farmers art looking
for such and they are hard to find Camden
Heraid.
Several grasshoppers were seen in this vi
cinlty Tuesday, April lG, by persons while
plowing, something unusual for this time of
the year Cumberland Carr. Portland
Press.
Knox county creamery butter retails at
grocery stores at 80 cents per r.uad, and has
a large sale. Its quality is frs class in every
respect, and commands the h u hest price.
natty team from the creamery supplies fresh
buttermilk to people in all parts of the city
l-Rockiand Opinion.
The stockholders of the Clinton Dairying
Association have just elected officers as fol
lows President, n. +. Murray; Secretary
+. II. Gerald; Collector and Treasurer, ". .
II. Stinson; Directors, Alton Richardson
Lester Roundy, Geo. NJ Stewart, Geo
Kicker, A. c. Brown A. McNslly.
Twenty new members have been initiated
in ST. Adams Grange within the last quar-
ter. The grange held public dairy meet
| ing at Town Hall on Thursday last at which
there vas large atte ndsnce of all interested
in dairying. A picnic dinner wa. served at
the Grange dining hall and hot coffee fur
nished by the Grange.
New potatoes dug on the 18th of April in
this latitude must be regarded as early. A
hill of potatoes was discovered growing near
the south side of Rufus Burns stable Tues
day, and being dug up was found to contain
several well grown potatoes, one quite large.
We have sampled them and pronounce them
A l.-P,usfeid Adreytiser.
Mr.. Geo Brswn the butcher, recently
slaughtered pair Of oxen for j. n. Bas-ett,
of Dover, the united weight of which. dressed
was 2S25 lbs. While standing alive one
measured feet in girth and the other feet
and inch. They are quite young cattle
raised in Dover on the farm Of Mr.. Lyford
Dow.-DeIfer Gazette.
Mr.. o. II. Hubbard. of Castle Hill,
Aroostok county, reports that he has fock
of thirty sheep twenty seven of which have
lambsd, and have thirty four living lambs
They are high grade Leicester, all except
FIVE, which are half blood Shrobshres. Ht
likes the Leicesters best, as being larger
better mixers and growing their lambs bet
ter. Last year he sold 90 feeces thai
weighed together 203 pounds.
There was one member added to tht
Grange at West Camden last Friday nigh
and petition presented by another. Tbs
Grange will meet but once in two weeks dur
ing the short evenings. This is a mistake
we think. The best oranges are those which
maintain their weekly meetings throughou
the year; and in such the interest is Away
greater than when meetings are held les
frequently -ED.
Frank Farnum Of Hartland writes to tn
Pntsfeld Advertiser that he had twenty hen
on the first of November last. and the twenty
third day of January he bought eight more
making twenty eight in all, and since the frs
of November he has sold from those hen
ninety one dozen eggs for viii he has re
ceived s20 As. He has set four hens on fou
,, dozen and ten eggs and had four dozen o.
hand the first day Of April, and they hav
: used all they waited in the family. VIII
has done better?
Mr.. c. G. Nichols has again taken charg
. of the Foxcroft Creamery. The Observe
says that in the years that he has carried o.
. the business, he has been exceptionally sue
cessfuI his relations with the farmers hGv
been pleasant and he has held their conf
GeLce, so lfldt ever lIInK Uh- gone on sfuDOt
ly and satisfactorily. The FoIcroft cream
= cry butter hs. been in such demand the pa.
, year or two that the suppl, was inade9uat
to answer all the calls. Mr.. Nichols say
3 the production of the creamery this year vii
, be larger than ever before.
A Newburg correspondent Of the VIII
sends the following account Of some big crop
to that paper: "As do not use any dressin
except what have on the farm I want to le
the public know what can be done. raise
las, year eleven bushels Of yellow eyed bean
on piece Of ground eight rods by six a.
sold the same Tor ~. "a a bushel to Bsngo
firm and raised them without any dressiD
of any kind. The year before when d,esse
it with barn manure and plated it 70 potstoe
!, got sixty Eve bushels Of Burbank potztoe
. and they we're nice ones. ~ anybody ca
beat that in t~O years with &c crop Of par
chased dressing or phosphate .h0uld like :
hear from him" Nov wbai would lik
=. to know is the name Of the farmer ~ho raise
). these good crops.
. The Patrons Of Husbandry in Foxcro.
+ gave very pleasing popular entertainer
n at Grsr ge hall Saturday evening. which "a
Q we'll attended. A principal feature ga. a
old-fa.hioned country school commencin
with calling the roll" followed by exerci,
- IN reading select sentences :, and the prime
!, for children. Glasses rec.ted in geography
It grammar and spelling in the forenoon. Aft
y the moon" iniermission school ~As aga
= called to order by the teacher and receive
the visis Of the school committee. These o.