Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-09
>Socal g1laffers.
Notes by the Way.

The Ere, siIo sas erected Ia this country
IN 1876. Since then $3.50 have been built.
hog consumes tsiee the reistt that
steer does, and grows more than t~ics a.
fast.
The more hesduork the farmer does the
/ Iess draft will be made apon his ma-eie.-
+ Iadiaaa Farmer.
Good book. are much like good company
I always ready % afford entertainment, lnstrne-
/ ton. real pleasure and proa,-
4 pouitryman near Boston reports an aver
age Of 1873 eggs from thirty sir Light Brahnis
/ hens last year. All we're pulists bat four.
Many sho know are ready to testify that
Z hornIess cattle are the most dangerous and
[ iiabolical Of the bovine race haaehest>r
| H,rToy.
Have some good hogs, good cattle and
/ go,d sheep. Invest money IN the seEt OF all
kinds Of stock. Even at present ptics. IL
vii pay.
God made bird. for purpose Stray
them, learn their habits. their usefGlness,
sad you will never be guilty Of killing one.
-Greeas- Fyvn Groney.
high authority 90 grasses Ia. said they
are social and like 20 have near uei2hbors.
meaning that il is good to have many varir-
ties seeded 10 insare occupancy OF all
space.
In the production Of butter the cheapest
food !. not neeessarily the best Batter is
Of duet in which quality becomes rraiy
commercial factor and IN no other farm
product.
Book. VI real worth, aad good papers, are
as essential o complete whole life on the
farm faculties and power- developed and
hsrmonized, as good land TO profitable pro
dHction.
Acquire the habit Of taking a. your paper
or some good book at odd momsnts Much
valuable Information may be gained from
agricultural paper. if this stud .ous habit IS
once acquired
Getting rich by farming il sloe business.
but With good judgment employed Ia the ii
reetion il is more sure than many other call
iBgs that seem To promise largely ehiie sub
iect 10 lnnumerable uncertainties.
It expected that the great, st four year
old ,rotting conte st ever witnessed will take
place in California betWeen Gossiper y -.
/ Direct 2 -. Grandrl , % - Moses $.
~ T. Balkan 2 % - and perhaps sew
eral jthefs.
An agricultural experiment station where
there J., honest and earnest quest for truth
that will shed light on the mysteries Of
plant growth i. tarshly critics. when
farmers say its work is too scientific, and
therefore is Of no use.
Whether man or a boy will succeed on u
farm depends very much on whether he has
a real love for the country and farm work.
| II he has he will succeed in ninety nine cases
out of a hundred If he has not, chances
are even against him.
| The present rapid increase of population
in this country indicates that soon we will
/ need tsi e as many cows We now have To
supply the demand for good butter, or We
must keep COW that will produce twice as
much as does the present dairy COW
More meat, and better meat, and in a
shorter space Of time can be produced from
| poultry than from any other source and the
supply from poultry equals that of any other
class of live stock 1t gives an opportunity
TO those OF limited means, aud the profits
are always large in proportion to the capital
invested
| Good sheep. good land and good roots gea-
orally 90 together, at any rate it IL not often
| they are very far apart for wherever land
can raise good crop and is dry enough 10
carry sheep through the winter 1t must very
soon get into good heart and be able TO grow
almost anything.
Creameries are only valuable to the dairy
men whom they serve when they briag to the
| business the highest excellence of dairy
! know ledge, or Ter and cleanliness found in
! the best private diaries, and apply those
methods through the creamery system TO DO.
whole community.
/ The following has been given a. a rul. II
some value in determining the weight be
actual weighing is announcement, bu' Do a.
the rules Civ the weight will vary AilHN
y it'll animals Of the same girth p, 10
girthing five feet ordinarily weigh fro soy
hundred and f fly to seven hundred ami h'ty
! poui d. according to form and fatnt-- 20.
each additional inch in grth add twenty GN
pounds up 10 six feet, and for each incha ~
six feet add fifty pounds This is the sim
! plest rule known and is probably As good
any. but the only test that is at all rellapi, i-
that of the scales.