Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-22
Heads Of Grain from Many r,elds-
The 1ottinz zsIdinx Guy. u, ras cold at
action Monday for SEQ $50.

The rottinz zsidinz Guy, 2 ~, ras soId at
auction Monday for sz3.750.
Over 10 .ilos will be built BY farmers in
Jefferson county. v. r, the coming Summer.
The poor farmer ia very sure 10 have TOO
much rain, o. too litile. or sone other czlzm
ity sl-sys beyond hts poser 10 avert
Good fence. make peaessble stock.
noted legal authority has said that the best
lss for a line fence vzs another top-pole-
yernin IL the greatest enemy 20 the yoang
chick. They sill die from this cause e yos
are not careful before you are asare that
anything ia the matter.
Many farmer can easily double HIS pro-
4ac.i by drainage. sith9ut increasing The cost
81 cultivation, getting the yield Of ITO farms
BY the working Of one.
The gains that come through trottiBg con
tests are losses sustained by somebody whose
Judgement vas at fault. Thile gains from
good homes, YORK horses are 70 the World.
A high authority on zrasses ha. said,
They are social and ike 70 have rear neigh
bors meaning that il Is good 10 have many
varieties seeded 10 insure occupancy Of all
space.
Without doubt any active farmer who sill
n
held. may increase the profit Of his farming
largely aad at less outlay than IN any other
manner
II Is not absolutely necessary that every
Young farmer shoalA have a gay stopper a
harness with silver trapping. AMI baggy 20
I polished a. 10 reflect the folly Of danzerou-
sEuagsgance.
( Balanced food raflens for cattle zive in
credglous or scspucal farmer. some iegre"
Of rfspset for the teaching. Of chsmi.try
after practice has .ho~n their efficacy in
milk production.
A good garden producing roothsome pro
iBcts from early pring to late autumn j..
evidence Of refinement in the owner whose
labor apd skill are rarely better repaid from
any other part Of the farm.
Recent statistic, show that the actual loss
to our fruit interest. from the depreciation .
Of insects b. $500 900 600 annually while the
los. 10 the apple crop by the codlug moth
alone amounts TO millions each year
Forest City creamery Portl4nd, uses over
200 cans Of milk per day New GloHces ter
creamery j, making over 800 pounds Of but
ter per day. The farmers Of Scion are talk
+ ing Of organizing creamery association.
There is no good reason Why the average
duration Of life Of farm horses may not be
extended several years with foil possession of
powers when good care all through the years
ha. no lapse through some kind Of abuse.
There are a thousand farmers working
like slaves sad competing With each other to
make los priced butter, Shere there is one
who has become Intelligent on this question,
so that he can make better article ard get
better pay for bis time and labor.
yoke Of fast walking oxen we'll broken
10 farm work may do service six years at
half the cost Of horse. and then sell for
more than cJst Of raising. sht reas the al
innate destination Of bors. is the bone
yard all value, except ferttlzlng maternl Of
the carcass, lost
~ farmer should have an experimental
Il & t.sosn The information gained of
e rrsc',oa' Kind, viii be invaluable. II every
it-m"r ~ tte United States could be Induced
10 ~ lew experiments Annually, agricul.
lure ould make more rapid progress than
any othe' branch OF industry
whsn ci'dvatug the ground to de.tro,
v'eds only a few inches ieep will suffice.
Onr inch OF sol kept fine. On the top, vii
serve as mulch. aud IN pulgerizing 1t the
.rIss suI weeds viii be Killed Never let
"a g-7ua1 become hard and crusty if Their,
i'a PROBABILITY Of adry season.
T. i. 'rall 10 keep sharp lookout on the
currsnt bushes a. soon AZ the leaves begin
10 s.art HE curraut worm IN some seasons
.s,rt r. tia "a utht rs, and ii not check / IN
tr. m f. great damage. Powdered helle
erotc ,'n-t On the bushes when the leaves
are NET ~ith drws i'll promptly destroy them.
+ There is no danger of is POISONING the fruit.
Good sheep, good lanl and good roots gen
orally ~ together; at any rate, It "a not often
that they are very far apart. for wherever
laud can ratse II good crop and is dry enough
to carry SHEEP through winter 1t must very
.oon get into good heart and be able to grow
almost anything. Many an American ca
shepherd realizes all this, and wishes now
that his faith IN the future of the abtndoned
lock had been greater.
DO You notice some of the chicks trailing
their wings Look out for lice Examine
beneath the wings. on top of the head aud
about the vent. Look closely aud YOU viii
lind the cause in the presence of the trouble
some little lice that are sucking out the iifo
blood of the chicks. Smear the head aud
under the wings with little lard into which
pinch of sulphur has been worked and in
few days the chicks Will be all right.