Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-01-29
New England Agricul,ure.

M. A W Chess.r. agricultural editor OF
The Sss Engisnd Farmer. spoke very 10.
t-rvstingly, q. he always does, ~hsthsr by
-ofd of mouth of with hi. pm. upon "Se-
Eagl.nd Agficultarv," brief synopsis OF
bi- remarks b,lng hsrssith presented
In no other section of the cOuniry have
| found such cosy pooks in smopg The hills
tor msking hfstclsss oOantfy homes As In
Ss~ Eagl.nd. have sen no more fsr.
tile looking land. sni pons more prOdurt-
its, than thsi uhieh lies within TIE bof'
isrs Of these six states. The land .long
,hs Cannsciieut and some OF The other
Ss~ Englsnd rivers L. as good as msn
oesd ssk for. Good land oaghi - msss
msu fieh. but u 10 oilsn s.sms 10 msks
th.m earvl.ss Of The sconomiss. The neglect
% ~hich sls.ys invites poverty They de-
| psud loo mach on TIE land aud Too little
0n thsmsslvss. DO no, see how
nsiisr farm. can % desired than can
De easily made ihfoashout The whole
of ArOo.took Coaniy. There are no better
pasture land. out door. than many that
nay b. s-sn in Vermont and vsriOn. por'
/ uots 90 New Hsm3.hirv. hat boshefs
/ so ~ fed The labd as q whole half calu
,sied % producing hslf that IL II cspsbls
10 producing The prOns are no, oos
| quarter what they -hoali DC. The great
aai.tske of The Aasfican farmer IA. hen
10 being Nlssy- rvsdy 10 pail up STAKES
,bi sesk oat . ns- soil IN d.pls,s ss soon
.s The old ons o-sios IN wsos, Instead OF
-sitling down "a tae buliiing OF . psrma'
1spt home ~hsrv be is have "a abiding
faith "a Ne. Eaglsod as . good coantfy
| for bailiing 20 ir.t eis.s homes Mr..
Chssvsr Qaot-d freely from the Cnitsd
Stsiss csnsa. report fof lss0. msting
compsri.ou. bstsvsn New ksxistd and
IN Middle stats, sir in The Northwest
sDi fuuf OF "a. border States. ~ith South
| CNOlin. .ni fioridA By the-. nsurv-
h- proved that The syersss New Eaglsnd
/ farm pfoiacs- more vslue 10 crop. per
ser, iasn The avvrsge Northwestern farm,
,Bd that not Obs Oi tns great Wesisrn OF
North -sstsrn States prOdaess ~ maen
yslas pei scr, a. does each of iae States
IT Coanseticat, Ma.sssha.stis and Rhode
Island. Nor does The average SOuthsrn
/ farm produce 90 much value pr acre a.
iOss Our lrs.t pfOdactiys S-u EoglAnd
state. A lG7 acre farm In virgibis pro
ducss s3s9 IN . year. while ore Of half
he "a IN Rhode Island projaees e6ii
A iti ser. farm in floflds produces crops
~Ortn % ihe m n who receives them s3?J,
.hils Vermont farm OF smsllsr slIs
Weld. value ~ s6s? The svvrsE- lul.
nols fsfm Of i2t serss proiuces ~ .5 pr
acrr, while the Massachusetts farm OF ~
.err. brings q return OF o. 81 PER acre
The stalks Of straw of 90 acrv Of corn or
~hs.t l. worth more here 10 many Ne~
EoKl.nd farm than The grain IL worth TO
lhs m,u Who proiaess n 10 The Western
States The sysrsge Western farm IL ull'
-. At . lees cost than the average Eastern
farm, 80 that more scr.s can Dc worked
COT given sun, bui Ne DO not need 10
sofk a. many acres ~ We obtain larger
Yields pr acre a. well ss larger ptiees pei
ou.hsl. New HAmp.hife has stood very
pear the h.sd 10 1.hels % corn per acre
=. has COnnsetieat in raising whsst To
-hos that New Esglsnd farmers are too
40, 10 spfsai over TOO much ground snd
not coucsui.sie their forces, Nj. Checsef
aid TIA, Ou bis farm instead Of using
nlne acrrs for kseplng one COW be made
TOO scr,s k-sp her aud bad considerable
.urplu. feed f0r another. He bad never
seen land irjar~d by being made ~ pro-
duee al The weight OF crops that the Gre
sior could furnish suu for Why should
a.. 10, our land lie Idle half the time In
i rQm met abN 81 Aut hAue ~ NAuN@Af .
have averaged more tnsn two crops per
year from my whole farm excepting the
pasture. II we would avoid Western
comp titiob ~e must sdopt some OF The
m.thOd- OF w.stsTD farmers. The ciyipg
need OF The Western farmer IL more stock
% cous0ms his waste fodder. Beef rsi.'
ing pays something bot dairyipe. well
msn.ged. pay. much bsttsr. In dslrylnR
oar clean water and besrpess To msike,
xiv. u. much advantage. We should have
/. cO-opprsiiye dairy factory In every town
shsre grass and corn will gros, and N.
Ter securing . skiilful wortm,n should
siye him ali the milk OF cream he can hsn'
die. Wherever well msnsssd factories
are established and the farmers crowd
their barns With oows. there the husband
msu are s.ii,nrd With their hu.in..s and
have "sn ABIDING faith in New Eagland
sgriealtur,. and Farmer.