Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-12-02
IL. WAlkrn Nchti>
West rrveburg. Nov. 70, is'0.
TOO MUCH HOG w TIE DOLLAR.

100 MUCN NOO w INt OOllsNs
The great neei ~ the farmer. ~ Maine
.. hc,,er prIcc. for farm products. We
are not afflicted With drouths. grasshop.
pers, csisrpllisrs or short crops, bat the
market pric- of our product. u below
the coat 20 production u you reckon the
farmers labor 10 ies~ut wages. l want
the trustees ~ the State College ,o uss
the appropriation 81 Congress, or 80
much a. NAV b. nece.sarv, so they Will
b. able Ia lnform the farmers ~ Maine
what crop. tc rai.s that viii hiring living
prices. have ten cow. aud hsv enough
Tor nv cows and other stock, hut shall
no, ct =; ton for the hsy feed to
those cows. if the stat. College can
tell the farmers ~ Maine how th-v can
eat the hsy on IN. farm aud gri living
price for u, thev will DO the state q
great service. WHEN prices wen, 81 low
Ne could not raise ,-ef Ne went largely
into dalr,lng. ". knocked the ball
cslyr. IN the had when thrr~ days old
aud raised the heifer. aud nov We arr
Gov poor. can rals. IN. hsy. don't
ssk the state College ,o tell m> that, hut
how can fcssi thu, hsv ani get returns
that will paw costs We can't all 20 Ia
raising tro,,ing hor.-s, I think there sr
enough In that Industry slrcsdy.
Farms are ahsniope,l. not bccause
they are worn out, but bccsn.e good
crop. don't paw the cost ~ raising.
Thsrr I. no product 20 the farm that viii
pay the farmer fair wage. unles. u ls In
short supply. This wear po,sioc. bring
. fair prev b~,aa.. of the ro, aud apple.
.sli we'll because there l. an apple fam
Inc.
iIav I. the staple crop ~ Maine. Last
Summers cut wss q hountlfal crop. We
can't use that crop on the farm sni grt
any c.ni. day for the labor ~ raislng
II. Cool crops of hay don't grow With
out careful preparation % the land. ]
ca, twicc a. much hay on the same land
nc dli twenty YEAR. sgo. hut ! 90,
twice AZ much for days labor, raising
hay twenty years ago q. DO nov, and
cut u With a hsnd .cytb-. The land
that cuts twic- q. much hay n u DID
twenty year. sgo, won't ell for much
mor- than half as much a. " would sell
for twenty YEAR. ago. Nov ~. have
Improved plow. aud h,rrows, th. now
Ing machine. IN. hor.e plichfork and
many other lahor-ss,ing machine. that
hs,. h.lpci "a. wonderfully in impro,-
Ing our farms, bat prices ~ farm prod
uri. srr so Low that u IL mighty tough
Ca swap produce for money to- pay ,sNe..
The men Who run 'h. state farm AZ the
state COLLEGE don't fc.l the grip 81 low
price. liz. small farmers In the back
country. 4 lark pail Ike the gloom of
midnight hangs over the farming In.
du.,rv ~ Maine. n the slse men 81 the
state College can IL, In the sunlight 81
higher hog. ani csttlc, all all b. we'll.
n existing conditions conilnuc, the time
I. soon comlng when farm land sill D.
.o undesirable that nobosiv will want io
touch n "a till the .oll. II IA an bad now
ihsi farm. sr- changing hands at auc-
tlon sale NJ very low prtc-s, ani all b.
cause ther- I. too much hog In the dob
lar. II !. the butcher knife 81 low price.
that cut. like q twoeig-~i sword Into
the vital. ~ the farming Industry of
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