Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-12
MAINE POTATOES.
Grand Showing Made in The
Crops Of 1890.
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PsEsQuE Isle, Dec. lin the great
potato contest of 1890, Aroostook takes
$3.50 in cash prizes offered BY the American
Agricuturi.t and other parties. OF the
best twenty acres entered for the contest,
thirteen were raised in Aroosfook. Thus
thoush the capital prize and the champions
belt 20 to the rich lands of Wyoming. where
974 sushels were raised on measured acre
fertile soil of Aroostook has come out of
the contest with high honor and her farmers
have well sustained the grand prestige Of
this garden country. We give the rank in
the contest of our Aroostook farmers and
also the number Of bushels raised by each
on his prize ccre:
Bushels
1d-~ ihlo II Re ed, Fort Fairfield, 745 % 90
ith-A. N. Dudley Castle Hill, 6o5 q. 90
Gtb-k. W Houghtoni Maple GroVe,
T.. o. r.. Fairfield, 57s 1870
7ih- A l.. Haine-, Maple Grove, r. o.
IT. Fairfield. 547 1850
.tl- thomas I. Brooks, Pre- sqne Isle, 5is 81 60
sth--John W. Dudley, Castle fiih. 5ae ~ 10
lefh-N iliam B Ward Limestone SO 1910
ffh-Arihuf Wiley. Limestone, 5l+ SEQ
iith-A HaTdison. Carbon. 51i Sl2o
laih slillman j Huson, sptague's
Mill, 4s7
I7th-t hsfies 4. Lecland, Perbam, ~ g 80
18th Robert y. Ruth, Ilop.ton, 40, $50
2pth-Ale Nandrr Ross MAJ Teton, i5i 81 30
These thirteen Aroostook acres produced
1000 35 60 bushels, or an average yield per
acre of little more than 53s bushels.
Mr.. Ward and Mr.. Wiley. both Of Lime
stone, 30 not give the figures of the profit
on their crop On the other eleven acres
the aggregate profit Exclusive of prizes
after pay ing all expenses was Sl472, or an
average net profit of sl33 81 per acre.
The following are the prize winners in
Aroostook;
Philo II. Reed, TT. Fairfield, Am. ..gri-
culiurslist prize for the third largest crop,
500; also Mspes prize for second largest
yield on Mspes Potato Manure. Sl75; also
prize offered by Delano Moore, of Presque
Isle. for largest yield in Aroostook County,
So worth of seed; total $500. Mr.. Reeds
profit on hi, crop, exclusive of prizes, was
$3.50 giving him in all the snug sum
of $3.50 clear of all expenses for
the crop raised on single acre. A. NJ.
Dudley, Castle Hill, received the American
Agfieuturslist prize for the fourth largest
yield, $50 also the Bowker Co. s prize
for largest ieli on Stockbridge fertilizer.
s225; total s275 Mr.. Dudley net profit
on his crop WAS 8 Sl23, giving him total
profit of s39s from his acre. Albert l.
Haines, Maple Grove, z. o., TT Fairfield,
received the Bowker Cos prize for second
largest crop raised on Stockbrdge fertili.
ler sl75. His profit on his crop was Sl26,
making "A total Of s30l from his acre.
Thomas T. Brooks, Presque Isle, received
Bovker prize for third largest crop raised
on Stockbridze fertilizer. SIPS. His
profit on crop was S2l7, making
total of s342. John W. Dudley,
Castle Hill, received Bowker prize for
fourth largest yield on Stockbridge fer
tilizer s75. His profit on crop was Sl49,
giving him a total profit of 1924. These
are certainly most encouraging figures and
fully prove Aroostook's claim to be not
only the garden of Maine, but the greatest
potato raising section of New England.