Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-09-09
OXFORD POMONA.
A PLEASANT AND ENTERTAINING
NETTING.

PLEASANT AND ENTERTAINING
NETTING.
Oxford County Grange met With Bear
Mountain Grange In Waterford, August
10Th, which Was cool morning and even
Ing, and cloudy all the time, though
somewhat broken. The dust had been
laid by showers day ar two before, so
it was q splendid time Ia drive there aud
back. Wishing to see all the farmers
possible. w~nt on the southern route at
the John Baker farm, and came by
Pride's Mills. Moving fields all along
looked grc.n, grass growing finely,
some fields of oats still standing. q
few badly hit by the rust; potato tops
had made good growth, and so had
the we-,is; corn locking green and
thrifty-most of u backward, only Just
fairly siikcd cut. Apple show VA. light
aud some way. apsrt-the most ] saw
were on natural trees, growing In the
bushes beside the rad. A good many
apple trees ne.d nourishment aud train
Ing and .om. nccd the cxtlnguishlng
treatment.
The mccetlng was called to order
promptly az 10 O'Clock, Worthy Master
chase In the chair: lecturer, steward.
chaplain, gste-kceper and lady assistant
failed to appear. After doing some pre-
llmInary business. listened to an addrc..
10 welcome by Sister Billlngs, don. up
In yerse-,h. adirc.. not the sister
which vas cls,crci. then procc.dei Ia
- a. - sl...
psri. Grange reported To bc on the
move, have n good library; fair attend
ancr. Norway. more members than "
ever had; good library, well paironl,ci
aud continually growing. good attend
anc.. Hear Mountain In working order,
fair attendance. Round Mountain. few
In numbers, but earnest. Hebron, still
alive, attendance fair; small meetings
a. interesting, often more an, than larger
ones. Frederick l.obIe, siill bold meet
ing. In the school house; new hall viii
soon ~ rrsdy io be occupied; prosper
Ing. Crooked River, meeting. well at
tended, aud q. mother of the baby
grange ha. recovered, and Il getting
along finely.
Fourteen members were lnltlitei Into
the meandcring. of the ffih degree, at
ter which u closed to take In fuel so q.
Ia ~ able 10 carry out the afternoon
programme, aud Judging by the way
PORK and beans, bread aud cake, dough-
nuts. plea, cucumbsr.. green and pick
lei, v.rr TAKEN In, there could be no
such thing n fall--no, " fqusnilty mean.
success.
soon after being called Ia order, after
noon. Bro,her Il, y. Hammond replied
Ia the address II welcome. Then Jo
rad a piece on "wei,her freaks and
other fr.aks." Next took up ih. quc.-
ton .sThe possible profit. of farming,
how be.t .ecur-'i-by dalrying. sheep
hu.handry, or rsi.ing colt. for hor-es. !"
An essay on each of these suhi.ct., With
a general discussion to follow. The
thru. essay. were given by member. %
Hear Mountain Grange.
Broth.r shaw lei off on dsirying, say
Ing Il made 80 much hard work that "
hardly paid or VA. policy to atiemp, ,o
make butter At home, unless there VA.
sufficient help In the family, but the
creamery came and then u paid br,ier.
h.caus. Of les. amount ~ labor, though
now II seems to he o,crdone, so all
profit I. knocked out, hut " We throw
In our labor aud ral.e the feed We can
get some money out of II. for eyery COW
Ia milk will about pay the value of her
.slf each year. aud Ne still have her lett.
n require. no morr labor to care for ar
fed Ia keep q good CIV than poor Que
.o the bsitrr the COW L. Tor cream pur-
po.e. the more money We can get out of
the business, and possibly II We keep
extra cows for butter Ne may derive
some proht. Hold on, there ar-nt COW.
enough ~ tha, Kind In the state of
Maine To give the farmer. a tea, each.
The true policy Tor "a. IL Ia try and rails.
all the food the COW. r-iulrc. The soon
er ". do that and quit buying their feed
IN. better. ". must plan differently.
Brother =. :. ller.ey gave the essay On
sheep hu.handry. giving description
and trait. ~ some English breeds, he
having kept tbem on q small scale. He
s.Id the Souihdowns were inclined Ia do
considerable climbing and rambling.
Another breed va. Inclined to be Wild.
lie preferred the ~hropshlrr.. being east
IN tanned sni handled. lie thought
something could h. made by keeping a
.mall f'ock IL good sheep to rais. lamb.
for sale, aud the lamb. % that breed
grow large aud could b. .old for = high
pricc-th- wool being secondary con-
slderatlon. lie kept them housed most
~ the time from the failure ~ grss. un-
tll II grew again. lie preferred corn
for provender-one gill each per day.
N lamb. we're fed grain before, they
should have IL after being turned out 10
grass.
Another BROTHER IIer.ey gave the es-
say on raising colt. for draft horses.
lie believed ther. was as much to be
made In that way as any other In farm.
Ing. lie thought there would be good
demand for such. a. the tariff was likely
to be- Increased on horses soon, aud then
they would bring better prices than now.
tie knew heavy horse. wer. needed, for
the pay for the amount of pounds q
heavy span 81 horse. would draw more
than light span would be almost clear
profit. The question WAS laid before
the house.
Brother Hammond thought there was
llttl. inducemsnt To follow dairying, as
a profitabl. business, at the prices cream
and butter have sold for this season.
The worthy master said be would not
advise any one to go Into raising colts at
the present, for the pro.I~ct IL that el~r-
iricity will b. used to do q good deal of
heavy horse work, and as Il Il cheaper 10
will be likely to cro~d the horses out.
About i20 members were present.
Adopted the report of the committee on
time aud place of meeting. The Oxford
Pomona MEET. with Union Grange, East
sumner, September JOth. Question.
Resolved, that all improved method. Of
farming, and all appropriations made by
government for agricultural purposes
are more beneficial to the consumers of
farm products than Ia the fArmers.-
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