Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-07

The abandoned farms of Maine" says
tn. Portland Evening Express, "sre few
and scattered. Maine is one of the New
Gug land States thar above all others IS
supposed To have been Injured by the
arlh aai vet Maine is able to lay by the
snug sum OF SO 900 600 per annum from
the savings of her working people, and
supply Sioux Falls. Fort Payne and other
places with all the capital hey need"
The agricultural societies are urn'ng Oh
the preliminary work necessary to the
holding of the fall fairs. The North Ken
nsbec Society has decided TO hold fair but
the date has not been fixed. The North
Aroosfoox Society has left the matter of
purcha.hing the trotting park in the hands
of the trustees who will investigate and re
port to the society later. Its premium list
has lust been revised and embraces quite a
number of new features, while the premi-
nms are increased in several classes
The leading article il Garden and For
es, of last week was on the Sugar Maple"
and .as illustrated BY a striking picture of
one of the,e trees. The NUMBER also con-
t,ined an illustration of Syriugs Pekinensis
the -o-called Weeping Lilac with
description of this new shrub, while DR..
Maxwell T. Masters, the distinguished
editor of the Gardeners Chronicle, Lon
don, writes in.'ructively on Sports, ard
Professor Budi of the Iowa Agricultural
College discusses Hardy Trees and
Shrubs" santhemums. Plants
for Easter Decoration, The Spring Gar
den" Faults in Grating" and the Long
evity of the Elm" are titles of few Of
the remaining srti les. New York The
Tribune Building 81 90 per year
Mr. W 7. Atherton of Hallowell, one Of
the best informed farmers in the State. and
a writer whose graphic pen embellishes the
columns of the leading agricultural journals
of the county. has an article on Kenrebec
County farming in a late number of the
which he says; I'm summing up, the
question occurs. were the former days bet
ter than these? think not We made
longer working days then and worked hard
err; we make shorter days now and live
easier; we raise splendid crops of hay,
grain aud fruit; our farms are growing bet
ter, our buildings are improving year by
year, and the mesns of education and So
cisl enjoyment and improvement have kept
pace with the better systems Of farm man.
agement."
Here is another branch of farming which
the raising of early lambs for market.
Our Readfsld corresp ,nden: reports far
mer in that town as obtaining from s. 90
to $1,000 each for lambs marketed in
March, and As having flock of alb nut forty
to sell. Let's see at an average of $40 90
per head there would be q return $500 clean
tAsu lTDui llut iikttt uuUtu III dWus, CUH-
ing in at a season of the year when sales
from the farm are at their lowest ebb, and
therefore the money of greatest well
come. The market. of Maine are
growing more fsstidous every year,
and the possibilities of this line
of farming are great And when our
own cite. are supplied Boston market i.
ready 10 take all the early lambs our far
mers can rsise for fifty years to come.
While the farmers of Mas.sc luset's
have much good srouni for their present
disappointment over the def at of the hon
eat butter bill in the Senate. we are sure
when things have settled down some hat.
they will ind it the course of wisdom to be
less severe on the Republican par y, and to
work through that party for the rishting of
their present wrongs rather thsn to wage
war against il in the interests Of
their own candidates. There are plenty
of demsgogues in tne opposition party who
would be only too glad of 81 opportunity to
ride into power. gain their own personal
enis and break up the unity of the Rsput-
licsu party over some such Issue a. that
which the Farmers League is now raising;
but we are co i1ent the place of safety for
the farmers themselves and for their future
cause, is in the ranks of the X publican
party.