Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-18
cArrle sassolNo IN MAINE.

diff.wnt varieties of cattle In Maine may
be of lutsrc.t to those engaged la this
work In ether States, as the wrler hnds
from eNpcrienge that q very iniere sting
pcrtion of oar agricultural periodicals. is
that describing What other farmers are
actually iai.g. PROM the experience of
others ~c learn to adopt What seems to
us likely to produce sucNcss. or to ssoid
that whl,b trsr. the stamp of failure on
". ~ Maine IL one of the ol.iest states
In the Uuion, " naturally follows that
the cattle Industry has long bc-u Que of
the leading features In her agriculture.
The leading brc~i. to be found herc now
are the Jerseys. tierrfcr,l. aud lloi.ielD-
frc.lAns. Of course thew are many
henl. of the vsrioa. other bv.Si.. hat
thew srcm. Ia De more widely .pr.ai
enthusiasm In developing those mcntion-
esi than wah the c,hsr..
Th.r- arv two as.oci,tlcn. rrprr.cnir,i
smong the Jer.-y.-ihc American Cattle
Club aud th. M,lue State jersey q ttl.
Association. A. to whether this dual
representation IL an advantage or IA.
contrary, Ia the dairy intsrc.t. of the
state, IA IL useless to discus.. The con-
dlticn exists, aud ~ill probably contlnge
to exist. slng- the \. =. a. 4. Will not
admit cattle from the Maine Stat. iIcri
Ilcok to rrgisiry anl.s. slrr ani dam are
Cattle Club Jer.sy.. Ia, M,inc A..o-
clsilon admits n", only the de.c-pisnts
~ IT. own registry, bat also such ss are
eligible to the Cattle club books. On.
20 the leading br.ssier. ~ Cattle Club
jersey. !. Mr.. 4. y. Cobb 10 south Nas-
sslloru, whose bsri numher. about sixty
heah. Ia which same of the clolccst but
ter hlao,i L. rrprr.sntsi. lie has rvsent-
Ia parvhas.si ~ Dr. Morros 10 T,nnes-
.cr q yoang ball, solli color, silver gray
shh black Jolnts-fancy'. Harry 'ih.
Tie l. hy Fancy. Harry, the .on II
Lsnisc-r's Fancy, who's. test foe one
YEAR of i9s lb.. ga. butter sioci Tor
ycar. a. an example of the greatest
yicli that had been made. anil has he.n
sD'lirsc,i rc,vnily by only iew poanis.
IN. dam 10 ih-l. Young bull u by Tor
mentor. sha.. r,Norl .. .lrc Il we'll
kposn Ia al ioser. ot Jer..y cattle.
Another 4. j. 4. 4. hrrrler, Who
strives g. prolHc. the beet. I. Mr. :. VI.
Ming % >oaih iah.. In hi. brri !. Ia
l.c found the blood 10 i'slru ia daughter
and granddaughter 10 thl. noted .lrr
being r,pfv .eai~l). >lgual anl COom,.-
.i-, b-sii-. that 20 many ether noted
Jerseys. Mr. King has q heller that rc-
ccuiiy tedel tso polnl. 10 huiief Ia
Que day. lll. ball. i~on of kinglc.ldc,
xas purha.e>l from the steyk 10 Mr.
II. y. Appleton. Ip-~ich, Mass, a..
owner ani br,s>i.r IL Eurtlssmi, With
q rrror,l of pli lb.. y "a. IN one year.
Imrniioa the.- two Main. brrc hers IN
particular b~aa.e thcy have hal the en-
isrpfi.. "a .-,k oct representative. ~
the bet bati-r fsmille. With which io
snriyh their heris. ani have not b--u
content to hrv-i from anything that
came to hand .lniply t-caa.. II va. q
'.rrsl.ter,,l Jersey" There hi. hccn
bV Tar too murb of this .ori 20 thing
done by oar br~ssi.r., sho oagm io
Know that thrrr are .nch animils a..
t-,of J.r.ey- a. ~.il as poor scrubs.
Ill- brc.d has t-~a iulafvi hsrr Va
Nains. q. sloubtl..s u has Ia tn ,ny other
placc., bv thi. h,Phsrarl Kind of inst
log. and thi. h,. resulted, la part, fr''n
thr ign"rtnc- shlch 90 mtny daltymcn
has. rrg ,pling the lnii,iiul Al cN~llencc
~ their coss. II l.,rry rarely that the
oa nrt iea. hi. coss, bat pat. all th"
milk tngctii~f, usc. Whit mlls anl cream
I. ue,e.stry la hi. family, ani churn.
shal crram r,rnalns. lie may have
.on.e ,-ry rl,ols~ cos- sbi so,nc very
,-,..,t uas.s. bat ihcy are likely a. stsn
an an ~-iaility 80 Car q. tile fc'ori. ~
the clufn show.
The rnorinou. numlrr ~ summer We
iior. Nho yearly fok Ia Main. an1tis
. sooi IN ,rkrt during thess tsonih. fur
N. pfoiact oi our d.ifie., Will. ilrtv u.
alss,. a market Ia ~inirr foT hisii-clt.-
batter Ia tls- lsrg. clii.. of the East
that wonl .'hlsh-sls.." t.sins. bose,cf,
a very Import int one In thl. conn-ciinn.
III. llol.i.in-fr..ian have foanl
many wann friend. bcrr. snil .oms of
the h~.i famillr. arr rrprr.eut~i. They
~err iutro luc-l many year. aso at To-
sus. near augusta, sh-rr !. los iri the
ga. branrh ot the National soldiers
Home. ~iirrr the Nritsr nrsi .is thru
in thi. stats. They hold their osn we'll
.. dairy ,siilr, snd certaluly the brr,si
4. misnlfic-nt In .ife of boiy aud la the
,I-lI Of milk which tl- cOss produce.
There arr good az poor oncs here q. in
al other bry.sis. bat discussion wili con-
tlnue a. "a whether they are az pfoht-
AL. for crram ani buiisr a. the ,afion.
.in ,li-r dairy brc-,l..
Milne r-rt llnly may feel proud 10 the
II.r,farl., which .h- nos has sn which
h,S- t--a prsiurci hsrr la thc past.
~nn- of ,he hue.i .Isvimrus that arr Ia
IT, foani Ia the vouniTy t'-,iiy wrrr
rsl.s.l by N ,inc br>sirr., importcl by
tb.W or rai.s.l from snln,l. thd ctur
from th..s sounv.. MT. Iall 4. Bar-
l.l.h OF Na..tilporv l. one of the pion"-rs
Ia thu pro lu,tiou 10 cholr .pc,inrn' III
thI. br,,-,l. \ lifetime Ia. bs"n .pcni
ln ds,uilaa "a tlI, white facc., Will. a
M. Intrrr.t Ia. b-,n felt ior thru for
may year. by the Mr..r.. Underwood
81 Fa,etie. Thee gcn,lemen are men
tIans,l a. i-ing representative brcc'icr.
of thi. variety, while there arr dorm. of
either. that might IL mentioned Who
have brrl ti,sm for a les. number of
ycar..
Th..s cattle, While not claimed ne =
lalr, br,szl "a all, are crrtsinly nat fall-
are. .o far as milk I. concrrnei. while
n. we'll m IL hel oxen they have very
fru N .ny suIerior.. lIr-sliug .o uui.
fofmIy true a. io color ani saaarcnc..
of bulld, aud being so d0Cilc LA thrir
n,,ar,- they are .xirm.ly valuable LA
thl. respect. \. be.f animal they are
un.xc.ll,Si. a. their Victories Ia the lat
stock show. have again aui again tr.il-
h..i. Hut. unfortunately, the raising
for bccf !. not a profitable busines. In
Maine al prc.rui. When cholcc bsc,e.
eau h- rsi.ei .o cheaply Ia the West,
lilI.d anl dr,s.~i by tbou.lnl. ]. at a
nominal co.i, brousht here la rcfIigota-
too ,ar. anl .old az the very 'onable
pri- which I. asked, IL would appear
ibe bright of folly for our farincr. to
attrmpt co,nI~tiiiou. The demand for
working oxen I. often quite active, but
even in tl.i. case the prize IL usually
I...I...,..LI hr IheIr ulilmafe Nllue as