Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-05-20
THOUGHTS, WISE AND oIHiaw'sr.

bringing extremely higu hfiee., " uo
.lgn that they will do so another year ;
or an Indication that the buslDe.. IL not
o,erione; neither that II IL uDderdons.
II shows What We all know, that With
scarcity come. high prices. last year
equally good apple. sold at q dollar .
barrel, aud thousands of barrels rotte'l
unsold Ia the cellars. Most orrhsr,iists
would have made ne much 10 have shak-
en the apple. from the tres and sold
them for cider making. or feed, at 10 To
Is cts. q bushel. as they did to pick, sort,
keep, barrel, and sell them NJ they did,
as they wcrr obliged Ia, after keeping
Tor months, and sustaining the shrlnkagr.
and lo.. by rotting. Take .crie. of
year. and apple raising pays fair pcr
cent. Hut II I. as unfair to hold up the
price of fancy barrel ~ Baldsins non
"a an example. as II would b. io Judge by
the .xtrcm. depressed price 81 last year.
II l. = ale,el-hcsde,i .or, ~ way Ca keep on
setting tr--., caring for them, aud rals'
Ing whii We can ~ the hc.i, and once
In q while there will he . year that We
can refer to AL very satisfactory one,
Ike the present. The other years ".
may average a fair return on the Invest
ment. Hut do not fisitcr ourselves that
prr-cnt pricc. will rrmaln longer than
the neNt harvest.
We a. farmers, have becn very badly
frightened hy professors ani experts, In
rrgari to th. los. 70 ammonls from
MANURE expos.i to the air. N !. mo-
tion that seems Ia have got through the
skulls of most agricultural writers sui
stuck. We had Il fir~i into u, and hs'c
carried II many yrsr.. until II hal b.
com~ we'll nigh chrOnlc. u was almost
a. bad A. Ia grippe. Hut Ne are nov
morr or lc.. con,ale.ccni on the suhicri.
Prom cSperlcncr Ia top dressing land. at
all seasons of the year, exposed m,nur-
hcsp.. handling and composing hen
manure. and results ~ the msnurc., Ne
hsy. lssome among IN. louhilng rhoin.
ase.. ia q re,,cni article, cur acute and
rcnetratlng friend Dr IIo.kins, In speak
ing 20 the loss IL ammonls from minurr.
Nv rxIs,sur-. saws they al seem io ihink
there L. Ia, of r,ady formed ammonls In
stable ani hrn manure, when as . matter
ot fact, thsrr L. hardly q trace ot u In
the dung as ,olde,i. and u never appears,
cNccpt lsa result ~ rapid deCompo.l-
tion, accompanied bV heating. Even
thru ihs loss !. not very great " any cat-
4. cNsrtis~i IN the minagsm~nt, little
ammonia go. = gr-at way Ia ih" matter
~ o,iof 4 we'll msnsg-,i fermentation Ia
our manure hap L. desirable. q. by thl.
the snlinsl msttrr !. made available hV
transfo msilon into soluble nitrogen
,omfrot nd.. This bring. to mind an In
clisni In our long aud Ch~luer~,i life.
Visiting one ~ the .ucccssful farm"rs,
a m,n - q r,pri deal ~ natural ability
ani acquired know lclg-. . shrcwd mhn,
aud ons who has made farming q husl-
ness. arh has had no .ide Issue. and also
one whb Ia. made Il paw; looking over
his large. smooth, we'll stocked fields,
hl. cummoilou. and attractive hnlldlng.
aud orchards, Ne aw what wc dcrmcd
= yulnenble point for criilcism against
nj. hrrus. To the windows thereof were
gr-ai pllcs ~ m,nur-. untouched from
the winter before. This was In June.
The bread acres ~ corn vcrr trady Tor
hD-lng. the potatoes, root crops, the
grain crop. and all wcr planted, nni
frrtilis,,i by the prrNiou. wears mtnurr.
This wears manure lay untouched IN the
Varl. aud hetps. We threw oui . skir-
ml.h lin. by asking " b. dldnt think
manurv lost COOL deal ~ It, Virtu" hv
80 long exposure before mixing With the
.ail. We wrrr Immediately met hy a
~ i.kcl battery. "Noung man, .ali hr,
''look over NV farm, and tell me What
you think th" manure u.r lacks, ot IN.
lo.t hv rNpo,urr. q. indicated hy It. -
.ult.." We rallied our line. anil slih
that ths big head. told "a. that the ralns,
hy leicling. aud the .un. Nv heat, 'au.e,l
r,aporttlan, sui even the wandering
u ind. serv al Fuhl.rrs 10 th. mtnur-
pile. They nav" be- frri back, "bui
I Ike o. have th-m carry or What theV
want to anil wlll. sni then the mtnur-
I. In n. t.~st shape Tor m" a. usc, aud l
~, nv le.t results from u. draw oui
nv ,srl and harm drr.slng after having.
and dump u In long string. on ihl. piece
- ground, Nh~r- u li-. -Npossi until
late fall. When ! have " drawn to ~"
place near bV, of wherv I want to usr "
the next spring. There l. someihlng Va
gr--n manure that nccis "a y. taken oui
hV exposure to rain. sun aud air, to III v
for the l--si plant food" We rrcalled
our .klrnl.h line. n ~ stw In the for,-
ground hl. corn house. not yet empty,
hls granaries. With remnant. of th" las,
crop, tn long line. ~ stock, feeling In
the pastures, and the general cyidcnc" of
strength anl imptrgnahlliiy of hl. posi-
iion. .o plainly deYelop-~i, aud beat
rrtrrai Ia good oricr a. Ne could. IIcr-
VA. a modern instance. We do not en-
ior.e ar condemn. bat asa faithful chron-
iclrr. r,sorl the Instance.