Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-04
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III. ..rl.. % Institute. by the hoard
of Agriculture Tor the coming season
sas op.nssi at Tatien on Ihur.si,y, w"
g,h int. With tolni Institute covering
the ground 20 th. fclj ~ work of the
I'rnob.cot anI Arpostook Agricultural
>-,,1-ty. The me-ting was held In the
fia~ nsw hall ot the rdieu Grange, ani
va. largely attended by the farmer. and
their wIye. from th,t and ih~ near by
tosn. ~ Crystal, leland fsll., >herm,n'
silver Ridge ani Monsrds. Eefr-.h-
m-nt. serv served In true Granger siy'.,
AZ ia. hall, dinner aud supper Tor All
pr-.eni Who cared Ia pariale, ani In
variety aud bounty corresponding Y" TIE
wiiesprrai reputation 81 that distant
..,tion.
The oi..nlng cNerri.e ~as q paper by
the I'ruob.cul member, ~. \. Burr 81
B.nsor. Who wa. foliowci by the Sevr--
tary IL the lposr,l on the subj.ct, MOD
.rn sh.-p IIu.btniry." In that section
much Dependence. !. made on the nock..
Ou nearly every farm are Ia IL sccn
large nocks ~ q. fine sheep as grace the
p,stnr-. 20 any section, east or west.
Their ownsr. certainly have right to
ih. pride they feel over these iin. h"ck''
The SECRETARY claimed that n"'~iii'-
standing the low price of WOOL, m"lern
sheep hu.bsndry. conducted after th.
REQUIREMENT. Ia the ease, va. the most
profitable of any line 10 stock business.
Ii .hoild b- Just the oppo.ii. 81 whst
wa. formerly callri for. >As,p sAoald
D. EsIs Iyr tlsir ssai yr'-iscf, sni take
With II what wool YOU can get. Ibr
Kind ~ shop called for aud the care aud
keep involved fillei ia. rrmaluier III the
time assigned for the subject, aud held
the closest attention 81 all ptc.ent to the
last.
ia the AFTERNOON. Hon. X. W. Eli. of
Emb.I.n, gave one of hl. beet efforts on
"lmportancc of Good stock, snd the
Care aud r.cd Involved Ia its keeping,
~hIch WAS followed Ia the same line b'
the memtcr from Oxford, Mr.. Mckecu.
The opening lecture of the evening
VA. by Prof. Jor,ian, Director of the
.tation, ga "importsncc of 'orr-cf
knowle,ige In Farming" iils prcmi.c.
we're that all production Il governed by
laws. The station. are engaged In ef-
fort. Ia detsrmin. what these law. are.
Some work has been carried to hnish,
much I. nov under way, ani stili more
4. calling for attention.
II Ia. b-en proved that raw food TOT
swine Il preferable to cooked. Prsctice
Ia. been re,olutionlred In consequence.
IL has been shown that div fodder IL
a. dIyesiible as green, aud therefore a.
valuable for stock food.
En.Ilag- will produce no better results
when fe,i to stock than the same fei 10
II. natural ar u. dried state. 4 foid-,
l. worth Just what digestible material
therr !. Ia IL.
Commercial fertilizers are valuable Ia
proportion Ia the frrtilising material
there Il la them.
Experimental work has determined
these facts and many others. With tn
ya.t amount of work going ON at TIN
stations, reliable results In many otbe'
directions will soon follow.
The Professor Was listened To Viii
marked attention, aud WAS piled Viii
many questions, aud the audience VA
made Ia realize more than ever befor'
the Importance Of the work going OF
Al the experiment stations. Remarks
by others aud singing by the choir
closed a profitable institute.--Main'
Farmer.