Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-27
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sa,lrssp delivered at tte session Of the Far
mere ss.ieasl csazrsss coaneit BiHds,
Iowa, Asga.r Is. $500. BY Hoa- VIM
Freeman Of c1erya4Ii.
| A. sAs sass session of this eenzfess held
10 Mort gonsFy IN 1888. there ras rsscef
rsors t5e sssks ~ sssIe sf lis nssngseis. =
zip Of paper pnraor,.ax 10 be printed Ia
| Chs esgo. vhieh among ether shiass in
| .orrre1 gsthat d East--stst New Easizrsl,
sIs not vfoiacs upon Ter fa-us only safi
ciefr u last kes ,opa.siian II days
| last ~ DAYS as5 90 msre. The writer
I'D asG STATE f. m = Ia. scarce he ebtssSsd
/ ~ kso~isdze.
| Il vii be a;Y provinces ssd psssurs TO
/ aESeeziFs Those III saY tgea thefe are
/ y 10 entertain sHea an efrons0ss opinion
/ u the axriealfarai products and resources
Of the East. By facts ard figures thsF will
zvs better saa fsssr kBox Ledge OF her
| sasi PRODUCTIONS When taken in the xggFe-
gate, ana Particularly Of Matte, which
| has rever h.ss eeatiisrsd an agTicultGrsi
state,
10 ordsr that this congress may ses
( aEd ratan diszly sEd ~issiy. upon all the
VARIED qae s,sols, SID interests ghieh may.
4rd wis fIoai tssne to time be pfessntsd for
"a nsic ersii ~; il Is necss.ary ,hst II
shgu.d be- male aequSinfsd, 30 far as prse-
,icsb's. with every agricultural proiae',
aed every interest for which il is organized
TO peomols snd protect. In every section o.
tits great Unian, hDweger remote, or hog-
\ ever sdver,e or c5rlaetiIg they rnay be.
| keosi1g the agricultural needs OF eysrg
portion of cur country. it will be In The
/ power OF this anitsd b ydy to aid and sfford
| that pfetg clion, by strong snd United efforts
which Representatives from single states
| could not accomplish.
II shoalI 90 farther. this congress, in
order to act int iiisently for the interes. Of
agriculture ia all its branches. and in every
section Of cur wide, extended territory.
| should possets general knowledge u
every industry which draws its life blood
| from H. and " al industry. smoDg the tens
| of thousands that are csir.ed on in his coon-
Try, is no, dependent uFon agriculture: L.
I. al industry upon which all others are
| founded. ard without which u, ether midas
t,y could possibly exis,. Cripple the hands
o., the husbaat,man by enac.lng laws which
| bsar heavily upon what he produces. and 1t
not only Affects him. bat all other fHsius-
| tries suffer In some degree. Ii manufac-
lures and other industries laugai.h and are
unable TO sustaia Themselves and are forced
| to suspend operations from whatever cause,
the farmer feels corresponding depression
| aud his business suffers. All trades. bush
ness aud ecegpsiions, are Intimately con-
ncc,ed @iih and dependent upon it for
| prosperity, for advancement, and for pro-
lection. But the fac: is patent that none of
these can live sni prosper uriess il draws
It's life ffem the ht art of agriculture.
Agricultural science has made most won
defful plogrGs IS during the past tSeniy
yeare ifn rfquir,s kill, learning aod
experierc. equal 10 any of the so-calied
learned professions, Why is ii TO. now or
f4s; Rec. mirg one of the learned proses
sions5 None command more talent OF
greater judgment snd SQUAD common sense
TO carry II on successfully, and understand
It's principles. Nc calling is more honor
able aud in i;s RAJ Ike are found many men
Of great ability AID learning, and Q national
fame.
We 10 70: need to Inquire what class Of
mea. properly organized. united and
directed. would Well the most poll ical
rowcr, ard have the most influence in
shaping the affairs of this republic, when
We consider that two til r!s of the popula-
ii u of the lnitel States are either
wholly gagged 10 agricultural pur-
| suits or Indirectly interested in
them. II ballot, are engines of
1ower Il behoovts our rulers to consult the
Interests and Wishes Of tha. mighty body of
men upon whose prosperity and Influence
they are TOO dspe nden. not to listen with
re. peel fol attention, and ~ take heed 10
their Interests and reasonable demands.
Its true that there is not SO large a pro
portion Of the population in the East
| engaged in agricultural pursuits as in the
| far West, or at the South. yet in
New England. which is honey
comhed with manufacturing and other
establishments and indus rits, where almost
every conceivable article which can be
made from iron and steel. cotton and wool,
| from sood, laper, clay and straw, from
glass. from gold and silver, and from
almost every other matsl and thing is
wrought, yet her agricultural interests
form no in.ieniHesnt part of her wonderful
industries. Even Mans, the extreme east
| rn State of the Union. which distig
guished gentleman from Ohio had occa,i N
10 say was buried up in ice mass of the
year, anil which some boiieve is only
famous for its CONCEALED water, has become
not, Il for some of her agricultural pro
ducts.
The whole number of farms in New
Engiand IN 1850 were POI 1872. A a rule
they were uneucumbered md operated by
iheir owners. No uapaid mortgages were
IN them. OF this number Maine had
6 500 fayma, valued at SOP ,351 .Gl5; of
thee Gl ,52s we're cultivated by their own
els. About one third of the acreage CT the
State is included IN her ferns Over one
half of tn increase in pc pg'atiOn between
1870 and 1850 wsrs farmer or agricultural
lshorers Spaa We shah have full fetur 70
from the c.nsa. hu+caG. regret We can
not have tn m here.
NV ENGLAND and cspecislly Maine. has
superior grsz NJ iinis aud "a g. qneat
superior butter nj cheese are mannflc
:urcl in ell Of ,heni The value If the
hve stock n $50 ~, 500 CCo n77 and il
Maine alone Sl6. ig9 I16. While large
quantities of beef are brought iato the
ea,tern s.stss from the West, Maine has
Annually sent droves upon droves of cat L.
ard sheep into Massachusetts and ojhsr
states for sale. New Englsni produced in
1850 7o.G97 .eSs rout Il, Of butter and
cheese. OF this Maine ; share was l5.27l,-
e95 pounds. Abou, q pounds to every
iphabi,ant. inclraing iafsn.s.
New England rai.ei in 1880. 4079, 54a
To- 5 Of hsS raued At about $40 .397. 72a.
Names par. of thi, was l. lo7.,ss tons,
valued at sbou. sic. Cuo. 600. She not OF "
raised all that she ia e,led for her own CON
SUMPTION, but found market. for her sur
p,u. hsy in o,her states, even es far south
As New Orleans. ard no better quality Of