Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-03-03

The Portland Company has Just com
pleted moving machine which will revo-
iutionize moving. The machine is the in
gention Of j. o. Brown, who has worked
for years in completing it. Its essential
principle is that the knives are set on an
endless chain, revolving in one direction
BY an ingenious device piece of case
hardened steel is brought in contact with
the edge OF the knives, by touching lever
with the foot, 80 that the knives can be
ground in the field When it is desired to
raise the cutter bar from the ground Ia
clear stone, it can be done by the foot
1t is possible for the operator to control
the machine entirely by foot power, so re-
serving the use of MS hand. to drive.
The Belfast Journal says that Mr.. Put
nam of that city, who keeps between 400
and 800 beas. has established an excellen,
reputation for his eggs in the Boston mar
ket and obtains "a cents per dozen when
the market price is but 49, He STAMPS
every egg with his name and thus guar. n
tees their freshness, an example worthy Of
imitation Mr.. Putnam may possibly be
the imltator in this case, as Mr.. II. II
HAYES of Vsssslboro has for several years
followed the plan of putting lia name upon
every egg sold by him He ha. rubber
hand stamp and his name, farm and post
Office address il put upon each egg, after
which they are placed in regular packing
| eases for market and find private custom
ers at fancy prices in this city. Mr.
HAYES method of marking eggs has more
than once been mentio ned by the press.
The Republican Journal says the Belfast
creamery does not increase its output az
fast as it should. The butter is of the best
quality, and i9ds a ready sale About forty
cows are now MIXED for the creamery,
which is a small number. Mr. S T. Edge
comb, one of the first advocates of the
creamery, and one who is enthusiastic in
the matter. has given US the result of Lis
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six months he MIXED three cows. and dur
ing the last six mon'hs four cows, or an
average of three and one half
cows for the year The milk was used by
the Belfast creamery and produced l,0974
pound. of butter, at twenty cents per
pound. amounting to S2l9.50. The skim
med milk, 1879 quarts at one-hslf a cent
per quart, was worth S3s 80, making an
aggregate for the three and half cows of
s257s9, or S73 6s per COW. No account
is made of the fertilizer from the animals
The cost of keeping the animals must be
deducted to get the net amount. The OBJ
ject. however, is to show that selling the
milk to the creamery produces better re-
suits than to make the butter on the farm
The product of the creamery is uniform
and much better than the average butter
made at farm houses. The Journal says
that ''if the creamery is not enlarged some
one should work up the idea of creamery
to be located in the city. with
cream stations along the line of
the railroad No doubt that such
an enterprise. in the right hands, would be
successfully Ii could not fail to be a sac
cess. In Portland, within stones throw
of the Grand Union Station. the Forest
City Creamery, taking its milk from farm
ers on the line of the Maine Central and
Grand Trunk railroads has been made a
success. The same is true of the creamery
ia Bsngor-ss lately appeared from the re-
port published in our columns, and the
same would be true of creamery in Bel
fast Bath or Augusta.