Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-03-17

took has i2 $50 cows, which number is only
exceeded by three counties, Penobscos.
Cumberland and York In the number Of
oxen Aroostook ranks 9Th among the coun-
ties. having 2,4l9 We are fourth in the
number of sheep, having "a, s55, while in
swine we take the lead with 49l3 pofkers-
Another branch of stock hasbandry which
can be pursued with especial success in
Aroosiook county is that Of raising horses.
No where in the world can better horses be
raised than here. hay and grain can be
cheaply and Abundsutly produced, while the
rich pasturAse and pure water every where
abounding give a sturdy and healthy growth
to the youngsters during the summer
season In addition to this the pure
and brzcing air. plentiful in ozone,
expands the chest and makes
big, strong lungs and supplies the pure
blood which ensures healthy heart action
and thus gives the animal hne powers of
endurance either for speed or labor. Much
attention is row being paid TO this industry
in Aroostook and one of the best horsemen
10 the State declared that the collection of
colts at cur County Fair Was the best he
ever saw together. In the number of horses
Aroostook Cow has the proud distinction OF
/ star ding first among the counties OF the
State, having by the returns Of 1883, 1894
matured animals aud 1888 colts from one to
three years old. The figures we have
given amply justify Aroostook in her claim
| TO be ranked as the garden county of the
State. IL must be borne in mind too, in
| looking over these statistics, that We are .
young county, not many years from the
stump. We are in fact just getting under
way number of generations had titled
the farms and developed the agriculture Of
the older portions of the State before q
single tree WAS cut except for timber in all
this northern section. As SIT and write
can see from my window the broad fields
and comfortable buildings Of = near
neighbor who tells ne that when be
made his first clearing On the spot where
he now lives be was in the midsi
of an almost trsckless wilderness, only q
''blazed line" leading through the woods,
almost to HoultoD. Now we think that the
region heresbouts is one of the most beau
tifui in all Aroostook. Ii must also be re.
membered that there is still an abundance OF
land in the county of equal fertility still
covered with its original forest growth and
that the Improvement made by the present
residents can be duplicated by a like num-
Der of outsiders" if they wish to come
here and occupy the land. A word in re-
gard to the finances of the county and we
will conclude this "long epistle." One
year ago the county had financial balance
in its favor of 1926 So. During the past
season fine new Jail and jailer's residence
has been built at cost of over $50, 900
For this purpose per cent bonds running
ten or twenty years, at the option of the
county, were issued. Twenty thousand
dollars of these bonds were sold at pre-.
MUM of two per cent. and ten thousand al
par which speaks well for the credit of the
county. This expenditure makes the bal.
ance against the county little over S25 600
We may add that the average rate of taxa
ton in the fifty-e ght organized towns and
plantations in the county, is one cent and
SIX mills, (.0l6) on the hundred dollars.