Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-01-27
sow a1ulr MusI CONE.

cultural SUBJECTS comes OUT VIII ithk-
wiudcd article, aud attempts to prove
that the golden age ~ farming !. about
to burt upon ~. The latest In thl.
line I. an arilcle In the Forum II No,em-
ber, by 4. wooi Davis, wherein be- tric.
to show that th. Increase IN population
In this country will in a few years alb
.orh the entire surplus of farm products,
now exported, aud as result, bring
largely Increased prlccs for farm crops.
Admitting that eighty-h,c pcr cent ~
the arabic land of the country u now
CHASED as Improved, u does not follow
that n Il cultivated IN such q way az 10
Weld the greatest amount st th. least cN-
pcnse, relative a. the crop produced.
when We look At the matter from the
farmers point ~ view, We very quickly
come to the conclusion that the era ~
high prices, caused by = dehcient sup
ply. will not dawn on us within nj least
a century. However much We might
III. high pfic-s for all farm crops, With
an actl,. demand for the same, u u,
nevertheless, beat Ia look the situation
.quar,ly In the face, aud to acc"pi the
fact. ju.t a. they eSist-not as We would
like to have them.
For thrcc years men have been preach
ing that an advance Ia he-f cattle would
occur In fcw weeks; vet II has not
come. Men may ~ on telling the "ssmc
OLD lie" for thrre year. morc and still Ne
.hall have to s.ll cattle for Ices than We
~ould like to grt. The plain fact '.
that th. farms of this country are not
stocked With morv than onehalf that
they can H. made to carry. And " q
.llgh, advance IN meat product. should
ocrur. the farm stock would bc lncras-
ed rapidly, aud pric-s woald settle to
their normal h,sis.
In the Forum rroi. DsNl. claims that
an Increase ~ four million. Ia our papa
lation would absorb eur entlrr food
product. n the farms ~ this country
wcre al run az their fall carrying capsc-
ny. this might - true. Hut when the
farm. of the land arr not producing
mofr than one-half that they arr capable
~ growing. u !. difficult Ia .ec how a
snail Increase ~ population l. io rais"
price. Ia any gtyat extent. \ large
proportion II the lani clas.e,l as I'm
pruVr,i l. not such In rraliiy. Pastures
arr left Ia gruN up to bushes, nclds arr
oSer-run With wc~Sls, of left without fer
tiliSaiion io produce what they may,
fxhIrh I. apt a. d. little lc.. than
enough Ia I,ay any pfuni, crops arr
pl.nts.I aud lrft to shlit for themselves.
farmer. arr loahug round the village
.torr, talking hoes, when they ought
Ca h. minding their busluess; AMI Ia
many ways !. there . los. where profit
might D. had. II u ssfr a. say that "a"
people of thi. country might ~ doubled,
aud then they could al D. f-'i from It's
.oll aud clothed With the products ~
the mills ~ oar osn and.
Wherever wc NAV turn tn hnd ihs
r-mssiy Tor low prices, Ne c~rtainly eau
not hoT.c fpr cure through th" medium
- Increased consumpilon; ior a. fat a.
consumpiion shall increase viii prU,luc-
tion incrasc also. That various cause.
may combine io slightly incfcase th"
pfirc. ot farm crop. mhS be true, that
ths increase will d. much out ~ propor-
tioa a. the Increase ~ other n-c-s.aris.
l. not Ia b. expected. We must, then.
acccp, the condition. a. they exist, and
meet cheap markets With cheap ptuiuc-
tlou. Thr farms must al.o q" rrllsNssi
from ih- un~lual burden of taxes that
now rr.ts upon them. Monopollr.,
trust. ani combinc., that grow rich hy
gambling lu fu1t products, in such a
nay that their gain !. the farmer. lo.s,
must D. prohibited. To- .~'urv thrss ~
.ult., the farmer. have ~, to do th"lf
share ~ law.making, to do their .hif-
~ l.gislatiug. they have 20, Ia ha," lees
i,olitlc. aud morv business At election
time. whsu hNr. are equal, when
trusts arc unknown, when lrgishtinn
v.asrs o. rob one miu io protect /. " an-
other. Nbsn farmers appreciate the ad-
vantage. of their calling, and every
farm owns a COOL farmer, then viii ih"
millennium dawn. MI over the cOuntry
th. farmer. srv awake, And the war cry
can D. heard from the Atlantic even un-
a. the Pacific. aud the cry oi hattie !.
Eysify. Thls uprising means business,
and the politicians rAa sfai ~ "a ~dy
IN, ypi.y g. pa l.0.-,of. Main" Farmer.
Th- sa,efnot'. message, as relating
a. agriculture, taxation, the beard of
Agriculture aBd The Grange, seems io
give general Satisfaction among rvprs-
sentative. of the farm. With nfty-.iN
farmer. Lea ih. House aud i've Ia the
senate. II would seem that the Interests
~ agriculture, In whatever relation,
could no, gct overlooked, and certainly
90, oVcrroNcrr,l. Sometimes, however.
In the pasl there Ia. bcrn lack 10 60
hs.iou among ia. farmers, a failur. Ia
work together aud act In common in
support Of matter. more particularly re-
latssi to agricultural affair. Ihis YEAR
thcr- .cems "a H. q strong fflieruhl
spirit among them. aud general prr-
yalllng sentiment that WORK u called for
aud I. a. b. accomplished. \ large
number of these farmer. arc menber. of
the Gnngc. Ia thu work ~ the Orier
they have bren cultiyating an apprcci-
atlon ~ their duties sni obligation. a.
clilgen., aud have bccn schoolei In the
importance of cooperative efforts in bs-
half of their common Interests. We
.hall expect to .ec the farmer. strong
~ aud mOrv united element la the lcgis-
lstur- than Ia. ever before been the
ca.c.-Malne Farmer.
The baldwin among apples, the Bart
lett aud Duchess among pcar., aud the
Wilson among strawberries have Tor
twenty year. or more held flr.t place In
th. fruit li.ts of the North for profit.
Their hsrilDe-. aud uniform productive
ne. give them this pfc-eminencc.
There are better fruits Ia their several
classes than either of these, but u ~
main. to be --cn whether they po.sc-.
the other qualification. for popularity.
| Al th. West the Hen Dasi. apple has
/ largely Superseded the Baldwin, though