Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-11-24
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The fruit crop ot Maine !. fast sssun,-
ing gigantic proportions, even though u
IL bat drop In the great bucket swsl-
loSe,i by eur nei.hb"r- on the either
.ile. II u enough o. call buyers from
i.,crpool each YEAR l., inspcyt tb- tyes
during summer. aud .stimzte the probs-
ble harvest. snd again in Ovtober to huy
il,e t'c.t aud send bome Tor consumption
ih-rv. Among tbo.. Who c"me here Tor
that pauso.e !. Mr.. Edward icsk. of
tiNefpccl. vho w.nt throagh Andro-
scoggin. fanklin and krnn.bcc 'Oun.
iles Ia early summer. ils rvprr-enis the
large shipping nrm of J. 4. iloagh,ou
a 60. ~ Liverpool anil London. !. co,n-
Iarsiiyvly svoung man Sho commenced
sith them 49, hoy, aud has grosn Ia
favor. until b- u "a trusted aud bonorcsi
representative. In q few year. h- he-
came manager of their Liverpool house,
aud came to thl. country to .s- ia. or
rhsriists, sud .how to them that " !.
| for their very he.t Interests io -hlp their
I fruit thetns.l,r. directly without the In
| tsr,entian ~ mhidl~ men. Mr.. rrske
has established h~adgu irtsrs ., Portland
on E,rhsnge >Ir.-t. ~hirh In reality IL
branch II their EuroI.can establish
n.ut.. lie r,port. the apple crop of
/ the State comparatively small, and ~
I grts that farmer. ar- selling n such
loo nrurrs. wh-n the prize I. we'll .u.-
| tain.i In Europe. while buyers arr, ~
/ Courss. ohiainlng their supply II a..
fs,orabl" hgur-s az pc..ihle. this rep
rvssutatiNr 20 cnmmlsslon hous. u
holding out Inducements that much
NOR. might d. s~cuf-l. lhi. may L.
so, and nav not. \ circular has heen
addr-sse,i by the company io tho.c Who
hs,. he~u visited. giving them dir-stipn.
a. % the h..t time a. .hlp, and warning
thrm against the impfoprr time to seni,
/ in oplsr To- warrant the hish"si pficc..
n 4. estin,i-,l by tbo.e Who have pat
thls plan IN operation, ihst the fruit
,r,p % Maine wili aggregate dollars aud
,Ioli.rs mat. Ia the producer. un,lcr the
conmi s.ion l,olicy than under the old
prartl.r 20 .siIlng their apples "a Who
stes called Al thsir dcors to parvhssr.
N thl. - a., 4, mean. much 20 the great
fruit pruslucing couuties 90 the state.
NJ the same time " mus, not be forgot
ten that the risks arc all upon the
.h9uldcr. 10 IN. grower, sud W he hit'
the mtrkst st an "lmproIcr time he
wlil D. the los.f. Th~r- arc two skies
"a thi. qu-stcI, aud the prudent man
~ill carefully inVc.tigai. tcforr h. hur-
ri~s his apples Ia market. oT shlps to
IlSerpool Al his own sNpeusc. u !.
evident that he Who knows hoN to
market In the right manner, aud NJ 10"
ri.hi time. Ia. Nou tho battle, bat The
pTohlrm 4. not one easily solved. our
.d,is~ l.. III. sur- you'ry right, then
~ ahead. d."-Mslnc Farmer.
soUretAsrtRs VIRGINIA.
Oytob.r Ia. b-.n fn. sDd pleasant,
bat marked bS the hykl-ne.s that usually
attacl,c. a. this april ~ the autumn
.~a.on. It, rainfall va. 81 inches,
~hIch 1. above the nofmsl fcr this
mouth. and thr-,-foufihs ~ u came dur
lns a.. frsi fift~cn days. The heaviest
fall In any 20 Cons~utiN. hour. wss
ga inches, on IA. 9Th. Prevailing
" lnd Ia. hen largely frum the north
wet. OuiV iNo killing frosi.-ou the
aIih aud sEh-.nd many Vegetable. arc
vet grew Evrything Indicate. nne
AMI pleasant autumn for farm work.
Al crop. arr about secured. sweet
p0iaio-s and PEANUTS arv dug; the Weld
80 bath i. smaller than last year. Corn
I. vt In the field. bat u mpst D" very
unu.ual wcath,r that can hsrm u nov
Very little winter graiu ci any sort Nill
L. pat Ia thl. ssi.ou. our farmer.
generally leave the sowing ~ osi. until
.pring. aud What, barley and ryr arr
.sltom .rosn herr nov, Peanuts snd
corn arr tho staple crov>. The state ~
a-rirultur. In thi. section I. FAR behind
La. l.. - "a nj he
counify Msny primitive customs snd
mode. 20 farming .iill prevail. and there
I. not the disposition 90 highly Improve
land aud concentrate labor aud maieri'l
that thi. progressive Asr demands. Vet
our I--ople make snough ani some io
.parr. They ar- contentci aud, for th"
most part. satisfied With their surround
ing., aud the natural rvsouryrs that exist
.,-,ut thru sr- ouly hslt IN trust Tor
the t.-n~flt 20 posirriiy. No douh, the
ri.lng generation Will develop aud util-
Ire mnrv. ior the Increase ot newspapers,
t.srlollrais aud hooks u marked
feature oi soCleiy here. With b~ttSr
nail fasllitie. AMI higher state of edu-
cation. th..e thing. Will still further in-
cf.,.., and the status 20 agriculture
viii .non r,ach higher plane.
The Farmer Alliance has lost
strength aud Influence within the past
f,w months. leaving In the background
much 80 th. original spirit ani de.ign
81 the ori.r, u fonli.hly assume. ioo
much boas, snd brsyado In political cif-
Gle. and mattrfs, and /. even disposed io
at up q nes party. II u do~. me-, ~.
c,sie from ihi. position speedily and
forever. u. d.aih-knell Nill soon L.
.oundsSi. Th.r- 4. M l-giiimri" de-
mani thtt farmer. cannot srcur- through
the existing parties, onl, let ih"m s.k
unlt.,ily aud - be,omcs frremen io
frr-m-n. prrson,l ahuse ani crimina-
ton 4. wrong every aherr. 1t the NJ
li,nr~ rrt back 10 it, old mnoring..-
,.uufrX I..ntlemaD.