Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-06-02
MAINE LETTER
rII AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. fiiL
OBSERVANCE Or Amor nav.


sent. {. the anomaly of belng at the si'ns
tim. early aud late. or in either wori.
while farmers are more forward viii
their work than In any spring for .om,
wear. past. II !. not what would b. csll~l
an ",aTly" season. They are forward
With their work hccause the spring ha'
been drv, which has given them oppor'
tunl,y for working "all SORTS and con
dltIon." ~ .oil. 10 hs,r grain all saw
cd-lncludlng more wheat than the a,'
enge ~ Vclts-ind many pa,atoc'
planirI hefnrr MAY I. u a condition ~
spring farming not often seen IN ihl'
II ite. i,at such l. It. condition thi'
spring. Even IN Aroostook county
farmer. ate net l.hind those ~ N. 9th
~ section. IN thl. respect, aud to have
s..,ling mo.i all kind. 80 we'll oai of tie
wsy 80 el'iy in the season must give
ample "hfcathlng time between the
period. ~ seeding. hoclng aud harvest
Ing, which farmer. usoi Ia reasonably
ex.ect, hat which In year. 90 q backward
sprlng come all in bunch together.
Vet siih all this forvar'lncss ~ v"rk
the other conditions srr quite th" oPpo'
site. Vegetation l. not more forNsT'
than Ia average seasons. u has bccn
dry al the spring. and With the cNcer-
tion of two or thru uns.s.onahly warm
day. the Wrsthcr has i--n cold. Leaves
have been very INV of putting out, only
the earlier klnd. ~ trccs making much
display ~ foliage .. yet.
IuE AGRICULTURAL ."CiEfirs
are moving early IN the matter ~ ar
rang,ment. for their autumn exhibition.
N I.NI.ion on MONDAY the trustee.
elected Col. =. a.. Jerraui prcsli"nt ~
the state Agricultural society IN place
of the late Hon. l,ufus rdncc, dccrasc'l.
Col. Jcrari has hcsn q member of the
board II minsgcmcnt Tor many ycar.,
ani I. the senior mcmhcr. bcing - year.
~ age. he served In IA. army n.
Colonel of the rNrnty-~ccond Nalnr
Regiment, aui while d. has been quite
prominent In tosu and county Affairs,
most ~ hi. time has bccn devoted to The
hu.inc.. ~ farming. ill' HON" u IN
i..,ani. rsuobscot County, hls native
town, where BE- has hu" farm of .lN
hundred acres. For several year. past
col. Jcrrari has mlnag,yi the Ticket
department ~ the state falr to grrat
acceptance. and hls election ~ pr--lten,
I. ju.t rvvognliion ~ hls valuable scr'-
lac. to the .oclsty. Hut u l. \ position
far from ds.lrablc. The society enjoys
a dcR of something . little risiug thirty
thousand d0llar., most ~ shich hts
hc-n of long standing. u. ability Ia
pay thl. deit lthin reasonably short
number ~ year. depends wholly upon
the contingency ~ COOL weather At the
time ~ its annual fair. in fairly sue
cc.sful years Il would ukr siN years lo
wipe Il al GA, anl pay the running eN'
pence. ~ each fair. cNrn II every year
Was a good one IN weather, aiienianv"
AMI no accident. Ot cpurs~ the society
mu.t take IT, Chnncvs on weather.
Again w.. support !. noilc-ably l"ss than
Ia past wears frpm extrmc parts oi the
state, Ia consequence nf diycfiing titric-
tIon. ~ q similar nature rlsrNh-r-. u
la. lsvom. . msmt-r oi th" National
Trutting Association tor the pfrssnt
wear, and " Mr. Nrlson sni his wofh.
famed stallion should not tr rsin'taicl
upon national tracks b. wouli %" harr"i
from exhibiting hl. hor.e. at L"slsion,
hsnc- the -ocisty ~ouii lose this I'o.i-
tive attraction. Tho society has Nalu-
abl. plant for exhibition use. bat "
don't Nant tn .ell Il to pay u. debt,
even II sufficient could BE- realized from
Il fof thl. purp0sr. Time viii brins
bring thing. rounl all right ani Nipc
out th. oil debt. bat u viii take . lltil"
time. Meanwhile everybody Ia Maine
will Ni.h the .oririy .uC,e.s and hope
Zoe col. Jerrard that b. NAV b. the grn-
cral Who will lead II out of the bondage
of debt into pp.pcrou, frccdon which
will give u long years ~ uscialnr'' 10
buildiug up and stimulating agr,culthr-
Al Imptoyem-nt in Maine. N IT, h.t
meeting the trustee. arranged long llst
20 .pccih prifs., miny TREND. of the
.ocle,y having come foTssrd With quite
literal offer. In several Glasses. The
trustee. themselye, each put In ten
dollar prlI.: leading breeder. offer sPc-
clal prize. for III" produce ~ certain
sir..; the Jers~y club. offer les. cNpen-
.i,e prir.. than la some year. ptcNiou.,
snd Que of thru It'll holds to the fool
ia practlcc of Offering prlf. io That
Gov that shall make the beet record Tor
batter In one day at the state fair 81
lSgl-a proccpling the rr.ult Of wh'rh
/. without any valuable Significance, ani
the winning of which can bs of little
Importance. The
oR-FRyA>CE ~ AMOR DAY
va. more general thi. spring. aud cele-
hrai.d Nth tTucr spirit ~ it. meaning
than formerly. There I. growing
LOYALTY Ia the dsy that l. gratifying Ia
every lover of natural beauty. While
eur school. observed the day more gem
orally than heretofore, In many in.tsnc-
=. also, member. of oranges aud town
officer. celebrated II With some sppro-
pirate ob.cryancc., ani 10y several
oranges trees Nrr. planted for present
masters, for charter memb.r. aud to
the memory of our late honorci state
Master, Hon. Rufus Prince. one of the
great farmer. of Maine Who !. now reap
ing a substantial benefit from the high
price of beef cattle l. Hon. Hall 4. bur
leigh of va..alboro, n farmer Who has
always .hogn hl. fruit. Ia beef rii.lns
In Maine by hi. good works In growing
.ome Of the finest cattle ever raised la
TIL. state. lie la. shipped several car
load. Of choice bccye. Ia Boston market
from al. own yards the pa.t fall aud
winter, and ihi. week added another Ia
the list. This last shipment consisted of
fourteen head, .ix pair of steers in the
Iot--b.ing = fair sample IL those -ent
forward to market by Mr.. Burleigh the
past winier-h,ylng total hoof weight
of eleven aud onc-half tons. The cattle
we're consigned to u. IL. sturteyant &
Co., Of faneuil Hall Market, aud Ike the
other. will be used for furnishing the
choic. cut. for the Parker House table.
hi. lot realize. Ia Mr. Burleigh INV
Ter cent higher prices than he received
.ix months ago. When other farmers
exercise the same faith Ia becf growing
and raeat production In Maine for the
mark t. of New England, as that shown
by Mr.. Burleigh. then our agriculture
will begin to be conducted a. a buslne..
aud our opportunities Will be taken
proper advantage of aud turn to the
prosperity of Main. farmers. There IL
no reason why. with our nearness "a
Boston market, and our ability Ia put
choice steers In there In healthy, prime
condition, twelve hours or fifteen hour.
at most from the time they leave the
farms, Maine farmers may not success
fully produce beet la fair competition
With the great West and claim more
than half the beef supply of Boston ss
its own. Our farmer. must stop selling
store cattle, light, thin aud poor. which
pay the best profit to those ~bo buy
them, aud by finishing thsm on in good
condition. secure the greatest profit Ia
growing them 10 themselves. Agrical'
tural papers and farm lecturers at in.ii-
tuies have done untold injury 10 the