Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-06-23


again promises a crop AZ given Ia the
returns FROM "f,lr" a. "gooi." No bad
. report come. from any section OF the
county.
GRAM CEors.
The weather In th. early part of the
spring season was especially favorable
Tor grain sowing. the land being dry and
ready Ia work aud the weather falr thus
afiorilng the opportunity Tor teams and
men to perform their work. The result
l. much wider ARA sown than for sew.
er,i ycars past. aud the work done In the
bcst possible manner. II makes q wide
diferrnc. whether the farmers have time
tn accomplish the work their opportunl-
tIe. otherwise would allow them to do.
Oats take the lead of all kinds ~ grain
.own. whcs, !. falling on, and Ia many
coun,ie. hardly bclng ril.ei AZ all. The
eastern aud northern parts of the state
ere giving thl. crop most attention, bat
even there. II I. falling of and IT. place
l. given to other grains. Mixed grain,
oats ani barley and sometimes wheat,
Tor stock feel 1. being grown to large
extent, and peas are also coming In Tor
larger share of attention ss grain for
stock.
CogN.
That corn a. farm crop IL coming tn
h. more appreciated throughout all the
corn growing sections of the state there
I. evidence on every hani. Nor !. this
wholly .pa.moiic, occaslonci by late
high pric"s ~ graln. Rather it u . con-
firmed opinion among the farmers that
thi. l. y gooi crop Tor the Maine farmer
to grow. 4 better kn0vlclgc ~ the
crop and how To grow ii u greatly ~
duclng the cosi Ca the farmer. The re-
turns show large Increase In the ARA
planted over that ~ year ago. This
Increase u wholly conhnei to yellow
corn, rvturns showing no Increase ~
swc-t corn In auy section. while la some
localities there has been marked fall
Ing OF. Cumberland county for In
stance, the home 70 the canning Indus
try. return. falling on 10 - Ter cent,
and yellow corn Ia. taken It, place.
Thi. change has been slowly going on
for several years.
Anhroscoggin County - DanSille,
"Se,eniy-fVc p-r cent Increase In yell
low corn, corresponding decrease In
sweet" North Turner, "NsllOw corn
more than double lSpO." South Liver
mor-, "Ncliow corn nfi.cn pcr cent
gr-ater. sweet com less" Durham.
Large Increase, chiefly sweet corn
wales, yellow corn one hundred per
cent Increase over last year"
Oxfori-Thls county shows a much
larger acreage In both yellow and sweet
corn. Paris, "fhlry-thr-c per cent In
crrs.e In yellow cun. slight Increase
IN sweet" IIroNnfeli, "One-thlrd mor-
sweet corn planted" Hiram, "INic-
as much yellow corn plated" Nor.
way, "latgvr AREA, mostly sweet corn.'
POTATOES.
Potatoes are universal crop, yet
th-fr arv large part of the farmers ~
IN. state Nho make no commercial ac-
count of the Crop, merely selling such
surplus a. they may chance tO have on
their hand. after Supplying home wants.
Ia the State ~ large the cfop has great
commercial Importance and !. the source
~ large cash revenue.
TuulIzrRs.
CommcrciL fertilizers are u.cd to
some extent for grain crops, hut their
principal use l. Vlth the corn and poia-
toes. They srr chiefly u.ci In the drill
When planting. The quantity used,
therefore, will h. found to correspond
closely With the arva given a. these
crops. Gu the one hand the ARA Ia corn
and potaioe. l. the measure of the de-
mand for the fertilizers, while IA. Ter
tillscr. sold ar- reliable Index to the
area planted a. the aboy. crops.
The returns show large Increase In
the fertilizers soli and used. The usual
supply Ia the hand. IL dealers all over
the state was found Insufficient a. meet
tls demands ~ the farmers, OcCasloning
ao little Inconvenience aud many times
delay In the planting. There needs M
other proof that the farmers 10 the state
are thl. year doing . largely Increased
business on their farms. THE incrra.e
la the use of fertilizers Will reach full
twenty. nV. per cent Ia the state AZ large
over that % any former year.
INrRACts.
From the many returns rrcclyed Ne
take the following extracts a. further
showing the agricultural situation at the
prrs.nt time:
Owing to the high price ~ feed the
past winter aud spring aud the excellent
quality ~ the hay crop last scasou, farm
er. In thi. vicinity have not fcd 30 large
~ on grain A. la, year.
From the fact that feel Il high and
corn-canncr. arr not willing 90 pay what
the farmer. think they ought Ia have,
there seems Ia D. growing inclination u
ral.e their own feel IN preference Ia
planting sweet corn aud buying western
grain.
10. PALMER.
south Llycrmor.
The facts arr that farmers could not
sell their hsv "a they usually have on
account ~ the low price, and that dairy
Ing paid, AMI they have fei their hay Ia
dairy stock u.lng q large amount ~
grain, consequently there has accumu-
lated large quantity of valuable ms-
nur-s. They can raise grain cheaper
than they can buy and they are doing IL.
\. 4. AiER.
windham.
Asa rule farmer. arr paying too little
attention Ia their manure plle- and pay
Ing out too much money for artificial
manure. when they begin Ia .ec the
importance of taking care IL the manure
by building sheds, gathering leave. from
the forests, and not paylEg an much cash
for fertilizers they will save money.
NATHAN AyLRilL.
Ire.
Many apple tree. which bore heavily
last season have not put out any blo--
som. thi. spring, while other. have
bloomed very sparingly. do not think
the cold night. We have had have lnjur-
ei fruit blossoms In thl. vicinity. Think
the fruit crop will be- below that of $500.
A. Ia grain there Il nothing sown In
this section hut oats; these have come
up well aud look very promising. Have
had q good spring Ia do farm work and
most every farmer Il through with plant
ing. The corn shop at Hiram did not
run last ye,r hut u to be put In opera
ton by A. 4 4. II. Young this season.
GEORGE II. BRAN.
Denmark, Maine.
Farmer. here ARE now Jubllint over
the good prospect. for hay crop. Hay
brings good price and has ready sale
In l.scal markets. Farmers have been
setiing fruit tree. and grating this
spring, and In nesrly every case have
been successful. The high price of
grain ha. Induced them to plant larger
amount of Indian corn, aud two new
corn shops being built near has caused a
larger acreage of sweet corn. More
grain has been sown aud farmers are
trying oats aud peas together. with