Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-10-06
sne1p ron oIseaTGo FARMS.

fCvcalas wi-csn.ia. Miiwsakes.l
A solution of the New England de
sertci.fsrm problem u pr..eutcd b.
the American Wool Reporter. which
advocate. the pnrchfs- of such fsrm. "
clusters by capitalists who can conycr
IN. at present .ubdiyided enclosures ln
to large pasture ground. for the rcarln.
~ sheep. The Reporter says;
Many ~ ths.e deserted fsrm. ssn ~ l.eagh
Al froa o. ~ sls psr scr,. AL thsrr Ars ela.,er
of thru whsfs lso ~ uaofs srrv- csn - sssaf
- IN o t-sly. Thee farms can ~ sia-kei VII
srsie shropshire sol ~sstisi"sHs gosiing q
trum ~ g. q PEI hesi. bot thee brc~is ~
eoarss shouh hot 10 ran In fosis ~ mar. thai
shropshire. ant ~ssih.is.a. sesaa-s ot thsi
su,-srior muttsa qasn,ies. AMI tss sass thsl
srv hsrly snt Early o. dsfvlop. The ilsmp
.hir, down wili also pleass. psfhsr. sgusliy a
svli. snd farnlsh soias tsshssne mutien. u,
>sv Iaslsosi rnuttoa fsi-sf IL not unlY iaturv
With swss, fessi smonx ths iiul~ststne snd srsn
Ne hsiEv. AMI IN The Efrea valleys ~ hts do'nslf
bat :. aiss aiiltioaallJ fssorci by eiose pFot
inaiiy ta ths ls-t mafkst. In IN c,untfy whsr
eariy lambs nes-i ns,sr have b. hant q hayrf
sni shsrv pFiss. for Priuns wui'on are Away
r-si.
The idea I. good one, but !. no, new
II ha. indoc,l been pat Into practice by
Nilwaukecan With considerable succcss
4. 4. Chapman, Who I. an enthusiastic
and .uccc..hil amateur agriculiurist
Ia. for year. been raising South-,lOwns,
shropshire. anl other breeds II bloodc'l
sheep on the old Chapman homestead
fsrm, at .licsd, oxford County,
Maine. and Ia. frequently expressed the
opinion that one means ~ salyailon
for the New Englani agricultural In
tercsts Z. the development of New
England's po..lbllltlc. In the dlreytlou
~ shccp.rii.lng. connected with the
use of sn.llagc lie argues that the
south xill not become a great shecT
raising section .o long AZ the present
.Oclal condition. prevail there. These
conditions favor the keeping ~ doss,
aud dogs are death a. sheep. Ia the
Wc., hc reasons, the filling ~ the soil
cannot be .uborllnatci to the raising oi
.he,p. Growing crop. must b. protect
ci with fences, and fcncvs In the
country arr nov generally made II
htrbcd wlrr. which tear. th. fleece II
.h.cp, aud inilcis damage that dlmln-
l.hcs the returns from them. New ling
land Ia. negative advantage over both
IA. south aud the West, therefore, in
ihss. respects, and a. the Isporier
states, Il has also certain positive adVan'
ugc..
Mr.. Chapman makes sheep hushaniry
la New England exceedingly profitable
by Carrying II on In conjunction With
the employment ot the eullsgr
proccs. f1r preserving folder. lIe has
sllo capacity Tor JnO tons ~ ensllagr
Twelve acrr. planted to Wesisru Vel
low Dent corn last year hli~i hls siios
to th- hfim. Thrv. tons ~ this susllhsr
trc equal In value a. fodder o. oue t"u
q good Engll.h hay, and the SAM
ground us-,l fof grusing ths coru, 81.
richs,i exactly All sas fof that cfup,
soald yisld AZ the utnIosi not nov
than two tons - Engllsh hay. - that
by using -n.ilsgv iustsad - hay a.
fo,llsf NJ. Chapman has fDuni u Iossi.
be a. rsi.e fcii for fur she~p on e
pl-ce of gruani that would formerly
Ted only one.
WHY shpald not owners utdfyfr iaissl ]
Nsw Englsni farm property t'ks cuaf-
az ani Improve the opportunity o.
make their onc. iDufi.hlug. but nos
iecaying farms prOiaeilSvf The pro-
f-bss,i plan L. thr more stiractlNc D.
can.r shsn tli- shr-p have rai on ihr
land IL. fertility will b. manlioldly Ia
efrassri