Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-08-15
MAINE FARMING NOTES.

\ he W dHiu HuN Itho'NIpt
| Society at Monroe is about to establish a
| system of water~orks on their park ~
| taking water from the low land springs am
| conve, ing il to the desired spot by the u>'
| of a windmill.
| 4 lovely place is the farm of $ II. Dawe'
| in Harrison which he has most appropriated,
| named .'Grand View Farm with its lin,
| buildings and han lsome grounds, the ex
| tcnsiye fruit orchards and gardens, and The
many tasteful accessories originated by IT.
cnterprising, ingenious proprietor, and with
| Al the superb views in all directions. Such
was our impression on Il recent visit, an,
such is the popular comment. -Bridgtor
| News.
| The trustees of the North .Aroostool
! Agricultural and Horticultural Society have
| the premium list for the t2nd annual exhibl
ton to be held September IL, IL and l."
| published AMI ready for distribution. These
are in pamphlet form and can be had b,
any one, on application to the trustees. An
! effort is being made to make this fair supe'
| rior TO any ever held. To do thi'
| the officers of the society should have
| the cooperation of every farmer
| in Northern Aroostook. The officers viii
| gladly do their part; now why wont the
| farmers make calculations TO spend tho
| 18th lith and 18th of next month, i'll ok
| hibiting the products of their iarm, and The
endowment of getting together once yca'
| for this purpose. 1t is certainly for youl
benefit gentlemen farmers, aud you ought
| to do it.
| A serious outbreak of tuberculosis has
| occurred in IIa,erhill, Mus. among TIC
herds of farmers who dispose of milk tc
| customers in that city The matter is now
I in the lands of the state cattle commission
ers, and wholesale slaughter of cows has
| followed their inspection.
The farmers in this country are feeling
better and doing better than they did two
wears ago. That is how the Mckinley
tariff effects them. The Maine farmer is
n, longer forced to submit to Il ruinous cont
petition with the Canadian If he has a
horse to sell, for example he can find a
market, while the man TO the north of the
| boundary line must pay duty of at least
thirty dollars before he can even see that
| market. That is how the new thing works.
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The statement has often been made by
scientific experts that every acre of water
produces a. much human food AS an acre
of land, and in the carly days of govern
n,ent efforts at fish hatching. agriculture
became Il term for water cultivation, equiv
alent to agriculture for land farming.
Hence everybody should be interested in
water culture which furnishes good whole
some food for the people one of the new
items of interest in this direction being the
rc-appcarance off the New England coast
Of the tilr-fisl. This fish does not wear a
hat nor is he interested in understanding
but nevertheless il is an inhabtant of our
waters. An associated press dis
Patch of a few days ago in
formed us that "thc nted States
Fish Commissioner. Col. Marshall MELON
aid. who has been personally supervising
the work of the commission at its station at
Woods IIoll, Mass. has iust returned from a
trim on the schooner Grampus which has been
making search with the object of rcdiscov-
crng the tile fish. The search resulted in the
finding of one specimen on grounds where
they were first discovered. Investigation
will be continued with q view to ascertain
ing their abundance and their general dis
tribution. 1t is believed the results will be
satisfactory and that a valuable fishery will
he opened up to New England fishermen.
The tile fish belongs to the family Latilila
and rejoices in name known to zoology as
I.opholatilus chana eonticeps. 1t was first
discovered OFF the coast of Nassachusetts in
SO or 1850. became abundant in lssl. but
-ingularly enough was believed TO have DO
come extinct in lss2. The breeding and
living haiits of tho tile fish are similar 10
those of the cod wi ich it much resembles in
cslible qualities. IL lives in from 80 to $50
fathoms of water, and weighs from 10 TO 80
ppun,Is. 1t has been hoped that it might
a.ain become numerous on our coast az it
would furnish a good industry to our fisher
men and add considerably to human food
and the question of good food is one in
which everybody should have common