Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-30
A Mild Criticism.
Editors of the Ksnne5ee Jouysat;

The following item from the Maine
Farmer Of Dec. 3lst ought to he of III
teresr TO the great mass OF the tiilers OF
the soil
"Ahtser is before Us from = Young
man, now principal of high school, who
intends returning TO the farm in the
spring aud devoling himself TO the woes
ton. lie wishes instruction Ia agr,eul-
tura. sn6 having resd the report of the
poSrd for 1899 is aux Gus to secure n4ck
numbers believing more can be obtained
frou these thsn III any other way SUE
! " these who complsio because thee NJ
ports do not help them to mtke more
money with less work, my we'll lit NJ
the feet of the young who see lessons OF
great value on every page
he Honorable Board ought to feel
highly Uttered by the appreciation #
their efforts from so eminent an au,hority
in agriculture rs "a young lnsn who IS
principal If a high school fernspt
the principal If some other high school
might give The medical fraternity ystu'
! able in!ormstion concerning their pro
fessians snd still another, if he thought
of opening a law offive in the spring
might instruct the Judges of our courts
bnnaltdge OF law
We have been aware for long time
that farming differed from other occu-
pations. In that the men who till the soil
| for livelihood were not qualified u
give an intelligent opinion on any agr-
cultural subject, but all suggestions To
! be OF value must come from professional
| men or scholars. who never worked Il
/ p. nth lar - ( ~ mad rbpATE
but no practice But must confess 10
prise when VIC are graveiy advised 10
| 'siG at the feet" Of young men who ace
| principals If high schuols. Why We
| shall soon be so deplorably Ignorant a.
TO be sent to the country school marin
to be made wise in sgricull ure.
| When the youug printinal reSds the
report Of the board for lsS9 no doubt his
superior intelligence and sound judy
n,ent viii enable him to discover the
connection between Prof. Stockbridge's
"Impressions from Ramble in the
West" (Which by the way must have
| been on the outskirts OF that country
and farming in Maine, and glesn Their, =
from valuable lessons which will enable
him to raise large crops ot-of-of some.
thing.
He will find seyenty-six lessons OF
great value in the seveuty-siX pages of
| Prof Sanburn's lecture on corn
hat a covering of six inches of straw
as a substitute for cultivating makes the
ground u tribe chilly for corn; but the
sand covering is yet An open question,
so if he chooses, he may take his wheel
bar ow, s:t sand over half dozen acres
aud observe re suits But best OF all is
he economical way OF curing and feed
ing the crop. Let il stand in small
| shocks ten TO fourteen days then pack
close in NOW without husking. Feed
whole, believe that is the term how
ever stalk aud ear Ms they grow, letting
hogs follow the cattle, and there will be
little waste
1t is impertinance in farmer to
make suggestion nut would advise the
your man 70 notice Secretary G lhert's
| paper on 1hrukdgc OF Farm Nslues ?"
We have there simple unvarniehed
| staten, MT of facts so far as the past and
present is concerned, in language that
We ignorant farmers can easily UNDER
stand, Il Circumstance OF so rare uccur-
renee among agricultural writings that IL
is worthy of note
| But we hardly understand how lie is
to induce investments in property that
has shrunk thntythree per cent. in ten
| Years, while 1.-THE cad is not even in
view" j. II BARToN.
| Lone Maple Farm, West Windsor.