Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-16
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crop Bulletin, number 6, il being SEN
out from the efiice Of the State board a,
agriculture.
| Concerning his bulletin Secretary Me
Keen says:
/ In the bulletin Tor October, we HAYS
sought to brig ost informssioa Of a som..
~ha general character. f-gariing the sea.
800 a. 4 whole, and to make a general .,r,,.
ming up Of all The ia Is which nigh; be a,
intsrest for as 10 eonsiier, a. lessons 70,
future use, as veil as for their historical
value.
We have carried the bulletins one month
later IN the r-asoa than usual for the mr.
pose OF obtsining accurat. state 1,e MS of the
hnsl condition Of the growing crops.
/ This will be the last regular i,me bn.
AZ several correspondents have suggest. d
that one be issued sometime in the uiot.r
or early spring for the purpose of getting
at the general practice of preparing and
fertliizing the ground for crops and of
sowing and planting, il will probably be
done, making such additions, a. NAV al tina,
time seem TO be Of value.
| We wish TO thank our correspondents for
their full and valuable returns 10 the augs-
tons for this bulletin: also those who have
sent in replies from having seen the dues
tons in the papers.
| Mere replies have come in than to any
| previous bulletin, mos. Of them being &C.
companied by remarks and suggestions,
| which are very valuable and which will be
carefully studied, and some of them EN-
bodied in the bulletin for 1894, which, We
hope, to make of still greater value than
| those for 1893.
The following is the list of questions
/. Yield of sweet and yellow corn as COM
pared with last year?
2. Did the corn crop suffer from early
frosts?
3. Yield of potatoes as compared with last
year?
4. Has the rust injured the potato crop
TO any extent2
5. What varieties of potatoes have been
freest from rust and which have suffered
the least, the early or late planted?
6. Any indications of rot?
!. Have any farmers in your vicinity
| used any preparations for preventing rust,
and if SO, with what SUGGEST
8. Give market prices Of corn, potatoes,
hay, apples or any other farm crops?
3. What is yonr idea of the value of the
weather crop bulletins, you have been re-
| ceiving weekly?
Replies TO question one, indicate that the
yield of both sweet and yellow corn is about
l6 20 as compared with last year. From
several sections where corn canning shops
! have been running for the first time this sea-
son, come reports that farmers are much
pleased with the crop, and 81 silos are being
built quite rapidly, and there is a disposition
70 study deeper into all questions pertaining
to corn culture, We look to see more planted
in the State next season, both for canning
and for ensil ge than for many years.
Corn suffered but very little in any sec
ton of the State from early fall frosts, the
decrease from 1892, being almost entirely
due to the drought, which was very general,
and from which plains land suffered Sc
verely.
There is but little corn planted in Wash
ington county and none in Aroostook, ex
cept for ensilage. The introduction Of the
siio into this county promises to add very
much TO the food producing value of the
soil, as corn will mature here sufficiently to
ma Ike good ensilage.
From replies to questions 3, 4, 5, 6 and
!, We fix the yield of potatoes to be 1920
! AS compared With last year. Only in one
county. (Ssgadahoc) does the yield 90 be-
low 1892, while in Aroostcok, Hancock,
Knox, Pisrataqris, Somerset, Waldo and
Washington counties, the yields are very
much higher. go .4...-.-.:
Correspondents report but very little loss
from rust, not nearly as much as usual,
vi ilr the almost universal statement is, that
the quality of the potato is very fine.
The varieties of potatoes suffering the
least from rust seem to be the late growing
ones, such rs are usually grown for the
la ge markets, while the general opinion is,
that the earlier planted ones were also
favored although some correspondents men
ton the fact that the later planted ones
have been the freest from rust.
Several speak of slight indications of rot,
il woulJ seem that there may be more than
an average tendency in this Erection, al
though some early potatoes, placed In Gel
lars some time ago, are reported to be IN
fine condition and perfectly free from any
appearan' of the disease.
OnIy one report of the using of rust pre-
ventive comes to the office and that shows
80 favorable results that we give it entire
Ii is from f. Rand, foreman for David
McPherson, Presque Isle, and comes to the
| office by hand Of Delano Moore.
The following is the reported market
prices of farm crops as gathered from re-
plies to question eight, and averaged by
counties
Androscoggiu-Corn, 57c.; potatoes
CSC. hay. SIS so; apples, 81 90; sweet
corn, &c. per pound. 90
Aroos,ook-Potstoes, Ale 2; hay, Sll.20 F;
cats. see. potatoes for starch 2oc.
Cumberland-Corn, 62c.; potatoes, h"'
hay. sf5 so; sweet corn,2c. per pound; oats,
| i5c. DAIRY butter, 25c.
Frsrklin-Corn, 81 lie; potatoes, 56 :;
hsv, sl3. 80; dairy batter. Fl Be- s"re
corn. Pc, per pound.
Hancock-Corn zoe potatoes i3c hav'
sl3 so oats ,45c heet- zoe /; turo ps, 4Vc.;
.,.bhag.. lie. per pound; butter, 25c.
| K.nn4b Corn, 60c.; potatoes, 9]c :;
| h,, Sl4; oats. 40c. barley, 60c.; beans
S2.l5
Knoy-Core, Sic; potatoes, 55c.; hay
si-: beans, 50 so; butter, 23c. oats
soc : craubcrries 81 brshei.
Lincoln-Corn, soc; potatoes 6"c;;;
| hsy. SI3 50; sweet corn, &c. PR pon ID :
n3ford-Corn. Sic; potatoes, sic hay
SIC so; sweet corn, &c. per pound cats
loc.; butter, CSC. a.,
Peuobscot- Corn, 62c.; potatoes, NC. :;
hay. sl3.75; butter. poo; eggs Zoc'i
beans, 50; oats, 40c. ~:
Piscatsquis-Corn, 60c.; potatoes. fZc-'
h,y. sl9 so; oats. SIC; beans, ~ %
Sagsdaboc-Corn, SEC; potatoes &c ;
hsv sf3: butter, 27c. eggs, zoe.
Somerset-Corn, 66c.; potatoes 'Qc' :
bay. SIS; oats, nc beans, s2,lo' barley
| 60c. h.r
Wallo-Corn, 63c. potatoes, 46c'; nay
| st4: beans, 81 25. ,o
Washington-Corn, 62c.; potatoes 4oe' ;
hav, SIS butter, 23c.
York-Corn. 56c. potatoes ooc-' nay
sI7 60; butter, 25c.; eggs, Zoe:
The average of the principal crops TAX
ing the State as whole is; corn, Ole, >
tatoes. sac; hay, sl4.2o; butter -oe
oats. 43c. beans, S22l barley, 6oe.' eggs
Doc. :: sweet corn &c. per pound:
There is DO established market YET 10Y
.nnla. but the present indications are tina,
th new will be We ~ high. careful study OF
,hs p,ices in different localities, with An
;Ies of market facilities and nearness 10
manufacturing centers. will prove OF vaue;
several correspondents report home faise''
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