Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-11

au,onx car best fa1mers. Quite . number
Ysport feeding grain unfhrsshsd, and uoss
With very good fesulsS. but tso reporting IS
noe desirable. Ny experience, however,
leads me 70 ,he belief that Is can be done ~
advantage, By varying the feed enough ID
keep the appetite good for the grain There
10 quite gain in expense, by avoiding thsesh'-
ing and toll for grinding. and when th4.
xrsin Il fed on the stfav, l have found I'd,
uoabIe With Il nos being properly digested'
by either horses. eovs o. young cattle For
skis purpose il shoald be cut . Little greener
than for shreshina. but not too green, ~
there viii be less noarishmeat 20 the fodder
and is viii Wit badly.
Esrly POTATOES are light in nearly all Sec
lions Of the State bat late ones are reported
10 be ia good condition. with fne prospectp
Of crop. particularly in Aroossook county.
One correspondent reports Ioss from rot
fangus. which be had supposed vas caused
by ssvdass In the dressing. This could not
b. the case, anlxss used in very large guam
tifiss. and even then I should not expect 1t
TO 10 90. This siiseass 10 Of = fungus na-
sure. produced by spores, starting 10 ths
tops and working gradually down
10 the tnbers. should expect
old sesd, Affected by ths fungus. 10 eanss
il 10 the next crop. The remedy ~ouli
seem 10 be To obssin good. sound potatoes
| for seed, and should therefore avoid IL.
| Ia general, IL seems the corn crop must
be about fifteen per cent below the average,
caused by the extreme drought, although
some sns fields are reported. The prospects
are better than last month.
Fruit indications are not ~ favorable ~
last nonth, probably not more than one
tenth Of crop will be harvested. TING
late heavy winds caused much damage by
blowing of apples and pears, ~ well ~
| iujafins many trees
But few farmers report the use Of seed
90 . ers, bat those who do express much
/ subtraction frbm their use. Corn planters
are in more general use than any other
| machine for plant ng, probably seven-eighths
| II the corn 10 the State is planted with
| them and always with good results. few
potato planters are in use, mostly in Aroos-
| took county, where seventy Ave per cent Of
tue potatoes are planted with them. They
| are reported as doing excellent work. Cost
of planting corn in one dollar per acre, the
. nsr Of planter furnishing team. Cost Of
planting potatoes one dollar without use Of
tssm.
For killing weeds level culture 10 the
rule for corn and beans. and slight killing
| for potatoes The horse 10 being made to
| 10 more OF this work every year, and with
| mpro We ments in machinery he will DO still
| more. Bat few use q smoothing harrow
| or hoed crops and that only on land free
rom stones and witch grass.
f,om several replies received TO our cor
~ pom lents' questions of las. month for
| he best means TO exterminate piantain, we
indge it can best be done by repeated
NOV ing, thus preventing 1t from seeding,
And for discriminating the wild carrot, hand
| pulling - reported as really the only way IN
| when it can be done effeetuslly. 1t is very
9 ,sily pulled up, and little time spent each
year viii soon remove 1t altogether.
| COMPLAINTS still come in of the ravages Of
the horn fly, and several reports Of partial
remedies are received. BY care in putting
| lime on the fresh droppings or removing
| them at once to a protected place the means
| u breeding will be taken from them, and
hus much Of the increase prevented. They
| only breed in fresh droppings and particu-
| tarly In those that are soft. We find that
| by taking a short sack and rolling 1t into a
rope or twist, we can kill many of them BY
| striking the sides and backs Of the cows with
| Il. This done every night. after the cows
are tied up has given US considerable relief
| It does not require a heavy blow and we
| we're surprised At the number killed each
| time.
How they cultivate potatoes in Aroostook
county IL told in an interesting and cOmpre-
hensiye manner by several correspondents.
| Ira j. Porter of Houiton writes
plant potatoes with planter, covering
| seed about three inches. About a week or
| ten days before the potatoes break ground
| 20 over them with the horse hoe and GOV
| er the seed some two or three inches deeper.
| let them remain for few days them brush
Of the rows with bush harrow, or better
still the weeder. going both ways. As soon
~ the potatoes break ground, so they can
| be seen to follow the row, start the cultiva-
tor | generally cultivate three times. and
| hill up with horse hoe. use shovel pillow
this year and like it W. II
Timothy Sweet writing from Strong says
| Oats are mostly sown for grain in this vi
ciuity. Grain harvested in good condition.
| None threshed. Acreage about the same.
| Potato crop good. I never had better,
Good prospects for the corn crop, both
.seet and yellow. No fruit. Nearly all
| the corn planted with machine; cost, . .W
ger acre No seed sewers, or potato plant
ers. We break up deep furrow for pota-
toes plant three and one-half feet apart In
| the row and two feet in the hill. Level
| culture for corn slight billing for potatoes
Weeders used by some with good results
| A few use smoothing hsrrows and are well
pleased with them. Their use is to be COM
nended.
Geo. T.. Minot writes from Belgrade
| The extremely sharp drouth up TO the
middle of August, has had the effect to les
.en the grain crop one-third. and the yield
IF corn, both sweet and yellow, one-half
while many pieces have been nearly ruined,
others have suffered but little. II has been
demonstrated that crops upon clay soil
have withstood the drouth much better than
that of any other. Late planted potatoes
are doing we'll. Apples will not be one
| fourth of the crop of last year. Pears are
more than an average crop. On account
of the drouth. apples are small and wormy
except those that sprayed their trees report
them very free from worms. Experience
has demonstrated the fact that going
through the corn after hsying. with hoe
aud cutting up all the weeds and preventing
them from going to seed is profitable in
| vestment.
| J. IL. Yeaton of Chelsea votes to raise
corn instead of buying. He says
| Your bulletins ought to be in the hands
| Of every energetic farmer in the State, in
fact they cannot afford to be without them
| il they only knew it, Push the work you
are now doing and it cannot fail of having
good results.