Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-07-24
CROP svllsrls ron OXFORD
COUNTY

sose. s. ssr'sssarai t.ii'o' osiosa i's~esrsi.
CROP BULLETIN ron OXFORD
COUNTY.
DtNftEIp--\csrly every one takes
particular interest In the Kitchen garden
and makes provision for an abundance
of vegetables and fruits. AL Of the
common ,aristle. 90 garden produce are
raised and straw berries have ecme 10 be
regarded With great many as = neces-
AIRY srticle, while currants, raspberries
and blsckberrics are found In the gar
dsns 10 not few. There are varieties
which u IL OF interest and value to ac-
quaint ones self, for early Icas. for
Instance, We have found American Won
der, Alpha AMI Premium Gem To be ex-
celleut In every respect; for onions,
English Multiplier to excel anything We
ever had, have raised them ID years !;
bets, Early Bassam, Ecllpse and Long
l,c'l (sritten,) etc. The promise of an
ample hay crop Ia not nattering, old
fields are suffering from worms. The
feed In pastures L. Of good quality aud
L. abundant. More yellow corn than
usual has been planted; some fields Of
sweet corn rotted during the cold. We,
weather; corn Ia looking well, particu-
lsrly yellow corn. Your last Bulletin !.
of much value, aud Il ought 10 be care
fully preserved aud studied.
EuGE>E l.. ToRgEr.
SoUIu PA.Is-There l. some increase
In the varieties % small fruits raised by
the farmers. The gardens are looking
yell aud the condition of the pastures Ia
first rate. N Ne have ralns during the
coming ten DAYS 10 carry out the hay
crop u will BE- leo per cent except on old
fields. The amount of grsin seems Ia
be rather les than usual and good
shAr, Of u will D. cut aud dried for fod-
der. Owing to heavy rsin. corn especial
" wss not planted till late, but all crops
are looking fnely.
llERRERr N. TIcNLR.
CA>ru> The small fruit industry Is
on the Increase. our gardens are Ia
good condition aud pastures ATE unus-
u,lly good this year. The prospect of
hay crop on new ground Il very good.
and on old Il will b. light. Think there
was rather more grain .owci In this sec.
tion than formerly. The amount of hoed
crops about the same. Corn ,ame up
very badly, bat has grown we'll since.
W. W. RosE.
FEiEHrsG-ln small fruits strs~ber-
tiss are on the Increase. Gardens arr
early. Pastures are looking extra well.
llay crop about the same as lat year;
With grain very much better With an In
crease 10 acreage sown. larger acreage
of hocd crops planted aud crops more
forward than year ago.
u. u. woopv,Rp.
SoUuI PAEs-it readers ot the crop
balletin will rad In the fourth line from
the cnd "Don't eSpcCt the Hat dcCtrins
To apply" they Will g,t st What mean,
Ia say. The rad machine has come ,o
stay. The merr see % It, woikiny the
better satisfied I am of it, caIabilitle.
When properly handled, 10 making an
improvement, in public cOmior, nnd pub
llc economy. Want 20 gooi Judgment
In getting the bsst possible drainagr
allowable, aud a false economy In work
ing the ruads tOo narrow are not faults
of the machine. bat ot ths management
of L.. :. VI. NM.
fNorL-The error mentioned above
Nas caused by some mistake here. u
wss right In the manuscripts. >ccrc-
tsry.
PAEIs-in r,gsrd 20 roads. The town
raised all money Ia repair roads, sud yot-
e,i the road commissioners 10 appoint
agents Ia the highway districts, which
number any. We run three road ma
ei.ines In town. Now Il costs more To
have .o many agents than Il ~ould to
have a man that goes With the machine.
Il needs two or three men 10 ct ready
Tor the machine, that l. to cut pu.he.
and dig rocks, ,--and after the msrhlne
has done what u can. you want men Ia
level. fix the ditChes aud repair cul,ert.
aud most of all tO throw cut the loose
stones that are la most all our roads to-
day.
~. u. IilNNo>p.
DENNAEN- The cultivation % small
fruits l. very paying occupation, u the
farmer never sells one quart. farmer.
aud their families should BE- the hrst to
eniay al these so-called luNuIies and
then sell What they do not need. Nov
as for the garden, every farmer should
have a good gar,ien, ~ u lsa bcttsr pay
log crop than corn. You may n"t get a.
many dollars from u, but count health
.nd 80 b., meut aud YOU will strike the
balance in favor ot the garden every
time. Hut, brother farmer-, We can
have both. I think brother John j.
I'ike made q small mistake when he said
meadow hay With little meal would
keep cOSs and young cattle well Nov
say neal and leaye cut the word little
snd sgr.e With him. n cows are ma
chine. Ne must not expect to run poor
cheap feed into that machine aud take
out big Jumps % hrst quality butter.
CuARLLs II. sMIriI.
EAsr HRow>TIELI,--ln reference ~
the matter % road. will ssy ! have
noticed In some parts IL our town aud
adjoining that there has been an I'M
pruysmsnt IN trimming bushes aud clear
log Ia the limits of the highway. u Ia
much needed work aud u seems To me
thsre shouI D. a la~ requiring towns I"
keep the highways clear.
". ~. sTiCN>Er.
East fgNrBURG-lIocd crop, e-p'-
cially sweet corn l. very backward, o~-
Ing IN great measure Va to"f sfeu '"'-
nishcd by the packets, ne rly all has becn
planted t~lce aud some have plsntei the
third time a late az the twent, second
Of June. some of our farmers cling to
sweet corn With real worthy 1T bet
ter cause. when the planter |. compel
led To plant imported seed nearly every
year, u l. time for " Ia look f"r some
other better paying crop. IA whole
the farmer In Maine to-day IL no better
Zoe the sweet corn business; u !. true,
Il has helped Ia make q big boom for the
manufacturers 20 phOsphsies, but they
are no, the fellows we are snnlous to
boon. The hay crop promises bstter
than an aysrsge. Pastures are furni.h-
ing q large amount of feed, aud bat Tor
the buff,lo ~ we might have lat cattle
Apples promise heavy crop.