Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-08-14
CROP BULLETIN roR AUGUST.

CROP BULLETIN roR AUGUST.
RErUH>s rRoa CORRESPONDENTS ~
VARIOUS rARrs 90 rnE STATE.
Lrwtsro>-A sharp drought has pre-
vailed In this ,lclnlty and only partially
relieved by q shower Of short duration
the afternoon and night of the slst Inst.
Potatoes are feeling the dry weather
and the uncut grass IL being unduly
ripened. Corn on dry lands has CON-
menccd to roll. The exceedingly ho.. dry
weather We FEAR will Affect the fruit
crop. Plans are beginning 10 TO, aud
NOR, than the usual signs of the black
rot on apple trees than usual. IL al
ready begins to shaw On Baldwin ap-
pies. L. y. Ansorr.
wIRsrIR-iotato beetles more troub-
lesome than usual. have never used
the bordeaux mixture. Have not notic-
ed any rust, or heard my Deighbors
complain of any. II l. very dry In this
section; potato tops look finely, but the
yield of early potatoes Will be very
light. Fruit Indications not a. favors-
hle as last month; some orchards have
Indications ~ rust. The apples, In a
grcst measure, fall on. They are mark
ed With two small spots about the sile
10 a small pea. Pouliry raising Il not
on the Increase. sowed two acres Of
peas and cat. two bushels of peas aud
four II oats. shall feed this mixture
till corn fodder mature. more.
}. ". MANwEiL.
OrIsTIILp-l suppose that We ought
Ia b. ashamed that Ne are not sVslling
ourselves Of IN. knowledge We have
that bordeaux mixture will prevent rust
on potAtoes and scsb on spple-. hut
the application requires work, and for
one, | am finding out that there j. an
end 20 the work that there IL la fellow.
There l. also an end to the work that
can be hired al wages that do not dimln-
ish Que Ut or little by reason of hard
times and nothing 10 de-. Aud further,
matters are rather tendlng 10 the point
where there may b. an cnd to the Que
thing nccdiul Ia pay sald help. M all
the varieties of trees la this wooden
cOuntry," the apple tree IL singled out
az the victim Of Tust to an extent that
potato bug, u has come Ia stay and bc
iought. - the man Who L. covering
hls farm all over with apple trees, think-
ing To live nj his ease In old age, should
take into account that there must BE-
smooth roadway between tie tTccs, and
the trces set well apart to facilitate the
driving about With the spraying appara-
tus flye or six times year. And he
mustn't feel BADLY about the tangled
grass either. A. pasturing hsgins to
fall the prOVendsr l. rvlicd upon To help
Out until sweet corn fodder, pumpkins,
aud second crop of clover has maturcd.
- but little attention a. Yet has b-cn
paid Ia solllnx crops.
". ". ANpRLws.
HARRISON .Nlmost every season DIFF
fcrs from all others aud has some pecu-
liarity of it, own. IL will bc very favor
able for some crops while to others u
will prove failure, and this or that
Kind oi an Insect will prciomlnste aud
others will b. les troublesome. Nos,
what are the pscullarities IL this season
aud what are the causes of the pro.PcC-
tive failure Of some % cur crops, cspc-
cially the apple crop, ~hi,h looked so
prumi-lng the first ot Juncf Who ever
saw the Indications 80 guod for biz
crop a. there were thsnf some of our
agricultural writers SAY that the fungi
has attacked the trees aud that Il the
cause Of the failure. Bgt Why should
the fungi attack the trces any more this
season than any ether have my opin-
bon II What tle cause Of the failure l.,
and | um going 10 give Il ior what II !.
worth. The tremendous frefe Ne had
one year age last winter that iroze the
ground 80 deep, afi-rted fruit irccs al
all Kinds more or lees la various ways
according To location, age aud the hsrdi-
ness of the trces, and cspecially the
more tendsr sorts Ike the Bald~lns,
from which they have not yct fully -
covered. The tree, could not MATURE
their fruit buds Ia their unhealthy COZ
ditiou caused by the freeze, i onc rea-
sou. aud another I. that just al the time
the fruit Mas setting Ne had another cx-
trcmc la Just the opposite direction of
ei ght consecutive hot days, hot enough
and long enough Ia breed fungi and mi
crobes that would blight any orvhsrd.
Another peCulisrity Ot the season i the
absence Of all sorts IL bugs aud insscts
that q, ublr cucumber and IN Ion VINES.
1 never saN them look as we'll a. they do
no~ aud the pTo.pect Tor pickles u good
II Ne do not get a. much apple ssucc.
:. II. DAVIS.
Nav GLoUCLsIEE-rotato beetles
not a. plenty a. last season. Have new
er used bordeaux mixture. No rust
Yet on potatoes. Fruit indicltions not
a. promising as last year. Poultry rals-
Ing 1. Ou the Increase. We keep usually
thlrty-hye or forty plymouth Rocks.
Average net profit sl.35 each. Have
had bat little experience With solling
crops. Prefer Hungarian Ia sweet corn
or other fodder corn. Our COWS all
come In fresh In October aud November.
We prefer "a have ihem 20 dry siN week.
40 do not have much use for that class of
cows. =. W. AhR.
sEHAGo-I would like 10 know the
cause of apple trees playing out as they
have. people that thought they were go-
ing 10 have two or three hundred bar
rels. nov say that they will not get
more than barrel. The trees look as
though they had been scor,hed. Potato
bs.tIe- more numerous than usual.
Have never tried the bordeaux mixture.
No rust Yet on potatoes, but Indications
Of rust on grain, particularly oats
About two-thirds of the hay harvested.
poultry raising Il on th. increase.
WILLIAM 4. Poor
EAsr RAIMo>p-Ihe prospect for ap-
pies last month Was good, but to-day u
Il very poor. The apples are falling on,
aud the leaves look as II Ne had had
frost. Potatoes are looking well, and II
We can conquer the enemy We shall have
a good crop. Pastures are In good CON
dltlon aud the stock IL looking well.
Oats are rusting badly.
l.. y. JogDAS.