Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-06-21
JUNE CROP BULLETIN.

Questions and Answers Of Interest to
Farmers-Hancock County Reports.
Secretary McKeen Of the Maine State
board of agriculture has issued his June
crop bulletin. Following is the list Of
questions sent out
|. How many pounds of butter have your
cows averaged the last year?
2. II cream Is sold, give average price received
for enough to make pound of butter?
s. Give average test of your cream at factory !?
T. Give average number OF pounds of milk re-
quired to make one pound OF butter?
= II milk Is sold, give average price received
per pound, quartz
6. Give your results with different kinds of
food as cfIecting, permanently. the quality Of
milk
Z Give per cent. of increase In thoroughbred
cows In your vicinity, II any, and state what
breed?
5. What proportion of farmers in your vicinity
are using thoroughbred bulls?
8. Give number of fruit trees set out In pro.
portion TO former years.
10. Give fruit, indications. as compared with
| last YEAR,
From the 100 replies to que tiun |, says
Mr.. Mckeen, we get the average Froduc-
tion OF butter for the past year to be 267
pounds. \ gain OF II pounds over that
reported last year. IL most cases the
milk used in the family has not been rrck-
! oned, which woad ncr, ase the average
somewhat
| Replies TO question give 8 2l05 as the
average price received At creamerIes for
cream enough to make one pound OF but
ter, which is a little more than we expect
| ed II would bc, on account Of the low
| prices This is reached, OF course, by the
large proportion of cooperative cream
cries In the State.
From question 3. Is average we got the
test Of cream w!lerc the Babcock tAsi Is
used st factories. 10 be Il 6 per cent.
| From question 1 We reach the average
! OF i7.3 pounds as the amount of milk re-
| qared 10 make one pound of butter, and
/ de>ire to ca'l your attention to the in
/ dtidun statements oi several co,re-pon-
dents Of the per cent Of butter fat con.
tsiued Ia their milk
The avefsec rric, rcr quart for milk Is
gwen a. o5, mostly re,aIi prices being
given.
Very few replies were received 10
! question g. A. far a. we oaa collcc, them
| we 1liec that IA = who report. have fail
/ fl T. produrc any permanent change 10 The
I quality II mix a. far butter f., i, con
I c,rn,d hy f,"i g. a. long H. good healthy
I f,pI j. given. aad the animal 3, KIP; in 4
/ thrfN r'td,tlou.
7 Replies u question give l. pr cclt as
tpr Increase ~ thngoIg .hsei COWS. wliei
/ AID ia nearly ,srfy case. Jerseys Many
/ SPEAK 81 considerable grazing W, ~ The
! use ~ Thoroughbred bul,
/ The proportion 81 farmers using
/ thor HShbred ball- l. not a. large - we
( Anticipated, beiug piscrd al - per o,u:.
I But In qpilc a Urge rrmbrr % cases I; :
, r ported that Cakes srr 'rale,i. and a. a
4 d tn,t ,Iu~nc", those hgil> arr u-.d which
VIII probably radurc the largest c.Iye-.
( Replies 10 question 2 give the proper
4 zion ~ fruit trees 81, compared 10 former
F ''>i>. "A. ~ re- cent. ne ia.l1G of ht ing
( tA'tt que thr ~mAA crop az year,
T hG' mostly - desire ~ thin NJ and take
he' 5tr cAtc - ih"-e Already "e. 50 hist
SO te't ~" l. report 81 Increased lnt-r-
. 49, 10 f'ui CROWN.
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- 'n' IS" Shn s4'
A'nu' y '''''' more f'p-t' having c''ne
)" 90 Jus i''-'' 'Ha" nave eve betn
( '''''''" 'cl"to'
E'pnes from Hancock county that sfc
priu,.,; in III, rc, n, ar, A. follows.
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i.,.f'..t - 1'"e 'i'i'' 80 Us
80 ~ -" - H"u s''
go 'pP''e'a''''
~. ~ 90
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questions - Aee9 ~ COWS ffuit lodi-
-. a''1I y - lfa' App'e
80 ~" az ~ t'tnHlehe'ns 70
- a. ".'usn 'p' were 60