Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-10-09
VALUE or MOVING LAND AND MAN.
|. uRE FOR GRASS LAND.
A COMMUNICATIONS DIFFERENCE Nv
TWEEN sES THAN BErwEEN LANDS.
ASHES NOT COMPLETE ENoUou.

4 TWtf> htN THAN bkfWttN LANDS
ASHES NOT COMPLETE ENouou.
| Per esnt. What could . man srori "a pay IN sers
Tor scs-i upland moving. cutting tvo Tons psi
's .ra ss,'s s Iss ..a standing, p's'se
RssAlsni. Mass
Prof. J. W. sanborn, who has spent
many years In the West ne professor of
agriculture In colleges and director ofex-
pertinent stations where he has had the
best of opportunities for Judging OF the
value Of farm land and the profits Of AZ
riculture, has returned to New England
where he Intends to remain permanently
and cultivate his large New Hampshire
farm. lie recently told me that IL
WAS his firm conviction that good farm
Ing land anywhere IL worth 500 per
acre for practical use. suppose he
meant 20 include only such land a. IL
located near enough To civilization To
make Il worth cultlvating In
ORDINARY FARM cRors
such as grain, hay, live stock, etc. With
out figuring closely l. sm inclined to
agree With him In his estimates.
Nv own farm land has been assessed
NJ siOo Per acre and never asked To
have the valuation reduced. IL was
thirty miles from Boston and the village
markets were from four To eight miles
away. Here In Deihsm, In the west
parish fourteen miles from the city aud
whcr, the chief business Il the produc-
tion of milk, the good farming land has
long been assessed az the rate of $500 per
acre, and know that the owners have
made money managing such land.
Hut they do not all do equally well.
soar MN WILL fAiL
under What would seem to bc the most
favorable opportunities, while Others
will .ucc.cd under circumstances which
appear Ia b. greatly against them. There
Il great difference between really good
and decidedly poor land, but never saw
.o much difference In land as ! have
seen In men.
10 when figuring cut the value of an
acre of gras. land with interest aud
take. and the price ~ hay ss known
quantities, there l. still an unknown fac
tor. the man himself, that may greatly
Influence the result. when inexperienc-
ed Young men come to me with the
profits of farming al figured out on
paper, I am always Inclined to show NJ
the possibilities of failure. ] turn their
attention Ia the
UNCERTAINTIES 90 N,HkIr>,
the risks from bad weather. Injurious In
.ects, fungi. etc, etc. -Four per cent
may - fair average rate of lnierc.t At
the present tlmc for Que With money Ia
invest. That l. about what the
savings banks have been paying In New
England Tor some years past, bat ! do
not know ~ many farmers Who obtain
80 low rate ~ interest on money hor-
rowei. The banks charge six per cent
ottsner than lower rate on farm ar
other real csiai. loans. Then ] notice
that town tsxe. vary greatly from year
to year according as the voters srr gen
crous or otherwise In their annual appro-
p'iations. With al these items to con-
.Idsr DO NO, sec how one can figure
With gr-at confidence upon any exact
sum az belng the permanent value of an
acre ~ moving land.
Then again I do not believe In trying
to raise hay continually year sfter year
either by tOp-drc.sing or re-secdlng, ex-
cept where the land is
TOO VII or TOO sro>N
for cultivation. Ia which case II would
seldom H. worth sls Ter acre. Grsss
can - raised at the greatest profit when
grow n IN rotation with other crops and
where the manure or fertilizer can be
cultivated Into the soil.
Suppo.e Ne start cut by valaing the
land al siOO per acre aud the interest
aud take. a. s,ersging per cent. The
grass Income l. go, permanent charge
-. leaving slI Tor fertilizer aud profits.
Who can tell whst value Of fertilizer
will produce two tons ~ hay upon al
acrr II lsnds some acres would do "
Nth sOO pounds, other. might require a
tou. cannot sns~er the question ask
~, aud hope have made u clear Why
IL cannot be answered definitely.
MANURI>G GRASS LAND.
with upland mowinE In gcs.i state of fsttil
ity. ha,iss besn vel fsftihfe,i With barnyari
tnanurv what kin.l of fertihfef souh you Ni't-.
ons b. huy o. keep W the trftiitYf Ashc- AL
pt,taf,,i shsmisSls have both teen msn'ionei
g. NE
m s.hs. an, usc,i whsn 3. the ls-t time ~
arply thsm, AMI how many Iouad' Yer Aer,i
4. a.
The ash of plants I. useful asa fertil-
is-r Ia make other plants grow, but the
ash does not give the hungry plant all
the food u requires. Ashe. and hne raw
bore II rightly combined should Yield All
the plant calls for, but on dry land the
bone II spread upon the surface would
BE- very slow "a act. Ashes may be ap-
piled Al sny time and In almost any
quantity without lOs. or waste. ~
rule. the sooner applied the sooner the
effect aud the more the greater.
know of nothing better than barn
ward manure for top-dr,ssing a perms-
nent moving. would II spread In the
spring lust as the grass u starting Into
grow IA OF Immediately after cutting and
removing the hay. The latter l. the bet
ter time. especially
~ IIIE WEATHER ., fAyoEABlE
10 top-tlressing. The new growth Will
then come right up and soon cover the
manur, aud keep Il moist. ! would SOW
a little grass seed every time manure IL
applied aud would work u la and level
the manure al the same time with line
toothed harrow or heavy bush.
II manure IL too expensive soluble
chemicals not subject to waste by expos
ure may b. used instead. Among these
may be- uamed nitrate of soda, sulphaie
of ammonia, muriate of potash aud
ground bone treated with acid. Dealers
keep these mixtures prepared specially
for top-dresslng. They are far superior
10 clear ashes for continued use. The
quantity needed will vary from 800
pounds or less 10 half ton or more per
acre according to the condition OF the
land and the sod. IL l. useless To top
dress moving land after the grass has
died out. Fertilizers will feed plants
but they cannot create them.-New
England Farmer.
MAINE JERSEYS.
n 1. worthy of note that the butter lat
-. -, ar. .t.sa fair all uant In Maine