Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-06-26
CROP BULLETIN FOR JUNE.


AUGUSTA, June ., 1891.
We wish to thank our correspondents
for the very full and complete returns
they have made Ia the questions Tor
this hullstin. More remarks were sent
than We were able to use, on account of
the danger of Increasing the sire beyond
the limit of one cent postage, which Will
account for the dropping out OF some
and the cutting down of others.
The following IL list of the questions
sent out this month;
I. How many pound. Of butter have
your cows averaged the last year,
2. u cream Il sold give average price
revived for enough To make pound Of
buttcrr
:. Give average te.t Of your cream at
factory
1. Give average number of pounds of
milk required to make one pound Of but
teri
5. ~ milk Ia sold, give average price
received per pound, or quartz
q. Give your results With different
kinds ~ food a. affecting, permanently,
IN. quality of milk
:. Give per cent 10 increase In thor
oaghbred cows In your vicinity, ifsny,
aud state What brccdt
:. WHIST proportion of farmer. Ia
your vicinity are using thoroughbred
bullss
y. Give number 70 fruit tr~cs set out
In proportion IN former ycarsf
IA. Give fruit indications, ~ compsr-
ed With last Year,
From the one hundred replies to Ques-
iion one. We grt the average production
of butter for the past year To lie 20.
pounds. \ gain ~ fourteen pounds
over that reported last year. In most
cases the milk us~l In the family has
not bs-n reckoned, which would increase
the average somewhat.
Replies Ia question two give sO.slO5
a. m. average price received at crcamcr-
ics Tor cream enough To make one pound
IL butter. which i little more than We
expected Il would be-, on account of the
low prices. This u reached, ~ course.
by a.. large proportion of cooperative
cresmeries In the state.
Prom question three, a averaged, We
g,t the tsst of cream where the Bahcock
test !. used AZ factories, to be lao Per
cent.
Prom question four We reach the aver
age % is.3 pounds az the amount of
milk required Ia make one pound of but
ter, and desirr Ia call your attention Ia
ia. individual statements 81 several cor
respondents of the per cent of butter lat
containcd In their milk.
The average price per quart for milk
Il given a. 5.0i, mostly retail prices be-
ing given.
Hut very few replies were rcccl,ed 10
question six "A far a. We can collect
them, Ne Judge that most Who report
have failed la produce any permanent
change In the quality ~ milk n Tar a.
butter fat u concerned by feeds, as long
a. good healthy food u given, aud the
animal l. kept In thrifty condition.
Replies to question seven give flf,een
per c,nt n the increase In thoroughbred
COWS. which are In nearly every case Jer-
..ys. Many speak of considerable grsd-
ing NJ, by the use oi thoroughbred bulls.
Ihe proportion 81 farmer. using thor
oughbrcd bulls il not a. large a. We an
ticipated, being placed AZ ilfiy per cent.
Hut In quite hrg, number of cases Y,
I. reported that the calves are ,eale'l,
aud a. q consequence, those bulls are
used which will probably produce the
largest calves.
Replies to question nine give the pro-
portion of fruit trees set, compared Ia
former years, at ninety Ter cent. the fall.
Ing of bclng partly due Ia the small
crop of last year. bat mostly To desire
To trim up and take better care of those
already sst. - that We feel safe to r,'-
port an Increased Interest Ia fruit grow
ing.
The fruit Indications are given ss new
er better at ihl. season 10 the year, aud
thl. include. all sections of the stat. and
All kinds ~ fruit, more replies having
come In Ia this question, than have ever
bc.n received before.
gIrOHTs TRuN OXFORD COUNTY.
A>I.oyER-farmingo on the keep sew
eral baskets for your eggs, that you may
have whole eggs In some basket" plan,
dairying l. With the aud most of my
neighbors bat a moderate part Of the
mixture We call farming. Last year ]
kept five cows and heifers, two of them
two-yesr-olds, selling cream to the Rum
ford butter factory by the Inch, at an
average price ~ eight and one.half
cents, or seventeen cents per pound Tor
butte, ob the supposltion that two inch
- of cream average Ia make one pound
10 butter, getting All average of 30
pounds psr COW. Including that made at
home for home use. OF the weight of
milk required Ia make one pound of but
ter, have not sufficiently exact data Ia
make an average for the year - some
wher. from % to ~ pounds at such
tests a. have made. The Jersey Il rap
ldly displacing all other breeds In this
vicinity. I should say that more than
half the bull. kept Ia town at present
are full blOods of that breed. since
March 1, l>gi, have sold cream Ia the
Bethel butter factory. Test for March,
l5.g: for April, ls.9. Grass looks very
promising at thl. time. The acreage of
corn will De- largely increased from last
year; thirty per cent, AT least. 10 faI
a. my observation goes, less new fruit
trees are being set this year than usual
hut more care bestowed on the old ones.
indications are favorable for a large
crop. Root crops for winter feeding
are coming into favor with many OF our