Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-23
A oooo RECORD.
srAr. INSANE ASYLUM fARn.

Under ~ise aud judiCioas management
the l.rg, farm owned by the state aud
Connected With IN. hospital for the In
sane, has yearly been Increasing la value
and prcducti,euess. ss well ss net re-
turn. Ia the Institution. That this IL an
important feature ~ill readily ~ admit
ted. The larger the measure of support
drawn from the farm the more available
for those nrccsssry repairs, addition.
aud improvements attaching To q grow
Ing Institution. with over seven hun
dr.d boarder. To feed, II makes bi.
diffsvnc. In the quarterly bills whether
the food supply comes largely from the
farm or the market. At the same time
visitors tn the grounds must have seen
the eSliencc 20 prOht Ia the - acres just
south 20 the bulldings, where the gar
deuer, W. II. Allen. has been furnishing
practical illustration ~ the worth of
IN. old pro,rfh, ~ little farm, we'll
titled" Prom this patch there has been
taken the past season Isl bushels of
appl--, ass pounds of aspsrsgu., ~
bushels of bs.t. (greens), -. tts pounds
beet. (tsbl-), rs baRches b~rts, i36
bushels b.an. (siring), = Bushels beans,
~ .JOl ears corn (gr-.n), IL acr.s corn
fo,lierl, ~. .tt9 pounds cabbage, ',ui1
cucumbsrs, sA pounds currsnts, las
hesr. csullfo~er, lT,6ls pounds car
rOt., lO,ill heads c,lsry, 5,lss hsads let
tuc,, l5,Gsi pound. onIons, ',ico pound.
pumpsins, lO,Gi3 pounds psr-nlps, ~
bunchs. parsley, lsJ bushels peas
gr.su), 2 bushels pears, Las bunches
radish, so pounds rhabsrb, 9.sls
pounds squash, 3,itJ pounds strs~ber-
rie., 2.s0 plants sir,~bsrry, ls,>Ss
pounds tomatoes, a. ~ pounds turnlps.
The bead farmer. Mr.. llorscc cony,
has h~cn dsVoting his lsbor. Ia the pro
duCiion IL milk. that the heavy outlay
fot this pr0siuct in former years might
b. checked. hi. called for, especially,
hay sud ensilsge, and To the incr,a.e 81
thsss, under the personal direction 81
the .upsrinisndsnt aud ste~ard, Mr..
Cony has dirvCted hi. efforis. This year
the rrvelp,. frum the farm have t-en
i,Oll pounds te.f fresh, ~ l'-69
busbels beans (y.llo. syr-), ~ cali
skins, Z cal,r- .old, n COWS sold. l61
ton. ensil,ge, JOo pound. hides, J4O tons
hsy. -, 90 - gallons milk, NJ IL
bu.h-l. oats, 2l,>s7 pound. potatoes.
81 Sc bu.hsl. potstos. (smsllO, ~ ton.
straw, ass pounds iurnip., ''SJ5
pounds veal.
The ust pront from the fsrm for the
wear l-gJ ~s. s3.6iG.;5. from the
garden. s1,>,Ss5, aud from the plsgrry'
sl.Sli.iO
At the present tim. - cows are In the
several hafn., the major portion bsiug
grade Iiol.tsin.. with some pure bred
animals, IN. Intention IL To- ~ork Into a
heri 90 pure bloo,i q. rapidly Z. po.si-
bl., IN. cue standard hsing that of pro-
duvtion. 40 the present time, With less
than one-fOurih ~ the herd frrsh In milk,
aud . good per cent ~ th-ss but too
YEAR. old, the daily milk supply AVER
sg,s as quarts.
IN. mo.t remarkable fact a. revealed
hy the milk re,ord., !. that upon opsu-
ing the lilo Dec. I, and feeding - lb..
daily Ter head, reducing the hsy ration
proportionstely, the milk Increased lvp
quarts Ter day, or almost two and hall
quart. PER COW. when III. snpsn.e of
the eusllsg, ration u compared With the
hay thi. extra milk cost practically
nothing. 4 pretty strong pointer
towsr,is an ingr~s-. of silos. The pres
.nt daily ration per co~ l. y pounds en-
sllsgv. 5 pounds hay, : quarts shorts,
quart cotton ses'i, quart corn meal.
The great ~ant al the Institution to-
dsy l. 20 suitable aud convenient barn
room for IN. milch COWS, where the ~
psns- of care may he reduced to the
minimum. good ventilation aud health
insured. for With thes. there Will surely
follow an Increase Ia supply sud de-
crra.e In cost of feed aud labor. The
day has gone for co.s to b. aud do their
bs.i when crowded la Easements or barn
csllArs. Plans are already perfected.
aud the ground surveyed for nes barn
to accommodat. Too head, located on =
good level, and 90 be thoroughly sid
completely equipped. Bsfor. another
year closes ~. hope To report lts con-
pletion. satisfied that Il will - Que of
the best paying Investments the ofiiccr-
could mak..-Naine Farmer.