Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-11-20
written for ,hs Osfori nsmsrst
PRACTICAL R-CoSriNutp


IL l. very necessary that practical
farmer should be a botanist, which
would save him vast amount, especial
ly u he grow. small fruits. To Illustrate,
] ~ill mention circumstance which
did occur Ia nv Own garden when living
Ia last >eston, Mass, aud for which
the agricultural society Informed me I
was the otiginstor 10 the cherry currani {;
which astouished me ~ the time. For
only cut q dogsn or .o sciOns % the last
years growth from the cld-fsshion.d
currant bushes that grew beside the
Nall, and caring for themselves, hollow
hearted, moss-coVercd aud gras. and
weed foul, and punche,i them In the
ground about thr,c lnchss; then wlplng
ofi the buds exccpt four AZ the top, then
winding With paper AZ high as the top
buds, banked with frcsh hen dung and
waited for the result. which was In due
time splendid top currsnt tree, With
stems from three Ia i've inches In length,
and enormous berries. was oycr-run
With orders fot .cions.
IN. same results with strawberries
the famous lloNey seedllug ~as At that
time the largest terry, and being a pis-
tillste. I bought so plsuts, and With
lDO oi Scott's Bfighton Pine ~ sismin-
ste, mad. snothsr experiment With the
same FERTILIZER. with forty psr cent %
sslt added. Having lot 10 .oft brick, !
covered = small piece With them, leaving
cut half brick two frct each way, aud
sst plant In each square, dressing With
liquid dtesslng, using fity plants.
Those ftty plants brought me so.
took up each plant. and putting u Into
nall cask. sold them for III each. To-
sst In shos windows for fruit aud pro
vision storcs. Had the entire lot hccn
served the same, dsrv not state the ~
suli. ~ Il was, Mr.. scott, Va isorsnc",
requested me % book him ior l1o plant.
20 his own hcrric.. n ~hstsN"t price
Nas pleased a. make. Tor With AL INV
Argument. hi only reply was, You
can't fool me, Humphrey they beat the
world"
Although b. paid great money ior the
bet Fertilizers. hs knew comparatively
nothing of botanical or naiure'- laws.
ln some wsy Mr.. Scott learn-d that
used forty pr ,nt sslt. Withou, ~
gard 10 What his soil required, he buys
t~o tons 20 r,iu.. .slt ior his flNe acre..
mi xss u thoruughlS ~ith his nighi-soll,
while his straw terry bed extended to The
very hank - the charles River, ~her,
the tide shhs and hOws Va ts course
result. done io death | happened lo
msyt him nearly i've YEAR after. lie
.svs. "Ilumphr,y. thos- luo plants
had ~ you ! set cut on INV home placr'
so thsy Nouldnt mix. MI an going
a. ssy j., ycu knos MORN de-. They
an. INV sam- old brighton Zine.
Nov the only Argument n'ccsssry u
that 4. IA. grown sOD bushels 10 salsble
potstoss on one acrv With Bradley's
sup.f-pho.phsie. then you Will Try ",
iihout considering ~hsthsr your soil
requires m" same plant f"od, or very |
different nature, hecause that would D.
jumping 40 10. AnslNfs your soil snd
hud ~hsi Il requires. II may be you
can beat \ With the same dressing. You
ar. not obliged to use Chemicals, YOU
can Do u Nour-slf.
Don't think bcCsuse you are shown .
picture ~ fruit, or tsTrie., or ~hat"l 80,
herause Il uskes your mouth wster, fo'
m. rar..t and mo.t beautiful will Corrr- !
spond no more Nth the representation
than the poodle to the hipPopotamus,
unl.ss you tr,st Il Nth the same food
q. hsiorr u lsft home. Better adopt
half-.iaryc,i child 10 good blood, than
iat and delicate one.
m the agriCulturists 20 our country |
after duly Cultiyatlng the soil and sowing !
the grain, discovered that their crops |
Nefr not cOmmsnsuraie With the extent !
II the lahot bestowed. aud The Ahun-
isncr % SEED .ow n, they would expires.
F.. dl..ppoinim-nt almost % con.isrns-
tion. They sould feel that they could |
moi Il alter themselves With conviction. |
af .ucc..s, without signs of "; for, be- |
tNs,n q harvest not Appearing, snd
harvest not existing. they could see ho
difference. nor could they be satisfied /
nth some nice logical distinctions ".
In their REGULATIONS, they discovered |
that the failure oi the crop Was to y
a.crited % some suspension or m"dih-
cation ~ the phy steal influence. of ~"
sur. sir. Nster, or the seasons, they |
uould reason the case no longer; Tor |
ho~eY,r Distressed they might 10 ~ th' |
lo... they ~ouid feel that 10 blame Wa
10 ~ attached 20 them, az their system |
% farming.
The lnNsstigatiOn now assumes rev
and beneficial aspect. IL Nindlcat"s 'hs
psrmansncy 20 the Influences 81 an all
~I.s proNiienc.. II tprOmpts to improy.
"A methods ~ cultivation. II applies All
the powers oi forcihoughi, couiri'sncr'
.kili, sysism, caution and perseverance,
To practical results.
EHIN d. llrNriIRn.