Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-06-18
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wanted, out IdTulcEc are itlNcuiuk iuoie
Of them than Is necessary.
A hen is simply machine, and IL she
is kept warm and fed for eggs, under
proper conditions, she cannot help her
self, but must lay.
| am not one Of those who have claim
ed that the farmer Is a slave, that his
condition IL much worse than IL used TO
be, for this l. not true. but ! do claim
that he has not had fair share in the
prosperity OF this great nation.-J. Nj.
Rice.
Denmark, with an area OF but H.
lS9 square miles, exported last year SIS
OO0, 900 worth Of bacon, while the Unit
ed States for the first eleven months OF
the year reported but s3+, ,669, l0S Of this
product. The United States has little 10
boast of in comparison.
Georgia is becoming one of the larg-
est peach growing states in the Union.
Her peach crop in good year Is said To
run up to 800, 600 bushels. The Tarie-
ties grown for the northern markets are
the Elberta, Alexander, Beatrice, Foster
aud Crawford's Early.
A new electric plow has been recently
tried In Germany that operates along
sprocket chain drawn around field. A
motor pulls itself along by IL, drawing
plow. 4 cable mounted on small wheels
leads the current To il, the cable being
connected with a stationary motor.
The Liverpool Provision Trade Asso-
cigtion petitioned the Wisconsin legislat-
ure 10 prohibit the manufacture and sale
OF filled cheese, for the association says
that unless immediate steps are taken In
this direction IL will be impossible 10 sell
Wisconsin cheese in this country.
II is said that the electric weed killers
have been tried and found practicable.
The current is generated on the car pass
ing out through brush and brought in
contact with the weeds. The circuit is
completed through the wheels OF the car
and the ground.
We have been apt 10 think the apple
tree could forage and also produce q
good and profitable crop. Ii is great
mistake. The tree must be fed in order
20 be remuuerative. Ii will eat 10 live at
the expense Of the soil, but IL is the sur
plus that gives the profit.
An exchange SAYS that in the new start
which the business OF breeding tine
stock il taking there promises TO be less
stress placed upon mere fad, fashion aud
paper pedigree, and more upon useful
qualities. Exchange is right, but where
pedigree includes merit, pedigrees are
valuable.
IL il said a number Of farmers ten
miles west OF lankton, South Dakota.
have established telephone system
covering eight miles OF wire. Each
farmer is supplied with trsnsmitter
connecting with the bsrbed wire OF his
fence. The expense OF the whole sys-
TEN is said 10 be but S25.
The Live Stock Journal Of Chicago
quotes the prices for beef for the ID week
OF May for five years and finds that the
price is now higher than for the preyi-
Gus years, and that the nearest approach
TO present rates occurred in 1888 since
81, when IL WAS - cents higher than for
May Of this year.
When timber was plenty the old Nir-
gipia rail fence was most common, ana
the rail fence in the past has come near
er TO filling all the requirements OF per-
feet fence, viz, horse high, bull strong
and pig tight, than any fence yet tried.
The old method Of fencing is too expen-
sive.
Don't forget the flowers and music.
When YOU purchase new mower, reap
or. cut-away harrow or cultivator, don't
forget 10 also replace that old, burned
out cooking stove with new one, and
the same with the churn, washing ma
chine. sewing machine, etc. The way
70 have sunshine in the house is TO make
it.
The fact that the wheat area OF Eng
land decreased by 749,016 acres in ten
wears. while the oat crop increased by
a37.7S2 acres during the same time,
shows that in England, as here, there
has been a tendency from crops subject
TO foreign competition to stock-feeding
crops grown for home stock-feeding
purposes.
The Lowell (Mich.) Journal says +.
+. Cilley shesred 35 IA pounds from
ram. % l-2 pounds from an eve which
had raised lamb, and % pounds each
from two other ewes. Twelve OF the
f,ock sheared 274 pounds. The breed is
not mentioned, but no sheep on earth
hut the American Merino will give such
weights. Mr.. Cilley will show these
sheep at the Grand Rapids fair.
Our eastern exchanges are saying that
il frequently comes to their attention
that western men are buying eastern
farms, and cases are recorded OF removal
70 these farms. The truth that We have
asserted is becoming public conviction,
namely. that the cheapest farms OF the
country are now In New England. More
of the sons Of western farmers will look
up grandpa's place in the East.
OF ONE MIND.