Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-29
.AGRitl LIIRAL 81 LLF.IIN.
Live stock In Hancock County
OuarterlN Lettcre.

quarterly Letters.
The bulletin Of the eat board q agr.-
ealtarr. issued til. wte.s. i devoted prin-
cipa.}y To live stock TAe following let
ter- from Hancock county appear
MARIAVuLE-I think there are more
horses eaW-. heiter calves and swine. but
not - many sheep. There are but very
few oxen kept, and not many are raising
steer calves. Think people are trying to
improve in raising dairy COWS, but not SO
much a. | wish they would.
AKs. >. l.. BKIMMER.
BuCKsFoRT Tn regard to live stock,
there are more COWS, fewer horses anC
colts, less young stock, oxen and sheep;
about The same number Of swine. Think
dairy stock j. on he increase. More calves
being raised this year, mostly heiters.
More pains taken in breeding. Know OF
no desirable animals for sale in this SEC
ton. The raising OF stock for the dairy
and beef should be encouraged. Thlnh
sheep viii do better in the near future.
H. J. HARTMAN.
NORTH LAMoINE-We observe hat rails
lng of stock Is engaging the attention Of
the farmers of this section of our county
more extensively than Al any previous
time " hich fact STANDS for IL beng re-
cognized as the oHc srr5: cement con-
ducive to successtu '4rlIag The raising
of heifer ca VS. Ne believe - at present
the most profitable st.e> and tae best
TINT can be obtained, amt We are pleased
10 note an effort in his direction to breed
10 q better class a. >Ire- generally. This
i ii point worthy OF careful con-lderat ion
hen We realize thAj 4 ecTub aulaHl raised
to mat ur5tv has cost quite r. large a sum as
HI finer breeds would have done. II more
COWS are raised tnan can he practically
used on the farm where circumstances
Will not admit Of il, there is with Us ever
romuneratiye prices, but right here allow
me to say. don't let Us attempt TO raise or
keep any larger number than can be kept
well, Tor more than this Is carried nj Il
loss. y. y. NoCNG.
SOUTH PENoBscoT-I think there are
more calves raised III this section than
there has been for some time. There are
too many old horses kept. There are
quite mum Der Of good oxen in this part
of the county but not half as many as
there should be. | think the farmers
h we called halt in raising colts; very
few raised this year, and the prospect for
next year is The same. n F. NORTON.
BLUEHILI-The farmers in this section
are not disposed to make any decided
change in stock. More calves have been
raised this year than usual. Dairying
seems to be gaining ground with many
farmers. The tendency seems to be to
keep better COWS, but the number of ami
mails kept does not increase very much,
We think that in most sections the breed
ing of dairy stock should be encouraged,
but there are many places where the
farms are comparatively small, and it
would pay better to raise sheep or young
cattle for beet, unless the local market
for butter is unusually good. In answer
to our secretarys question in regard to
top dressing with phosphate, would say |
have used it on newly-laid-d down land
with good results. In seeding old ground
it is better to apply only small quantity
OF phosphate, as the grain will not lodge
so badly, then top dress the next spring
for the grass. II. B. GRAY.
The next board bulletin will be devoted
principally to fertilizers.