Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-06-25


windrow, open following morning. Sool
as dew is of, turn. and get in In after
noon. Less than two tons TO the acre
nov at night before dew falls, rake be
tween ten and eleven, get in in after
noon. W. III. STICkNEY.
DENMARK.
Dairy business is taking the lead oI
most farms at present, as IL seems Il
bring more money TO farmers, and cow
net me some $50 per head, after payini
grain bills. Now this will pay hay bill
and know of no other stock that d'
this. feed nv skim-milk 10 calves ans
hogs, and claim IL to be worth four cent
per gallon. | prefer to have my cows
fresh In early spring, as l have goot
pasture and get my cream from feed ant
small feed Of grain. keep grade cows
AS prefer them. as they are bettel
adapted TO climate and feed than full
bloods. prefer hay cut when it has
matured properly, that Is when II has
the most nutriment, and farmer mus
Judge for himself as 10 that. as IL Is hare
10 give general rule. We grow clover
red-top and Timothy and IL costs me 3,
per ton To harvest nv crop. OF course
use mower. horse rake and fork.
c. B. SMITH.
HIRAM.
We have been selling cream for the
past five years and think IL a good busi
ness with the right kind Of management,
When our farms are brought up to
high state of productiveness so that we
shall not have to pay the money al
away for western grain there will be &
little money in dairying. The past year
has been poor one for US, having 10
weed out some of our cows. We choose
TO sell cream In preference 20 milk, hav'
ing done both. IL takes less time TO GO
20 the station and we have the skim
milk To feed TO calves and pigs. Cant
saw what Ii Is worth, but can raise good
COWS on skim-milk 10 start with. Choose
To have cows come in in fall and early
winter, as butter brings better price and
all are less busy through the winter,
our cream is raised in deep cans IN ice
cold water. Our cows are grades. We
haven't got II down fine enough yet to
tell what IL costs TO make pound oil
butter. Feed largely OF shorts. cotton
seed meal, gluten meal, etc., most OF our
grain being bought. We are squsrely OF
the opinion that the profits OF the busi-
ness can be largely increased by adopt
ing better methods OF farming, buying
less and producing more (using less to-
bacco and more brains) putting in more
steel and electricity and less wooden
farming into the business. Should pre-
fer the clover and red-top largely for the
dairy. shall try some Hungarian this
year for hay, looking well after the siio
all the time. Prefer early cutting OF
hay. The moving machine, horse rake
and horse pltchfork are Indispensable.
Good COWS and other neat stock will re-
turn the most profit first, last and al
ways aud not old horses and colts; from
which good Lord deliver Us.
A. X. L. GooGINs.
pIXfIELD.
Mostly a mixed breed Of cattle kept
about here, Hereford and Durham.
should prefer cows TO come in in April
as we carry all our milk to cheese fac
tory and the whey is fed TO hogs. Think
there Is more money in cheese than In
butter at present prices, but the coming
" inter auite a good many are planning
TO send cream 10 the butter factory. /
hardly know what IL costs 10 produce a
ton Of hay, but il cost me about 81 ~
per ton TO cut nv hay last season.
Herdsgrass, red-top and clover. early
cut by all means, more readily eaten ana
IL saps the land less. Horse mower
horse rake aud horse pitchfork, and it
would be hard for me 10 state which |
value the highest.
J. ". BUTTERflELp.
PARIS.
Cows are considered the best paying
stock kept on the farm. More calves
are being raised than usual. Most every
farmer wants 10 raise a pair OF steers
this spring. We are obliged 10 sell our
cream for the sale of milk Is limited TO Il
few near the villages. Very nice calves
are raised wholly on ssim-milk. The
grass is looking extra well for the last
of May. HENRY T.. HAMMOND
SOUTH WATERFORD.
I should, il near market, prefer 10
sell milk. We feed the skim-milk To
colts. calves and pigs with corn meal.
We can buy buttermilk at the factory,
one mile away, for one-half cent a gal
Ion. making il cost one cent At home.
Skim-milk i not worth any more. | pre-
fer To have my COWS fresh In the fali and
early winter. We separate our cream
bv the deep setting process, using a
Cooley creamer. We keep grade Jersey
cows. I think that a pound of butter
can be produced for ten cents. My grain
ration in the winter is usually two
quarts each of cottonseed meal ana
gluten. prefer herdsgrass and clover,
prefer late cut hay as | get better re-
turns from nv cows when fed on IT,.
The greatest labor saving implement
used in having is the horse fork.
c. 5. HAMLIN.
SUMNER.
see in YOUR last bulletin you have
the sure cure tar remedy for crows pull
ing corn, and il made me tired 10 READ II
for the crows of Sumner will pull tarred
corn the same as that not tarred. But II
Won will put little kerosene on 1t after
il is in the planter hopper the worms
will not eat il, and believe the crows
will have as much reverence for II as
thouyh il was tarred. The saying that
"a thing of beauty is a JOY forever =
was fully verified to me not long ago.
when | saw Comrade Joseph Noyes'
filed with rare plants anu
flowers. and its cost was so small that
any one a lover Of flowers can afford II.
III. DAVIS.
ANDovER.
Questions | and are beyond my abil-
itv 10 answer. Should say that apple
trees were blossomiug about the same AS
usual on the average. About the same
amount Of spraying will be done TINS
year "a formerly. The Plymouth RocSs
and light Brahmas prove 10 be the most
nrof;tahle on the farm. The most oi
farmers around here feed their skim
milk TO the calves and hogs, with bran
and meal stirred into it. Should say
that skim-milk would be worth aoou'
fifteen cents per gallon to feed thus
We separate our cream by the old way
Of setting in pans. We keep graded
stock OF the Shorthorns and Hereford
breeds with little Holstein blood mixed
In. The hav mostly grown here Is i1m.
orhv. red clover and red-top mixed.
nrefer early cutting Of hay or as soon q;
i il in the blow. First. because there !;
more heart or substance to it; second
because stock eat 1t better aud do bet.
ter on il than on late cut hay. The mos,
valuable labor saving implements used
here are the moving machine and horse
rake: few use the hay fork. In gooo
weather we prefer to cut piece dowr
one day and get il iu the next, so as u