Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-08-18
MAINE FAR MING NOTES.

Potatoes are reported to be rustnS
badly in some sections of the State.
Lorinp J. Dole of Limerick. has two
COWS that dropped four calves recent
ly.
VIM. II. Fernald of Springvale, has
a red astrachan apple tree from which
he has picked ten bushels of apples
this year.
HOPKINS Brothers of Fort Fairfield,
harvested - tons Of hay this season
which is Just half the amount cut from
the same piece of ground last year.
\. J. Odell of Pennington, has an
apricot tree in his front yard four
wears old. from which he has gathered
quite quantity of fully ripened fruit
this season. The tree seems to be
very hardy, he says.
\ Somerset county correspondent
Nrites that the absence OF bees OF ali
kinds has been noticed this season and
bat few field mice have been seen.
The potato bugs also in many places
have not been as numerous as in for
mer years.
Work is rushing at the Waldobor0
canning IuttolN iiit ' -iiN' ibftii''N
are employed. and large quantity OF
peas has been handled. This industry
is proving boon TO farmers and even
those village people who owned and
lost the original stock, rejoice.
Obadiah Gardner of Roclland, has
on his place an interesting sight in the
shape of eleven hogs of different sizes.
They are enclosed in the orchard
which contains about an acre OF land.
Mr.. Gardner claims that this mode Of
keeping hogs is better than shutting
them up in close pens, as they have
the fresh air all the time, and the
new grass and the fruit as it falls
makes better and sweeter pork.
During the month of July the
creamery at Alexander received 1868
pounds OF milk and paid out over $500
for the same. The farmers of that
scctiCnappreciate fully the advantages
of having this creamery. Instead of
being obliged to take their butter to
Calais, where they were often forced
10 exchange il for goods at a great
disadvantage. they can now dispose OF
theirmilll at the creamery with profit.
One week recently II. &. Judkins of
Dexter. supplied his customers at Old
Orchard with 100 gallons of sweet
cream, - eases of eggs, $50 pounds of
creamery butter. and 800 pounds of
cooking butter Mr.. Judkins has been
supplying several hotels and cafes
there for a dozen years. aud his bust
ness has steadily increased. Mr. .Iud-
kins passes his summers at his cot
tagc there. and in spite of his age is
"a < ati
For two years the annual fair of the
Penobscot County Fair association has
been held in connection with the fall
races OF the Old Town Trottne Park
association. The fair. however. was
not success, financially, either year,
and the managers Of the Old Town
association will probably not take
hold of if this year and it is very
doubtful if the county association will
have any fair at all this year
\. Rigby, an enthusiastic farmer
and fruit raiser of Saltwater. has n
novelty, this season. in the shape of
a German blackberry BUSH The fruit
is much larger than the American
cultivated berries, MANY measuring
nearly an inch and Il half in length.
The plant from which Mr.. RipbV
raised the berries was sent him by
his brother who was travelling in Ger
many and got sprout of the plant
aud nursed it carefully until he GOT
Il chance to send it to Mr.. Rigby.
The potato crop seems assured by
the recent rains. Last season the
drought contracted the growth some
What, put the crop was a sound one.
This year if sultry weather with much
Wet continues from now till Septem-
Der the rot is liable to set in. and in
that case diminish the crop below the
yield of last wear. The acreooe
planted in the State is thought to he
lo per cent less than last season. but
on account of better conditions for
growth prevailing the crop is likely to
pe large one and rule corresponding
ly low in price.
i. I. Waite of Canton Point. has y
three-acre field of yellow corn .nlanted
May IA. that stands over eight feet in
helght. The ears come our on the
STOCK above the height of a mnn's
sloHiuefs that is six feet tall Lots
VI people IN this State and from other
s'''eS nave visited this corn field and
pronounce 1t the best they ever SAW in
'h's state and equal 10 the corn fields
seen IN the West. Mr.. Waite saws he pre-
pared the ground last fall with a rood
:oao OF manure; this spring he worked
- up thoroughly and when he planted
ne used phosphate, and the first time
ie Aoeu III put small quantity of
Heh manure and plaster around tho