Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-09-15
sclSSoRsD AND PeNNsD.

SclSSoRsD AND PeNNsD.
The grain acreage of the United States
has nearly doubled since 1873, but the
population has not.
Is II not the tendency of the modern
fair management tc make agriculture
less and less prominent, comparatively
every years. b. kEACH.
The excessive production of the
Haverland strawberry, so poor IN
quality, il destroying the popular taste
for straw berries and greatly lessening
the cOnsumption.-L. Il. PIERCE.
IL farming don't pay" gardening
will. IL the right man takes hold. ! am
iifty-three wears old, and cannot work
like Younger men, but my experience
stands me in good stead.-HENR SNi-
DIR.
Doctoring sheep is largely guessing as
70 what is the matter and what l. the
proper remedy. You do il; the sheep
gets we'll and YOU have guessed right.
Itit dies YOU have made the wrong
guess and cannot guess again on the
same sheep.-Iowa Homestead.
Before giving up the farm for another
business which promises better returns
study closely the chances for success or
failure. The farmer has his house rent
and his table supplies without deduct
ing them from the profits Of his business
The business man Is no better OF VINO l.
making twice as much.
The housing of machines when they
are not I'm use i an old subject. ear
after wear every agricultural paper has
had something 10 say on this topic and
the city weeslies that have a farm de-
psrtment have had articles or para
graphs of the same tenor, Yet there l.
abundant evidence that still another ser
mon i needed from the same text
Ohio Farmer.
make soWines OF radishes every ten
DAYS, and can count upon getting rad
ishes in eighteen or nineteen days every
time. use the French Breakfast Rad
ish. oliye-,haped. aud White-tipped tur-
pin-rootpd. / do not sOv thickly aud
chen thin out. but SOW As | wish them To
come up-about two inches apart. Al
most every seed Is true.-l. Il. III.
There i no one who il better entitled
70 the best that the land will produce
than j. the farmer, vet often his table
contains TOO little else but meat and po-
tstoes. However. the constant preach
ing OF the agricultural journals has had
much 70 do toward enlsrgiug the garden
and the greater variety OF vegetables
does much TO promote the health ana
happiness Of the farmers family.-ED-
WIN 4. POWELL.
II i really wonder why more farm
homes sre not better supplied with
water. An elevated tank that could DC
filled hy hand or wind pump would fur
ui.h a constant aud convenient supply of
water. often springs are so located tina,
with little OUTLAY il could be brought ln-
,o the house. Arrangements for heating
water and bathroom, so often lacking
iu farm homes. would naturally follow.
National StockmAu.
Those having moss on their lawns
need Try no remedies but one, aud that
i. 20 have IL drained. When TINS u done'
rake the grass with ShSrp-topthed rake
I'm different directions to drAg OUT the
moss or weeds, and roll with heavy
roller i'm wet weather Very fine coal
ashes. also. may with great benefit be
spread over those parts of the is"n
where moss abOuuds especially II done
IN wet weather OF before a soaking rata
New England Florist.
Several daily papers have thought II
very ,msrt 70 make fun of the agri-
cultural colleges because the army worm
did dsn4ge on their farms. Do these
p.pers suppose that the very name OF
thssc colleges will poison the worms
Professors 81 agriculture are not gitteG
with second sight, and cannot look ahead
.svrr.,I Years and tell when these worms
are 10 appear. A. a matter of fact. II l.
a good thing to have such attacks al the
college. for il gives chance 10 test
remedies aud advertise the results.
Rural New Yorker.