Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-02-04
MAINE FARMING NOTES.

Mr. Jason Angove of Milo, raised
turnip last season weighing 2415 pounds
Henry S. Kinney Of Ft. Fairfield. re-
Gently sold five hogs which weighed 1850
pounds.
S. Quimby of Cambridge, recently sold
four calves, four weeks old, for which he
received $40.
Bryce Z. Kimball of North Albany,
killed sheep recently and got forty five
pounds of talow from her.
James j. Bepner of Waldoboro recently
cut white maple tree on his farm which
chopped up into four cords Of wood.
r. NJ. Barton of Dexter, has pair of
large oxen. weighing 554S pounds, and
girt feet 3 inches He also has pair of
three -year-olds that weigh upwards o.
5000 pounds.
The annual meeting of the North
Aroostook A Agricultural and Horticultural
Society will be held in G. A. r. hall,
Presque Isle Saturday, Feb. Sth, at 10
o'clock A. NJ.
A large amount of hay is being shipped
from Aroostook county, and farmers are
wintering their stock very largely on straw
and grain, the latter article being cheap
ana aDundant.
The annual meeting of the Somerset
Central Agricultural Society will be held
in Grand Army hall. Skowhegan, Satur-
day Feb. Sth, at 2 clock P. NJ, for cleo
tion of officers.
On Henry Webbers farm, North George
town, Me, is an old apple tree that girts
10 feet Z inches, one foot from the ground
and the limbs are 80 feet long on each
side and the tree is 60 feet high 1t bears
we'll.
A Presque Isle correspondent writes
that inquiry in three ncghborhoods
proves that less than oneShalf the amount
of potatoes received is now in the hands cf
the farmers. One farmer reports that out
of 1000 bushels cellared he will not have
over 600 BUSHES of merchantable ones
Phillips Phonograph: The annual
meetings of the State board Of agriculture
increase in interest as the years go by
It is equally pertinent to note increased
encouragement for agriculture in this
State. Every year the farmers Of Maine
are putting more intelligence and skill
into their operations and are taking out
more remunerative returns.
The George W. P. Jerrard Seed Com
pany of Caribou, has just received COM
munication from New Zealand stating
that barrel of potatoes shipped by them
from Caribou had been received in first
class order, only four potatoes in the
barrel being slightly damaged. The
potatoes were sent by freight and reached
their destination in about six weeks after
being shipped.
At the annual meeting OF the Central
Washington Agricultural Society, the
following officers werc elected for the
ensuing year: 4. j. Nose. PRESIDENT A.
L. McRae and S. M. Holway, vice presi
dents; G. l.. Harmon, W. g. Means, A
d. McFaul, Alfred X. Ames Ephraim
Whitney B. W. Crane, John A. Nc
Donald, trustees, W. II. Phinney, secre-
tary; NJ Gardner, treasurer
John f. Melcher raised in Letter u plan
tation, franklin county the past year
over 100 bushels Of grain (mostly oats)
and Al bushels OF potatoes Lewis Fl
Stevens "a bushels of mixed grain and
on one acre 272 bushels Of potatoes Henry
IL. Lufkin, sc bushes of oats and nearly
100 bushels of potatoes; Charles f.. Cross
man, 36 bushels of oats and 20 bushels of
potatoes The hay crop was quito good
in Letter +, but the apple crop was very
small indeed
The success of the various parades at
the State Fair at Lewiston last fall has
prompted county fairs to consider the ad-
visibility of adopting such novelties for
their shows. Topsham fair will have a
grange parade, or at least it is understood
that the management will offer premiums
with the view of having such feature at
their show, and Oxford county fair has
offered liberal money for floral parade, IL
merchants parade and a farmers parade
1t is likely that other fairs will undertake
to have similar features