Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-08
MAINE FARMING NOTES.

F. c. Hanson Of st. Adams, has a
ready sown SO acres OF oats and vii
put In 80 acres more.
Albert Tolman Of Rockport. ID one Q
the best farmers in that town. H
keeps dairy Of 20 cows.
Z. M. Bennett Of Limestone, has al
ready planted Is acres Of potatoes an,
intends to plant "a more, making In al
| AZ acres.
Nelson White of Avon. is the frs
| farmer in that section to put In /
patent cream separator. Mr.. White 1
much pleased with the results thus far
One Of the prominent apple. buyers o
| the State says that the present indica
/, lions are that Names apple crop vii
be but one-third of last years amount
| Joseph Cummings of Greenwood, ha
a flock of seven sheep, from which h:
: took 69% pounds of WOOL Four oil
them were yearlings. including bucl
from which he sheared "A pounds. u
Mrs. F. e. futile of West Pittsfield
has a Jersey COW that recently made
| 11N pounds of butter ID seven days.
Her feed was four quarts OF shorts, two
of corn meal and one OF cotton seed per
day.
Isaiah Wiggin, one Of China's pro-
gressive and up-to-date farmers, has
had the tuberculin test applied to his
herd of cows by DR.. Jolly Of Waterville
The test showed that the cows were
free from tuberculosis.
]. H. Babaric, superintendent of the
corn canning factory at Skowhegan,
says they have the best acreage Of corn
engaged for the coming season that
they have ever had, but they are now
troubled to get tin to make cans.
Mrs. Gilman Jewett of Hodgdon.
recently sold yoke Of oxen weighing
1855 pounds. When killed they dressed
2400 pounds; the hides weigh 300 pounds,
and tallow 200. They grit seven feet
six and seven feet four respectively.
The registered Jersey bull king of
Ellsworth" owned by John A. Peters,
Jr., and c. H. Emery Of Ellsworth, will
make a tour of the big fairs in the
State this fall If he proves prize
winner. as he should, he will next year
be sent out of the State.
Augustine Mitchell OF Temple, has 81
hens which laid from November IL,
1896 to May 81, 1897. 27S
dozen Of eggs. besides furnish
ing generous supply for the table and
setting nearly 100 eggs. These hens
were all last year chickens.
Never at this season has there been a
greater demand for cream at the DeX-
ter creamery than at present. Last
week there were shipped SSS gallons
and in order to supply the demand,
cream had to be obtained from the
creameries at Exeter and Ripley.
M. H. Dudley of Mapleton. sowed
three acres Of clover for seed last year,
piece that being in sheltered spot,
came through the winter all right. He
lately had 1t threshed and got 1900
pounds of seed. which he sold for Is
cents per pound, or $3.50 for the lot.
The trustees of the Waldo County
Agricultural Society have voted to hold
no fair this year. A few members
worked hard to revive the society, but
found SO little interest in it that they
finally decided to give up the fair for
this year. There was no fair last year.
I. 3. Nelly on the Harding farm,
West Bath. will put in eight acres of
ensilagescorn this sprlhG. Last winter
he wintered nine cow and a bull and
he didn't use over a tiia and a half of
hay. He believes we'll in ensilage,
which produces abundahc of milk and
rich milk. "
1t is doubtful if a larger and finer
-year-old bull can be found In the
county of Waldo, than is owned by
Elijah Pease of Belmont. 1t was one
year old in April, and girts six feet, and
is pronounced by good judges to be the
finest specimen of its age ever seen in
this section.
Foxcroft and Dover farmers are evil
IDENTIFY anxious to plant corn for the
packing company as Superintendent
Dill has to turn from five to ten acres
away every day, his full 200 acres hav-
ing been secured some days ago. He
estimates that he has turned away
nearly 100 acres.
Joshua Coston of Palmyra, has
small flock of sheep that 1t would be
hard to beat. The II sheep have hal
90 lambs this spring and 16 of them are
now living. One sheep has three noble
lambs that she is raising with some
extra feeding of the lambs. 1t is a
flock worth looking at.
H. f. Tourtellottee of Providence, r.
l., has bought in Maine, this season.
like 1400 barrels of apples
which he shipped to Rhode Island.
During the time he has been buying
apples he has never paid less than 80
cents per barrel. The greater part of
his apples were bought in the country,
"as those near the coast" he says, twill
not keep so long"
The Union creamery, E. E. Light,
member of the board of agriculture for
Knox county, proprietor, last year had
the cream from 400 cows; the expecta-
ton now is that this season the num-
Der of cows patronizing the factory will
be increased to 600. Among the inn
of the past year is the use
of steam engine, to take place of
horse power for churning, etc. and the
national combined churn and the but
ter worker.
r. Grinell of Union, has small flccx
of eight sheep which have dropped 10
lambs, for two of which he has been
offered So Last year the lambs from
the same flock were sold for $50. One
sheep in the flock when eight years old
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