Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-13
MAINE FARMING NOTES.


E. ID. Collins of West Dover, has over
, thousand chickens, all Matched in in
cubators.
D. II. Curtis of East Woodstock, has a
lwo years old heifer which girths 6 feet
md one inch.
L. p. True of Hope, has set one and
)ne-half acres of tomato plants. They
Ire for canning.
Mrs. Frank Farnum of PALMYRA. has
fine flock of chickens, 103 in all, con-
;isting of Plymouth rocks. langshans,
brown leghorns, etc.
Gilman Palmer of Waldoboro, has a
fair sized garden this season. having
plantA} a half acre each of corn. peas,
potatoes, beans and cabbages.
Frank Orff of Waldoboro. is doing Il
cushing business, selling cabbage plants.
He has about 20 600 on hand. and has sell
ing from 1000 to 1900 day for the past
two weeks.
b. f. Buzzell of Fryeburg, is one of
Names large strawberry growers. He
expects to pick over 5000 boxes this
year, and will in August set out three
or four thousand plants.
VIM. Hardy of Jay. had some spears,
Of rye recently that measured six feet,
three inches. Mr.. Hardy also has a
piece of grass that stands between
three and four feet high.
The contract for the building to be cree
ted by the York County Agricultural So
ciety in SacO this summer has been
awarded to Frank L. Davis of Saco,
whose bid was less than $1,000.
c. B. Carpenter of South Water
boro, has cut a piece of rye for fodder,
much of which was over six feet tall.
He will plough the ground and sow
hungarian. thus getting two crops
this year.
John A. Hanley of Bristol. generally
keeps pair of large oxen. He now has
pair feet inches, in the line. not a
links difference in girth, weighing 1900
pounds, only 25 pounds difference in
weight nicely matched.
Leeds cheese factory is doing the largest
business of it's history this season. Thr-
ty-three hundred pounds of milk a day
has been received. The cheese is made
by Luther Mason. son of the longtime
maker at North Turner.
The creamery at Alexander, is doing
a booming business and is getting
quite a little over ton and a half of
milk daily which yields nearly 800
pounds of cream. 1t not only gathers
milk from Alexander but considerable
comes in from Princeton, Baileyville
and Cooper
The North Turner cheese factory, one
of the first cheese factories built in the
State. is receiving an unusually large sup
ply of milk this season. Ira Mason mas
made the cheese at this factory every
year since it opened and is still in charge.
The North Turner cheese has good
reputation in the market and is always
in demand.
G. w. Oliver of Nobleboro. has 20 head
of cattle, including pair of oxen and
ten nice pure bred Jerseys. the herd
headed by a bull from Gardeners MT.
Battox Farm herd. He is among the
largest and very best farmers in town,
making butter at home. and finding a
market for it at Damariscotta and New
castle villages. having furnished the ho-
tel for long term of years.
One of the largest farmers in Aroostook
the largest individual OPP
erator-is A. l.. Chandler of Bridgewater.
Mr.. Chandler has in crop this season
about 200 acres. Fifty acres OF this tract
are in potatoes, fifty in Frank Jones bar
ley, and the balance in different Kinds of
grain. He also has quite an area in
grass. Besides his farming operations
Mr.. Chandler operates a starcn factory
and lumber mill, and runs general store.
A Maine farmer of much experience
in the cultivation of strawberries. says