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


coaxing, heavy mahtiring and con-
slant attention; and that It doesn't nav
to bother with those varieties. Hut
there are plenty Of well established va
rieties, both early ana late, that havc
demonstrated beyond question a dis
position to do well.
Eben Smith. formerly of Skowhegan
who Is carrying on the farm at Cushirp,s
island, Portland Harbor, has put III This
season potatoes, corn, all kinds or beans
onions, celery, parsley, beets. carrots
lettuce, peas. cauifiower, cabbage tl,r
nfps, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes. OATS
and rye. Fifteen acres have been plant
ed, II of which are under the hoe. and
the crops are thrifty. That portion Of the
soil which lies on the harbor side of the
island, near Cellar Point" which is also
before for 50 years
WIN. F. Triggs of Belfast. has q farm
and stable which show what can be done
in farming and stock raising by labor
and capital judiciously applied He has
handsome held OF oats growing on land
on which was a good second-growth cron
or hard wood Il year ago, while his gar
den, is as good as can be found anywhere
hereabouts. In his stable he has several
horses, among them handsome five
high He has also two heifer spring
| calves, that look exactly alike and are
both prize animals.
| The first native cucumbers that have
been reported this season at Rockland
are some raised by Harry Mather The
vines were raised out doors in a large
frame, covered with glass. About a
! month ago the glass was taken off and
| since that time the plants have grown
very rapidly and now several very
large cucumbers can be seen. Mr..
Mather tried this for an experiment
and will probably another season build
a place for the purpose of raising these
vegetables.
| A farmer who has been in the poul-
try business for few years, has al
ready settled many practical points to
his own satisfaction. He believes that
a poultry raiser should begin with a
| dozen or more fowls and work up; his
own early experience showing the diff
ficulties attending the beginning on
large scale even under the auspices of
an expert opinion, and of the farm. He
prefers the White Wyandottes and
also has a cross of Plymouth Rocks
which give a fine SAVIOR meaty. quick
growing chicken. He also has several
crosses of Black Minorcas and Brown
Leghorns; those are used to a great
extent as layers.
! A. A. Eastman. Dexter's well known
grower of small fruits, states that the
warm weather of the past few days
has had disastrous effects upon goose
berries, baking the side of the fruit ex-
| posed to the hot rays of the sun, and
| that his crop will be damaged nearly
% per cent. as a result. Last year Mr.
| Eastman had 100 bushels of gooseber-
ries and his crop this year would have
jamounted to about the same figure but
| for the disastrous effects of the past
few days. His raspberries are looking
very well and he will have more of a
crop this year than last. probably 65
bushels at least. He has quite large
| strawberry patch but the vines suffer-
ed from the frost in the early winter
and he will harvest but few. He ex-
poets an average crop of currants.
One of the best farmers of Knox
county, Mr.. Erastus Lermond of Thorn
aston. who supplies the citizens of his
| town with milk, has this to say: My
| aim in conducting my milk farm, is to
| produce food for my stock, and the
l AAStAoN eifott GIL ia iotC Will HON, Is
to pillow from six to eight acres each
year, completely inverting the sod, and
| sow hungarian grass. seeding down at
| the same time, and also sow about an
acre of oats for early feeding Hun
| garian makes an excellent green or dry
| feed. and l think produces as much
nutriment to the acre as corn, with
| not nearly as much work in handling
land no fear of frost Therefore have
not used my silo for years" Mr.. Ler-
mond's farm is a clay loan. and there
| fore not specially adapted to the corn
crop. This may in a measure account
| for his rejecting the corn crop and silo.
| Adapting the crop to the soil and situa-
ton is an important factor in farming,
and one which Mr.. Lermond well I'M
| derstands, says the Maine Farmer.
Presque Isle Star-Herald: During his
| trip to Fort Fairfield. Saturday. the Star
Herald man had the pleasure of meeting
Capt. W. II. Poole. the president and gen.
cral manager of the A. II. Weeks Co.
farm. This farm is located on the
Strickland road Fort Fairfield, right on
the route of the proposed Limestone rail-
road The tract in this farm comprises
| 500 acres. which when purchased by the
company but short time since was in
the original forest growth. Under the
management of Mr.. Poole things are
done by wholesale, and with true West
ern hustle. and at the present time some
400 acres have been cleared, and put in
shape for the operation of any kind of
farm machinery. The taking out of the
stumpS is part of the land clearing pro-
gramme, and this is done by machinery
supplemented by the use of dynamite. BY
this process everything is cleared from
the land except occa sional pine stumps.
This year the company has 200 acres in
potatoes. Referring to the report that he
had been compelled to plow up some 40
acres Mr.. Poole said there was no fOun-
dation whatever for the report, as his
potatoes We're all coming well, less than
five per cent missing. Besides potatoes
the company have under cultivation some
$50 acres of grain, quite percentage in
Frank Jones barley. which is all very
thrifty. 1t is the purpose to keep right
on clearing and to still further enlarge
the dimensions of the farm by the ac-
QUESTION of adjoining land. In connection
with the farm the company owns and OPP
crates starch factory in which they
made last year 121 tons of starch. Their
marketable potatoes are of various fancy
brands, and have netted them profitable
returns. Notwithstanding the general de-
preston in the market.
A 21,000 gallon water tank will be put
in soon at j. S. Sanborns farm, Poland.
The tank is to be placed on a 35-foot
12-pcst trestle and is to be located in