Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-17
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN.
Interesting Letters From Hancock
County Farmers.


and contains the following letters from
Hancock county:
ORLAND-I am sat istied that can raise
good crops OF grain on commercial fer
FILTERS alone. | have for some years back
on some OF my laud tried II rotation OF
oats for two years, using about 400 pounds
OF fertilizer per acre each year, seeding
with Timothy, alstke, and red clover tue
second year, moving for two or three
wears, then putting IL oats again. ! have
been doing this on some baud for fifteen
wears. Have raised good crops OF grain
and heavy crops OF hay. THIS iaud is III Il
great deal better condition to produce
good crops to-day than when began to
farm in this way. +. X. PAGE.
ORIAND-Grass fields are look ing rat her
better than the average, with scarcely any
signs OF winter killing, and pastures are
up to the same standard. Potatoes are
one OF the best paying crops, followed
perhaps by oats, barley, beans etc. Corn
raising in TINS vicinity is hardly success
in competing with the low prices OF west
ern corn. 1t is hard to fix price on
stable dressing rs the quality varies SO
much, mainly owing to the kind and
amount OF bedding mixed with it.
A. III. DRESSER.
HANcoCK-"The best and most econom-
ica met hods OF conducting farm" are
to thoroughly systemat your work aud
specialize your business, and limit the
amount OF " hat you intend to do TO just
that point of your ability to do and do
well. Specialize by siI means. The ad-
vantages of the specialist over the gener
alist, except in some disconnected sect ion
where close competition IL not felt. are
many. Having the whole OF his time,
energy and thoughts to be centered upon
his speciality or speclalltles, he can pro-
duce better and more cheaply. A. he be-
comes n specialist, more or less noted, his
a
much more readily make sales of his
products. | have seen his fact most fully
illustrated in my own business. Before l
became known rs n straw berry special
list, and Was more of general farmer,
only few years ago, | had much dlfti
Guilty in dispo-ing Of few HUNDRED
quarts each year OF straw berries, and no
call whatever for plants. Last summer
OF many thousand quarts. dld not ask n
single person to purchase quart OF fruit,
or solicit chance to make cUnsign-
ment; but on til. other mnd, the de-
msnd was much in excess OF the supply;
while the call for plants ltiIs spring. CON-
ing from between Sa7,tN, y. T., uuG -hsr-
man, lexis, -sgEr.Entlug, to TINS date,
upwards Of lpl Dpu. SHOWS very clearly hat
much of the trtue VAS Iut to the kuo.N-
ledge OF my hclng a straw berry ~pcClH ~,
obtained tHrout utsN-pe per CORES loud
encc Hnd Ia ututr na}~ Although ~
poet to gnthtr tens ot thuu-HnG- OF quarts
this -tasun, do not anticipate Any
trouhIr III selling theu, bat expect that
prices ~ i'll lie low. T.. W " UOSJFI..
ELLSWORTH hf.#t! =let me know IL
Frank Jones ptau Of barley di-trlbul ion;
then hoN ttrftS rauks, as compared With
oats and psH- ttRnaGhJ, rut green ~ At
forage crop; Whet her tue puIJutar iCta OF
its "-APpihs tie -oll ltes thHn oai- -
right or %r4nE, "HHt KIND oi corn would
you consider tue hest FOR cu-l.HE", and Of
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