Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-06-01

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weeder can be used, going over an acre
10 thirty minutes and doing more good
than twenty men would In whole day
with hand hoes; and know what am
talking about. have used q Breeds
weeder four years with the best results.
was called q fool, with prefix, several
times when first got II, as It was the
first one ever seen In this section. But
the good time Ia coming. Lots Of them
will be In use the coming season. But
the space Is growing small and not all
said yet.
| One by one earth's wrongs are smitten,
One by one lts errors fall.
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| Truths great triumph over all.
A. X. p. GooGINs.
PARIs.-At this writing, May Sd, we
are having nice rain, starting the grass
well, indicating early feed Ia pastures,
and good prospect for full hay crop.
All kinds OF stock have wintered well
and will 60 to pasture In good condition,
though there are exceptions, for, strange
as It may seem In this enlightened age,
know OF one man having plenty of hay
and ample means that has recently paid
fine for starving his cattle. Which Is
best to SOW TO be cut to feed cows, oats
or Hungarian-the land to be seeded to
grass ut time Of sowing?
HARRY FARRAR.
[NoTE.-0ats and Hungarian are both
good crops for soiling. We rather pre-
fer the oats, however, as we can usually
grow fully as many pounds per acre and
our cows appear to prefer them, that is,
will eat them longer with relish than
they will Hungarian. II your land is q
light, sandy loan, II might be we'll TO
give Hungarian the preference for the
larger portion Of the feed; II somewhat
clayey the oats will give better results.
There Is but little difference In their
feeding value pound for pound. .-Secre-
tsry.
FRYEBuRG. RG.-The question seems to
be, how shall We prepare our ground for
planting, and how hoe and plant to
the best advantage In planting corn |
have attained the best results when
plowing late In the spring, as near
planting time as possible, thus giving
the grass time 10 start, which tends to
rot the sward. plow under twenty
cords Of barn cellar manure to the acre,
using an o. X. swivel plow (Which Is
good enough for q man able 10 walk &,
then apply twenty manure spreader loads
to the acre, working 1t into the soil with
disc harrow, and finishing with a
smoothing harrow. For planting use
al Eclipse planter, applying 200 pounds
NJ ANNA uond corn farf ;lt,ar IN tho .cra
which consider enough for n starter.
The rows are three and one-half feet
spsrt, distance between hills according
to size OF corn. always hoe twice, and
often three times, running the cultIvator
as long as possible. Then II few weeds
should be left they are removed with the
hoe. have never used one of the mod
ern weeders. Have thought they would
do well for the man, who, when, hoeing,
on coming to poor hill would say,
This will not amount TO anything II
hoe It," then on finding good one,
would say, This will do well II not
hoed." But I shall buy weeder this
season, as one might as well be out of
the world, ss out Of fashion. Nv garden
plot l. fifteen rods square. use seed
the cultiystor between all rows.
JOHN j. PIKE.
PoRTER.-I think the ground for all
hoed crops, whether plowed In fall or
spring, should be well manured and
thoroughly pulverized. IL the ground
was broken up In the fall, think the
manure should be spread on top and
narrowed In, with either disc, cutaway
or spring tooth harrow, until It Is well
mixed with soil. II the ground was
cropped the year before, would plow
In the manure, and harrow until the
soil and manure are we'll incorporated,
either for seeding down or for hoed
crops. For getting In grass seed,
would use weeder. and for planting
corn for the silo or field crop, either yell
low or sweet corn, and beans, | would
use corn planter-"king Of the Corn
field" In hoeing would use Breeds
weeder; II will save lots of labor II
properly handled, and at the right time.
Would II pay to SOW muriate OF potash
on an orchard OF apple trees set on light
losmy soil? and what shape can IL be
bought In, and about how much will IL
cost per 100 pounds? A. II. MASON.
NOTE -Muriate Of potash Is an ex-
cellent potash fertilizer for orchards. IL
comes in dry powder similar to ordi-
nary commercial fertilizers and can be as
readily handled. An application Of about
300 pounds OF bone meal and 75 TO 100
pounds OF muriate per acre will, without
doubt, prove very beneficial to your or
chard. The agent OF any fertilizer COM
pany will quote prices.-Secretary.
DIxrIELD.-we raise all of our fruit
trees, and find them better suited in
every way TO our conditions than those
bought from outside nurseries. As to
management Of crops: for hoed crops
We prefer to pillow under the dressing,
but not too deep for the plants. We
think the work of cultivating Is much
lessened this way. Weprepare the land
In good shape, then use z Breed weeder
early and often, and when crops become
rather large, use harrow cultivator
frequently, and common cultivatOr, as
occasion calls for. / think the latter
should be used carefully, and not so as
to destroy the rootlets. We always
raise the best potatoes on land that has
been well dressed one or two seasons
previous to planting the potato. The
yield Is then good and the quality also.
When there Is much work on the farm
We plan to dress portion Of the corn
field in the fall and plow under; then In
the winter draw out the remainder Of the
dressing, putting it In piles conveniently
located In parts Of the field; this helps
very greatly. We plan to look over the
fields and destroy all weeds that have
escaped the hoe or cultivatOr, and dis
pose Of them before the seeds are found.
EUGENE l.. TORREY.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Stockholders are cheap, oxen high
and scarce. II you want to keep good
oxen you must not price them. Cows
are more plenty, though good ones are
high. But poor ones are higher still.
Sheep are scarce. Hay Is plenty, but
worth $40 per ton. The butter factory
here is doing a good business. More
COWS are being kept than usual. There
Is one advantage 10 selling cream over
making butter; 1t Is cash every month
and no truck. will some one tell US the
difference between Durham cows aud
Jerseys In beef and cream! IL any one
has tried 1t would like to know.
STEPHEN MERRILL.
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