Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-12


tercst. The representative of the com
pany, l.. G. II. Palmer. was at the State
House, Friday morning, demonstrating
the qualities of the machine
Those people who are interested in ag-
riculture or who have their living 10 carr
by this method, will be Interested in whal
Secretary 3. W. Mckeen has prepared
for them in his 42d annual report OF tn
State board of agriculture. This re-
port is not prolific of pictures but it con-
tans many valuable pages Of matter that
is Of benefit to the agriculturist 10 read
The farmer who has been unable 10 ar
tend the meeting of the Maine Dairy
Conference, the State board OF agri-
culture meeting, or the farmers insti-
tutes will not be wholly left behind ii Re
can have one Of these books, as the
speeches ana important papers are here
in full.
Then he will have chance to get the
meat of the year book Of the United
States department Of agriculture. II il
here in Secretary Mckeens report III a
condensed form the important points be
ing summarized.
Together with all this is the report Of
Director Charles d. Woods of the Maine
experiment station, giving the work OF
the year with all the important expert
ments and papers by the different MEM
bers of the staff.
With all this what more can the farmer
wish for one year? If he succeeds in di-
costing and putting into practical use
one hundredth part Of .-le good sugges-
l.. 4.
plished much ami the book will have been
Of great Importance to himself and his
farm.
Some Of Director Woods reports on the
analysis of the feeding stuffs he has
made during the past year from lots TAX
en- in all parts of the State.
An abstract is given of the report of
the Maine cattle commission and the
book is closed with the report of the Off
GERS and Of the meetings of the Maine
Pathological Societies, giving full de
tails of the two meetings held during the
past year with the prizes. and the papers
delivered at such meetings.
Truly, the report with its Goo pages Of
valuable information is worth the while
OF every farmer to examine and study.
From the report are taken few inter-
estng figures on the number, average
price and the total value of the farm an
imals in Maine on January L. 1893 whic :,
were as follows:
Horses. number. lll.9S1; average price,
So -: value. Sc, S55 10; cows. number, 1871,
SIS: average price, $50. 50 value, 81, U35. 279
An cattle other than cows, number. Jog,
40; average price S25.Si; value. S2,S27. 49,
Sheep. number, 24662S average price,
$3.O7; value, $75S.3Sl Swine. number, -.
| BOG: average price, $50; value, SGT 500
| Total value of all live stock, SIG, 09i, 653
In regard to the crops of 1898 Mr. Nc
Keen says there We're the following:
Corn, acres. io,&f3; bushels, 49, 12o
value, s209.li6 All retained and consumed
| in the county where grown.
| Wheat, acres, 1905: bushels, %. 256; value
S31,37S. All retained and consumed ir
county where grown.
! Oats, acres, 1927; bushels, 5,0E,S12
value. 81. ,l6 256; 4,795,421 bushels retained
| and consumed in county where grown
252, 39 bushels shipped out of county
| where grown.
| 40 bushels; wheat, 1875 bushels, oats, y
bushels; barley, 2 bushels; hay, l.2o tons
Land Agent c. f. Oak also has an idea
of Maine timber supply which he ex-
pressed the other day to a reporter:
| There certainly is no occasion for i'm
mediate alarm about the destruction 81
| our forests, said Mr.. OAK, because I'M
quantity especially of the class of lum
| Der pulp mills can use, is enormous an,
it is growing rapidly. The estimates o
the lumber standing in the State o
Maine previously given We're based Who'll
Nv on large or saw log lumber, while tn
pulp mills can use a very much smalle
size Another reason why the Main
/. stock will not be entirely consumed with
in a few years is owing to the fact tina
large quantities of Canada and Me-
Hampshire lumber are shipped to Main
mills.
There is an element of danger eXlstin
| from the fact that so much OF the Wi
, lands is held by small owners, unable
own their lands outright, having give
security for the balance of payment an
/ not being situated SO as to wait LOT tf
lumber to grow. Consequently they al
obliged to cut baby spruce or immatui
lumber in order to reduce their indebted
ness
TT would be much better LOT Tue iutu'
welfare of the State if the lumoer iaht