Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-27

Home grown cultivated StraWpeTTieS
were in the market early this season,
and have been abundant and cheap.
The season was somewhat earlier than
usual. but skill In cultivation and care
fuI selection of varieties have made 1t
possible to have Strawberries both
earlier and later than formerly.
"A eIgafti, record for hay-harvesting
was. made ,recently by F. w. Hill of
Exeter. On the day in question Mr..
Hill personally superintended the work
of getting in a part of his hay. Be-
tween morning and night the IA men,
three horse-rakes and three double
teams in his fields got in 20 tons of fine
hay,-more than many Maine farmers
will cut on their whole farms this year.
The creamery at Lincoln made 1900
pounds of butter recently. The pa
irons are increasing and merchants
have to go to the creamery and pay
cash for butter. If no more is made
per week than was made last week it
means over $4,000 per year for the
farmers in cash. besides the increased
value of stock and farms.
Sumner O. Mclean, Augusta, is a
poultry fancier as well as lover of
| good horse. He breeds White Wy
andottes. Hunter strain. and White
| Plymouth Rocks. He says he has
| some of the best laying strains in the
| country He has a fine colt by st.
Croix: dam Lady DUNCAN, by Hilton's
Knox, also a fine family horse by Tom
King. She is kind. clever, safe for
lady to drive and can go along a
merry clip.
| E. c. Jewett of Whitefield, is quite an
extensive farmer, breeding grade Here
fords largely. He has some fine look
ing cows as can be found. This spring
| Mr. Jewett sold bull that was two
years old the first of July that meas
ured feet and s inches. He has
| some nice steers; among them is a pair
three years old and nice pair Of
| yearlings that We're feet when they
went to pasture. He has a nice three
| farm work is done with pair Of
! heavy horses.
| II. j. Weymouth of Dexter. has a
herd of over 40 full blood and grad
Jerseys now. yet is unable to supply all
his customers with milk and has
to buy considerable 1t is his in
tention to further increase his
herd this fall If the business at the
wooden mills is such that employment
is provided for large number Of
| hands. the outlook at present being
very propitious. He will have to pur-
| chase hay in order to keep larger
herd but this will not deter him from
carrying out his plans.
| d. NJ. Parks of Pittsfeld. who has
made a study of hay, the proper meth
DDS of growing and curing. an extern
sive buyer as a member of the firm Of
| Parks Brothers. also grower of an
immense crop himself. states that this
! section will produce an average crop.
| That western Maine and the balance Of
New England and part of New York
the crop will be very light. He says
that excepting Aroostook county. the
best section in Maine for hay is found
embraced in a section within 20 miles
each side of the Kennebec river. from
Gardiner north to Skowhegan, and for
any one town he thinks that Clinton
| will lead in amount produced per acre.
| The Fort Fairfield butter factory is
now using 5000 pounds of milk per
week. The milk is bought by the
Babcock test. the price paid is Il cents
per pound for butter fat. The average
amount of butter fat is from 3 $40 to
) per cent. Fort Fairfield creamery
ipays cash weekly and distributes each
week about 5000 among the patrons
for milk. The largest sum paid to an
| individual patron for the week ending
July l was $3.50. H. G. Richardson.
who sells to the factory the milk of
ten COWS, received that sum for that
week This creamery is a great benefit
| to the town as it pays cash promptly
| and farmers have the money at the
| close of each week and are thus en-
abled to pay cash for groceries. etc.
instead Of buying on time as has been
| too largely the custom in Aroostook.