Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-12
Maine Farming Notes.

Charles L. Dickey's family of ca
man. has picked over $50 worth of
raspberres, this season.
on account of the drouth an shin
ments from the Maine creameries have
been limited to great extent.
f. a. Kicker. Turner. has 700 annie
trees, young and old, from which he
Will get about 100 barrels of apples this
fall.
Frank Flint Of Damariscotta. has lG
bushels of potatoes from half a bushel
of seed. Two barrels of them average
a pound and quarter to the potato.
Fred Pease Of Appleton. who last wear
made the record Of threshing 5000
bushels of grain, has already doubled
the amount engaged for this season to
thresh.
Robinson Company of Pressure Isle.
began shipping potatoes in August.
shipping two cars. This firm makes il
a rule u ship potatoes II months OF
the year.
Colonel burlington Of Bowdoinham.
Went into the market last spring and
bought on" bushcl Of oats and sowed
on thrc"-fnurths # an acre. and thresh-
ed 36 busEis If oats as the product
Adrcy i.uu;hhy. South Livermore. Is
building IA new barn i04 2-3xi2 % feet,
with cellar under the whole Of it. the
lean-to after the Hoard plan. This is
to he one Of the best barns in the
county.
II. II. Briggs. South Turner. has a
flock of - sheep, which last year netted
him the round sum of $l09 30. They
dropped - lambs. ana he disposed Of
all bur 10. one 10 a sheep. He sold the
lambs for So, the wool for So 20
Michael J. Collins Of Belfast. has Just
harvested 20 bushels of Beauty Of
Hebron potatoes from two bushels
planted. They are large. handsome
tubers. In hills where the tops had
turned black the potatoes had rotted
but where the vines were green the
tubers were sound and smooth
J. T. Murch and Is. ID. Doble of New
port. has disposed of their large stock
Of wool which they have had stored
here for several years. 1t amounted to
10000 pounds and is being shipped to
Dover. y. II. Mr.. Murch has had nu-
merous offers for the wool but has re
fused all of them. hoping that he might
realize a good profit. II is understood
that the price received was very salts
factory.
Mrs. Alfred Austin and her children
Of East SkOwhegan. have picked -
pounds of strawberries and sold them
at Is cents Der pound, 1912 quarts of
at l2ia cents Per quart. and
% quarts Of biackberries at 12Ia cents
per quart. Total amount, $l42.50. IT
addition to the above the boys went up
river and picked about % bushels Of
and sold for different
prices not reckoned.
p. J. Williams. Lexington. is one of
the largest fruit growers of the town
He has q dozen different kinds Of
plums, and his trees are all in a good
bearing condition. He has two apricot
trees. $50 handsome. young apple trees
and AZ pear trees. Mr.. Williams is also
quite a large small fruit grower, he has
straw berries. blackberries. raspberries
grapes. currants. gooseberries. null
berry tree and some 20 cherry trees.
Het also does general farming and is a
young man.
O. X. Bond South Livermore. is
quite poultry fancier. He has 80
laying hens. Buff Leghorns. Mr.. Bond
says they paid q profit in 1898 of $50.
He claims the Buff Leghorns are the
largest Of the Leghorn family. and
Extra layers. He feeds cut clover mix
I'd with mash of ground oats. a little
'orn meal. gluten, cottonseed meal, and
I little linSeed meal. For whole grain
he feeds whole corn. some cracked
wheat. and whole oats. He feeds ami
NAL meal instead of green bone. Mr..
Bond owns a little bay mare CTopsy)
sired by Il son of Smuggler. dam
Morgan mare. This mare has never
been tracked. but has out-footed on
the road all that has come along.
ropsy is a PAGER.
Taylor & Stafford. Lexington are
among the first-class stock breeders of
The State. They have just sold pair
of SiX-mOnthS-Old Durham steers for
SIS. to Carlo Luce of Starks. They
low have on hand pair of fouryear
I'D Durham steers that girt seven feet.
five inches: Il matched pair of three
vear-old Spanked Durhams that grit six
feet. nine inches, a handsome pair; a
pair of -year-old Durhams that girt
six feet. six inches. and pair of red
Durham calves. two months old, that
are four feet in the girt. a perfectly
ma tched pair in every particular. and
well broken. Their cows and heifers
are like their steers, Durhams. and
as handsome. They are up-to-
date farmers. and have around them
all that is necessary for their business.