Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-10-09


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PARA. Ne.
FARMING IN CANADA. NoRTheNl
NEW YORK AND VERMONT.
think II the farmers In the NOR
favored agricultural portions Of on
country could see some. Of the dlssd
vsntsges under which farmers Ia les
favored localities labor, they would b
more content with their lot. l speu
the month Of July 10 Canada, on tn
northern bank Of tho ST. Lawrenc
River, among the Thousand Islands
and while there gave some attention I,
the methods and conditions Of farming
Along the shore. and for several mile
back, the land is very rocky, not NOR
than IL 10 lS per cent capable OF belul
ploughed. You will see no large feldl
devoted To y single crop, but patches o.
oats, corn, barley, potatoes and meadow
land In one inclosure, separated, per
hsps, by lodges or ridges Of rocky land
through which the plough could not b,
forced.
These rocky ridges generally rur
nearly parellsl with the river, but II
some cases at nearly right angles. Abou,
the only product Of the soii sold frou
the farm IL the product Of the COW
The cows are psstured most Of the time
upon the rocky partially cleared ridges,
and sustained through the winter BY
grass cut from the meadow plots. Some
OF the oats, barley, corn or potatoes may
reach them, bat not large quantities,
suspect. Walking over the pastures,
you would wonder how the scanty
growth OF natural and wild grzsses
could sustain them and make paying
quantities of milk, but the cows did moi
look starved. The milk 10 that vicinity
WAS taken every morning TO cheese
factory about three miles distant and
made into cheese, each farmer resolving
the cheese 70 which his milk entitled
him. | ate some Of the cheese received
BY the farmer with whom boSrded, and
while IL Was less acid than New York
state cheese IL was not very rich, and
did not like the high color, suggesting
the free use Of coloring matter. They
grow tolerxbly fair crops Of oats, barley,
potatoes sad. In q moist season, Of grsss.
Several miles back from the river there
is less rock and farming Is better, WAS
WAS informed.
But some of the farmers along the 81.
Lawrence, ellgibly situated, have =
marketable product that brings them in
more money than Sll the products OF the
farm combined, namely, scenery. The
broad 81. Lawrence, flowing among its
one thousand Cor nineteen hundred
islands, affords picturesque scenery that
one does not weary Of viewing, hours In
succession, day after day. Then boat
ing among the islands Ia q pastime much
enjoyed. Our host has q particularly
favorable location, aud his lodging
house, farmhouse and cottage were full
most OF the time. and continued so for
eight or nine weeks. During the season
he must take In from slaoo 10 $3.50,
several times more, | opine, than the
receipts from other products OF the farm.
The last OF July we left the thousand
Islands for Vermont. Went by steam
boat TO 0gdensburg, quite smart little
city. After leaving the islands the
shores OF the 81. Lawrence on both sides
became less rough and rocky, there was
a larger proportion OF srsble land, but
the products did not appear 10 be very
large, although the plots Of the different
species Of vegetation were larger. We
also began 20 see plots OF buckwhest In
blossom. Cows, Judging by appearances,
are the chief source OF income on both
sides OF the river.
AT Ogdensburg. we took cars on the
Ogdensbprg and Chsmplsin Railroad TO
Rouss's Point, on Lake ChamplAin, nesr
the CsusdS line. We were agreeaoly
disappointed with the appearance OF
farms along the railroad through ST.
Lawrence, franklin aud Clinton counties.
They had evidently hSd more rain than
farther west and south, the Aftermath OF
the meadows had started, oats looked
pretty fair. some uncut grass appeared
quite stout, and the fsrmhouses and
barns we're more respectable than ex-
pected 20 see.
We stopped st the village OF Brandon.
on the Rutland Railroad, aud obtained
board AZ farm house, just outside OF
the village, where We remained two
weeks aud took eyery occasion 70 study
farming in this part OF the Green Mount
ain state.
Farming Il much more advanced there
than had supposed. Many OF the fsrm
houses are superior, and the barns snd
other outhouses spacious, well built, and
many OF them we'll painted. The dairy
il the leading branch Of husbsndry, and
the farmers from several miles around
carry their milk TO Brandon, where the
cream is separated and the skim milk
taken home 20 be fed 10 pigs. The
cream IA sent 20 q cooperative creamery,
where In Ia msds into butter. Our host
did not know how much his milk netted
him, but thought not very remunera-
tive sum. Do our people realize what q
large proportion OF the products OF the
soil in the eastern part OF the country Is
being converted into milk and It's
and cheese? Some
farmers 10 the Otter Greek Valley bale
quantities OF hay, which Is
shipped 20 New York. A Mr.. Bacon,
nesr Leicester, sold lsst year four hun
dred tons OF hay, besides milking forty
cows and Keeping = lot Of young cattle.
A neighbor OF Mr.. Bacon, Mr.. Swiner-
ton. farms one thousand acres and feeds
a large herd of steers for beef, In addi-
ton 10 q large dairy. | saw in otter
Creek Valley heavier hay, In cook, than
farmers produce la Western New ORR,
and I saw a piece on the upland, partial
ly cut, where the grass was taller and
thicker than any l had seen before Tor
many years. The hay on the bottom
lands is largely Of the natural erasses'
mainly red top (Agrostis vulgsris), Win
considerable wild grass mixed. IL Was
pleasant, after the dry sumner else
where, TO see the meadows green with
the Aftermath. Oats grow heavy here
Also buckwheas, and | saw many neids
Of corn that farmers st home would oe
proud TO have. Many neglected orchards
were laden with apples, and Vermont u
the home Of the sugar maple. Aost o'
the farm houses are sheltered by them
and many of the leading highways ars
bordered with them, sfiording delisntiu
shade in the hot summer. These, WITH
the grand mountain scenery, attract city
bosrders, and | suspect that the lArses'
incomes Of some of the farmers are frou
this souree.-P. c. Reynolds In New
York Tribune.
Large size IL the order OF the mArke
a.r,.nis In every class CT horses 10