Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-10
MAINE FARMING NOTES.

II. \. Edwards & Co. Of Caribou have
sold and will snip soon. 10 cars Of seed 10
tatoes to Southern dealers.
Arthur Jackson OF Garland. has shipped
since the apple season commenced, IS car
loads Of apples to MIR. Winchester ut Bos-
ton. from the Dexter station, at value
Of over $1,000
e. L. Parkhurst Of Presquc Isle. has
solo up to date To Texas parties, 40 car
loads of seed potatoes 6O of which are OF
the Red bliss variety. y portion of this
stock has already been shipped and the
balance Will be forwarded as fast rs cars
can be obtained for shipment.
G. S. Cook of Ellsworth. has two cows
one four years old and one three, one OF
which has given milk ten months, the
other eight months. He has made from
them 51a q pounds Of butter. all made III
one pound mold. And ii $ poor simmer
for iced, at that.
The Sagadahoc Fertilizer Company
Bowdoinham, have just shipped 90 sheep
To the Brighton market. his, the last
lot for the season. is also the first lot ana
this is the last of the large stock OF
sheep which have been kept in the old
corn shop tor the past winter. The Fer
ulizer Company now have 10 or III pigs
fattcning under good care.
Apple buyers have met with great sue
cess this year and Farmtnston has been
the central shipping point, sending out
about $1,000 barrels. among those who
have done a profitable business are me
Lowell Bros, OF Nest Pennington. vino
have shipped about ll,000 barreis 70 L.v-
crpool. 'rne personnel is made up OF =.
II. Lowell and w. +. Lowell The former
has sent about 1000 barrels and the lat
ter has shipped over ll,op0.
The Waldo and Penobscot Agricultural
Society. Monroe, at iecent meeting
elected officers as follows: Prcsidt Mt, NJ
c. Chapman. Newburs; vice President.
Edwin Jenkins, Monroe; secretary, Frank
IL. Ellis, Monroe: treasurer. f. l.. Pam
er, Monroe: trustees, Monroe, ". -. r.
tNFn 'r.tt L IN
pect, \. IL. Littietieid; Winterport. If. T.
Haley; Brooks, !. W. Staples; Jackson
T.. ID. Tasker; DlXmont, Elmer Gould ;
NoWburgh, NJ. 4. Goodrich; SwanVille, A.
II. Ellis. 1T was voted TO hold the fair
the next week after the State fair IN
Lewiston. The usual Improvements VIII
be made.
It's an interesting fact" says John A.
Beals, Bowdoinnam shipper, that
while Texas Chicago and Liverpool call
for red fruit, ana the ruddier the better
Cincinnati wants white fruit | had AN
order Tor three or four carloads this week
from Cincinnati. ana the order was Tor
white fruit 50 tar as / could supply IL.
liut Chicago wants culored fruit, REQ from
stem end TO blossom end. Cincinnati buys
pound SWcetingS at a good price, but in
chicago it's hard work to give EN- away.
| am shipping 10 Texas THIS year for tie
first time in my experience as Il fruit
dealer This is because The short supuiy
Of Western apples mas maze Il heavy &c
mand for eastern fruit. l nave sent out
from BUWdOInhdm three CdriOauS inns
week. enc from Freeport, Two from
Brunswick, one from Union, and before
the season is over. 1 shall have shipped
about 5000 barrels in all. | Ship not only
from Bowdoinham ana Brunswick. but
from t'recport, Bath. Union. ana occas-
iuualIy from Harwarus. Apples just now
are bringing in Boston - Per barrel, VITA
an occasional SD tor extra zine. high
coored. suuertinc fruit At that price.
81 80 ana SIZE is the very best | can do
here. These fellows that are paying SOD
Tor barrelcd fruit are likely To INA that
the dollar in the fruit business has
slipped through The chinks i'll the bar
rels No loose fruit has been sent ont
from this; station this year, although 1
have shipped il thus in past years. There
is no money in ii for me that way. Most
of my fruit has gone into the West To ST.
Louis and to Texas, and towards Chica-
20. probably have now about 200 bar
refs not shipped. but these are all ready
packed for shipment. Mr.. Beals sold
lot of apples early in the season to man
at a low price. The lot was shipped inns
week to the man at the price barSaincI
but Mr. Beals said. II couIu make Sll00 on
that lot by just detecting the bill Of
shipment. ana the man barGained win
cotllGnt touch me for it. So much has
The apple market advanced since the earl
Ter prospects in the business.