Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-07-03
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN.

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| DEER IsLE-In this section not enough
farming is done 20 keep the boy on the
farm longer than to enable him to 60
elsewhere. II boys were given some part
OF the farm work for their own, to have
| the profits and take the care, with reason
able oversight from the elders, it would
often give them an interest In the busi-
ness which is lacking without this part
nership. lind number of patches In
| my field that have no grass. 1 supposed
| 1t was winter-killed by ice, but ind that
1t is infested with grubs, which probably
killed the roots. Can anything be done
to get crop from 1t this year better than
to top-dress, stir the sell a little, and SOW
| the millet? / cannot have it broken up
now as the grass is good all around these
small patches. Will it be of any use to
SOW grass seed, or will the grubs be likely
| to take the same ground againf Other
| fields, find, are affected the same as
| mine. X. 8. WARREN.
| (NoTE-Your plan to top dress and SOW millct
| on the patches Of ground infested with grubs Is
the only one we could suggest to secure a crop
| this season. We would advise working the
| ground as much as possible, and II you have
not too large an area. the sowing Of salt in
| connection with the fertilizer. If you are able
to get some refuse salt you will find that equal.
y as effective In destroying the gruos as any.
| hundred pounds per acre.-Secretary.)
ELIswoRTH-Let's keep the boy on the
farm II we can; II not, let him choose
| some other calling. The treatment he re-
ceives has much to do with his going or
staying. Let him feel that he has an in
terest in everything around him, that
much depends upon him and his good
| judgment. If he wants to raise colt, or
any other animal, let him do SO. The boy,
aud girl too, are fond OF young company.
| II they want young company to come to
see them, give them any room in the
house. II they want general party, give
them the whole house. Make home
| pleasant for them. Have mnsic, games,
! pictures and flowers, and If possible, in
cool weather, hard wood open fire. II
their home Is made pleasant they will not
have desire to get off the farm as they
would II it was all hard, unyielding toll
and no pleasure. Many an ambitious boy
thinks 1t slow process to get rich on the
farm, and goes to the city for employment
Another willing to work along slowly in
time finds himself better off than the
first. Whether they go or stay, let us al
ways have a warm welcome for the boy
and his friends on the farm.
JAS. t. CUsHMAN.
| PENoBscor-Farming is very different
| now than it was fifty years ago. Then
nearly everything was done by hand.
Most of the team work was done by oxen
and the farmer had to walk beside his
| team. Now he can ride behind his
horses and do twice as much work in a
| day. At haying time the farmer had to
cut his grass with hand scythe and rake
| it with hand rake, going into the field
before sunrise and working until dark.
Now he can jump onto the mower and
ride three hours aud cut more grass than
six men could cut in seven hours with
hand scythes. Then the boy that knew
the least was the one to stay on the farm,
and the smartest boys went to school and
| hoo y,,u 10 , yara nrd nr h in r
| else. Now 1t requires the smartest men
! to carry on the farm and make it pay. 1t
seems to me there are greater induce
ments for the young men to stay on the
farm now than fifty years ago. 1t is GER
| tain that they do not have to work as
hard now as they did then.
N. F. NORTON.
ORLAND-We need more of the energet-
ic boys and young men to stay at home on
the old homesteads and till the farms.
| Old and worn and abandoned farms are
getting too numerous. Too many parents,
that themselves have become neglectful
of their farms, have often given willing
! permission and perhaps encouraged their
| boys to leave the farm and go to the city
and learn trade, or perhaps work at any
| thing they could find to do, when the
| farm would be a much better place, as by
| proper industry and perseverance they
| could get living much easier and per-
| 0HDS gam COlu pbbS1Ct. II ID INDUSTRY
| and perseverance, with due economy, that
| tells in any business, and nowhere more
| than on the farm. Boys should remem-
| Der that the trades are already crowded,
but farms are plenty and waiting for en-
ergetic boys to go to work and make
| them productive.
A. H. DRESSER.
| AURoRA-I believe farmers boys should
| be early led to take an interest in farm
animals. Nothing gives the small boy on
| the farm more pleasure than to own and
| have full control Of a pair OF good, fat
steers or a promising colt. All of our
| domestic animals are more valuable II
brought up In close touch with children.
| They are more docile than If reared away
| from the farm home. | would urge all
| farmers to try Kindness to boys and kind
ness to farm stock. JUSTIN ARCHER.
SEDGwIcK- Noticing an inquiry in the
| last bulletin about nut trees, 1 will give
my experience with them. will speak
| first of the butternuf, which has done he
| best with me. One tree fifteen years old
| has borne nuts for several year,, and bids
| fair to be loaded this yenr, as every branch
| is full of blossoms. l have also several
| American chestnuts just coming into
bearing, and Japan walnut that is do
ing finely. But black walnut and hickory
| walnut or shellbark have not done well
| with me on account OF wlnter-k1il1ng. i
think more attention could be given to
nut growing, with profit as well as plea
sure. P. B. FRIEND.
| SEDGwICK-To keep the boy on the
/ farm, would first make home and the
| farm work as pleasant and easy as posi-
BILE. When the boys get large enough,
give them some light chores to do and
| pay them for it, and do not find fault
with them II they do not do just as you
would. II you cannot get boy inter-
ested in the work of the farm you had
better let him do something that he will
| be interested in. A. III. DoRITY.
LAMoINE-The improved methods OF
conducting farm operations do not call
for the long hours, drudgery and hum
drum of forty years ago. BY an inteili-
| gent use OF modern farm machinery,
hours can be shortened, muscular labor
lessened, and the result of work greatly
broadened. AS agriculture is the basis of
all other pursuits, it becomes important
| that all powers for progress and expan-
sion should be brought into play to keep
| in touch wit h the demands of the times.
| Thus the inducements for the boy on he
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