Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-27
kENNEBEC FARMERS
Write Their Views of the Prospe:ts
for Crops.

The following letters from KennebeC
county farmers are taken from tn,
June Bulletin of the agricultural de
partment:
Oakland-Hay, corn and grain arc
the main crops that l grow. My meth
cd of growing corn is this: | pillow my
land i'll the fall the next spring SOW
mixed Grain-oats, barley and peas
with about 500 pounds of fertilizer tc
the acre The grain, when ripe or as
soon as it begins to turn, / cut and put
III the barn, and at the proper time
threSh it. On the land from which
harvested the grain | spread about
twenty loads of manure to the acre
with a spreadcr, and pillow it. Then il
L have time | harrow it over. The next
spring, just before I want to plant corn
| pillow it again. In four or five days
after the corn is planted I go over il
with the weeder, and about twice Z
week until the corn is too large. After
haying | 90 through with a hoe and
cut up the weeds if there are any. !
do not grow very many potatoes. Fol-
spraying | have used Paris green and
ture and Paris green. In my expert
ence Bug Death is more economically
applied and gives better results than
the others. The leading crops in this
vicinity are corn and grain. Sweet
corn for the factory has been largely
grown in the past. but this year Il
larger acreage of yellow corn will b
planted, owing principally to the high
price of feeding stuff. My rotation OF
crops is grass, grain, corn or potatoes
and grain seeded with 20 pounds OF
clover. 10 pounds of timothy, aud
pounds redtop. l leave the land III
grass four years, then pillow.
f. H. AXTELL.
Monmouth-The yellow corn crop
believe to be the most profitable cror
Of the farm, the hay crop next. The
best method of preparing the soil for
the corn and potato crops that has
come under my experience is to break
the sod in fall or spring, apply 500
pounds per acre of some reliable grain
and grass fertilizer, and SOW to oats.
The following fall or spring apply
about eight cords Of barn manure per
acre and plow under, thoroughly
Dulverize the soil and plant the seed
when the soil and season are right for
termination. Begin to run the Weeder
in two or three days after planting the
seed. and continue as often as posi-
BILE until the crops are too large, and
then use the cultivator often. With
this practice but very little hand hoe
ing viii be required, except on witch
grass land. Bug Death is by far the
best application for potato bugs that l
have ever used. w. H. KEITH.
Albion-NeXt to the hay crop the
corn crop is the most important pro-
duct Of our farm. Large areas are
planted by large portion of our
farmers, the whole product being en-
sliced and fed to dairy cows, the cream
going to the several factories within
reach, thus converting the corn croI
into cash and at the same time increas-
ing the fertility OF the farm. The
practice of feeding whole corn ensilagC
obviates the necessity of feeding hay t.
such an extent that quite an amount OF
hay can be sold and still all the stock
kept that can be handled, and the pro-
duCtivencss of the farm still kept on tht
increase. More hay has been sold il
this town in the last two years thar
ever before The last days of May Of
first days of June our corn is put into
prepared by the application of about
cords of barn dressing to the acre
spread on the burrows and narrowed in