Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-06-24
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN.
interesting Letters from Hancock

Interesting Letters from Hancock
County Farmers.
From the June bull, tin Of the depart
IAN, Of agriculture, just issued By Com
,,.sioner Gilman. are taken the following
excavations BY Hancock county farmers
HANCOCK COUNTY.
r,,swoRTH-Six years ago / made a
,,lo in the following manner / took
straieht spruce and fir poles from the
-s,od lot, four to five inches at the top.
,osteped them In key block and straight
sned one side by q line with broad axe;
,hon took the bark of and halved or
lacked them together, leaving enough OF
the end SO they need not split of. I put
The four strongest pieces at the bottom,
them stood uprights two feet long at each
corner for the next frame to rest upon,
and so went up.
After getting up six or eight feet
,Iaeed each frame little higher, as the
PRESSURE at the top is not so great as at the
sottom. then boarded 1t up and down
18th spruce boards (sound hemlock is as
GOOD mailing them firmly to the frames.
fhen put on tsrred paper and another
tier of boards, being careful to break
Joints, In the corners put another strip
~ tarred paper and then two narrow
strips of board, to make them as near air
tight as possible.
the barn floor, / put nearly foot OF small
cobble stones, and then cemented 1t, hav-
ing the cement come well up on the
boards at the foot. This lets the water, IL
any. pass of. have good, strong solid
silo. and got 1t up very cheaply. Ii is ten
by thirteen feet and twenty five feet high.
can fill 1t with one and one half or two
acres OF corn.
/ plant white, red cob and Leaning, and
cut It one inch in length. tread it often
at the sides and corners, and put on two
feet OF coarse hay after il has settled some.
The enslage comes out in good condition.
II will feed six to eight cows, two bushels
each day, from four to five months.
For soilDg crops sow winter rye in the
fall. so that it comes on early, then oats
and peas, then corn.
Is the price of two cents per pound at
the canning factory for corn with the
husks on or clear corn after IL is cut from
the cob? Where is the nearest factory on
the line OF a railroad, for Hancock county?
JAMES t. CUsHMAN.
NoTB-Two cents per pound for sweet corn
mean- two cents for the coru in the green state
after II Is cut from the con l am not familiar
with the corn factories that are located In Han.
cock county. You aud every other corn farmer
can best decide for yourselves what factory Is
most accessible to you.-ComHissioner.
BRooKLIN-Grass looked fine in early
spring, and was not winter killed to any
extent, but the drought of May has put 1t
back, so that unless we have rains soon
and in abundance the crop will be very
light. There are no 81 os in this vicinity,
so we have no practical knowledge OF
them. think that in such year as this
promises to be, good sllo, well Il led
would be just the thing. E. P. COLE.
SOUTH PENoBscoT-Apple trees bios
somed one half as well as usual and small
fruits very well, but the frost his killed
the most OF the blossoms in some sections
We have never planted any for the silo in
this part Of the town. We plant a small
piece OF corn to help out the feed in the
fall. N r NORTON.