The Republican journal., 1903-04-09
WALDO COUNTY CROP REPORTS.
Department of Agriculture Bulletin

SEARsMoNT. In seeding down to
grass have always found>it the better
way to SOW the grass seed after the
grain has been narrowed in, and then
Simply roll the ground well. In this
way have never failed to get good
catch, or stand, if the ground was in
condition to make it worth seeding.
i! 1t would seem that the better results
are now received in raising potatoes by
thoroughly pulverizing ground that has
| been planted or sown the year previous,
quite deeply, then drilling the seed in
deep enough so that the ground over
the potatoes, after being covered, is not
more than level. Then till with the
weeder, to keep the weeds down, until
the tops get too large, then hill by hand
or horse hoe. Spray thoroughly. Spec
ial manure proves safer than stable
manure and fully as reliable.-Otis ID.
Wilson.
MoNTvILLE. Our principal crops
will be corn for silage, grain and on
ions. For corn we break the ground in
the fall, spread on a liberal coat OF
dressing in the spring, and use from
four to five hundred pounds of phoS-
phate in the hill when planting. We
cultivate thoroughly before haying and
weed after haying. Our grain crop is
| mostly sown on ground where we have
| raised corn, potatoes, beans and turnips
the year before. After harvesting we
plow the ground, in spring harrow thor
oughly or cross plow, and when we SOW
| the grain and grass seed, SOW on from
four to five hundred pounds of seeding
down phosphate to the acre. The grass
seed should be we'll narrowed in, SO
that it will root we'll, and then the
ground well rolled.-J. c. Carey
BELFAST. Conditions differ so radi-
cally that it is impossible to lay down
any fixed rule, that will apply TO any
crop on different farms, but we can
safely make it general rule that good
| tillage payS,-good plowing, good ma
nuring, good narrowing, good cultiva-
ton. Tillage helps unlock the plant
food and make it available, but tillage
is not manure. | lay stress on good
cultivation, but good manure is OF equal
Importance to Maine farmers. AS a
food for cows, nothing is better than
sweet corn we'll matured and fed with
the ears on. Try it this year. AS a
grain food for all farm purposes oats
are without an equal. we should raise
more and feed more. Let the COWS,
horses and hens do the threshing. Will
the knapsack sprayer do good work? Is
the Gravenstein apple trypeta proof, as
claimed by some?:-Enoch {. Dow.
NOTE. The knapsack sprayer does
good work in the garden and on small
areas. The difficulty with this sprayer
is that when men attempt to use it in
their fields, to spray several acres OF
potatoes: it becomes heavy and the Bor
deauX mixture is not thoroughly stirred
and the plants do not all get the same
degree of strength of the mixture.
SPRAYING to obtain the best results
should be done with a power agitator
and sprayer drawn by horse, as the
spraying will be done more evenly and
thoroughly.
We have never heard that the Craven
stein apple was proof against the try
peta. These insects live upon the juice
of the apple, which is sucked into their
mouths, the pulp being rejected. 1t IS
said that they can burrow their length
in soft fruit in less than minute.
see no reason why they should shun one
of the most JUICY, palatable, desirable
apples that we raise. We can find IN
the publications in our office nothing
that would indicate that the Craven
stein apple is exempt from the attacks
of the trypeta. a.-Commissloner.
WINTERPORT-The main crops we
shall raise the coming season will be
oats, barley, potatoes, and sweet corn,
with good garden. We spread about
eight cords of coarse manure from the
barn cellar on land in crops the prev
ious season, and plow under III the
fall for spring planting. Sod land
we plow quite late and spread about
eight cords of finer manure Oh the
burrows, and harrow as soon as the
land is fit in the spring. | tell my men
to harrow until it is fine and fit to plant
and then harrow as much more. For
sweet corn mark the rows three feet
apart in the row, using eight hundred
pounds of high grade phosphate per
acre. We commence to cultivate as
soon as we can see the corn, cultivate
three times and hoe the same. what
per cent should be added to the Babcock
test for pound of butter with good
cream? Should more be added to poor
and sour cream than to good cream
a. W. Hardy.
NOTE. The increase in butter fat,
WueU cOIlNtIUtu llilu DuttCl, 10 SOhSioi-
| ly reckoned at fifteen per cent. There
will be no more loss in converting sour
cream into butter than sweet, but it
offers more difficulty to sample sour
cream accurately, consequently the test
of sour cream is not as reliable. 1t can
be gotten into condition for testing by
caustic soda and heat, but if it is simply
broken up by shaking it will contain
many air bubbles and cannot be meas
ured accurately y.-Commlssloner.
Brooks. We are to have corn can
ming factory at our village this year,
which will increase the acreage OF
sweet corn very much. There are 200
acres pledged, and more will be planted.
Our people are waking up to the signs
of the times, which means prosperity
| in our town. oseph Ellis.
Turning Down the Doctors.
| The marvellous cures of Cattarrhozone are
| being much talked about Thousands are
daily recognizing the exceptional merit OF
| this simple inhaler treatment, and instead
of running to the doctor with their winter
| ills they protect themselves by Catarrho-
zone; it kills colds in the head in ten min
| utes, quickly relieves Catarrh, Bronchitis,
Asthma Lung Troubles, and cures even
though all other remedies have failed; Ca
i IL f1 ttdl