Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-21

This may be called the "laying by OF
the corn, as nothing more is done to 1t
till harvesting.
may say, incidentally, in closing, that
sweet corn stover is cut with harvester,
and drawn Immediately to our barn,
where it is cut in one-half inch lengths,
placed in the silos, without tramping,
using all the time we can, consistently
with our other work. Although our
fodder was badly frosted last season,
we should be much pleased to show the
readers of the Bulletin the silage we are
now feeding from silo just opened. 1t
is light in color, free from acid, with no
preceptible smell in or around the barn,
except at the time of feeding, and is
eaten absolutely without waste.
MARCH GRAIN REPORT.
(From Crop Reporter.O
1.-The March Report of the statistician
of the Department of Agriculture shows
the amount Of wheat remaining in farm
ers' hands on March l To have been
about 164, 100000 bushels, or 24.5 per
cent of last years crop, as compared
with 232 per cent of the crop of 1901 on
hand ON March !, 1902, and 24.5 per cent
of the crop of 1900 on hand on March l.,
1901.
The corn in farmers hands is estimat-
ed at about ,050, 10000 bushels, or 1 6
per cent of last years crop, against 29.2
per cent of the crop of 1901 on hand on
March l. 1902, and 1863 per cent of the
crop of 1900 on hand on March |, 1901.
OF oats there are reported to oe about
800. .0OO, 900 bushels, or 36.9 per cent OF
last years crop, still in farmers hands,
as compared with 500 per cent of the
crop of 1901 on hand on March l, 1902,
and S62 per cent of the crop of 1900 on
hand on March |, 1901"
REPLIES FROM CORRESPONDENTS.
RUMFoRD- 1t is my object in farming
to raise the crops that are best adapted
to the soil have under cultivation, and
to prepare that soil for the crop.
Thorough cultivation is the great secret
to success in all the farm crops. In rails
ing sweet corn, plow the ground in the
fall, about eight inches deep, plowing in
the second crop of grass, if there is any.
In the spring | spread on about 20 loads
of barn manure to the acre, and harrow
with disc and spring tooth harrow,
going both ways of the furrow four or
five times. plant with planter, using
400 pounds phosphate to the acre, COM
mence running the cultivator rs soon as
the corn shows, deep at first and shoal
as the plants get large, so as not to
disturb the roots, and cultivate often. |
have obtained from $40 to SOS per acre,
with corn at l-2 cents per pound. In
raising potatoes plow in about ID loads
of barn manure, spread on grass Stubble,
and use 600 pounds potato manure per
acre, dropping the potato manure with
corn planter by removing the back wheel
and the coverer. use the weeder before
the potatoes are up, if the ground gets
baked down, and cultivate as often as
can, putting on the hitler the last time,
and then going over the ground with the
hoe. use Paris green dry to kill the
bugs, and put it on with duster.
Z. +. ELLIOTT.
COLUMBIA FALLs-How long should
milk be kept in Cooley cans with the
of the water at 10 degrees?
Can good results be obtained with the
water at the temperature of 45 degrees?
f. F. ALLEN.
NoTE-The temperature at which milk
is set has very marked effect on the
quality of the cream produced. Cream
from the same herd of cows will vary in
butter fat as the temperature of the
water in which the cans are submerged
changes. If the milk is kept at tenn
perature of 35 instead of 45 the cream
will often drop from four to five per cent
in butter fat. This explains the fact
that cream frequently tests lower in very
cold weather than in warm weather.
The volume increase correspondngly
so there is no loss of butter fat. If the
water in the creamer is allowed to be-
come warmer than 45 degrees, the cream
becomes proportionately richer. Keep
ing the milk at temperature of 10 or 10
will cause an increase of ten or fifteen
per cent of butter fat in the cream,
while the volume of the cream decreases.
The latter temperature is Objectionable
because the separation is not SO COM
plete and more fat is left in the skim
milk, than when lower temperature is
used. The water must be kept at an
even temperature to make cream at all
uniform in composition. Cream raised
by setting the milk twelve hours is not
so rich as cream obtained from milk set
twenty-four hours. Those who use the
Cooley system have generally found that
the best results were obtained with the
water at 45 degrees, with twenty-four
hours setting.-COmmisstoner.
PARIs-We consider the sweet corn
crop, taking one year with another, the
best crop We can raise. We break the
ground in the fall and spread the ma
nure on the furrow, and harrow with
spring tooth harrow. We like to start
the harrow as soon as we can in the
spring and 60 over the ground every
week until we plant the corn, which is
about the 25th of May. AS soon as the
corn is up so that we can see the rows,
we start the cultivator and the hoe. We
do not use weeder. We hardly ever
fail to raise good crop of corn. Our
rule is to plant early and then take care
of it. AS hard a year as last year, our
corn paid us at the rate of $40 per acre.
We seed down with oats. | do not
know of any better feed for cows in the
fall than sweet corn fodder.
ii. ID. HAMMOND.
BETHEL-The high price of western
grain makes it imperative that we de
pend more upon home grown feed and
less upon the purchased article than
formerly. shall try to raise corn and
oats enough next season to supply my
horses with grain for the year.
Ii. +. MAXIM.
Small Fruits and Berries.