Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-05-03
Maine Farm Notes.

H. c. Bacon, Woodstock, has built
a new barn with all modern improve
ments.
"A farmer near Rockland, named
Geo. w. Young, has a yearling calf,
nearly a full-blood Durham, that on its
birthday March lst girthed 5ft., in.
w. c. Stearns, Paris, young and
thrifty farmer, is wintering Is head of
cattle. Mr.. Stearns dug 240 bushels OF
potatoes from 81 of an acre and has his
cellar full of potatoes; also raised a large
quantity of apples.
&C. =. Whitman, Bryapt'S Pond, is a
successful farmer: one who always has
some good oxen as well rs cows. He
has 4 choice pair of tive-year-old oxen,
and fancy pair of three-year-old steers.
Mr.. Whitman sends his cream 10 the
creamery.
&C. ). Hayes " Sons, Oxford, large
farmers and fancy stock breeders, sold
this winter a pair of oxen for S2ll.
They are winterng fifty head of cattle;
among them is pair of white-faced two
year-old steers which will tip the scales
AT $500 pounds.
H. l.. Swift, South Paris, picked last
tall, 1903, from seven trees, F2 barrels OF
BaldwinS. He has only small orchard
in bearing but picked 240 barrels besides
the small fruit. Mr.. Swift is good
farmer and poultry raiser, Everything
is neatneSS around his place.
Charles W. Chase. North Paris,
general farmer, has good herd of cows
and sends his cream to the creamery.
lie has some good young stock growing
up; among them is fancy grade Here
ford bull Q months old. Mr.. Chase be-
lieveS in the Berkshire swine and always
raises some good ones.
james l.. Chase, Paris, owns and oc-
cupies the historic homestead where
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin was born on
Paris Hill. Mr.. and Mrs. Chase have
each year more applications from city
people for summer boarding than they
can accommodate. They are fitted nice
ly for the business and have many at
fractions surrounding this historic place.
H. p. Hammond, Paris, is situated
on one of the good farms in the pros
porous town and reports 1908 as quite a
year for him. He had about
45O barrels of apples, this being good
yield for the size of the orchard, 2oO
barrels being Baldwins. He sent thirty
barrels of Snow apples to Boston and
received -. 40 per barrel net. Slr Ham
mond has no complaints TO make.
F. A. Noble, South Waterford, is in
the poultry business quite extensively.
He is now keeping 200 hens, mostly r..
|. Reds. He keeps them for egg pro-
duction and among them are 100 pullets
which have laid all winter. He is fitting
up well for the business. Mr.. Noble is
cream collector for the South Waterford
Creamery, and is well situated TO take
summer boarderS, which business he
has followed for number of years.
v. ID. Kimball, Rumford Center,
general farmer and stock raiser, is nice
" situated ON one of the best farms in
town. His new and modern house is at
tractive and his large and convenient
barn has fifty head of cattle in it, twen-
ty-five of the number being Herefords.
Mr.. Kimball loves good horse and
owns four year-old PAGER of good quail
", but his pride is centered in a year
old stud colt by Alclayone, which GER
tainly is handsome fellow. He also
keeps a good flock of sheep, and from 10
of them last year he sold $3.50 worth OF
lambs, and killed one besides. He does
something in the swine. From , IL
acres he dug in 1908, 600 bushels OF
handsome potatoes. S.-Maine Farmer.