The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-10-29
In,nressions of Maine.
At Cattle, Horses. and Sheep, but
~ Tbeir Number too Small.

sheep at the Central Maine
b1s records his impressions in
'ork Tribune Farmer:
-re a goodly number of horses
sIity on exhibition, and it has
Nh that | have seen a large
horses that were so uniformly
with as good bone and feet;
lst what we should expect in
Ind bred horses. The soil,
rains ordinarily fed all tend
a.. hardest type of horse, and
-e of the fact that Maine is
An IDEAL section for breeding
f horses, | was told by those
4couainted in all parts of the
the breeding of horses was
adv neglected and that large
re being shipped in from the
york both in cities and towns,
IN the farms, where better
-q have been bred and at much
~ than was involved in their
IN many of the crack herds of
aftle in a good many States,
rarelv seen better ones than
ro the ring at Waterville.
.s.vp animals, with a wealth OF
4venness of covering and a
,.aghout that is rarely found;
taH that the herds on exhibit
fair were perhaps no better
me others in the State.
Pc. we're three herds of Short
b.tion of great scale and high
such an array of oxen and
f. up chiefly of Shorthorn and
les. There was not the
roughout the whole exhibit
IN in Connecticut, where
well bred Devons, but they
Ugh in any good market
.va or Illinois could produce
rners of Maine can produce
inc best type. While on
Jaw thousands of acres of |
rht be made good pasture
Refrigerator cars carry |
sod beef past the markets
and Boston into the cities
| suspect, to the farms
I / queried whether the
-v England are not doing
r iast share for the rail
r4nges of the West while |
rrtunities within their
lt add substantially to
make them more indepen- |
same time more surely
o1ucing power of their
Of the sheep shown was
that of the beef cattle,
pecially true in regard to
ced breeds. There We're
a-pshires, OXfords, Shrop-
uihdowns of outstanding
r- was proof in abundance
dlities of sheep breeding
ION, yet l couldn't find a
any hotel on the trip.
-.. with the best mutton
world within easy reach,
lined with fashionable
..s which call for the very |
r,iucts; with hundreds of |
suited to sheep pasture than |
Use. this great State has
arep to her credit.
} one of The Tribune Farm
me at the fair, 1--WE could
r al right if it were not for
This same condition exists
Eastern States, and one of |
uportant industries Of the
li7usly handicapped-in many |
uined- and much of our
.lm land, which would make
hepp pastures, is rendered I'M
au account of this menace to
.l.eding industry.
.cp in any one of the Eastern
enough to lead the
alton that would make pos
-.orablp control of the better
r~. The sooner the other kind
the better for everybody.
r service could the legislative
of our oranges render the
.t To- secure such legislation
possible the breeding of
raau ours, and the con-
ra, broken land all over the
ates into profit return
and is covered with a
500, INK to be destroyed by
.+,nt condition, but by
audnd and then trusting
the tender shoots as
18th the whole may be sub
nt theory, for | have
his subdued on New
l1 lust this way, and
practically worthless so
t tuu was concerned was
through the agency of
PHI. t- and a flock of sheep.
n.u- Of the changes in agri-
laug which are surely TAX
.o the reclamation of much
w ayt naturally fertile soils of
states, and a great increase
r.u-rs Of live animals on our
know of no State or section
llral conditions are more
for the successful conduct of
Try than Maine, as is proved by
"ntabic exhibit of horses, cat
fap at Waterville.