Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-03
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Can be taken day or night
100 Pills for rs Cents. At all Drug Stores

IUu rlIlS wi ~ O0HtS. ~ u" rvs S'e'~o
while again in other places, the fertlle
looking earth is cleared of all signs OF
rows and the wilted stalks are gathered
together in piles to be moved Off and
burned.
At any rate, it's busy, busting times
all over the county. Help is plentiful
to pick up the tubers. the potato dig
gers drawn by sturdy pair of horses,
saving an almost endless job of un-
earthing the treasures of the SOIL IN
these vast fields but no mechanical ar
rangement having as yet been IN
vented to lessen the wearisome task OF
STOPPING over and gathering the pota-
toes into baskets and barrels.
One put into barrels the potatoes are
Immediately hauled to the nearest
shipping point and turned over to the
storehouse men or possibly to the
farmers own barn or potato cellar to
be held for higher prices. In either
case all the men and boys, horses ana
wagons available are enlisted In the
harvesting of this great crop. II the
hired man" falls i'll. the proprietor
sor, now nearly ready to return &c
Harvard. it may be, gets into the game
and holds the ribbons over the me
span that haulS the big load to town.
And right here it may be mentioned
that big loads are the rule in AroostooF
this year The roads are almost lr
perfect condition for teamipg and loads
of 20. 30 and yes SO barrels of tubers
are daily seen vending their way to the
potato houses Last year hardly
half of these numbers of barrels coule
he dragged through the mud that pre-
vailed here SO much during the fal
morths.
The four leading towns Of Aroostool
-Houlton, Pressure Isle, Caribou ant
Fort Farfeld-all play their part II
the great game now on. Houiton i
sort of hea dquarters for some OF th'
biggest shippers and seed men
| Fewer potatoes probably are received
here than at any of the above men
toned places 1t is at the gateway OF
the county and naturally is one Of the
first to notice results. Visitors note
| The handsome business blocks, wei
kept streets and handsome residence:
and clubhouse, and are lost in wonder
| that a 50 far away county should pro
ducc the like.
Pressue Isle is all contentment ant
prides itself on being first IN tn
amount Of potatoes received ant
shipped and on being the home of thu
Starch king of Aroostook, Hon L. II
Phair, dethroned temporarily this sea
| son because of the lack of small pOta
toes and no rot, and also of Mr.. Phair
| pet project, the AroOStoOk State Nor
NAL school, with more pupils than eve
this year
Caribou, larger in proportion than a
least two Of it's rivals. is the center o
tie extreme north county business an
sti'l adjusting to gather in more OF it
Fort Fairfield boasts of the highcs
average yield per acre on it's farms an
of its extensive growing OF seed stock
The towns contiguous to these fou
ccnters are all contributing to tn
prosperity of each and sharing wit
their center in local pride it maintains
With all this reference to the genera
big yield throughout the country. wha
may be asked. is the situation regard
ing the transportation? Like the seaso
itself, it may be truthfully stated; it
ideal. Never since the advent OF tn
Bangor & Aroostook railroad into tn
famous county, matter of some
years ago. has there been less cause fo
complaint in the opportunity afforde
, for prompt and ready shipment OF pc
, tatoes. The shipments during tn
month of August out of AroostoOk wei
larger this year than in any Angus
| ever known. For a good part OF Ser
chin,nontS Of carInDGc
day, have been sent out and thu
means something, one may imagine
Last week this record was maintaine
about every day and this week it
lcssened but little, due principally
! the fact that the farmers are more ir
; clined to haul to their own barns an
wait possible rise rather than Sc
! right out of the field at a figure that
in itself high one.
All along the sidetracks of the mai
line of the Bangor & Aroostook are
be seen empty freight cars awaitin
the demand of the local shippers A
the leading points are reported to
satisfactorily supplied while at tt
smaller stations the supply is evident
adequate. There We're 20 cars. for II
stance, at Mars Hill and Blain" static
on Thursday: Fort Fairfield branch
SO well supplied that the train crew
have difficulty in making up the
trains every day. At this town the
p R. is reported to be so anxious Il
y business that a loaded car is replace
by an empty over night, before IL
shipping cards are made out.
The train crews are working ha,
: and zealously to handle the busine!
. cXpediticusIy. Daily at noon a trai
of from Is to 30 cars goes out from Ca
ibou of cars loaded there and on II
| | 7 branch 7'bcSo