The Republican journal., 1909-09-09

Bismarck, King William, Phil Sheridan,
and Slasher. The race was pulled off at
the Lewiston Driving park. King Will
lam was unable to start owing to tenn
porary lameness, and Bismarck was laid
off for some reason, leaving the race
between Phil Sheriden, Gen. Lightfoot
and Slasher, all by Gen. Knox. Sheridan
won the first heat in 2.36 1-2 and the Sec
ond in 236. In the third heat Gen.
Lightfoot won in 2. "a, Slasher being dis
tanced and Sheridan just escaping the
same fate and Gen. Lightfoot took the
next two heats. The same year Gen.
Lightfoot won a great race at Gardiner
and also one at Rockland.
Later in his fathers career with his
horses the present occupant of the
Blaisdell farm accompanied him and
helped him in caring for the high class
animals. But he had but very little of
his fathers love for horse in him, and
when the farm came into his possession
he began to see what he could do to i'm
prove it. There are 100 acres in grass
and under cultivation, and twice as much
more in wood and timber. Twelve acres
are in potatoes, and five acres in yellow
corn. Mr. Blaisdell is satisfied that his
fertilizer caused great many misses in
his potato field, as in some way it got on
to the seed and ate it up. While the seed
sprouted the fertilizer ate the sprout off.
He does not lay this wholly to the season,
although he thinks the season had some
thing to do with it, but said his planter
did not mix the dirt sufficiently with the
fertilizer to keep it from the seed, but
he hopes to remedy this difficulty another
season.
The McAllister Brothers are near
nelghbors to the above, and Mr. A. H.
McAllister is much pleased with the
White Delaware potato. He is also well
satisfied that the potato is the best crop
for the Maine farmer. He has Is acres,
and has put on ton of fertilizer to the
acre, putting it under the seed in each
case. He says that while the White Della
ware much resembles the White Noun
tain, in his soil it is a much better pro-
Queer and sells equally as we'll. He cut
40 tons of hay last year, keeps four
horses, and five cows, selling their cream
to Hood 4 Company, who have cream
cry at the village. This is one of the
merly the home of the late Hiram Meal
most successful dealer in live stock.
y
acres in all. They take the Turf, Farm
& Home and have for good many years,
and think it is one of the most helpful
farm papers that they have ever enjoyed
reading.
Mr.. Bert Reynolds is one of the many
young men who graduated from the life
of railroad man and took up a good
farm from choice. He was for num-
Der of years a trusted employee on the
Maine Central railroad, but determined
that there were better things in the
world so he bought a good farm where
he has been for nine years, and he is much
pleased with the change. He has six
and half acres of potatoes, half an acre
of yellow corn, a vigorous looking gar
den, and has a good orchard that he is
about to graft, and has already set 40
young: trees that are just coming into
bearing. In order to keep out Of idle
ness and save the risk of becoming viii
lage loafer, he built a workshop back of
his house year ago, and is much pleas
ed with the results, for he says he now
has no broken days, as with the work.
shop and the farm he can make every
day count, whether it rains or shines, a
pretty good hint for some people we
know, and they don't live in Burnham
either. Some of them, at least, never
heard Of the town. Farther up the line
we came to farm owned and operated
by J. w. Hunt & Sons. Here, is a good
farm, but poor farmer, for he has got
it into his head that there are better
things than the farm, and he wants to
sell out. Notwithstanding the fact that
he has 100 acres of good land, upon which
there are LOCO cords of hard wood, that
he will raise from 1000 to 1,500 bushels
of potatoes, has six acres of oats, an
acre of beans, half an acre of garden
truck, and has an orchard of rs trees all
in bearing, he is dissatisfied with the
business and wants to be released from
it's eXactions. We know of lot of good
men who are working good deal harder
than the Hunts do, who can't get half
the crops he will have this year, and they
they think are having good time. Surely
there is nothing like approaching your
blessings and your advantages. We are
sadly fearful that the Hunts do not
belong to this class.
An entirely different condition of af-
fairs than the above is found on visiting
the farm of Edward Davis & Son. Here
is large and valuable farm, with big
lumber lot. There are 40 acres in one field
near the road, with surface as level as
trotting park. He has 16 acres in po-
tatoes, and as handsome field of corn
as any one. Here are farmers who farm
their farm for all it is worth, and 60 to