Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-12-21

crease OF per cent. In she improved
acreage. The increaped value comes
very naturally With the incrsassd
prices for farm products, but ~ the
Commercial has Otter pointed out, this
does not mean 90 much not gain for
the farmers, - other things are to b
considered.
The expenditure for labor has In
creased no per cent. in the Last dec
ade, while In the same time the ex-
pendIture for commercial fertiiiser
hes increased s95 per cont, and this
last item is the most significant and
important fact brought out in the
0gures given out by the census
bureau in this connection. With the
farmers OF Maine annually increasing
their expenditures for commercial
fertilizer, which have already reached
an enormous amount, should be en-
phasized the imperative need for
more diversined farming.
This 10 . matter that Affects not
only every farmer, but all who are In
tercsted In the growth and Substantial
Improvement OF our agriculture.
With greater Diversity OF effort and
the raising OF stock will come not
only safety from great hardship by
the failure OF one crop. but excellent
pronts and enrichment OF the land
without large expenditure for ferti-
llE-r. Our farmers nust get back to
the raising Of stock. they must bet
ter their conditions by their own in
teiiigent EFFORT supplemented by labor
which viii provide them With prac-
tical.y everything required on the
farm.
The price o-day for the best hogs
selling on the market 10 9 I 2 cents.
Nov look back q bit. Ten years ago
the price vas s i-2 cents and twenty
years ago cents. Lambs to day
bring from 10 to IL cents, while In
1900 they brought from 5 TO cents.
A similar increase in price 10 show
In poultry, and effort In poultry rails
ing does not 60 unrewarded. II hens
are fed, housed and handled by mod
ern and intelligent methods they will
yield excellent returns.
There 10 nne, clear profit to-day
in swine raising II done intelligently-
q vastly better pront than could be
obtained In the past--but In spite OF
this there has been . continual de-
crease In this field OF effort. The farm
or, however, cannot make . success
In this direction II he buys all his feed.
This should be raised on the farm.
and IL can be done by Intelligent ef-
fort. Ensilage, put up right, 10 cheap
food and excellent to fatten young
pigs.
The farmers have many potatoes,
squashes and pumpkins that are not
marketable, but which, when boiled,
make good feed and fattening.
Bockwheat 10 an easy crop to raise,
and when ground and put in With the
above food proves very satisfactory.
Experienced farmers claim that two
or thre, week. before the time for
Strengthening, corn or grain should Do
fed, ~ such hardsns the meat.
Thus the farmers should plant more
corn, and for such should select clay
bott ,m, the very best land that they
have, and not take gravcily land on
the idea that any thing 10 good enough
70 raise feed. Take the good land
and then use the dressing from the
hog-yards and from the stables, which
10 the very best dressing for growing
corn and differing from commercial
fertilizer In that its usefulness will
continue for ak or eight ysars whils
the latter will not be OF much benefit
after two years.
The practical farmer gill not allow
his corn to stand until the frost comes
and II 10 injured for snsilage, bot will
husk II early with the stalks standing,
put the poorer OF the corn aside for
the last fartening course for the hogs,
then cut the stalks and put them up
for ensilage.
Every farmer should raise . few
sheep, and their selection should be
with . view to their food qualities,
which 10 ct least equally important
with their WOOL yielding Qualities.
In former years merino sheep we're
popular in New England, but they
have lapsed In popularity because the
meat 10 solid And oily and not in favor
for popular meat.
Southdowns, Shropshires and OK
forddowns are the varieties that are
particularly profitable for the farmer
to raise to day, and number OF farm
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