Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-11
STATE HOUSE.
Agricultural Advantageso Of
Maine Are Many.
Weeks Inspections TO Be Made
In Second Infantry.
Railroad Commissioners Assign
Hearing on Portland Petition.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting of Governor and Council
Friday, April 90, at 10 A. M.

The annual report OF the Hon.
THOMAS j. Lyons OF VinaIhaven, com
missioner Of industrial and labor sta
,istics contains an article entitled
Horticultural Advantages Of Maine"
Visits we're made by men employed
by the department in stock. Wal
do ana Somerset counties.
I'm his synopsis Commissioner Lyons
speaks rs follows:
an reviewing the facts as aScer-
tanned it Is to be Noted that while
agricultural conditions are very SINH
lar il the central ami southern coun-
ties, thcr" is u wild" difference be-
tween these and the northern section
Of the state covered by the settled
mart Of Aroostook. In Aroostook
county the staple crops are potatoes.
grain and hay. with comparatively
little done in other lines. Corn will
not mature, and the apple, while doing
well in u few of the towns, is not Il
success in tn" county at large In
this section desirable farm lands are
held at from $50 to 800 per acre. but
the farms are easily worked and very
fertile. and the average profits from
operation will warrant the investment
OF a much larger amount of capital
than in the same acreage in most
other parts of the state. OF course
there are localities in the county
where lands may be bought at a low
price. but the income from such places.
either frcm poor quality of the soil
or conditions rendering very expensive
their cultivation. or else their dis
fJDrc from a SHINING yninf IynnII
doubt be correspondence small
"'rhc conditions in Somerset and
waldo. the other counties visited. diff
fer from ArorStoOk in two essential
particulars. namely: In the much
lower price at which good farms may
be purchased, and in the wider range
OF crops that may b" cultivated: and
besides. these counties are more fav-
orally situated as to cost of transport
ing farm products to market
''T" the man who wishes to on
gage in farming tn, opening is as
favorable in Maine as in any section
of tn" country. conditioned of course
90 the amount of capital h" has to
invcS'. H." can buy farm with
buildings for $500 or for $50, 900 and
get the Valu" of his money in either
case Farming has been hard bust
ness and. II is no wonder that the
young propl" have. lett it fer more
congcnal and perhaps II more remun
erativc occupation, but conditions
have been reversed. Tho invention of
farm machinery. the Introduction Of
commcrriai Fertilizers. tn" cxtcnti"n
Of means "t Transportation and tin"
HIGH N.,l, At fNt
thing 'll" farmer can produc" has put
the business IN - condition which not
only affords him u living but ensures
q good margin of profit above all cx-
penS"S
"'ro thu uan seeking "mplnImcut as
o tarm labor"r TIA" stat" offers many
advantages. Farm hands are always
in dcmaud provided they ar" efficient.
but Main" farmers have no use for
the INDECENT or the nubiher Of Iut"Xi-
eating drinks In addition t" wages,
the farm lIhor"r i" furnished board
and lodging aud practically enjoys all
the privileges al the home. In cas-"
work is slack in winter th"r" Is not
much troubh' IN any Part nl tn" state
In getting work AT wood ch"ppinG.
cutting lumber. toaming or some other
o. the various kinds of work that are
carried uu to advantage through the
winter season. ou us taNorahl" terms
as on the farm. So that the prudent
young man may. IN a fcW years. ac-
Cumulat" enough t" pur"laS" small
farm and thus own a home of his own,
which. hv careful cultivation. Will AT
ford hm Il living. II is evident that
there is 80 state III the Union Wher"
this result can bc 81 readily attained
rs in Maine.
1T" he sur" NrooStUnk is IL remark
ably rich agricultural county. In 1900
this department was informed by the
director ct the United states census
That there was hut one county i'll the
entire county the value of the agri-
cultural products Of which exceeded
mat ot AruoStnok county Maine, The
other two counties visited are no more
than an average of all the other coun-
TIES IN the state. in any of which good
opportunities are open both to the