Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-12

MEssRs. W. H. AND G. Il. DUNN AR
RAISING GOOD CROPS AND CATTLE.
One of the many examples of goo,
modern farming which are to be foun
the farm of W. 81. and G. Il. Dunn
about four miles out from the village o
Norway. Here is a farm-just an OF
dinary hill farm-where good work AM
scientific management is accomplishn,
some splendid things in profitable crol
and stock raising.
1t was my privilege to visit this faru
on the occasion of a recent dairy testing
association meeting and to look over SOM
best fields of crops which one of tn,
may see in many day. And by tn,
way, the Dunns are enthusiastic an(
active members of one of the best dairy
associations in the state. This fact il
itself is an indication that they are gooC
farmers. II may not be cause Of theil
success in farming operations, but 1t i:
one of the means which they employ tC
make their farming profitable.
At the present time the younger Mr.
Dunn, by reason of his years, is the
more active manager of the operations
on this farm. During my recent short
visit he gave me the keenest pleasure by
exhibiting their excellent crops and
their fine stock.
One of the first crops to be noticed
was their clover. When / saw it they
had two fields of this excellent forage
crop In rowen which were the pride OF
the farm. A big first crop had been
taken from these fields, more than two
tons TO the acre, and there was promise
Of as much for the second crop. The
clover was standing when saw it prob.
ably fifteen or sixteen inches high and
very heavy.
Leslie E. McIntire of Waterford, him.
self a large grower of good hay, said
that he thought he had some good clover,
but he guessed that Mr.. Dunn's beat it.
Mr.. Mclntire, however, is a modest man
when il comes to making claims.
Aloug with their clover, the Dunns
are proud of their corn, and with good
reason. They are raising eight acres of
sweet corn for the canning factory
which promises to net them big returns.
In this corn they have seeded down,
with the last cultivation, to clover and
timothy. As this did not make very
good catch, possibly because of the very
dry summer, they will put in some more
seed when the corn has been taken off,
and will set it we'll into the ground with
a weeder. Whether this will work bet
ter than waiting until spring, putting IN
good lot of seed and setting it in with
ha hnl ar,A aA
by some, will be practically determined
By this experiment. They believe that
the grass will get good start this fall
and will carry over the winter the
foundation for good crop growth next
summer.
want to say right here that the
Dunns believe thoroughly in the early
harvesting of the hay crop, and in the
practice of that method they secure hay
of high quality. Especially is this true
in regard to their clover. This was cut
early, one field in the last days Of June
and the other in the very first days of
July. This early cutting will also give
them a much bigger second crop than IL
would be possible to secure from the
rowen following late cutting.
OF course this farm raises a good
amount of ensilage corn which is fed to
the milch cows in fine herd of twenty
five pure bred Ayrshires.
The high quality and excellent breed
ing of this stock and the profitable work
of the cows gives this farm the right to
be considered one OF the fine dairy farms
of Oxford County. When / visited this
dairy there was a barn full of fine cows,
most of which were young animals and
most of which also were bred and raised
on this farm. At the present there
stands at the head of this herd fine
young bull, Prince of Norway, 12,427,
which the Dunns bought from the fam
Gus Ayrshire stock farm of Matthew
Hanna, in Brownville, Vermont. The
Dunps have not been working for any
high producing records, but they have
number OF cows which are doing profit
able work. One of these is Miss Hub
bard of Hillcroft, who is giving an aver
age Of 40 pounds of milk day, testing a
per cent.
This dairy is not only producing cream
but is turning out some excellent young
stock for sale, stock from good produc-
ing ancestry which will make excellent
foundation for any dairy or stock raising
business.
Ii should be remembered that this
farm is not using any extraordinary
methods in making good crops or pro-
ducing good cream protitably. Ap-
proved modern methods of cultivation
are followed, and the dairy cows are fed
carafullv and with the object in view OF
making them produce largely. There is
no secret of mystery about these things
and there is no doubt that either of the
Messrs. Dunn will be glad to explain any
of the things they are doing.
These men have been on this farm
only about ten years, but already they
have changed the character OF it greatly,
and their neighbors are in the habit OF
speaking highly of their work as farmers.
And not the least important feature Of
this place is handsome, commodious
and up-to-date home.-Maine Farmer.