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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09
"Six Weeks Shedding in March.
From the Boston Gobe I

From the Boston Gobe
Editor Peoples Column About "Six
weeks shedding in March," When l
was child only three years old, wearing
dresses, James G. McClintock of Board
Landing of Belfast was at our house in
Swanville. and we lived on the east side
of Swan Lake where Frank Stevens
now lives. As John Stevens, my father
and McClintock sat in the sitting room
Miles Staples came past the window
from his home, the next house to the
north. Father said to McClintock: II
am going to say something to Miles and
l want you to swear to the same" and
McClintock said he would. So in came
Miles and father said that he guessed
we would have six weeks shedding this
month. Miles said: Chow can that be
There isn't time" Father said: ''We
had it last year." Staples doubted it.
McClintock said twas so. Still Staples
doubted it. "Well," said father, ''last
year l was in Jefferson and saw six
men by the name of Weeks and shook
hands with them, all on the same road"
and then McClintock patted Miles on the
shoulder and said: "You are beaten"
and Miles acknowledged the corn.
The next Summer father, mother and
went to Jefferson ard saw those same
men that father told of. We were on
visit to grandmother Jackson of Jackson
Mills, Jefferson, near where the Weekses
lived. This occurred 70 years ago.
ANDREW j. STEVENS.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09
SEEDS IN APRIL
Plant Only Real Live Ones and Keep
Them Growing.

Good seeds to grow shoa1d be pure or
!. free from other kinds Of seeds. be true
to name and possess the greatest pos
sible longevity. Testing seeds Is in it.
self interesting. but few have the time
for II. and therefore we should use care
in buying only from the reliable seed
houses. Corn. however, should be test
ed in order to avoid loss from low vital
ity and thus having to replant. Test
ing seeds is Il simple matter. and many
use the pasteboard filters out Of egg
crates to do it, these being filed with
damn sand, then kernel of corn Ia
placed in each and covered with sand,
afterward being watered thoroughly
with lukewarm water; piece Of damp
cotton cloth Is then laid over the tester
until the seeds sprout, which is in
about five days. If the seed is good
about IS Der cent should terminate.
Sowing the Seeds.
The two requisites for the germina
ton of seeds are congenial tempera
ture and a continuous supply Of mois-
ture. The gardener has little to say
about temperature, but the moisture
question can be controlled by the use
of the roller or the feet, providing one
does not use seed drill having small
roller attached Peter Henderson In his
book. Gardening For Profit" devotes
q whole chapter to the use OF the feet
In planting. For example. plant two
rows Of radishes where the soil is dry
and press down firmly with the feet
over one row. smoothing the other row
with a rake. and note the difference.
The radishes which have been tramped
down are able to get moisture by capil
larry attraction, while the others suffer
for want of it.
In sowing seeds that start slowly, as
parsnips, celery. ETC., it Is we'll to SOW
with them few strong, quick germi-
mating seeds to break the crust and
mark the rows so that cultivation may
begin early. Frequently crop Of rad
fishes may be grown this way before
the main crop takes up the land. The
following vegetab les may be planted as
soon as the soil is fit to work:
Asparagus. one ounce for 80 feet;
broad beans, one quart for 100 feet;
beets. one ounce for 80 feet; Brussels
sprouts, one ounce for 1000 plants; car
rots, one ounce to 100 feet; celery, one
ounce for 1000 plants; Swiss chard.
one ounce for 50 feet; lettuce. one
ounce for 100 feet; onions, one ounce
for 100 feet: sets, one quart for so feet;
parsley, one ounce for $50 feet: pars-
nips, one ounce for 200 feet; peas. one
quart for 100 feet; potatoes. one peck
for 100 hills.
Many Of our vegetable seeds do we'll
when transplanted, and these may be
started in boxes in the house or under
glass or in nursery row.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09
Children Crv
FOR FlETCHER'S
CA ToRIA
Whv Farmers Should Advertise in the
Newspapers.

Tn the current issue of Farm and Fire
side. the national farm paper published
at Springfield, Ohio, J. M. Taylor writes
a valuable and interesting article telling
farmers how to get to the market with
their goods. Mr.. Taylor goes on, as fol-
lows. to show how farmers can use the
newspapers:
''The cities are full of people who
want to buy their goods direct, the
country is full of farmers who would
gladly sell direct for the sake of the ad-
ditional profits to be gained by that mode
of selling, All that remains is for them
to get together.
"There is no need of all extensive
advertising campaign. All that is nee
essary is small display advertisement in
the newspapers of the nearest large
city. And in writing the ad the farmer
should not be bashful about having his
name easily seen. Let him advertise
Smiths potatoes. or Smiths cabbages,
or whatever Smith has to sell. Do it in
a manner that will leave the impression
that Smith is proud of his cabbages.
that he knows them to be up to stand
ard and that he personally stands back
of them. People will more readily buy
of man when he stamps his name on
his goods in manner which shows that
he is not afraid to be known as their
sponsor. Furthermore, it is good bust
ness, for it people buy Smith 8 cabbages
this year and find them good they will
cIamor for Smiths cabbages next year
and be satisfied with no Others
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09
STANDPOINT.
Miss Josie Shute 10 at home from Au
gusta, where she has been at work.

Miss Josie Shute 10 at home from Au.
gusta, where she has been at work.
r. F. Perkins has finished hauling
lumber and is getting his mill ready to
begin saving.
The Perkins boarding house was re-
Gently opened by Mrs. Rosa Folsom from
Katahdin Iron Works.
Miss Clara Erskire and daughter. Miss
Flora Erskine, were here from Bucks
port two days last week.
Miss Edna Herrick is having month g
vacation from F. F. Perkins store ard is
at her home in Lagrange.
Mr.. Hamlin from Milo, who is to build
summer cottage here this spring, was
here lately for short visit.
Pierce Patterson and family are here
from Lake View for visit with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Patterson.
Miss Agnes Hartman is at home from
Pittsfield, where she is student at the
M. C. l., on account of scarlet fever in
that town.
Prof, Aubrey OF the U. of M. lee
tured to large audience last Monday
evening at Grifin's hall. His subject
was Poultry Culture.
Wild geese, robins, crows, pussy will
lows and founders are here-signs of
spring-but the weather has been very
cold and backward so far. We hope for
warm pleasant April.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09
PROSPECT FERRY.

Rufus and Lester Hartman and Gerry
Harding went to work at Mt. Waldo last
Monday.
Charles Banks came home from Halo
we'll last week and went to work at Mt.
Waldo.
P. M. CHM and niece, Miss Faustina
Harding, were in Bangor last Saturday
on business.
Gerry Harding and wife visited E. W.
Clifford and wife in Stockton sever al
days last week.
Master Buford Grant of Standpoint
visited his grandparents, W. D. Harri-
man and wife, last week.
Ezra Delano died at his home at Mt.
Heagan March 28th, aged 70 years and
several months Mr.. Delano was good
man and had host of friends in this vi
entity He was sick only few days.
His wife and son died several years ago
in the west and he made his home here
with relatives, who have the sympathy
of their friends in this aff1iction. The
funeral services were from the home of
his niece, Mrs. John Moore, March 30th,
and the burial was in Prospect cemetery.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09
Notice of ..Sheriff's Sale Of Real
80 ss Estate.

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF WALDO IS.
Taken this fifth day of March. A. D. 1914.
on execution dated February IL. 1914, issued
dicial Court for the County Of Somerset and
State of Maine, at term thereof begun and
held on the fourth Tuesday of January, A. D.
1914, to wit: on the eleventh day of February,
1914, in favor of J. w. Manson and H. R Cool
idge, each of Pittsfield, in said County of Som
erset. copartners doing business in said Pitts
field, under the name of Manson & Collidge,
against j. G. Small of Troy, in the County of
Waldo and State of Maine, for $72.O8. debt or
damage, and $11.16 costs of suit, and will be
sold at public auction at the postoffice at
Burnham junction in Burnham, in said County
of Waldo, to the highest bidder, on the twenty
third day of May, A. D. 1914. at nine o'clock
in the forenoon, the following described real
estate and all the right. title and interest
which the said J. G. Small has and had in and
unto the same on the twenty-second day of
September, A. D. 1918, at eleven o'clock and
fifteen minutes in the forenoon, the time when
the same was attached on the original writ in
the same suit, to wit: certain piece or parcel
of land situate in said Troy. bounded and de.
scribed as follows: on the south and east by
the Clark and Morrill, roads, so-called; on the
north by the north line of said Troy; on the
west by land of James R. Stevens, excepting
and reserving, however, five acres owned and
occupied by Willis S. Stevens out of the south
west corner of said premises; containing nine
ty-five acres. more or less; being the same
premises described in deed from George H.
Estes to said Small dated October g. 1908, re-
corded in Waldo Registry of Deeds, Book 293,
Page 118. W. L. GRAY,
sw1s Deputy Sheriff.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09
Farming Conditions In New
England.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 6, 1914.
Ire land and the farming Of New Eng
land have often been criticised. There
are two chief classes of critics. These
are composed of people who have known
The larming Of these States twenty years
ago, and of those who are seeing it today
In superficial manner.
generation or two past the changes
IN farming the country over had left
The farming of New England in depres-
SD condition, according to a specialist
Of the Department of Agriculture. The
reaction Of the last decade is now rem
eaylng this depression. 1t was true
mat New England land could not produce
some OF the staple crops in competition
WIN the land of the Central States, es-
peesly when that land was low-priced.
lie present change is due to the large
anu growing consuming population of
Ne~ England and the difficulty in i'm
p"'IAg some of the perishable or bulky
i'fln produce from other States.
observation from railway trains often
,'Su's IN statements which exaggerate
"e amount of rough land in New Eng
,'lu' AS rule some of the poorest
.a''u Hes IN sight of the railways, while
.De rest of this region is by no
..'' all of the same character. The
,,"'oie land is much more extensive
,aa' is often understood, and the nom
nii'pie Is valuable asset as grazing or
Woodland,
'ae development of profitable farming
view England land has not yet gone
Il. 'aF but that there are now many Sec
~. l' Where the land is really cheap.
n. a,1i0erlng its productive capacity. To
h, As the production of crops pay good
NJ crest on the value of the land, it must,
~. Nurse, be so chosen as to avoid the
0, -. values caused by suburban
h. summer residences, or in a few cases
vs,, D'eFestimated farming values. The
al. eoeap land is often to be avoided
ma because it is not fitted for farming
M, at the moment devoid Of forest
No, ing Some of the cheap farms are
too ' ~. enough in acreage, or produce
far. "''e income per acre, to keep a
bow1 ef and his family. Such farms.
ls,.. 'er' may form desirable parts of .
" iarm business. Most Of the real
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09
SIMPLE CARE OF CHICKS
Economy In Raising Them.
no sANBORN, Holden, Mass.

rhare is less fuss in rearing of chicks
nan few years ago. A warm br00der.
n,o fine litter, cracked grain and grit,
18TH perhaps mash containing ground
lain and animal food, and you should
sotsa 80 per cent of the chicks.
Every chick deserves to be well
,o,cbed of sturdy ancestry and prop
o-,, reared. The eggs should be from
sorstulIy selected stock, well housed
aud fed, to produce chicks that stand
"dTarse conditions. The hen or incu-
sator should do its part we'll, as many
sim is made between the laying of
tbe egg and the Matching Of the chick.
- nrefer the lamp heated brooder to
.,tber the hen or the heatless brooder,
s,r while some hens do good brooding
and in some seasons you can raise
.ood chicks with the f1reless brooder,
rot for easy, successful brooding of
aft7 chicks my preference is for the
heated brooder.
The chicks, when dry, are taken from
+be hen or machine and transferred to
tbo we'll warmed brooder. l prefer it
should be fully as warm under the
hover MS was the incubator, then, II too
,or the chicks can be spread out into
the less warm part of the brooder floor,
ar If at any hour the temperature drops
tb4 chicks can retire to warmer place
under the hover.
What to Feed Them.
Ar the start the chicks get cool water
n drink and only the food that Is in
tba barn waste used to cover the brood
a. floor Really they need no food, and
what they find in the waste is plenty
When few days old they need light
faeiiug of cracked wheat, good fish or
heaf scrap personally l have found
nothing better than a good grade Of
asb scrap added at eight days Of age
and dneIy cracked, dry corn at ten to
twelve days. 1t is important that all
chick feed be sound, sweet and clean.
Avoid musty corn, scrap that is fit only
for fertilizer, and stale drinking water.
Unless there is some grit in the barn
waste that is used for brooder floor it
should be supplied. Chicks need a
warm place to retire to when cold. an
open room to get out into and exercise.
as well as a grass run to range over
when two weeks old. Close conf1ne-
mant to hot brooders tends to give leg
weakness. AS the chicks grow in age
the heat of the brooder can be reduced
to about so degrees. Too many chicks
are batched that are doomed to die be-
cause from weak stock or incubated
wrongly. but the blame is usually laid
Oh the brooder Yearling hens make
the best of breeders, better than pull
LET'S. and are in their prime through
March and April, which Is the time for
Matching.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09

the best adapted cash crop in a given
locality to combine with the dairy farm
ing or other livestock business. 1t may
also mean the selection of the proper
rotation. to employ the farmer and his
teams to best advantage at all times of
the year, both in growing the severa
crops and in disposing Of them. This
question may usually be solved from the
experience of successful farmers in the
same region or at least in adjoining
States,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09

testimonial. Mrs. LAWRENCE MAR
TIN, IL King St., Westbrook, Maine.
Mansion, Wis. -" the Change Of
Life suffered with pains in my back
and loins until l could not stand. l also
had night-sweats so that the sheets
would be wet. l tried other medicine
but got no relief. After taking one bot
tie of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound l began to improve and 1
continued its use for six months. The
pains left me, the night-sweats and hot
flashes grew less, and in one year was
a different woman. l know ! have to
thank you for my continued good health
ever since" = Mrs. M. J. BRowNELL,
Mansion, Wis.
TIL success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled in such cases.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl.
dentiaD lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by .
woman, and held in strict confidence
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09
CONSERVATION OF SOIL NOISE
URE
Preventing Drought by Cultivation.
W. Il. STEVENSON

PREVENTING Drought by Cultivation.
W. y. STEVENSON.
From rs to 600 tons Of water are re-
CURED to produce one ton Of dry mat
ter for most Of our common farm
crops In many portions Of the United
states the rainfall during the growing
months is not sufficient to SUNNY those
large amounts Of water to the crops
This fact lays stress upon two things
namely, the Importance of large water
supplies In the soil not as stagnant wa
ter. but as capillary water. which ia
Tor the most part available for grow
Ing plants, and also the Importance of
the conservation of this soil water.
The first step in conserving soil
moisture Is to have and keep the sur
face of the soil In such condition that
most Of the rainfall will be received
Into it and will be carried by gravita-
ton to the lower zones, where the wa
ter supply is held until later called
into USE Whenever the surface Of the
soil is baked or run together and i'm
pervious it is practically certain that
large portion Of every rain will not get
into the soil. but il lost because of
surface drainage. An effort should be
made to hold the rains of the entire
year, those of the fall and winter and
early spring as well as those of the
growing season. In order to accom-
plish this the surface of the soil must
be kept loose and open so that as rap
idly as rain falls it may be taken into
the upper soil, from whence it can
work downward to the great store
house beneath.
Fall Flowing Helps.
Fall blowing helps to put the sur
face in condition to take up the
rainfall The hardened crust is bro
ken. and water enters freely. More
over, the ridges and hollows of the
plowed surface act as basins, which
hold snow and rain until they soak
into the soil. Early spring blowing
and disking also play an important
part in putting the surface soil in con-
dition to retain and take in maxi
mum amount of water.
The second step in soil moisture con-
servation is to save the water which
has entered the SOIL This can best be
done by cultivation. The reason Is
this-water Is carried from the lower
zones of the soil by capillarity. 1t rises
in the soil from soil particle to soil
particle, and finally it reaches the sur
face Of the soil and is lost by evapora-
ton unless the upward movement is
checked by some agency. Now. cult
walton creates this agency-namely,
soil mulch. The principle Of moisture
conservation by mulches is well estab-
lished. There is no practical method
for saving soil moisture except by the
use Of the mulch.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09
STOCKING UP WITH PLANT
Buy Your Fertilizer Intelligently.
z. X. PARKINSON,

In buying commercial fertilizer do
not be guided. wholly by a chemical
analysis of the crop to be fortified.
Soils differ widely and my be deep or
shallow, sandy or loamy. containing
liberal supplies of plant food which
could be brought into use by deep
blowing and thorough cultivation, or
perhaps markedly lacking in plant
foods. First, then, you must know
something of the character of your
soil, and you may usually count Oh
sandy and gravelly soils being poor in
potash and phosphoric acid; clay soils
usually rich in potash and poor in lime
and phosphoric acid; limestone soils
rich In that element and phosphoric
acid and poor in potash, while soils
containing leaf mold or other kinds of
vegetable matter are usually rich in all
elements.
Formulas to Use.
Having determined the general ma
ture of the soil, the formulas given be-
low will meet the requirements of
good sandy loan. In purchasing fer
tilizer remember part Of the nitrogen
should be in the form Of nitrate of
soda, which becomes Immediately avail
able, and part should be in the form
of organic nitrogen, such as tankage,
dried blood, or dry ground fish, which
is not Immediately available, while
part of the phosphoric acid should be
10
soluble, such as ground bone, South
Carolina rock or Tennessee rock. These
facts may be had from the salesmen)
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09

These elements provide plant food to
start crops and feed them through the
season. To use this table remember
commercial fertilizers are sold on
percentage basis thus: 4-S-10 means
per cent actual nitrogen, 8 per cent
actual phosphoric acid and 10 per cent
potash. So from 200 bag of potash
containing 81 per cent actual potash.
81 per cent of 200 pounds is 1902 pounds.
The 1910 calls for 10 per cent actual
potash or 10 per cent of 1902 pounds.
which is 1912 pounds. In feeding plants
harrow into the soil part Of the fer
tilizer to be used and then after the
plants are up spread bit more be-
tween the rows and work 1t into the
soil with the cultivator. This is espe-
cially true of nitrate Of soda.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-09
PITTSFIELD PERSONALS.

Miss Edith Murray is spending a few
DAYS in Hartland with her sister, Mrs.
Charles f. Waldron.
Mr.. and Mrs R. H. Berry and Master
Richard are in Montv!le, where thew
were called on account of the..illness of
Mr.. Berry's aunt.
Van Stevens is in Troy this week at
the home of his grandparent, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. V. B. Mitchell, where he is
busily engaged in the maple syrup bust
ness. -Pittsfield Advertiser.
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ldTLllIlS is COHe Oii lduO SdiOeu az HUN
ten to one hundred dollars per acre and
the greater part of it is perhaps on the
land worth from twenty-five to sixty
dollars per acre, the whole farm taken
together.
The distinctive features of New Eng
land farming are due to the fact that the
region as whole is particularly adapted
to the growth Of grass and trees. So,
IN general, the kinds of farming which
depend on the grass crop, predominant.
These kinds of farming are profitably
supplemented by orcharding, and derive
great help from the presence of wood
land. The last furnishes winter employ
ment for many farmers and their teams.
Hay growing for the market on the
moist or loamy soils of New England is
more profitable than corn growing in the
Central States. Potatoes on the we'll
drained lands of northern New England
and apple orchards on the uplands of all
but the most northern part are profitable
and command markets which are not so
easily reached from other States. Truck
and small fruit crops are in demand and
are profitable to raise near to any of the
larger towns and cities. Market milk is
also paying product even somewhat
further from the cities, but is not SO
universally profitable as has been sup
posed, when it has to be sold for the
prices frequent at points more remote
from the cities.
Peaches are pr ofitable in number of
localities in the southern half of New
England, as for instance, on the slopes of
the Connecticut valley in Massachusetts
and Connecticut, and on favored slopes
in New Hampshire along the southern
border. The production of eggs and
poultry pays we'll when properly man.
aged, for the average prices of eggs in
southern New England are almost the
highest in the country. Livestock farm
ing which utilities the relatively cheap
grazing land of northern New England is
favorably situated, but should not de-
pend exclusively on dairy products. The
growing of young dairy cattle for the
use of market milk regions, ard of sheep
for mutton utilize part of these pastures
to advantage. Other products are of
local Importance and profit in various
parts of these States, where special con-
ditions or markets obtain.
There are two chief problems in New
England farming, where the land has
bell under cultivati ton for so many years.
The first is to supply humus economically.
1t has been supposed that livestock
would do this, but it is now evident that
in many situations other means must be
employed. Short rotations, including a
clover sod to pillow down with frequent
regularity, will do much to keep the
needed amount of humus in the soil.
Where land is in a badly exhausted state
other more hardy crops must flrst be
grown as green manure to build the land
up to where it will grow clover in rota-
ton. Winter rye and buckwheat are
two of the most hardy and efficacious
crops to pillow under green, for soil inn
provement.
The second problem is the choosing of
the combination of enterprises to make
the farm most profitable as whole.
This very frequently means selecting