2(54 ADAPTABILITY OF MAINE TO DAIRYING. 



else. In the spring, summer or autumn, one may ride from one 

 bound of the State to an opposite one, anywhere and everywhere, 

 that the hand of cultivation has been, and no greener or better 

 grazing country can be found. Indeed, the contrast to the parched 

 fields and drouth-scorched plains of the West and South, destitute 

 comparatively as they are of the richest and most beautiful carpet 

 ever woven — fresh green grass — is strikingly apparent, and is a 

 glad, welcome sight to the eye and refreshing to the heart and 

 soul. Grass, green and luxuriant, up-springing everywhere, is the 

 sure foundation of an improved agriculture, and without it no 

 system of farming can thrive. We little appreciate the advantage 

 and blessing conferred on us by a climnte and soil, and location 

 that gives us such universal good pasturage and hay crops. No 

 cattle, no crop ; no grass, no cattle, is the cause and effect and the 

 connection one has with the other. Special forage crops are easily 

 raised to lengthen our pastures to tide over a fall drouth, should 

 one occur. Fodder corn, oats to cut green in their succulent state, 

 Hungarian grass, cabbage, roots, second crop on some convenient 

 spot near the stables, are all easily raised. 



Help is cheap and plenty here as any where, and even cheaper 

 and more abundant than in many localities West, for many of our 

 citizens go West for employment. The item of help, though of 

 not so much importance to the dairy farmer as to the stock- 

 breeder, grower, or grain farmer, is nevertheless one of con- 

 siderable consequence and should be taken into consideration and 

 allowed its due weight. 



That there is considerable work connected with dairying, we 

 will not attempt to dispute, nor could we successfully do so if we 

 wished ; but most of the work is light, pleasant and profitable, 

 which makes it agreeable. With the dairy, pork raising can be 

 successfully prosecuted and the farm soon be put in a high state 

 of fertility by reason of increased revenues of rich manure. 



We have seen the grand capabilities of our Aroostook for dairy- 

 ing. Nowhere on this continent are there better chances, for on 

 that deep, rich, cheap soil grows the grasses in greatest perfec- 

 tion. 



Here help is cheap, and money goes a great ways, judiciously 

 expended. Here dairy products find read market, or are easily 

 transported to markets outside — to Bangor, Portland and Boston. 

 Cheese factories are being established there, and also starch fac- 

 tories, which two go hand in hand in this fertile county. The 



