PENOBSCOT AND AROOSTOOK UNION SOCIETY. HI 



The oat crop was very large and the grain full and heavy. The 

 drought in the early part of the season appeared to lessen its growth. 

 It headed out low, but this did not injure the value of the grain. 



A large quantity of buckwheat was raised this year. Buckwheat 

 does not exhaust the soil so much as many other crops. It requires 

 pretty good land, and should be sown before the 15th of June. 

 Buckwheat meal mixed with boiled potatoes is profitable for fatten- 

 ing pork and beef. 



More good sound corn was raised this year than ever before in 

 this vicinity. 



The rye crop was abundant ; it does well both on plowed and 

 burnt land. 



Barly succeeded well. Barley when cut early and secured from 

 rain makes white and sweet flour, and is a good substitute for wheat 

 in a country where the wheat crop often fails. 



Pork raising in this country where buckwheat and potatoes grow 

 almost spontaneously is profitable. Large hogs are very common 

 with farmers. 



Sheep raising is profitable, and is beginning to bo a prominent 

 business within the limits of this society. Large flocks of sheep are 

 common. 



The apple crop this year was large. Our apple trees, in many 

 instances, were loaded heavily and required props. Alfred Cush- 

 man of Golden Ridge, and Ira Fish, Esq , of Patten, raised abund- 

 ant crops. 



There was a great yield of potatoes, and excellent in quality. 

 The rust and rot did no injury." 



Luther Rogers, Secretary. 



Among the premiums awarded are the following : 



To America Robbins of Patten, for best stallion. 



To Ivory B. Gerry, Golden Ridge, for best breeding mare. 



To H. B. Hersey, Patten, for second best do. 



To Alfred Cushman, Golden Ridge, for best Short horn bull 

 three years old. 



To Wm. Leslie, Patten, for best long woolled buck. 



To John R. Hammond, Patten, best breeding sow. 

 • To Joseph Ileald, for 40 bushels Indian corn, on 5-8ths of an 

 acre. 



