The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-02-14
[Repor ted for the PREss.]
Maine Board of Agriculture
WIsCAssET, Feb. Il,

WISCASSET, EeD l., LOTT.
The afternoon of the second day was devoted |
to the lecture by Professor w. o. Atwater, of
Middletown University, CT, and the discussion
that followed the subject was, 1.-The Science Of
Cattle Feeding" Atwater was for.
merly connected with the Agricultural College
of our own State. Having recently returned
from visit to Germany and England he was
able to present the results of scientific investi-
cation, and also to give valuable information
respecting the method pursued by practical
men. While giving our farmers credit for pos
sessing more general information than the
same class in Germany, he regretted to say
that in scientific agriculture they were sadly
behind them The Bismarck policy controls
in the systematic pursuits and Investigations OF
agriculture as we'll as in education, politics,
and war The proper feeding of animals con-
tributes to success in carrying on great war.
The Experiment Stations of Germany not
only serve the Government, but are relied upon
by farmers as full of promise for the future
several of them are sustained by their private
contributions aud they are well satisfied with
the returns which are received.
The farmers of Connecticut now moving
with reference to the establishment of one or
more in their own State; and the suggestions
of Professor Atwater, the statement of some
of the Trustees Of our Agricultural College,
and the remarks of other gentlemen present
indicate the propriety apd possibility of con-
Meeting something similar with the College.
Hon. Harris Lewis of Herkimer County,
New York, President Of the State Agricultural
| Society, occupied the evening session with
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| practical man, full of information of the most
! valuable kind, and an entire p; ge of the PRESS
| might be filled with notes from his lecture or
the fruitful suggestions that fell from his lips
| in private conversation. He commented on the
| taints and odors, impurities and authorizations
| of milk; the effects on keeping, and the modes
of detection. The particular design of the
speaker was to aid the different cheese associa-
tions now preparing to commence operations
To succeed in these undertakings care and Glen
illness are absolutely Indispensable; the barns,
animals, mixers, pals, cans and all the equip
ments of the factory must be without reproach.
| private suggestion from Mr.. Lewis to your
reporter is worth giving to the public: If prac-
ticable he said, let your first floor be of stone
| laid in cement, and build the walls with an
air space. The State Association of Dairymen
soon to be organized will, it is hoped, act favor
ably upon the suggestion, that at their earliest
meeting they prepare a manual of directions
for those about to build cheese factories and
also take measures to furnish at wholesale rates
all the supplies needed to put them in running
order
The morning paper of Thursday was from
Mr.. Barrows Of Fryeburg. on "The Import
ance of System of Practical Agriculture"
The Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of
Agriculture, c. L. Flint, ESQ.,, delivered a
short lecture illustrated by diagrams, upon the
"Milk secreting organs of the cow" All the
subsequent questions asked, and the answers
given, should certainly find place in our agri-
| cultural journals.
Iodine was especially recommended by Mr.
Flint for inhamed ddders. Mr.. Lewis had de-
rived benefit from iodide of potassa. He
thought it about as difficult to cure the disease
| called garget as consumption. He would as
soon expect to cure COW by putting a single
hay seed in her mouth as by giving her the gar