Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-03-08

among farmers; good crops were harvested and
the farm stock increased it is safe to say that from
50 to rs per cent. more stock is now kept by our
farmers than in 1872 There has also been large
increase in sheep, cows and young cattle
The following papers and addresses are given
in full, presented at the winter meeting Of the So
ciety in Wiscasset Address of Welcome, by Geo.
B. Sawyer of Wiscasset, Secretary Of State Pom
illogical Society; Butter or Cheese-which by
Horace Colburn of Windsor Conditions Requisite
for the Elevation of Farming, by Hon. Samuel
WATSON Of Surry; On Irrigation, by d. NJ. Dun
ham of Bangor; Associatng Dairying in Maine,
by Geo. T. Bracket of Belfast; The Science of
Cattle Feeding, by Prof. w. o. Atwater of Wes-
leyan University, Middletown, Conn; Milk Its
Taints, Odors and Authorizations, by Hon. Harris
Lewis, President of the New York State Agricul
tural Society; Practical Agriculture, by Geo. 3.
Barrows of Fryeburg; Farming as Profession.
by J. w. Lang of Brooks; a Hundred Years
Progress of American Agriculture, by Hon. Cbas.
l.. Flint, Secretary of the Mass. Board CT Agr:cul
tu;al.
An illustrated paper is published on the "Orna-
mental and Useful Plants of Maine" by F. Lam
son Scribner, b. S., a graduate of the State Col
lege. Mr.. Scribner is the author Of the able paper
published in previous report on THE Weeds of
Maine" lie is young and enthusiastic botanist,
has travelled extensively in Maine, having twice
assembled Mt. Katahdin, and by practical observa-
ton and thorough study is fully qualified to treat
the subject of his present interesting paper.
As Maine was one of the earliest sections of the
New World to attempt an improvement Of its
breeds of cattle ty the introduction OF thorough
bred animals from other countries, the Secretary
embraces in his report able and pains-taking
article on the early importations OF cattle into
New England. As early as 1871, cattle were i'm
ported from England by Maine farmers, and
late as 1886 Maine farmers sent breeding animals
of thoroughbred stock to Vermont, Massachusetts,,
New York, and even to Ohio.
At the sem-annual meeting of the board in
Orono, addresses made and papers read as fol-
lows: Opening address by 4. A. Gilbert, Prcsi-
dent os the board Address of Welcome, by Hon.
Chas. Bufium of Orono; No cattle, no crop, by
Samuel WATSON Of Surry Hints on Dairy Farm
ing, by J. L. Shaw OF Penobscot county on
Raising Calves, by A. L. Bradbury, Of Franklin
county; Cooperation among Farmers, by Isaac
c. Mallet of Topsham; Bone Diseases Of the
Horse, by Prof. James Law, of Cornell Universe
ty; the Province of Board of Agriculture, by
Hon. Geo. Barrows of Fryeburg The Dignity OF
Labor, by Warren Percivsl of Nassaboro; Far
mers' Experiments, by d. NJ. Durham Of Bangor;
On Epizootics, by Prof James Law Of Cornell
nfVersitv.
Following nearly all the above papers and lee
lures, are discussions upon the themes presented,
by gentlemen OF the board and others, making
practical applications of the various subjects.
Were the State to place this valuable volume in
every farmers family, beneficial results would be
sue TO follow. The culture of the farmers brain
is more necessary than the culture of his broad
acres.