The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-03-08
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE ST
THE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

HtSttlhit oitiit' III New 'ripHttstcT. w ctltS-
day. feb. -, With a rather small attendance.
Officers were elected AS follows: President,
! has. ;. Pope. Manchester; Wee Presidents,
d. j. Brl@gs. turner. + &. Nelson, New tiiou-
cester: secretary, ID. II. knowton. Farming
| ton; treasurer ~ : Ricntr, Turner; ENe.u-
| i've committee. II. W broWn, NtWblir.h, l..
ii. blossom. Turner, ). W Tru2 New GloureS-
| ter. The trea>trcr> report shows receipts for
the year lSN'. - '4'9.29: expenditures. S1.i,2.
| -. The assets Of the society aie in excess of
the l'ahiil'ir,: some over 5000. \ ruh''t mte;-
| ing was held i'll the evening with a good attcn-
| oantr. Mr.. ". +. Atherton read an essay on
ne RtiatiNn Importance ot TINY or Point.
and Sentiment or BeauN. IN the Management
| of cur Farms. Each has IFS place. and each
| should be given some share Of attention. but
there l. a tendency TO elevate the profit side to
| tile exclusion OF the ornamental and aesthetic.
The latter have their force and worth. and
| should not he wholly lost Sight of in the ptlr
| suit of the bread and butter of life. Mr.. Atl-
| erton'> ESSAY brought out 4 good discussion
| participated in by Mc>>r>. Gilbert. Haskell,
| -Nhcrton. True. Augur and Starrc:t. The
| man points of the speak * ran in the diree-
| tiou OF the establishment Of grounds by the
| planting of tree. shrubs. flowers. &c. Thurs
| ,HN. the second ,av. papers were read hv T..
| W. Dunbar OF Damari~coii;t on PLAIN Culture:
| ;. l.. Boar,Iman OF Augusta, on Frees. their
| History and Associations: -. II. kuOWlton OF
! Pennington. on the History anl O,,>ervanl, Of
| Arhor Day. discussions follow n@ the reading
! L..
relt OF Rockland re:,,! an original poem entitled
-InspraIol' and Prof. Carl Braun of Bangor,
| delivered Il ecture on Insects Injurious to yeg-
citation.
At Friday morning. session the society pass
| ed a vote urging upon our tongres>meu to
! u>c their influence to secure tho passage of Il
| law reducing the postage On seeds. bulbs an
! plants. that our rates may moi he III excess
OF those now in force in Canada and the Pro
vin2c>. 4. \. Gilbert real an essay ON the X ah
| 4 l.. -
| President of the State Agricultural society. on
| the present outlook for fruit growing in Maine.
| He believed the business had an encouraging
| outlook. and recommended il to our Young far
mers A. Il sure business. rather than to 20
| West in accordance with the advice Of a more
celebrated man. In the afternoon +. NJ. Augur,
State Pomologi>t of Connecticut. l"ctured upon
| Small Fruits Most Of his lecture was devoted
w. 'v 't.o @ 49, " ;. 'i'.' :. Nv '
varieties. He said that $500 per acre for 'a':'
ald capital invested. manure. etc.. WIZ about
a fa'r estimate The varieties recommended
| were crescent. harts DO" "nil@, oharl'it>>.
Helmonf, Jersey Queen and .'ewcii lie recon-
mehdod planting IN hills three frti by Two feet,
! rather than III matted rows. The best fr'Iii-
| lztr> We're compo-trd horse manure, ashes.
ground bone. and hen manure. reduced and
| made liGr. Plants should only occupy the
| ground for single Sct>ol. is the highest pro
iii comes from this plan. In the evening l.. II.
| lo>SOm read Il paper on NSillail fruits Tor
| Home Use, and at its close. Mr. Augur gave
| II talk on the ero>S-fcriiliZation of the straw
| berry. in reference to the production Of new
varieties. The exhibition of fruit WAS small
| in extent. but some choice specimens were
| shown. The awards We're a> follows: Best eX-
| hibiton &. X. Staples, Temple l>l: J. :. pl-
| Wis New Gloucester, ii: j. ". True. New
| Gloucester. 81. The committee cave comlncu-
| latory mention to the fruit shown hy c. A.
| Fosg and Mrs. Z. 4. Sprayuc. New (ilouce>-
ter The attendance at the cnliie session WAS
! good and the meeting a most successful one
|
| Nlilfh' ii-llN" ~ hNih. ~ SEASON
PROMISED.
viii Ia. No ,.i,,. nf n,,L n, tI L,u,I,. Hi,.,.
| lis net Industry wooden >hiphuihlnr In, been
Given new life. and more tonnage viii result
than the combined figures of the past two wear.
| show. The New England Snip isuillny COM
| panl. tile largest concern of lis Kind in the
| world has uiuc contracts. a, follows, Four
| ma>ted l000ton rc,iter-board schooner, for
| Capt.. Newfury and Bailey of New Jersey and
CAPT W. A. Anderson of New York. steam
! Yachts for John W. Slater of Pro, idepce r. l.
and John Stet,on Of Boston, a GlO-ton haruuc
| for Ro~tou parties. a G5O-tou tbrr,-,ua,fed
schooner for Cant. Hill ROGER, of Neyy York. a
steamer for thc Eastern Steamboat Iomnauv
and A schooner Yacht for 4. :. Rice. E>n. Of
EorklanJ. Me. Three hundred men ,rr NOW
| WORKING ON these vessels The fr.f to Lr
| launched Will he Capt. Ncwlur,', schooner.
w Hl'il J. htN Ititie liGrttl Ht name II In