Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-13

: Secretary OF the Beard, for the year lsss-
IS, nneay priur-t and vel bound Eos-
: uDe Of fz3 p4s>~s. comprising, also, the
: transactions of the STATE Pathological
Society, has juss reached v~r table y
, opens with report Of the annual meet
Ing 81 the Board held Ia January izsr- IL
: which papers we're read on the work OF
the Beard, the conduct OF Farmers In
, stitGtes, the expenditure Of the state
stipend or bounty TO Agricultural soeie-
ties, and the establishment u rhe Hatch
. Experiment station al orono. During
: the rear lss7. IS. t~enty-seyen farmers
. institutes we're heid, az total expense Of
81 ,37o.i3, or an average cost of s55-15 to
each Hseesing- These meetings have been
xeli attended and aecoun panied with a
, cretissble degree Of sacc~ss- Papers and
|. essays have been read AZ them BY several
, members % the Board. and by distin-
. zuissIcd s9riculturalists and pemoiogisrs
: from out Of the state, amoag the best
known being Prof Geo. II. whiteher of
New Hampshire, Hon. r. NJ Augur OF
, Connecticut and Mr.. g. NJ. Whitaker Of
the New Englaad Farmer. Boston. Re
turns are then given from sixteen cream
cry or butter making associations 10 the
state, some Of them with considerable de.
tail, others with mere statement Of or
ganization. One Of the best reports Is
that Of the ssTurner Centre Creamery,
which makes a most interesting state
ment 10 made iss. o57 lbs. Of butter during
the year or a little over eighty flour tons.
The average price per pound received for
net price paid 20 patrons, 2. cts The
next largest amount of butter made al
any one factory was that at the private
creamery Of Isaac o. winslow, Sc. Adams,
whose product was l3i, Alb pounds. The
average price received for the butter per
pound, was rs Ia cts, aud the average
cost OF making and selling, per pound,
IL cts. The New Gloucester Creamery
made the next largest amount, viz, 81,
| 7ji lbs. Statistical returns from the
forty-two agricultural and Horticultural
societies in the State, are next given, and
occupy ten pages. The above form the
more official or preliminary matters oft |
Boards work during the year, the bulk of
the volume being occupied with the
addresses and papers presented at the |
several farmers Institutes.
In all the volume gives In full fifteen OF
these essays. OF these four are by menu
bers of our State Board OF Agriculture |
four are by residents OF Maine, not mem |
bers Of the Board, and seven are by |
gentlemen from out Of the State. Mem |
bers of the state Board discussed the fol- |
lowing subjects: Agricultural Societies
Is Thoroughbred Stock essential to Good
Farming? Vegetable gardening for Maine,
and Barn Manures and their Application.
The subjects of essays presented by lead
ing farmers not members of the Board |
are Sweet corn Culture; Compensations
of Farm Life, The Dairy In Agriculture,
and The [agriculturall Necessities
OF To-day. These may be pre-
sumed to represent the subjects
of thought uppermost in mind by the
leading farmers of the State. How well
they compare with those presented by
foremost farmers outside of Maine, may
possibly he shown by giving the titles of
papers of which such gentlemen are the
authors. These are The Business side of
Farming, and the Value of Organization;
The Rationale of Feeding, and Breeding
for Special Purposes, three lectures deliv
cred at Farmers Institute by DIR. George
Austin Brown of Woodstock, Conn.
Stock Feeding, by Prof. G. II. Whitcher
of the New Hampshire Experiment Sta
ton; aud the Cultivation of the Grasses,
and Demands upon the Farmers of the
Future, two essays by Elbridge Cushmau,
"A member of the Massachusetts, Board of
Agriculture The reading of such papers.
and the discussions naturally following
them, at any farmers institute in the
State, cannot but serve to stimulate brain
action, contribute to general intelligence
and improve the methods and systems of
even the best farmers among US. Two
selected papers complete this portion of
the volume, viz: Agricultural Experiment
Stations In the United States, by Prof. W.
o. Atwater, from the Report of the Con-
necticut Board of Agriculture; and Corn
Ensilage, by DIR. George II. Cook, from
the Report of the New Jersey Agricultural
Experiment Station.
The Second Part of the volume embra-
ces the Transactions of the State Pomo-
logical Society, compiled by the Secretary
Mr.. ID. III. knowltou of Pennington.
This report embraces the premiums
awarded at the last State Fair, and pro-
ceedings of the winter meeting of the So
ciety at New Gloucester, at which papers
were read and discussions had on topics
of special interest to that large class of
our farmers who are specially concerned
in the production Of fruit. Some of the
leading essays and their writer's were
Utility rs Sentiment, W. p. Athertou
Plums and their Culture, f. W. Dunbar
and d. ?. True; Trees and their Uses in
Rural Establishment. S. l.. Boardman;
Arbor day aud its Observance, ID. II.
Knowlton; Insects Injurious to Fruits.
Carl Braun. Phi. d: The Red Russell. Z.
A. Gilbert; viii the Present outlook war
rant the Encouragement of Fruit Growing
in Maine, Hon. Rufus Prince; Small Fruits
and their Culture, T. NJ. Augur. Connect
cut Fruits for Home Use. l.. II. Bios
som. In the above collection of papers
is valuable fund of
practical and scientific information
which will be of great and good service
to our orchartiists and small fruit grow
ers If they win but take advantage of the
facts given. Especially would we call
attention to the value of papers and dis
cussions on small fruit culture, and on
the plum and its culture, concerning
which Mr. Augur, the State Pomologist of
Connecticut gave the Maine fruit growers
so much of his valuable knowledge aud ex-