Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-29

for d;strfbufion to the County AEtseul
tnrsi Societies. and through them 70 ths
farmers Of the State. II is one Vt the
largest volumes Of the series that has
been published for several years, this In.
!erease in size being partly due 70 the fsci
that Included in the volsEse are the re-
ports Of the State Experiment Station,
which comprises PA pages. and that Of
the genealogical sosiesy which has lse
pages The whole number Of pages In
the volume il g3t, aad il has three in
dices, or one each to It's several divisions.
| A brief report Of the annual meeting
held in this city in January last opens
the volume. This embraces In full Sec
resary Giitert's lecture on the Shrinkaee
ia Value Of Farm Real Estate during the
pat decade, and review Of the work
Of the year. During the past year twenty
Farmers Institutes were held by Secre
tary Gilbert. at a total eosx OF sl3jl-l7.
or an average Of e7l.l2 each. The essays
and lectures given before these Insti-
tutes form the main portion Of the Goa
tents OF the volume. and with their &C.
eompanyIng papers make up = report
which Is credirable to the Board and will
be widely sought after by our farmers.
We pass over that part which relates to
the West, to comIaend ia strong terms
Prof. J. W. SsnbOrn's essay on Indian
Corn. Perhaps no subject of greater ill.,
given Ia this report, and Prof. Sapb0rn
has treated II with much fullness and
from every point of interest In all stages
of the growth and cultivation Of
the crop. Following this are several
practical essays by our own farmers.
memoirs Of the State Board and others,
which for high practical value have not
been excelled by the contributions to any
previous volume. Among these are the
following Specialities in Farming, by b.
Walker McKeen, Fryebarg; Farm Help,
by Arthur |. Brown, Belfast; Farm Ae-
counts, by Joel Richardson, North New
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which follows that OF the proceedings oil
the Board OF Agriculture, proper, which
ms over TWO hundred pages many OF
when contain important tables that VIII
require much study. ms portion EN-
braces nearly double the matter that was
contained In the pamphiet edition OF the
report printed last spring. ana presents
results Oh experiment station WORK Ior
the year. Ihese experiments nave 10
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The transactions Of the State POmo
logical Society which occupy over l5C
pages, are given in an appendix to the
volume. They contain list Of premi.
ums awarded at the State Fair of 1889
and report OF the winter meeting
at Norway held in February, 1890.
Among the leading addresses and papers
presented in this report are the