Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-10-24
MAINE FARMING NOTES.

A farmers institute is 10 be held at Dro-
more Grange hall, wocl~ich, some time in
November, probably the 18th.
! {. +. Sanborn, Carratuak. from six rows
less than one acre. has just harvested 80
bushels of POTATOES, hut just about one-hf,h
were lett ON the ground on account of rot.
! As this fall is the irs, time that h. W.
/ Mcheen comes into cur county Us secretary
of the Maine Board OF Agriculture to hold
farmers Institutes. il is hoped that he will
he encouraged in his work by being greeted
7 with full houses at each meeting .--Aroos.
took Republican.
4 Az the annual meeting of the ossipee
/ Valley Fair Association ut Cornish the date
| for the mex, exhibition was fixed for Au.
gus, Goth. 30th and 3l,t. The treasurer
reported decrease of the deb, from $1,000 TO
( sSup 1t was voted to add an to theacre
tro,ting park, remodel the grand stand clear
the circle of trees aud build additional horse
stalls and cattle pens.
This wear | planted three and one-fourih
acres af sweet corn, and got credit ut the
factory for s2GI 81; sold and delivered
squash 10 factory, >lS.92; sold two acres
fodder, standing, for $50; kept one and
onc-fourth acres Sl2 80; saved seed worth
I $40 or ST.; saved squash worth sl0 saved
pumpkins 81. Total, $3.50 81 .--t,ihert
4 Miller, Wilton, in Maine Farmer.
| 4. W Gilman, member of the Board Of
! Agriculture for this county, informs us that
the meetings of the county Farmers Inst.
tutc will h. held the closing days of next
month. The question of more equitable
distribution of the burdens of taxation will
be discussed, among other topics Of interest
to farmers. 1t is expected that Hall C..
Burleigh of the Board of State Tax Asses.
sors, will be present and take part in the
discussions. Let all farmers make it a
point to be present and take an active part
in the work of the meeting - riscataquis
| Observer.
The display of corn was one of the best
features of the exhibition ot the East Dover
Grange. The Observer SAYS j. NJ. llewett
presented u trace of the longfeiow variety,
cight-rowed, containing 80 ears, each ear
ht ing one foot or more in length. lie in
forms us that he raised on one acre of land
| iS0 bushels of ears of said variety, using
250 pounds of Bradley superphosphatc.
which he considers the best fertilizer in use
| lie also exhibited samples of eight varieties
of POTATOES, viz: Red Sugar, Dakota Red,
| White Elephant. Red Elephant, Oronc,
Early Rose, Pioneer and White Brooks.
| lie also informed u that he raised On enc
| third acre 10 bushels of the above variety
| At the annual meeting of the New Glou-
ccstcr and Danyillc Agricultural Associa-
ton the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: A. +. Lawrence, presi-
dent; Frank W. Berry, vice president;
John W. True, secretary John 7. Stanch-
| field, assistant secretary Herbert +, Blake,
treasurer; Frank II. Nevens. marshall
| Aud the following Board of Trustees; A.
r. Lawrence, cX-otiicio, John w True,
John u. Twombly, Augustus j. Haskell
Arthur VI. Webb, A. l.. Richards, Alonao
+. Cole. Financial condition of the
society is as follows The receipts during
the past year have been SS6G.oo, amount
paid out 4i2.is, outstanding bills iiio,
premium list unpaid sci 81, total s703.js,
having balance unexpcndcd of siG2I1.
Mr.. NJ. ID. Hartman of Prospect, who
has had charge of the st. Adams cheese
factory the past seasan, gives some inter-
estng figures connected with that business
| at ST. Adams. The factory was built nearly
20 years ago, and has been run most OF the
time ever since. This season the factory
had run of 9s DAYS, receiving lG6,9l2 lbs.
of milk, and manufacturing II, 2o2 lbs. OF
cheese. This was quite an increase OF busl-
ness over that of last year when the amount
of milk received was I2l .O37 lbs, and the
amount of cheese made ~ 9si lbs. This
increase is particularly gratifying in view of
| the sharp competition with the creamery IN
the same village aud the condensed milk
factory ut Newport. few miles distant.
/ Wn understand from MIR Hartman that