The Portland daily press., 1898-12-07
THE DAIRY CONFERENCE.
The state Meeting To Be Held at City Hall
Today.


The State Meeting To Be Held at City Hall
3@t Today.
The Maine State Dairy Conference will
| be held at City hall today and tomorrow.
There will be a good exhibition at the
hall of dairy appliances, products, ma
chinery, dressed poultry, eggs and poultry
s lp lies. Special prizes will be offered
by the Vermont Farm of Bellows Falls
Vt, Machinery Co., and Goss Company
OF Lewiston; by Kendall g. Whitney,
Portland; Worcester Salt Co., Mosely &
Stoddard Manufacturing Co., of Rutland,
Vt. and T. s. Johnson Co. of Boston.
There are prizes also for dairy and cream
cry butter, cheese, bottled milk and
cream and dressed poultry.
This will be today programme:
$50 q. m Dairy machinery in opera.
tion.
1000 a. m.-Introductory exercises
1890 a. m.-"Our Dairy Work for
1885, by 6. NJ. Gowell. Professor of An
imal Industry at University Of Maine
1892" by Secretary B. W. McKesn..
1.S0' ps n.-" Economic Dairy Foods,
by Prof j. L HILLS, Director of the
Vermont Agricultural Experiment sta,
tion, Burlingf on, vt. Discussion, opened
ny B. F. Briggs of Auburn, Member OF
7.30 y. m.-"The Value of Feeding
Standards to the Practical Farmer. BY
Prof. Chas. D. Woods, Director OF the
Maine Experiment Station, Orono. DIS
cussion, opened by L. o. Straw of New
field. Member Of the Board from YORK
County.
The state board of agriculture assem-
bled at the United States hotel last eve
ming, all the members but three being
present. In the. temporary absence OIL
President W. Il. Moody of Liberty, the
chair was occupied by Vice President E.
E. Light of Union. There was some talk
regarding the new Legislative committee
on agriculture. The only member OF the
last committee who has been reelected
is Senator Merrill of St. Albans. His ap-
pointment as chairman would be salts
factory to the board, and other names
were agreed upon which will be submit
ted to the presiding officers of the two
branches when ELECTED.
There was considerable discussion re-
garding the receipts from dog licenses.
1t was proposed that the very respectable
sum which the state receives from this
source over and above the bills for sheep
destroyed, and almost all of which came
from the cities and large towns, should
be set apart for the encourageme mt OF the
founding of public libraries in towns of
less than 200 people. This is suggestion
of State Librari IN Carver and was pre-
sented to the board by Secretary D..
Walker McKeen, but it was voted down
andsso was an amendment introduced by
Mr.. Jonathan Benn of Aroostook county.
He wanted the dog money used for the
public schools in the small towns, but the
board thought this would hardly be ac-
Ecepted by Legislature. The question was
left open until the January meeting OF
the board. Some Of the members thought
there were more books now than were
good for the children and that if
libraries were started they would soon be
forgotten by the communities.
gProf. Charles D Woods of the State Ex.
pertinent station at Orono, spoke at some
length in reference to pure food legisla-
tion. He stated facts in reference to
adulteration and the dishonest character
of many of the articles of food in the
market, but the subject was left for the
consideration of the legislative commit
tee. The board adjourned until Thurs
day morning.
The exhibition of dairy products which
opens at City hall today promises to be-
one of great interest. Some OF the com :
petitions are open TO all New England,
and there are gentlemen here now from
all the states except Rhode Island. The
exhibit of dairy machinery will be quite
complete and there are some attractive
displays of ornamental work, such as
a model in butter of the farm buildings
OF MIR. Lester Dyer of Cumberland, and
a bust of that gentleman. The exhibition
is entirely free, and all ara invited to at
tend. A large number of visitors are al
ready in town.