Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-20
PURE FOODS.
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Board Of Agriculture Wishes
to Secure Less AduIteration.
Instruct Legislative Committee to Pre-
sent a Bill to that Effect.
Second Days Meetings Devoted TO Remarks
and Papers by Members.

board of agriculture. and to the many
visitors who dropped into the office at diff
lefeht times throughout the day.
! One of the first matters considered was
that Of a bill to regulate the adutera tons
| OF food. The draft of Il bill was consid-
cred and after discussion the legislative
committee was instructed to present 1t to
the Legislature. The executive commit
tee of the board was appointed Il legisla :
| tive committee. At the forenoon session
committee consisting Of Mr.. Frye of
Cumberland, Mr.. Ellis of Waldo and Mr.
Goodwin of Somerset. was appointed to
draw up Il bill to be presented at the
| afternoon session. that would cover the
grounds wanted for law to promote the
sale of pure seeds.
| f. S. Adams of Bowdoinham and Hon
John Deering of Saco, as Il committee
from the Maine Dairymen's Association
which was recently formed, appeared be-
fore the board to ask the cooperation of
the board in the work of promoting the
dairy interests Of the State. They PRO-
pose To send an expert among the cream
cries and their patrons to see about the
cleanliness of each creamery and to pro-
mote a better feeling among the cream
cry operators and their patrons: to urge
the farmers to keep more cows that their
cream may be gathered oftener and thus
insure better butter; TO try to raise the
standard of the State up to that of the
other New England states.
The executive committee was instructed
to use all means i'll its power, to cooper
ate with this dairy association.
Hon. Charles j. Gilman of Brunswick,
gave an interesting address upon 9TH.
Past and Present of Agriculture. Mr..
Gilman was a member of the board IN
1854 He was a representative to Con-
sress in 1851. and has been a very proml-
nent man. His voice is still strong ana
clear and his ideas advanced at the meet
ing, Thursday, We're of a most interesting
and practical nature. tie spoke of the
changes that had taken place in the ma
chinery since his boyhood and on the add
vanced methods of barn construction.
Then he touched upon the need of more
educational facilities in the school for
teaching about the tilling of the soil.
He spoke with pride of the great adj
vance OF the dairy interest of the State,
and mentioned the time when the Jersey
are valued SO highly, he would advise the
farmers not to forget the beef cow He
asked that the sheep industry be ad-
vanced and also that the energies of the
board be pushed forward toward the res
cue of the wooden and cotton industries in
New England. OF the taking of the po-
tassium out of the fedspar rock OF the
State, he prophesied that some day vast
amounts of fertilizer would come from
this source. He showed the advantages
to the farmers of the Typographical sur
vey OF the State for which he made
strong plea.
In the five minute talks by the members
to suggest institute work all said the in
sttutes in their counties Were doing won-
ders and that there was Il constantly i'll
creasing demand for them. All suggested
some branch that should be adopted for
the coming year, in each ease dairy and
stock raising being mentioned. though of
course the different sections have other
interests that they think should be de-
Veloped. In the remarks of Mr.. Rollins
Of Franklin, he called the attention to the
"embalmed' beef that had been brought
into prominence by the army investiga-
lions, and thought there should be attcn-
ton paid to this to keep tine stuff out OF
the markets of Maine, and also to give
the Maine beef a better chance.
Another suggestion of note came from
Mr. Goodwin of Somerset. who said
that the people should be educated up
to the idea of good roads. He did not
advance any suggestions in what lines
they would be taught to believe, but
merely said that the problem was one
that should be more discussed.
The afternoon session was devoted
to the l0-minute speeches by the mem
bers who had consented to give their
ideas upon certain subjects. Coming
as these papers did from men from all
sections of the State they were remark
ably interesting to those present. Fl! st
! of all was Il paper by Jonathan Benin of
ArooStook, upon the needs OF Afoos-
took He is a lover Of his county and
thinks it leads all others. He thinks
the people there should raise less pota-
toes and more wheat and among the
needs are Hour mills. as the one already
there shows What can be done. MI.
Benn also remarked that there should
be less hours of manual labor for the
farmer and his family. especially the
young people. so that they could have
more, time to enjoy themselves AID to
study and read. In this way more boys
could be retained on the farm. Yet.
like all the other speakers he was not
| always sorry to see boy leave the
farm. if he was wen qualified for some
| other vocation in life, and was proud
| to think the farm could furnish so
many leaders in the many professors.
| John j. Frye of Cumberland. gave
| paper upon The Market Outlook for
| Maine Crops in which ne mentioned
some of the great shipments both of
| that of the state and from outside.
! from the city of Portland. in the past
| year.
| Nahum Hinckley of Bluehill on ac-
! count of Illness. was not present to
/ read his paper that he was to have de-
| liyered on "Co-operative Farming"
| President T.. e. Light of Union, well
| presented the Dairy Outlook John
! r Talbot of Andover, gave statistical
J information and personal Impressions
| of ..O,jr Live Stock Interests and Their
Value to the State" Among other
+ things he said there We're $1,000 and
/ more dogs in the state. On this latter
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