Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-11-20
BIG EXHIBITS ASSURED.
Machines Will Be a Feature Of State
Dairy Meeting.
PROGRAM APP,
RANGED FOR THE SESSION

The Maine Board of Agriculture will
hold a Gate Dairy meeting in the Civ
hall in this city, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, Dec. 5, 6 and :. The
Headquarters of the board will no nj
the Hotel North. There will be n large
and interesting exhibition of dairy
appliances and dairy products.
Dairy machinery of the most
improved make will be in opera
ton al different times during both
days of the meeting
The program will be as follows:
WEDNESDAY. DEC. 5, $50 p. NJ
BUSINESS Meeting of the Board of
Agriculture. THURSDAY, DEC. g.
$50 a. NJ, dairy machinery in opera
ton. 1915 A. NJ, opening exercises:
Address of welcome by Mayor Lane.
Responses by John NJ. Winslow. Noble
boro, president Of the Board of Agri-
culture: 1890 A. NJ, Our Dairy Work"
Prof. G. NJ. Gowell. professor of ami
NAL industry at the University of
Maine, followed by a talk on "Ctiliz-
ing the Waste Products of the Dairy"
by ]. A. Roberts of Norway member
of the Board for oxford County. l.30
=. NJ. The Formation and Work of
the Massachusetts Dairy Bureau by
Geo. NJ. Whitaker of Boston. Acting
Executive Officer. Discussion, opened
by John w. True of New Gloucester.
members Of the Board for Cumberland
County. and Jas. l.. Lowell of Auburn,
member of the Board for Androscog
gin County. 80 p. NJ. THE Next
Step in Providing Education for the
Farmer" DR.. w. III. Jordan. director
New York Agricultural Experiment
Station. Geneva, n. Y.
FRIDAY, DEC. :. 1880 4. NJ, Some
Recent Investigations on the Secre-
ton of Milk" Chas. d. Woods, direc-
tor Maine Experiment Station, Orono.
Discussion, opened by Arthur n.
Douglass. member of the Board for Ken
nebec County. The afternoon and eve
ming program is in charge of the state
Dairymen's Association. y lecture Will
be given by Hon. II. c. Adams, dairy
and food commissioner of Wisconsin.
and there will be addresses by Hon. Il.
A. Gilbert, Greene: +. :. Adams, Bow
dom. and Prof. G. NJ. Gowell, CnlVer-
sity of Maine. For the morning ana
afternoon sessions, Friday, music VIII
be furnished by the Falmouth quar-
tette. Music for the evening sessions
by the Abnaki quartette, Augusta.
In no line of farm work has there
heen more rand strides in advanced
methods and practices than in DAIRY
ing. Ten years ago the farm Separa-
tor was placed on exhibition Tor the
first time in our State. Today, many
are in constant use upon our dairy
farms The details of dairy work
have been brought out and perfected,
and advanced thought has made its
mark on every hand.
The course of the Maine dairyman
has been constantly upward, and to-
day the highest degree of intelligence
guides the hand. and brings out first
class products
The wear just past has fully kept
mace with its predecessors, and adj
yances have been steady and con-
slant.
The exhibit of machinery at the
State Dairy conference will include
several articles never before SHOWN,
which will be of much interest to all.
Jt is expected that hot air engine
for running separators. churns ana
other farm machinery will be one OF
these. This machine is built upon an
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| operation. free from danger, and easy
! to handle.
An electric motor with storage bat
| terry for lighter work will add 70 inc
interest. and be of special beneht 20
those who are using Babcock mix
testers or running other light ma
| chinery. ,
| If is expected that an unusually large
| amount of the usual dairy macnlhers
| will he shown and that much improve
n,ent will be manifest in this class.
| Arrangements have been made lot
nrizes 50 that they will be awarded on
rho same basis as last year. when the
| meeting was held in Lewiston. NO 81
~, fee is required and the competition
| is omen TO all citizens of the state. Inc
conditions and prizes are as foho"s-
| Dairv butter. to be made by the eX-
hib;+or on the farm, exhibit to consist
of one ten pound tub, to be Juoseu
uitbout Distinguishing mark, the put L
,ey ia he purchased by the board at =
conts ner mound, the board paying all
oxnress charges; $4,000. to be dlVloeo
among the exhibits in proportion 10 'iie
number of points each scores ABOVE 'o'
In addition to these pro rata premiums
thare will be, four prizes for the eN-
hibits scoring the highest; sio.oo 10
first $500 to second, $500 TO thlrd' S-.oV
| to fourth.
creamery butter, to be made by the
oxhibitor at creamery, same premiums
as for dairy butter.
Dairv cheese. plain, to be made on
The farm by the exhibitor. $500 DAIRY
~,,aasa caoe to be made on the farm
bv the exhibitor, $500 Factory
cheese. plain. to be made in the rae
torv nv the exhibitor, $500 Factory
cbeese sage, to be made in the factory
bv the exhibitor, $500.
I In awarding prizes the following
scale of points will be used: for put
Ter flavor, 50; grain. %; color, 10;
. sailing 10: general appearance, 0;
total 100. For cheese, flavor, 40 tex
ture and body. 80: color. 10; finlsh' ~
total 100. And the prizes will be di-
= ,-ided among the exhibits in each class
in nroportion to the number OF points
+hav score above 80. All packages OF
huttcr and cheese must be entered anc
on exhibition at the hall on or before
o'clock, p. NJ, Thursday Dec. 0.
r FOR hest and most attractive display
aroav,, in hotties. tOta