Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-19

"e' attended. The work MA give
f'0'i"iu satisfaction and that MAN
"c'e oeiiiS made for some WAN, int.r
'H..lS meetings during the coming wear
! ,i"i"aE OF Somerset countv sait
| '""' 'he farmers in his county ,yor,
"S.' i"i instruction. The nicotine,
| ~ 20" peeh abundantly Satisfaction,
! Gnu ."dt more We're wanted He aai,
| 'nd' ny attended one meeting in HIRAM
| ""eh ir"lesSof Cover spoke. TIL. Ioc
| 'ure WAS very interesting and y-,. tbn,.
| "uSHl! enjoyed. one of those n,oscnt
| ~ thanking the speaker. said tb,+ :,
was the hrst meeting of the kind thor,
had peen ~ the town for IL wears IL
| thought there is too much danoa,. II,
| inns thihg- When years elapse withou,
| the meetings the effect Of tbo.o ta,I
IS lost. He believed that tho ha,rI
| should develop and increase ia. i,
fiuence- 1T was splendid organize
! ton az present, but more was pnssihIa
Mr. Buker Of Sagadahoc county e.;d
that the institutes in his countI. ,ra,.1
good results. More would BE- bettar IL
ne thought that more Of the wnr,.
should he done by the board -
thought that personal experience wa.
Nt'' t'I''il tli''pi - man VINO
manage his own business successfuIIy
was III" one listened to with the great.
est interest. He thought that the mnat
inSs could be best held in Grange halls
one institut" in one place he consider
cd better than more than one.
Mr.. Allen Of Washington county. said
that the Institutes We're doing good
work in his county. The people wera
specially Interested there in the dairy
work and III" milk tests. They were
also Interested in the island sheen in
duStry, as the islands off the coast of
the county are well adaptpd to this
business. He thought that there should
be something in the meetings for wo-
men ana the young folks tD increase
their interest in the work
Mr. GarVin Of York county. said thai
the institutes in his county had done
good work. The farming in the coun-
~ was along general lines. Much
young stock was also raised The peo-
IL" just at present, he said. had quite
2 touch Of hen fever and this industry
was increasing in the county. He
thought that there was not so much in
terest in hon seS as there should b.
The farmers are buying their working
horses in the West. These. he thought.
We're not 50 hardy as the natives and
not 50 We'll adapted TO the work re-
quired Of them. They We're not so good
readers. He was much interested in
the good roads and he thought that
they We're better than they We're three
years ago when the law regarding them
was passed. He said that there were
too many bushes and stone walls along
the road. Some of these We're being
removed. bus many remained. Profess
sor Wood suggested that it would be
a good plan To put the walls in the
middle Of the roads and cover them up
with a little dirt. There was too much
dog husbandry ana too little sheep i'll
his county. continued Mr.. Garvin. H
thought that there should be some in
struction in the Institutes on sheer
raising.
President Harris If the University Of
Maine was then called upon He
thought that in connection with the
good roads question and wide tires We're
very important. Another thing that
should receive more attention was that
already suggested. household economy.
tn" matter Of raising small fruits and
vegetables for home consumption h
thouebt ,vae aIso yortbv If considara-
ton. He thought that if in the inSti-
tutes i summary Of the speeches were
rr4narsd and nasseJ around before tn,
I,antipc II ,,-n,,Id rrova beneficial In
lie nenna,. tho naonle would have =
cha,,.a ), l-rou. vha+ tba nninion of
H., enaal,ar IA ana youId he ready II
,lfso,,se rho Questions more readily.
Another thing that he thought tn.
farmers paid too little attention to is
the farm accounts. Without these 4
man connot tell where he is at or know
whether he il getting ahead or not
rirouy he emphaeized the importance
nf = technical education and especially
III agriculture.
Professor Wood Of the University.
followed him. He said that the inSti-
tutrs intorf.rcd with the work of the
experiment station. but The STAFF was
alravs ready L. 90 out ana speak when
,h.r, ,yae , can rnr tnom. He thought
that the speaker who went into de
taiI. woe MN the best for 1hc institutes
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