Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-14
AVAILABLE SPEAKERS,
List Of Same Prepared by the CON-
missioner of Agriculture.
They are Well Qualified to Speak on
all Agricultural Topics.

Hon \. W. Gilman. secretar,- nj
agriculture, i'll conformity with the IAN
passed BY the Legislature of 1901 has
issued the following to the editors nj
the leading agricultural papers of the
State:
Section } of chapter 20+ of the Public
Laws Of Maine for 1901 states tha,
said commissioner shall hold or cause
to he held two farmers Institutes in
each county annually and as manv
more as the appropriation therefor will
allow. The work of said institutes
shall De devoted to the presentation
ana discussion Of questions bearinc
upon agriculture and the agricultural
interests Of the State; and for this
purpose said commissioner is author
lied 10 employ speakers who are
qualified ana Versed in the subjects az
signed them and he Shall semi-an-
nualiy publish i'll the leading agl.i-
cultural papers of this State d list Of
available speakers and their subjects.
from which lists selection may be
made for said institute PURPOSES
In compliance with the above. We
present list of speakers for publica-
ton in Your paper.
Among the Maine speakers are the
following, with few of the subjects
that they win discuss at farmers in
stitutes:
DR.. Geo. +. Fellows, president Uni
versity Of Maine, when his duties at
the college viii permit Of his absence.
.'I.71tI.atio.,
"Technical Education for Farmers; /"
The Future Of the Farmer"
Il. y. Gilbert, North Green, agricul-
tural editor Maine Farmer: Glover as
Fertilizer" Rotation of Crops:"
Care OF Stock" Orchard CuItiva-
tiom;" The Grass crop"
EX-SecretaIy Is. Walker McKeen,
Ffyeburs: crop Rotation "Silos and
Silase;" The Dairy Cow, Her Type
Tier Feed and Care"
Edward Wiggin, Augusta: maine
agriculture" The Plain Duty Of
Maine Farmers
pr. g. N. Twitchell, Augusta, editor
Maine Farmer: The Horse Wanted in
the Market" Illustrated; The Latest
Phases Of Poultry Culture" Illustrated:
The Dairy Or Beef Cow of the Pres
ent," illustrated; The Farm. the
Grange ANA The Home"
w. w. Stetson, Augusta. State
superintendent of schools: What the
Rural Schools are Doing for the
Farm" The School Of the Future"
'Literature for the Laity:" Lessons
from The Lives Of Great Men"
Some Of thr speakers from other
states that may be employed. with a
few Of the subjects treated by each,
are az follows
Henry Van Dresser, Cobleskill. \. Y:
Feed, Cane and Development of the
Dairy COW Conformation ana Type
Of the Dairy Cow Poultry Growing"
James 4. Rice. Yorktown, n. Y:
Poultry Growing" Fruit Culture,
and other subjects.
Geo. T. Powell, Briarcliff Manor, y.
y, Director School of Agriculture and
Practical Horticulture: Fruit Cul-
ture; "Tilage and Green Manuring:"
Some new Problems in Horticultural
T. Il. Terry, Hudson, Ohio: In
creasing Fertility by Glover Growing
and by TilIage;" How to Grow
Good Crops in Dry Season." "A
Small Fruit Garden" Comfort and
Convenience in the Home"
VIM. H. Caldwell, Peterboro. n H.,
Sec. American Guernsey Cattle Club;
The Guernsey Cow as Diary Ami
mall: The Selection and Breeding Of
4 Dairy Herd" successful Farming,
or the Application of Business Princi-
pies to the Calling" The Pan-Ameri-
can Model Dairy Breed Test and It's
Results
N. j. Bachelor, Concord. n. H., Sec.
y. II. Board of Agriculture: Stable
Management Of Dairy Animals" Or
ganization for Farmers"
Joseph L. Hills. Burlington, VT. Di-
rector Vermont Experiment Station:
Economical Dairy Feeding" What
Makes the Milk Test Vary 500" The
Man With the Hoe" Twentieth Cen
fury Milk Making"
Dana II. Morse. Randolph, Vt:
Glover Culture" Hay Production; :
The Demands for the Silo."
L. L. Harris, Lyndonville, VT:
Sheep Husbandry;" Feeding and
Marketing Sheep"
John w. Clark, North Hadley, Mass.
THE outlook for Commercial Fruit
Growing in New England" Growing
Harvesting and Marketing the Apple
Crop" "Orcharding for the Hill Farms
of New England
w. G. Jewett. Worcester, Mass, Mas
ter Massachusetts State Grange: THE
Dairy" Duties of the Farmer" why
Every Farmer Should Join the Grange
+. w. Gard. Kingston, r. l., Professor
of Horticulture at Il. |. College of Agri-
culture ana Mechanic Arts: "Busf
Fruits" Forests and Their Infiu-
ence; The Business Side of Farm
Management" Opportunities fol-