Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-04
OUR DAIRYMEN
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entiTc oiu uodIu was reelected. The
foregoing was the main part Of the bus
mess transacted and the business meet :
ing was declared adjourned and The
regular session resumed.
Tha first paper to be presented wac
offered by president-elect F. S. Adams
of Bowdoinham. who spoke on the SUBJ
ject of Some Every Day Problems on
a Dairy Farm" Mr.. Adams time VAS
limited but he went on to tell OF the
different problems met by him in the
carrying on Of his large dairy farm and
of the different methods which he had
Of overcoming the obstacles.
He first took up the subject of rails
ing food for use on dairy farms and of
the many kinds that is used for dairy
cattle. He told of some of the expert
ments that he had made and Of the re-
suits secured from these experiments.
One of his subjects was the question of
the proprietors of dairy farms raising
more of their food instead of buying so
much at the feed stores. He then went
| on to tell of the different methods used
by him to raise the different crops. This
paper was very practical and was pre-
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speaker.
One Of the vital points advanced by
Mr.. Adams was along the line Of rails
ing cows for the dairy farms instead
OF buying them. He said that there
was much trouble to be experienced by
the man who wanted to buy first-class
COWS as the owners of those animals
did not care to dispose of them. The
only thing that remained to be done
was to raise the cows. In this he said
! that in his opinion MANY of the farm
ers bred the heifers before they had
reached a mature age and that they
We're able to stand the strain, The
speaker was intently listened to by the
hearty applause.
The next paper to come before the
meeting was Relation of Farm to the
Dairy Cow" by Prof VIM. D. Hurd
of the University Of Maine at Orono.
MI Hurd's paper was perhaps the most
interesting of any and was along the
lines OF the feeding Of the cattle
ana OF the raising of the food and was
III some respects the same as that of
MI. Adams, but brought out the sub
Ject In a scientific manner One of th.
/ SUBJECTS was that of bringing back to
a producing state the old land of, the
abandoned farms that had been tiled
ana TILED FOR the same crops year.A&fnEs
year ana az last had completely runs6Gts
SO that 1t was impossible to raise any,
| tnlng without getting the land back to
fertility. He gave some very practical
| Ideas about this and also told of the
proper methods of using lime and wood
ashes Oh this class of land. He also
| told of the different tests that could be
| tried Oil this class Of land to ascertain
whether it had become Sour" as he
| expressed it, or not. In short, this adj
dress was greatly appreciated by the
audience and it showed plainly that al
though that the instructor in dairying
at old Maine is a young man. he thor
oughly understands his business and
knows how to address a meeting of
dairynen.
The last thing of the forenoon session
was discussion opened by S. M. king
| of South Paris. on why I Believe tine
Jersey is the Cow The speaker is one
| of the large breeders of Jersey cows in
the western part of the State and he
very ably gave his reasons for believe
| ing that the Jersey is the only proper
animal for use in the dairy. He told
| of the many good points in this breed of
cattle and also of the faults, but in mis-
opinion the faults We're greatly over
balanced by the good points. This dis
cussion was taken part in by many of
| the Jersey owners present and also by
! a number who are the breeders of DIFF
| ferent kinds of cattle. This latter class
made the Jersey men hustle to keep
| their record in proclaiming the good
points of the latter class. The time
was cut short on this by dinner time
coming around and it would not do TO
cut into this part Of the days program.
as the dairymen are noted for appe"
tites, so an adjournment was taken un-
| Ill l.20 p. NJ.
Shortly before the adjournment, Com
missioner Gilman read a letter received
by secretary Dyer, stating that he
could not he present on account of ur-
gent business in his home at Geneva.
n. Y.
The afternoon session was late about
coming together and it was we'll along
towards 9 p. NJ. when the meeting fl
It:tIly DtSdIt, tLilu ttlC tliliC Nho tsihCll up
for n short time on several minor dis
cussions and then the speaker of the
afternoon took the floor and the subject
was: Dairy Laws and their Enforce
ment," by George NJ. Whittier of Bos-
ton, special agent of the United States
department of agriculture. who gave
a very interesting talk upon the dairy
laws and of the reasons why they
should be enforced. He said that they
had to be backed up by the courts and
it's officers the same as the other laws
OF the state, and he compared them
with the game laws, and the dairy
agents with the game wardens. His
address was scholarly and instructive
and was listened to with very close at
tention.
The chairman then stated that the
program had been concluded and asked
if there was any other business to come
before tie meeting. AS there was no
further business, he asked that the au-
dience extend vote of thanks to Miss
Marion johnson of Portland. for the fine
music furnished at the meeting. This
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