Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-07
are doing in the way Of potato rails

ing.
The statement to the Journal was
| furnished by Hon. a. l. Brown. deputy
| secretary of State, who is an ac-
| knOwledged authority on matters agri-
| cultural, and who is as familiar with
| the details required in the successful
management of a farm as he Is with
| those under which the business of the
State of Maine is successfully conduct
| ed
| Mr.. Browns home is in Waldo
county, in the thrifty city Of Belfast,
| where he spends such time as the du-
| ties Of his office will allow. He is
naturally proud Of his home county.
| and it was this pride that led him to
make the statement of facts regarding
the potato crop. as well as some other
statements regarding the different
products of Waldo farms.
Mr.. Brown came over from Belfast.
yesterday, on the morning train, and
after his arrival at the Capitol. was
having a little chat about farming.
with a friend, in the ''fO'castle." and
telling Of some of the things which he
had heard on the way over. There
were in the car with him, he said. three
or four men from over his way, and
they fell to talking about the potato
crop, and how many bushels they had
raised.
One of them said that his crop round
ed up 1000 bushels. another had raised
1000, and a third, 1900. No further fig
ures were quoted, but those would, he
said, give pretty good idea of the
average. The farmers over in that
section have adopted the ArOostOOk
method, and the planting. cultivating,
and nearly all the work in connection
with the production of the crop is done
by machine.
But that is not all that the farmers
are doing over in bleeding Waldo
continued Mr.. Brown. We are send
ing cream car from Belfast to Bos-
ton. every morning in the week, which
collects cream from every regular sta
ton i'm the county. We have cream
cry at Belfast which is paying out the
sum Of $4,000 annually. and are going
to have another as soon as it can be
built, which will bring an increase of
so per cent. Then there is one at
Brooks which pays out $4,000. another
al Thorndike. which pays out the same
amount, and one at Unity which pays
out the sum of $l25.OO0. These cream
cries are all on the line of the railroad
There is another creamery at Palermo
on the Wiscasset line. that also pays
ont $4,000 per year. The heaviest
dairying, however, is done in Monroe
and Winterport. / don't recall just at
present, what they are paying out, but
one can get a pretty good idea from
what l have said, what the farmers of
Waldo ere DOING
Chairman Carleton received a letter,
yesterday morning. from Fort Kent,
stating that the three men, j. r.
Michaud, ElOie Michaud, and Joseph
Bossey, who were arrested for sharing
bull moose, had been convicted, and
given the limit Of the law for such
cases. An appeal was taken from the
decision of the court. and the case will
come up for trial at the April term of
the Superior court for Aroostook
county
The following corporations have filed
their certificates of organization at the
Office of the secretary of State:
Self Acting Gas Lighter Co, organ
lied at Sanford for the purpose of
manufacturing and dealing in gas
lighting machinery, gas machinery and
fixtures, etc, with $2,5OOO0O capital
stock, Of which nothing is paid in.
Officers: President, Nathaniel H. Shaw
of Boston, Mass; treasurer. Henry c.
Long of Boston. Mass. Certificate APP
proved Nov. 2, 1905.
Mcintosh Zinc Mining Co., organized
at Portland for the purpose of doing a
general mining business in the United
States or elsewhere, with $3.50, 600 capt.
tai stock, of which nothing is paid in.
Officers: President, Harry M. Howard
Of RroOkline, Mass: treasurer. Frank
MOseley of BroOkline, Mass. Certifi-
cate approved Nov. 3 1905.
Funeral of Late Mark n. Townsend.
The funeral of the late Mark r.