Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-29
Somerset Pomona.

The regular November meeting was
held with East Madison Grange. tues
day, Nov. IA. The morning was cold
and the roads uncommonly rough
which prevented an average attend
ance. The master. overseer, lecturer,
chaplain, secretary, gate Keeper
pomona and ceres were the ofiicers
present, and members were present
from the surrounding oranges.
L. c. JeWett, Vesta A. Withee,
Marcia Mitchell We're appointed COM
mitteo on applications for membership.
Hattie Clements i'm behalf of East
Madison Grange gave a cordial well
come To the Pomona and S. +. Emer-
son responded to the welcome.
1t was voted to give ten dollars adj
dition2l to the girls cottage at the
Good viii Farm and contribution
was also taken up to make purchase
for the girls to enjoy Thanksgiving.
lhasmuch as this session was to be
devoted to the different varieties of
frnlt a table of apples and canned fruit
was on exhibition during the meeting
Wh'ch was generously contributed 10
the inmates of the girls cottage. l.. l..
smith was called upon to speak on
grating and spraying" He said, BE
sure ana put Il live scion into live stock
and perform the work as soon as pos
sible in the spring." Recommends
spraying, for it pays. l.. G. Jewett,
subject, Packing and Selling He
advised packing apples in good, at
tractive barrels, fill closely and let the
grade of fruit be strictly as repre-
scented. A. II. Ellis read an extract
from some paper saying that the best
piece of farm property twenty years
hence will be a good apple orchard.
Mrs. CasWell spoke interestingly on
canning fruit. There are five varieties
at least that can be successfully
canned with cold water alone. Gran
berries, gooseberries, currants, apple
and rhubarbA Put in the fruit at night
I'LL with water. 1t will settle some dur
ing the night. Fill again in the MORN
ing ana faSten on the cover. II. IT..
Choate mentioned the advance that has
been made in recent years in the pro-
duct1ol of small fruits and they are al
most Indispensable to a good living on
the farm. The consumption is greatly
on the increase. Vesta A. Withee
spoke of canning blackberries, mash all
the berries, add pound for pound of
sugar and they will retain all their ma
tural flavor.
e. r. filtchingS, state entOmolOgist.
gave most instructive talk on "insects
injurious y fruit" The apple has the
greatest number of insect enemies.
numbering from $50 to 300 Disease of
the roots of trees can be traced to & GER
tain insect pest. If one tree is infested
and set in an orchard it will spread to
all the other trees. The San Jose scale
IS one of the greatest pests. 1t will in
crease from one to billions in one sea-
son and its advent into Maine is to be
dreaded. The railroad worm, so called,
is another enemy that can be kept in
check by keeping sheep or swine i'm the
orchard to destroy the fruit as it
prematurely falls; spraying will also
destroy the railroad worm as well .as
the coddiing moth. Spray before the
blossoms start to destroy fungus and
after the blossoms fall to destroy the
moth. Both the brown-tail and gypsy
moths We're considered He spoke of
the advent of the brOwn-tail into Mas
SachusettS and the terrible havoc
wrought by this dreaded pest and the
great cost of fighting them. They have
been in Holland for the past 40 years.
The gypsy destroys evergreen trees ana
the brown-tail the deciduous trees.
Laws must be enacted to compel their
destruction or we shall be overrun with
them. Many questions were asked and
answered. Kate b. Ellis, lecturer, and
). f. Emerson, chaplain. took a part in
the discussion of these interesting
questions.
H. 4. Choate and Angie Priest fav-
ored the Grange with songs and the
latter gave a recitation. A class was
instructed in the fifth degree and adj
mitted into the Pomona.
The next meeting will be held at Nor
ridgewock the second Tuesday in De-
cember.