The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-19
Farming SDpcial.

The final plans for the University of
Maine Farming special train have now
been completed, and everything will be
ready to start from Orono April %
This movement Is receiving the hearty
cooperation of all agricultural organl-
cations and all the farming people whose
section is to be visited; ana the Oranges
along the line have written to ask If
there ls anything they can do to help
the train on OF To help when il comes.
Letters have been received from three
different sections of the State, asking
what can be done to induce this tram 10
stop at their stations
The exhibits which are to be carried
will be worth coming great distance 10
SEE. The famous work of the Expert
ment station along the poultry hne Will
will be we'll shown, especially because
of the fact that poultry aud brooder
houses, one fourth the size of those used
at the University, will be taken These
poultry houses will be fitted out with
roosts. feeding troughs, and trap nests
in exact breeding productions, and a
brood of small chickens Will be carried
along
The experiment Station has also pre-
pared "A fine exhibit of the gypsy moth
and the brown tail moth, which every
person in the state should see and be-
come acquainted with in their different
| stages OF growth.
Along the lines, dairy machinery will
be shown In operation, while plants,
growing under the influence of the vari-
| l. ha l IA I'D
Seed-testing apparatus is to be shown,
and the farmer will be informed Az TO
how he may test his own seeds.
All the exhibits will be in charge of
members OF the faculty and some of the
agricultural students, who have been
picked To go; ard an able and eifelent
explanation of each exhibit will be-
given. Meetings will be held in the
evenings, ar we'll as in the day TIME; and
these meetings promise to be no less
important and interesting than the
others
In addition to the lectures and ex
planalions that will be given, about $50
views will be shown. These incfuae
pictures of the University buildings,
exterior and interior, field crops, ponl-
try, poultry houses, animals kept at the
college, garden crops, the fraternity
houses, exterior and interior, the ath-
letc teams and the musical clubs.
The members of the faculty from the
college of Agriculture, who will accom-
pany the tram on this trip are as follows:
President Fellows, Prof. Woods, the
director of the Experiment Station,
Prof q Nj. Gowell Prof. w. D. Hnrd,
and Prof. W. NJ. Munson Besides
several of the leading men of the state
have signified their intention of being
present during a, part of this trip.
these are Hon A w. Gilman. ommls
soner of Agriculture; &. ) Thompson,
State Dairy Director; e F. Hitchings.
State Nursery Inspector, representing
the State Department of Agriculture
Pres. Adams and secretary Dyer of the
Dairy Association; Pres. Gilbert and
Secretary Knowlton of the Pathological
Society; State Master Gardiner and
state Lecturer Thompson, representing
the Grange; Hon j. A Roberts and
Hon c. l.. Jones, trustees of the Uni
versity of Maine; b. Walker Mckeen,
Ex.secretary of Agriculture; Edi OF
Thorpe and Business manager French of
the "Naine Farmer" Editor Mayo of
the Turf, Farm, and HOme;" l.. l..
Bateman of Lewiston; W ID. Bearce
Maine Press, and representatives of
leading New England agricultural
journals, whose names have not yet
been sent in.