The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-12-02
PRODUCTS Of DAIRY
AND CREAMERY
Interesting Display At
City Building
Special Awards Have Been Made
The Winners.

The exhibits al the Municipal
building we're OF great interest.
Eiehty-nine samples of milk and
cream were shown. The butter both
granular and nodded, was good to
look at as was also the cheese. There
were 46 entries of the former and
ten of the latter The exhibit of our
local creamery attracted admiring
attention. A huge pine cone modelled
in butter rested on base made OF
bricks of two sizes and masses OF
granular butter Skowhegan Jersey
Creamery took first premium for tub
butter. In the corn room were dis
played many fine varieties of Indian
Corn and there, too. was the exhibit
of twenty-four specimens OF moths
and insects, harmful TO fruit trees.
Each shallow box showed behind
glass the life history of some crea-
ture from egg to wings. with spray
of leaves from its fayorite tree or
plant and a printed remedy for the
pest. We noted one, pick off and
kill" There we're Cecropia, Luna.
Polypemus, Browntail, Gypsy and 9th
er moths. a few butterflies, grasshop-
pers leaf hoppers, and borers. The
exhibitor was E. F. Hitchings of Wa
terville, State Entomologist. He has
a large collection of home and for
eign winged and crawling creatures
of which these are only samples. The
insects were mounted beautifully and
would have repaid long study OF one
thing we can assure the public, the
browntail moth need not be con-
founded as 1t so often is with the fall
web worm moth for though both are
tiny white beauties the browntail has a
regular little paint brush tail which
his double lacks. In this room. too,
were samples of milk pals and the
associations outfit for testing and
for weighing milk
Down stairs was the machinery
separators, churns and motors. One
motor was labeled 1T goes like SIX
ty," one tester, was run by dog
power-(a Skowhegan dog. too. for
we asked his small master); and one
churn we noticed which swings as
lightly as a babys cradle. There
was "Sharpless" DeLaval and United
States Separators. engines belonging
to the New Way Motor Co. of Lam
sing, Mich. and both Davis Swing
and Surprise barrel churns.
THE PREMIUMS.
The premiums on butter had been
awarded yesterday afternoon and
were as follows: Glass / Dairy tub
butter. 10 lbs. LIST l.. Robert Chase,
! Bethel, Score 3d. End, II. B. Whipple,
/ Bingham, 92b; 3rd, Mrs. c. c. Gro
we'll, Corinna. 50 Class .. Butter,
dairy prints, lbs, LIST, stephen W.
Rose, Green, 81; md Mrs. L. c. Nal
lette, Topsham, 96l2; 3rd. Mary G
+ Rose. Green. 96. Class 3. Butter,
granular. LIST. Walker Bros. Read
i field; md Daniel Stewart. Richmond;
3rd, Waterford Creamery Co, So.
Waterford Glass 4, Creamery tub
i Creamery. Skowhegan. Of; 2nd. Tur-
ner Center Dairying Association, Au-
burn. 9512 Sparkling Spring Cream
cry, Norridgewock, 80. Glass ,.
Creamery Prints, LIST, Waterford
f Creamery Co. SO. Waterford Sc, Ind.
+ Warren d. True, Orono, 95; 3rd,
Maine Creamery Assn. Bangor, 90.
i Glass I. Dairy Cheese. plain. list. H.
b. Whippe. Bingham. 9S; End, Ste
phen W. Ross, Green. 81; 3rd, F. l..
Tibbetts, Ripley, 9612 Glass s. Fac
+ tory Cheese, LIST Leland S. Butler.
Houlton "a.
SPECIAL AWARDS.
The special awards were as fol-
lows: Maine Farmers special award
for best dairy butter made by lady,
Mrs f. c. Mallette. Topsham, 9612 ;
best dairy cheese made by lady, Mrs.
i j. A. Chadbourne, Brighton, sc; Lew
iston Journal special for best sample
home made butter, Stephen w. Rose,
/ Green, 81. Turf Publishing Co.'S spe-
cial for best samples of home made
butter, Stephen w Rose. Green, 81;
Vermont Farm Machinery Com
pany's special for butter made by use
of L. S. Separator scoring sc and
under IS, Mrs f. c. Mallette, Tops
ham, 9612, and Waterford Creamery