Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-27
Grange Notes,

NJ duSS INOISSs
Belgrade Grange members will visit
Oakland Grange on Saturday evening
of this week and a pleasing program
is being arranged. ,t
Androscoggin Pomona will be enter
tanned Wednesday, Nov. Sd. at Rowe
Corner. Business and degree work will
occupy the forenoon. After dinner the
program will be as follows: Address
of welcome, Fred Mason, Master Of
RoWe's Corner Grange; response, J. H.
Bradford, Worthy Master of Pomona:
the State committee on vocational and
industrial education will occupy the
rest of the time, this committee being
State Supt. Payson Smith, Pres. Eel
lows of University of Maine, Prof. w.
E. Sargent, principal of Hebron Acad-
envy, the superintendent of the Port
land schools, c. z. Tilton, superinten-
dent of schools in Bangor, and State
Grange Master c.. S. Stetson -0.
Farmers Institutes in Hancock and
Penobscot counties will be- held ,tyas
follows: Mountain View Grange Hall,
West Eden, Tuesday, Nov. 9; Nara
missile Grange Hail. Orland Wednes-
day, Nov. 10; Good Cheer Grange Hall,
North Bradford, Thursday, Nov. IL;
Grange Hall, Plymouth, Friday, Nov.
y; Agricultural Hail. University of
Maine, Saturday, Nov. 49, At all the
meetings forenoon and afternoon ses-
sicns will be held, commencing at 1890
A. NJ, and 100 p. M. Calvin ]. Hud-
son, Penn Yam, N. Y, John Jeannin,
Jr., West Sand Lake, N. Y, and
other distinguished speakers from our
own State will address these Institutes
on subjects of special interest to far
mers at this time.
The oranges have all started the
meetings for the winter and the sew
eral committees appointed to provide
programs Tor the sessions, are doing
their work we'll 1t was comparative
ly little while ago that the grange
was confined to the most rural place
and even then did not amount to
much in the way. of practical value.
To-Day the grange" means something
and 1T is not by any means confined
to the farmer either, doctors, lawyers
and merchants with their families are
taking an interest in the grange and
the meetings are interesting and OF
benefit to all. 81 tell you the grange
means something to me-" said prom
inent member of the order in the
northern part of the State. IT am
busy around the farm all the time and
one evening IN the week with my
neighbors and friends and a chance to
exchange ideas, helps a lot" In a
certain city in the western part Of the
State, the grange is an important part
of social life and the members have
%oJ, I,o1l
ing the city one of the cleanest and
best around. Streets are kept free of
papers and litter. for the good
Changers have provided neatly-painted
and lettered receptacles for rubbish
and on certain days these are gathered
up and carried off by one of the men
who has team at his disposal Some
of the oranges take current maya
zines and at two meetings each
month, articles of interest are read
aloud by member and comments
given.
Changers all over the State will be
sorry to learn of the serious illness
of Mrs. Annie bearing of Pieasantdale
grange of South Portland. Mrs. Dear
ing is one of those women who are In
grange work for the best things and
she is an important factor in her home
grange
An all day session of Pine Tree
Grange of Lisbon will be held on Fri
day of this week and the members are
planning for q very helpful and inter-
esting meeting. State Secretary E. H.
Libby and Dr. G. M. Twitchell, both of
Auburn, will be the speakers
Nothing around the farm needs more
attention than the colt and with prop
er feeding and reasonable amount Of
looking after, the long-legged, slim
fellow ~ill repay you doubly for your
time. Colts, like all other young ami
mails. cannot be fed by any l1ard-fast
set of rules. no successfully feed them
requires good judgment, patience and
close observation.
Colts at weaving time require lib
eral feeding at frequent intervals.
Oats are the most desirable grain for
them; in addition to this cracked corn
may be used. A fair allowance of oats ,,
and bran equal parts) for colt five
months old would be two to four