Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03
Big Crowds Attending the
State Dairy Conference.
Handsome Specimens Of But
Ter Win the Prizes.
Intense Interest In Addresses BY
The Various Speakers.

The Maine state Dairy Association is
now in full swing here. Every train.
brings larger crowds and nearly every
town in tn. codnty and every county
in the State are represented by some
of their best farmers. About $50 Wis
itors from different parts Of the stat.
and other states were present at the
meetings held Wednesday and Thura
day.
One of the interesting addresses Civ.
en- at the meeting Wednesday was thai
by Prof. William l.. Hurd of the Mas
sachusetts Agricultural College, Am.
herst, Mass. who took for his subjecl
Improving Our Farm Crops by Seed
Selection" Professor Hurd said
The agriculture of this country ha:
passed or is passing. through al ieasl
three stages. First, the taking up OF
the virgin soil its cultivation, waste
and depletion by the soil robbnr:' see
nndly. a stage OF diminished produc
ton for which those soil robbers can
not account; and thirdly. the StudNin
Of soils and crop production from
scientific standpoint and an improve
rlent of methods which usually result
in a constantly incrt ased production.
Maine ranks high among her ss'@
states in crop production. According t.
the latest statistics given ont Ivy tn
United States Department OF AgriruI
:ure. Maine last year producer tarr
crops in acreage AMI yields to the acre
and ranks with the other states AZ io
lows: Corn, 14Gb acres. yield 40 BUSH
els per acre. ranks thld according
Weld per acre: wheat, 5000 acres. Niel
235 bushels yer acre, ranks eighth
oats. 10000 acres, yield 81 bushels pc
acre. ranks ninth; barley, Sn"b acres
Weld Is bushels per acre. ranks 18th
ba"kWheat 600 acres. yield 81 bush
els per acre, ranks first; potatoes ZIG,
900 acres. yield 81 bushels per acre
ranks first; hay, 100000 acres, yield >!
ton per acre, ranks 4.th.
The municipal court room and tn
county commissioners room il II
Opera house are used to exhibit IL
dairy rrodu cts. There a"e about .
different exhibits of butter. The uual
ity of the butter is Judged by 4 scor
as to tiavor. texture, color. salt ar
general appearance, Tb" flavor i
rcckoned On a scale of 80 The higics
average was AZ shown in til" butter OK
hibited by stephen w. Rose OF Green
Mr.. Roses butter showed the highcs
average as a. whole. IL being q. tn
Waterford Creamery showed his
average in Hay"r. il being IL, IN Gas
Y it won first premium. Warren L
True. Crono. Won second premium. J.
Glass \. In Class II. stephen W. Ros'
won Hrst preInilt'N: f.. G. Mallet -
TnrSliam won second prize in rlaS
IL, havin. a score Of 96 ID. Nearly cv-
cry exhibit was nearly perfect in sal
distribution and color was about tl'
same IN all There WAS no special w
ration in general appearance. Mos
III the exhibits were in square poun,
bricks, there being a few half pound
bricks.
The Skowhegan Jersey creamery Won
first premium OF exhibit of tub butte
in Glass ". The score was &C. Tur-
ner creamery Won second prize i!
class ~. Sparkling Spring Creamery
Of Norrdgewock won third prize II
t"b butter. Class ~.
The highest score in flavor in tn.
rub butter exhibit was that of H. p
Whipplc of Bingham which showed {:
score of 9S.
The corn exhibit was excellent. Their,
We're about ~ different varieties. cher
was a fine exhibit of Western corr
and large exhibit of our natural yei
low corn Baker & Priest of Corn
vile had a fine exhibit of yellow corr;
and sweet corn. Fred Rose OF Bat.
had good exhibit of yellow corn.
also F. L.. Grant of Fairfield and Fine
Grant of West Baldwin.