The Republican journal., 1909-12-09
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MAINE DAIRYMEN'S MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Name
State Dairy Association opened Tuesday
evening, November 30th, in the municipal
building, Skowhegan, with delegates
present from all parts Of the State. The
showing in seed corn and the entries IN
milk, butter and cheese competitions ex-
ceeded those at any previous meeting OF
the society," The milk testers were in
the municipal court room as we'll as the
corn exhibit. The latter was especially
fine. In the office of the road commits
sioner was the exhibit of butter, cream
and cheese. Of these there were 125
varieties. The machinery department
was in the armory of Co. E. in the base
ment. The meeting was formally open
ed in the Opera House. After prayer
by DR.. Fred A. Leitch, pastor OF the
Centenary Methodist church, the ad-
dresses of welcome We're given. The
first, on behalf of the board of trade and
citizens of Skowhegan, was delivered by
Prof. Roy L. Marston, the forestry eX-
pert; the second, or behalf of Skowhe-
gan grange and the agricultural inter
ests of Somerset county, by Frank p.
Pencil, a prominent member OF Show
hogan grange and an eX-sherltf OF the
county The response was by the wee
president of the association, Hon. W. q.
Hunton of Readfeld. But one address
was given, that of Dr. George E. Fellows
of the University of Maine. DR.. Eel
lows took for his subject "Agrculture
of Maine and its Possibilities. There
was large attendance.
The second days meeting opened with
an address by Leon S. Merrill OF Scion,
secretary of the association and the IN
spector of State diaries. His subject
was ''Co-operative Breeders Associa-
TONS" He was followed by Prof. James
O. Jordan of Boston, milk inspector,
who spoke on observations of a city milk
Inspector Looking Ahead" was the
subject of the address by E. L. Brad
ford. Prof. P. A. Campbell of the Maine
agricultural college, Orono, gave an adj
dress on dairy butter making The prln-
cipal address of the afternoon was made
by Prof. William D. Hurd of the Massa-
chusetts agricultural college on the pos
sibilities of improving farm crops by seed
selection. The address of the evening
was by Prof Ivan C. Weld, dairy divis-
ion superintendent of the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture. He spoke on i'm
proving the nations milk supply.
Wednesday afternoon demonstration
of clearing land with the aid of dynamite
was made by the DUPONT Powder Co.,
under the auspices of the Blunt Hard
ware Co. The demonstration was F. G.
Peckham of Boston. The exhibition was
most successful one and occurred on
the farm of Frank L. King, short dis
lance from town. Not only were stumps
uprooted with ease and the work per-
formed quickly, but large powders were
also broken up. The work Of clearing
land by this method can be done at an
average cost Of S15 per acre.
The first paper read Thursday morning
was by DR.. Charles D. Woods of the
Maine Experiment Station, Orono. He
spoke on Queries Concerning Breeding.
A discussion of this paper followed. At
TO- 80 Prof. J. w. Sanborn of Gilmanton,
| N. H., gave an interesting address on
Breeding Problems, or How to Improve
the Standard of the Dairy Herd. The
remainder Of the forenoon was devoted
to the Maine Creamerymen's Association,
practical talks being given by Professor
James O. Jordan, milk inspector of Bos-
ton. Three addresses were given at the
afternoon session. The first speaker was
L. G. Dodge of the bureau of farm man.
agement, U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington. He spoke on Crop
ping Systems for Maine Dairy Farms.
Then came another address by DR.. Charles
D. Woods, whose subject was Some
Phases of Economical Feeding. A most
instructive address was then given or
Feeding Dairy Cows for Profit, by Lowell
Roudenbush of New Richmond, Ohio.
The annual banquet of the association
was served at Z in the evening in Grange
hall.