Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-03
Dairy Testing Association Meeting.

Fall PIanting'' was the subject ol
The subject of the october meeting
If the Somerset County Dairy Testlns
\ association The meeting was held
Sept. 20 at the home of Sumner ham
in Cambridge The forenoon was
spent in an informal discussion OF the
Testing Association work, and IN the
afternoon Seth Ham opened the drs-
cussion by saying that he believed
thorough knowledge of the ration
would enable one to feed his COWS
more ntelligently, and thereby re-
ceive more profit from them.
Speaking of his past experience, he
said he had fed herd of short horn
COWS when it took the whole of the
cream check to pay for the con
centrated feed. Now, with the right
kind of cows, he is doing better. and
is going to try to sell his hay to his
cows for $4,000 per ton. He thinks
he does not feed too many dollars
worth of grain, but he may not be
using the best judgment in mixing
his ration, therefore he expects the
tester will be of much assistance tC
him.
Charles Beane of Harmony, said he
lad changed his ration Sept. l on
the advice of the tester, feeding the
same number of cents worth of grain
on the new ration as he did Oh the
former one. The COWS were not get
ting quite as gOOG rOughage and yet
there is an Improvement in the flow
of milk. He knows there is an i'm
orovement, because ne has weighed
the milk from each COW at each milk
ng. On the day the tester visited
him, he had one COW which gave 1863
lbs. of fat, at a feed cost of ten cents
,er pound, or a ration cost of II cents
yer day.
Various other members joined in
he discussion. and the afternoon
was very probably spent. Assistant
Dairy Instructor Redman was called
on to speak of dairying as he found
it in Wisconsin and Michigan, and al
so to use the score card on a Jersey
cow and a Jersey bull Official Test
ar Fl. ID. Witherell reported that he
lad thus far visited 1G herds, which
contain 90 cows giving milk, the
average feed cost for one pound of
fat being % cents; the highest feed
'ost for fat in any one herd was 50
'ents, the lowest Ill cents
The next meeting will be held at
wellington Grange hall at 10 A. NJ
friday Nov. 4th. Subject for discus
lon will be Herd Rati0ns' and each
member Is expected to bring his herd
records. n member of the University
aculty will be invited to discuss
Home Mixing Of Fertilizers for the
cash Crop on the Dairy Farm. All
people interested in darying are in
.ited to attend
union social of the four Profess
ant churches was held in the Metho-
list vestry Friday evening. The oc-
1aslon was most enjoyable one
here being about $50 people present
The receiving committee was com
'osed Of Gerry Plummer, who gave
he Methodist handshake; Miss Lena
nalbon. who represented the fashion
thle lady; and Alton Cleveland. who
gave the Chinaman handshake. is
each visitor went past the receiving
me ne was not suffered to speak to
any one he know. Ten, however.
were found talking with friends and
theN were hned. One was made to
pay the piano, another to make
speeches.. The entire evening was
one grand delight Games o,cnniaa
ne most of the time, after which
COCOA and cake We're served The
Festry was decorated with autumn
caves and red and white bunting.
Fred Ress and Joseph Swinev vero
oei"re judge f. +. Lawrence Satur-
iay on the charge of having ILLEGAL
possession of liquors. They were
iouhd guilty and given a sentence
each or 800 and cost and in defaun
u payment 80 days in jail the anneal-
al. Sheriff Mooers arrested these ,a
spohdehts after he had found under .
tu'Nert on the Waterville road 81
2ii'ts OF liquor. Two boys were out
hunting one day recently and looking
.iiuef the culvert discovered the hot
'ieS' Each took a pint and started |
/" carry them to Sheriff Mooers. when
hess and Swiney jumped from The
woods and grabbed the two bows and
made them give up the. liquor. Ed
Maro W. Merrill appeared for the
State. i'i me
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