The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-05-19
A "FARkNc SPECIAL"


To be Run Over the Maine Central During
the Month Of June. Spraying and Or
charding VIII Receive Particular Atten-
ton.
A Modern Farming Special" train to
be run during the month of June by the
Maine Central Railroad, under the aus
pices of the College of Agriculture of the
University of Maine, will be of particu-
lar interest to the farmers of the State
because of certain unique features to be
introduced.
These will consist of exhibits of power
and Individual spraying outfits and till
ing, seeding and harvesting machinery,
arranged and operated on two long, fiat
cars. In addition, there will be two bag
gage cars filled with general farming,
orcharding,. forestry and stock-raising
exhibits. Accompanying will be corps
of lecturers and instructors from the
| college and number of eminent State
agricultural authorities.
While tine schedule is not vet definitely
| arranged, it is planned to have the train
run three days in Washington county,
two days on the Somerset railway, two
| days Oil the Mountain division and two
days on the Boston & Maine Railroad in
Maine, while the remainder of the time
between June 9th, when the train starts,
| and June 23rd, when the tour is to end,
will be devoted to stations on both roads
between Portland and Waterville and be-
tween Bangor and Danforth.
The train will be made up of five cars,
! one Of which is to be coach for the
travelling party. Of the two flat cars
one will show all types of modern Or
chard and potato spraying machinery,
chance to compare the merits of hand
power, gas power, ,gasolene engine driv-
| en- and sprocket driven pumps, and to
decide which best meets his particular
needs. In other words, this car will be
a kind of spraying special and alone
would warrant running the train.
| The other fiat car will show improved
types of tilling, seeding and harvesting
machinery. With the present high price
of labor, more and more work must be
done by machinery. This car will show
the farmer what recently invented ma
chinery can be used in Maine to advant-
age and thus lower the cost of crop pro-
duction.
| One baggage car will contain the poul-
try, husbandry and veterinary science
tools and equipment. This will include a
showing of cream separators, Babcock
testers, incubators, small models of the
horse and the COW and charts to show
the value Of the different systems of
breeding, management and feeding of
all classes of live stock.
The other baggage car will be devoted
to horticulture, farm crops and forestry
Among other things the farm crops ex-
hibit will show how to grade and breed
potatoes for market, methods of testing
seed corn and other seeds before plant
ing, how to treat seed oats for smut and
how to mix fertilizers on the farm. One
of the features of this exhibit will be a
miniature representation of a farm,
showing proper crop rotations and the
beneficial results to be obtained from
rotation. The horticultural exhibit will
| show modern apple packing and grading
tables, improved box and barrel presses,
details of methods of packing and grading
tables, improved box and barrel presses,
details Of methods Of packing apples in
boxes, complete set of grating and pru-
ming tools and other equipment that every
fruit grower should have and know how to
use. The forestry exhibit will show what
is meant by the general conservation
movement of the country and something
of the part that our forests occupy in our
| industrial life. For the benefit of every
farmer an exhibit will be made showing
how the farm wood lot may be handled
most profitably. In this car, as in the
other, charts and photographs will fur
Their illustrate the value of improved
farm practices.
/ All of these exhibits will be accom-
panied by experts from the university
who will be prepared to explain the
charts and photographs, demonstrate the
operation of the machinery and answel
any questions that 10 aN be ask ed