Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-05-18
FARMING SPECIAL.
-.nrn MANAGEMENT Or Tan COL
~, ,sar or AGRICULTURE, uNrvER-
srTY OF MAINE.

- during the month Of June BY ~
Nm. Central railroad, under the aus
81, Of the college Of agriculture Of the
,,;y.rsity Of Maine, will b. Of particular
,.,.r,st to the farmers Of the State BE-
-. q, certain unique features to Be In
roduced.
r..ss will consist Of exhibits Of power
~ Individual spraying outfits and tilling,
ding and hsfvssting machinery ar
$3.50 and operated on two long fat cars.
: ADDITION. there will BE- two bageage
- allied with general farming, orchard
!. tcrestry and stock-raisinx exhibits.
s,,ompanying will BE- . corps Of lee
,ur,s and instructors from the college and
rumber OF eminent State agricultural
satborities.
while the schedule il not yet definitely
arranged. ii is planned to have the train
=, Tor three days in Washington county,
70 DAYS on the Somerset railway, two
a.ss on the mountain division and two
a.rs on the BOSTON & Maine railroad 10
Maine. while the remainder OF the time
h..reen June Q, when the train starts and
June e when the tour Is to end,
vill be devoted TO stations on both roads
bs.wsen Portland and wsterviiie and
h.txsen Bangor ard Danforth.
The train viii be made up OF i've cars,
ope Of which is TO be coach for the trav-
Cling party. OF the two fat cars one will
,how all types OF modern orchard and POI
tito spraying machinery, anording the
contemplating buyer chance to compare
the merits OF hand power, gas power, gas
cline engine, driven and sprocket driven
pumps. and to decide which best meets his
urticular needs. In other words, this car
viii Be kind OF spraying special and
alone would warrant running the train.
The other fat car will show improved
types Of ,iiling, seeding and harvesting
machinery. With the present high price
Of labor, more and more work must be
done BY machinery. This car will show
TIE farmer what recently invented ma
chinery can be used in Maine to adsan-
tags and thus lower the cost OF crop pro-
ducsion.
One baggage car will contain the
poultry, hushandry and veterinary science
tools aud equipment. This will include
showing Of cream sepsrstors, Babcock
testers, incuhators, 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 viii show how to grade and breed
potatoes tor market, methods OF testing
SEED corn and others seeds before planting.
how to treat seed oats for smut and how
to mix fertilizers on the farm. One OF the
features of this exhibit viii be miniature
representation OF 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 boxan barrel presses, details OF
methods OF packing and grading tables,
details OF methods OF packing apples in
boxes,eomplete set OF grating and prun-
ing tools and other equipment that every
fruit grover 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
o. the part that our forests occupy in
our industrial lie. For tho benefit
Of every farmer an exhibit will be made
showing how the farm wood lot may
b handled most probably. In this car,
y In the other, charts and photographs
VIII further illustrate the value OF inn
proved farm practices.
All Of these exhibits will be accompanied
BY experts from the university who will
% prepared to explain the charts and
photographs, demonstrate the operation
OF the machinery and answer any ques-
lions that may be asked.
-Four years ago President Fellows OF the
University OF Maine made proposition TO
The officials OF Maine railroads, undertake
ing on the part Of the university to fur
nish the exhibits to illustrate the modern
practices in farming and competent lee
turers 10 explain them, provided that the
railroads would furnish trains. Up to
That time, no agricultural instruction
tnin had ever been run in the East. Some
1.-THE western states had run s'corn spec
his' and the results were so beneficial to
the farmers that the idea OF . general
hrming train for New England, where no
one crop is predominant, occurred to sew
enl persons about the same time.
train was run in the spring OF 1903 by
the Massachusetts and New Hampshire
esrcultural colleges, cooperating with
zoe railroads, through parts OF Mass
schusetts and New Hampshire. This
iain made brief stops and visited many
psces. The trains in Maine for i've
weeks visited various parts of the State,
making long stopa and giving not only
opportunity for the people to visit the ex-
noits but for two or three lectures on
Important topics at each town.
This spring, whom President Fellows