Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-27

gree the heavy loss which the farmers
are suffering. Mr.. Alden declared tina;
he could take the rider. in half an
hour TO eight acres of standing corn
which has been rejected by the pack
ers end was still almost as green as
ever in its career. Another neighbor
Willis Cobb, expressed the same con.
victiens
Other Parts of the Town.
In another part of the town. tho
farming firm Of Clement & Taylor had
three acres of corn condemned by the
packers, and DO not hesitate to express
degree of indignation along with
their disappointment. Inspector VIII
liams visited their cornfield. and took
samples of the corn away with him
remarking: 1T is a nice piece and
think the corp is all right Clement
& Taylor e.ostinated their crop at
about 600 @hushf5s of ears. and they
hope to recover in some manner part
of their loss. :.
II. J.. Pike. Of the Longwood Inn
farm. mad two and three fourths acres.
all of which was accepted by the pack
ers. Lewis #. Mnlspaugh rejoices in
the TACT that his corn piece was hardly
singea by the frost. The writer
Visited it and found tho stand almost
az green as at mid August Nj his
crop was accepted by the packers. \.
+. Titus had 200 bushels condemned
after it had been ordered in by the
fell man.
II. +. Foote, OF Sturtevant Hill
planted ~ acres Of corn. About IL
acres was planted late and was not
expected to mature. Four acres wae
barely touched by the frast. and was
accepted without protest by the pack
ing company Two acres was badly
frosted. and Mr.. Feote himself sale
that he wnuld not ask the packers te
accept it. He asked his wife to pre-
pare some Of this corn in The usual
way, and found it fiat and tasteless
Mr. t'notn was prompt to declare thai
he had been used fine by the company.
that he was anxious to contract for
more acreage. next year. and that he
believed the farmers would make Q
great mistake if they allowed them.
selves, in this time of disappointment
TO break with the company and at
tempt to close it down for lack of sup
port.
Willard Norcross had small piece
of corn. something over one acre
which netted him about s135. His
corn was left untouched by the frost
as were his other crops. His garden
vegetables are as green TODAY as ever
and SO is a yard of beautiful flowers
near the house. Mr.. Norcross said
that his land was remarkably free
from frost and, many years, the frs
of october finds his wife's posY garden
as beautiful as at am time Of the sea-
son Mr. Norcross believes that
farmers and packers should reach an
undersia n6ing. and so share the loss
put upon them by Dame Nature that
all will have Willingness to go ahead
rext year as before
Other farmers expressed the same
sentiment; that it would be = financial
loss to the community to allow such
feeling to arise between farmers and
packers as would close the Monmouth
and other packing factories in the
State. They believe that it should
be. and will be, patched up in some
r,aprar a"c"ntphle To oil. even if some
farmers are losers as the result of the
frost.
Reports from Eastern Maine.
renor's in the papers of Eastern
Mair" tell of jest such conditions as
81 II tn,
Kennel" countv. 4 Dexter despatch
TO fhe Pancor News says that people
in that section are specializing upon
what the outcome of the corn war"
will he. Conditions such rs described
above arc reported from that section.
but the side of the packers is not Civ
en-. Either the manager OF that branch
of the Portland Packing Co. has re-