The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-03-16
FARMERs, WEEK AZ oRoNo.

/ FARMERS WEEK AZ 0RoNo.
Tho rea, work of farmers week at the
University of Maine began March 7th,
when several hundred people interested
in the various phases Of farming attend
| ed the three simultaneous sessions. The
| attendance will be record-breaker.
Nearlv every county in the State was
represented.
| Pros. Edison F. Hitchings gave talk
on buying nursery stock. with demon
strat;ons. Prof. H.. G. Bell spoke of
GRAIN growing and grading.
hv chs charts and diagrams his talk on
/! Charming Adapted to Maine Conditions. !"
| Tn the afternoon. the farmers were
given an opportunity to select and Judge
nursery stock from several hundred
In the second section Prof. F. L. Rus
sell gave a lecture, illustrated by draw
| mos and models, on bovine tuberculosis.
prof. W. A, Brown described selections
and general management of poultry.
Prof. P. A. Campbell treated the feed
| ING of cows. Prof. Raymond Pearl gave
! talk on animal breeding. The after
noon was taken up with demonstration
| of dairy cow types, illustrated by the
university herd.
. In the woman's section Prof. Laura
| Comstock opened with a talk on chill
dren's diet There was a demonstration
| of bapdaging and first aid to the injured
by DR.. Eugene B. Sanger of Bangor. A
demonstration of carbohydrates was
made by Miss Annette F. Chase of Sim
mons college, Boston.
At night A. A. Head of Waterville
spoke on "Cooperative Work with Boys"
| and Prof, Comstock on 1.-THE Woman's
Part in Bows and Girls Club Work. :"
| DR.. Leon S. Merrill explained the work.
ing of boys and girls agricultural clubs.
Wednesday morning the subjects taken
up were farm management, horticulture,
poultry management. Cartons of eggs
were brought in by interested parties and
were tested A demonstration on the
handling of eggs was given by Professor
Brown. Professor Comstock of the Do
nestle Science department gave lecture
before the woman section on the selec-
ton and comparison of food and meats.
In the afternoon a very interesting
demonstration was given in meat cut
ting, by Professor Campbell and Miss
Chase of Simmons college, Boston, as
sisted by Arthur A. Leadbetter, of the
A. w. Joy market. Bangor. This dem
onstration was held in the stock judging
/ pavilion, which is built of brick in the
/ form of an arena, and has seating ca
pacity of about 600. While Professor
Campbell indicated the different cuts on
live creature, Mr. Leadbetter skillfully
cut up half of beef, and Miss Chase
told how the different roasts and steaks
should be cooked.
At the evening meeting music was
furnished by the University of Maine
band. A question box was opened which
afforded many interesting discussions.
The address of the evening was given by
Prof. Brandford Knapp, in charge of ad-
ministration of the farmers cooperative
demonstration work, United States de-
partment of agriculture. at Washington.
Professor Knapp took up the subject of
1.-The Demonstration Farm" speaking of
the uses to which it may be put, and of
its value to the community and the State.
The forenoon lectures Thursday were
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Professor Arkell spoke on the wool mar
kets and the grading of wool. He also
gave talk on the management of sheep
on the farm. Professor Arkell is at the
head of the department of animal hus-
bandry at New Hampshire State College.
One of the most interesting talks of
the course in the woman's department
of domestic science, was given by Direc-
tor Woods of the Maine Agricultural Elk
pertinent station. Mr. Woods took up
and explained the various articles of the
pure food law, and said that now the law
was in force in regard to the true label
ling of foodstuffs, it depends on the
housewife herself whether she is i'm
posed upon or not.
In the afternoon demonstration was
given in the stock judging pavilion or
the market type of hogs and mutton
sheep.
At o'clock in the afternoon the Round
Table, which is society composed of the
wives of university professors, gave a
reception to all of those in attendance
during farmers week.
At the evening meeting the university
orchestra furnished music. A question
box was opened which contained severa
interesting questions that were fully dis,
cussed.
A very interesting address was giver
by President Alley of the university. He
spoke of some of the problems of rura
life, and suggested several methods Of
solving them.
The farmers week at the University
pof Maine closed Friday afternoon after
most successful session. Prof. Hitch.
ings gave a demonstration and talk or
winter-killing and winter injury to fruit
trees, illustrating with actual specimens
Prof. Bell spoke on diversifcation ane
rotation of crops, also on fertility main
tenance. An interesting feature was &
talk and demonstration on insect pests
by Prof. o. A. Johnannsen, entomologist
of the Maine experiment station. Prof
Campbell gave talk on hogs. At thu
final session in the woman's section Prof
Comstock gave talk and exhibit 0.
home decorations and Prof. Russell a tall
on bacteria in the home.
Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, laborers re
ly on DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil. Takes tn
sting out of cuts, burns or bruises at once
Pain cannot stay where it is used.