Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-23
Good Cows Of the Town
And Some Records.
Amounts Of Butter Fdt Per Head
And Average Yield for july
Weddings and Local Gossip of The
Village and Nearby Towns.

Miss May e. Ward, teacher in the
Agassiz school, returned to Boston
Monday. Miss Ward was one of the n
teachers recently appointed by Supt
Brooks to prepare a course of study
in natural science for the Boston pub
lie schools. Her sister, Sadie, accom-
panied her to Lewiston.
During the month of July r. T. Pat
ten was accredited with more butter
fat at the Skowhegan Jersey cream
cry than any of the other patrons OIL
the company, his herd of Is COWS Yield
ing 367 6 pounds of butter fat an aver
age of PAS pounds per COW. Inc aver
age production of all the COWS whose
product goes to the local creamery was
but rs punds during the same time.
The nearest competitor to Mr.. Pat
ten was George f. Foster of CofnVllle,
who produced 1895 pounds Of butter
fat with u cows and three heifers.
Other patrons of the creamery who
passed the 209- pound mark We're: e.
y. Merrill of Skowhegan. 275.s pounds
from % COWS: Miss Lucy Bigelew OF
North Fairfield. 926.3 pounds from six
cows; [. J. Wood of CornVille, 226.3
pdunds rom five cows and two heffers;
/ g. Teafton of Skowhegan, 22l,9
pounds from Il COWS; L. F. Butter OF
starts a176 pounds from cows; Tur-
ner RasWel Of N0rridgewock, 2l6.3
from cows; r. Dunbar of Skowhe
gan. 2Igs pounds from seven COWS.
Compared en- the hasis o. average
Weld aer COW. Miss BieeiaW leads wit
ST. pounds, the others coming IN the
following order. Mr.. Wood. 80; Mr..
Dunbar. 203; M Patten. 30 MIR.
Batter. at2: Mr. Buswell 30: Mr.
Foster. 80. I'll Butler. To; and Mrs.
aJcrraE. l1o, During the month OF
JuIv tire creamery handed a Total OF
1916 pounds Of fat From ~ COWS
and haifers.
Mr.. Annie Warren Of New YORK
city is in town visiting Mrs John w.
steward. These two ladies a few years
ago stuaied music together.
Mrs.. Margaret Rawles will leave
Thursday to pass a month with friends
ia Detroit, Mich.
Two Skowhegan horsemen LETT Tor
the Bangor fair Monday, Norris CleVe-
land with Teddy c, and Fred Tuscan
with Allie Wilkes, to take part in the
races. They were accompanied by
james Nutting. driver.
Mrs. Roy L. Marston is visiting with
friends at Boothbay
Hon S. II. Kilgore. eX-mayor oil
Topeka, Kan, and now general freight
agent for the Union Pacific Railroad at
Wichita, left Tuesday morning for his
home. While in town he was the guest
of his sister, Mrs. George Emerson. He
is native of Smithfield.
Josiah Hight of Cornville went TO
Bangor Tuesday to attend the Eastern
Maine fair. Mr.. Hight has not missed
this annual event in the past 10 years.
Alfred Morrill,, a student at the Uni
versity of California, is at home for
three-weeks vacation with his parents
Mr. and Mrs Frank Morrill, on Main
street. Mr. Morrill, is junior in the
college. He left here three years age,
a short time after his graduation from
tile High school in the class of l9o'-s.
During his college course he mas
shown considerable activity in attn
letice and is a member of the base
ball team there.
Arnold North of Washington. Ct,
formerly Of Skowhegan. son of Charles
North, who was a boss at one time IN
the Marston Worsted mill. is visiting
friends in town for a week.