Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-02-21
STATE HOUSE.
Maine'S Great Future as
Agricultural State.
Possible 10 Produce 2,OOO,-
600 Bushels Of Potatoes.
Detail for Board Of Examination at
Portland, tuesday, Feb. a.,
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meeting of Governor and
Council, Friday, March IS, at 10 A. M.

Maine is caDable of producing 200
/. 100000 bushels of potatoes, as fast as
there is 4 demand for them' said G.
+. Embree Of Riverhead, y. Y, Tues
day afternoon, to a Journal reporter in
discussing cooperative work among
Maine farmers. Mr.. Embree, during
the past few weeks, has been all over
Maine, speaking at Farmers Institutes
in different sections and is greatly inn
pressed with the future possibilities of
the state.
Aroostooi1 alone can produce 10000
900, if needed. declares Mr. Embree.
The present trip of Mr.. Embree to
Maine to assist the department of ag-
riculture is the first that he has made
to Maine. for - years. and he is great
y impressed with the change in the
rural communities. "The farms away
from tn" railroads are more thrifty in
appearance and the houses better
kept says he. ~ general air of pros
perty can tie seen all over tho state
and | believe Maine is destined to be-
come great agricultural State.
"one great draw back in Central
Maine, however. is that the farmers
haven't got out of the ruts; they do
not realize the possibilities of the
farm. Not all of Them know that
Maine is the third largest potato
growing state in the Union New York
is first with i4.oo0, 900 bushels Michi-
gan. second with 2a.0ooooa bushels;
Maine third with =, S,oee0ee bushels and
Pennsylrania. fourth with 25.G0oaeO
bushels. The total production in the
United States under normal conditions
i world =.
supply is f.96a0oa 0o9 bushels.
Maine also has wonderful fntnr"
for itself ia apples although the
farmers don't quite know it yet. Maine
shipped g., ,ooo,uo0 worth OF apples. last
yeir II WAS - case of eating Your
cake and having it too. for the fruit
growers didn't ship away one single
bit Of Mainc's wealth with the apples
Had they shipped tile same amount OF
pine or spruc" the State would have
parted with s. 26n0. .6e0 of wealth. which
it would have taken years Ia replace,
Maine has the best Favored apple
Of any state in the Union but the sszs-
ten ef marketing las been Wasteful
ami the method of packing is such
that wonder that Maine doesn't lose
the deai4ffl Tor her apples. have
St#ttIt pdiIEfN Iiftt fN1tis s'isliit1 - = y
BaldWihS. and every grade and Va
rietN under the sun in the barrel. in
cluding Ben Davis
Mr. Embrcc spoke Of the work done
by the recently organized oxford
County Fruit Growers Association and
advocated the formation Of Co-opera-
tive associations that should handle
the packing of the apples and see that
they were uniformly packed and
graded. He cited the great progress
which had been made by the Galifor-
mia fruit growers under such sys-
tenn.
MIR. Embree will 90 from here TO
Brunswick. Wednesday, where in com
panv with State Dairy Instructor Cup
till he will address a meeting of those
interested in the newly formed Potato
Growers Exchange. The meeting viii
be held at the Town hall. Another i'm
portant meeting at which Mr.. Embree
will be present is that to be held.
March :, at the Grange hall at Wins
low. where an effort will be made to
effect an Organization of the farmers
of Winclow and WaterVillc.