Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-02


farm for breeding purposes, and a
goodly number OF excellent and high
bred coekerels have been sold during
the past winter Because of the high
character OF The stock raised, eggs
from this farm have superior value
for Matching purposes under the mat
ing plan which is being followed, and
there is a large demand for the eggs
from the best pens.
Entering at once into the spirit of
the business. these young women, as
soon as they had something which
they thought was good enough to ex-
hibit, went to the poultry shows not
simply looking for premiums, and not
expecting much in that line because
Of their lack OF knowledge and eNper-
fence in the business, but largely for
the experience and knowledge which
they could gain in that way. They
discovered that they really had some
fine birds, for they won some premi
ums. They are particularly proud OF
their winnings With Prince, Inagniii-
cent Plymouth Rock cock, with Which
they won shape special at the Port
laud show a year ago. lie is at the
head OF their principal breeding pen
of Barred Plymouth Rocks this year.
The farm keeps only hishly-bred Bar
red PlynoutIi Rocks and Buff orping-
tens There We're about 175 laying
hens on the farm at the time of the
visit of the editor OF the Maine Farm
or and they were producing $50 or
more eggs day. The breeding of
these hens has without amy doubt a
great deal 10 do with their laying ca
paeity. but it also has a great deal TO
do with tile ability to produce stock
and eggs which will sell for extra
good prices, and that is just what is
| being done The investment of a few
extra dollars in high-prieed settings
OF eggs has proven many times prof.
table.
| But beside raising good poultry. this
farm. under the management of wo-
men. has been made to accomplish
| some very creditable results in the
production of crops. II is Miss Bur-
| leighs aim to eventually produce on
| the farm all the grain that is needed
| ior the poUltry. III fact all their feed.
| even the wheat, and 10 this end a
! small experimental field of half acre
was raised last year. 1t is not sur
| prising that the yield was small. but
| the wheat was good and took the sec
| end prize at the Seed Improvement
! Soeiety's exhibit at Wateryille last
| winter. With oats there was more
satisfactory result; 200 bushels We're
| produced on five acres. With yellow
corn. however. they had the greatest
measure of success and have reason
to be proud of their results. IT took
/ at n faf.t-iIta ssNh ihif
and if it had not been excluded from
the sheiling out test for technical rea
sons it is pretty certain that it would
have measured well up toward the
top of the list, if indeed it did not
actually get there. The farm pro-
| dueed over four hundred bushels
| measured ears on ~ acres OF ground.
believe that the principle upon
| which this farm has been established
and upon which it is being operated
| by these two enterprising and ener-
getie women is the right principle.
| This principle. expressed briefly, is
| simply to get the best to start with
anG then work and study to produce
! as good or better AS a result of the
! operation of this principle, Miss Bur-
| leigh's farm has already in its brief
history produced some high class
foundation stock, not onlySin the poul-
try line. but in yellow corn. She has
some corn for seed which anyone may
+ he proud of.
| The location of this farm, on a high
bluff overlooking the Kennebcc, is de-
iightfully pleasant, It is one of the
! old farms of the town and has an at
tractive and commodious old house in
which some charges are being made
To add 70 The comfort and convenience
az living on Farm.