Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-02-18
The Demonstration Orchards.
THOSE SELECTED BY Mr.. YEAToN FOR
HIS EXTENSION WORK.

The Democrat 10 able to give nearly
complete list Of the orchards selected BY
G. A. Ysston, who has charge of the or.
chard demonstration work in the county
ut Oxford. This work is paid for from
the Rockefeller fund, and is done az q
part OF the extension work Of the College
|of Agriculture Of the University OF
Maine.
Mr.. Yeston furnishes the Democrat
the list Of the orchards already selected
for this work, which are approximately
In belt across the central section of the
county, from Waterford to Hartford,
making them easily accessible to the
|demonstrator, as we'll as to the orchard
ists OF the several sections. They are az
follows:
waterford-F. II. johnson, Harold 8. Pike.
Harvey Parker. 81. P. Dewitt.
Psris-w. n. Judkins. U. H. Head, Walter
II. SWEET.
BuehaeldaHarry Conant. A. L. Dunn. n. e.
sumner-Henry Bonney, Lewis H. Bisbee, A.
d. Mcpherson.
Hartford-George Brown, Charles II. Berry,
Jr. William L. Libby.
One or two Others will be added later.
sour function in this work Is practi-
cally entirely advisory" said Mr.. Yea
ton. I'VE plan to visit each one of these
orchards at least once in two weeks,
from the time for the first spraying until
the apples are picked-yes, and market
ed, for we shall want to watch and see
that no fungous diseases are developing
on the apples after they are picked. We
shall advise with the owners regarding
pruning and spraying, tell them when to
pray and for what to spray, and give
them all the help we can In the care of
the orchards. We shall make no radical
changes. II man has settled method
of treatment, and 1t Is producing good
results, We shall as far as possible aid
him In getting those results. On the
other hand, il his method Of treatment Is
not producing good results, We shall en-.
deavor to start him on some better
course"
"You say we," suggested the Demo.
crat Are any others to work with you?"
"No, am in charge Of the work
Alone" said Mr.. Yeaton. 81 say We be-
cause this is part of the extension work
of the College of Agriculture, and the
entire force of the college is behind it.
For instance, II it was decided that an
orchard needed drainage, I am not a
civil engineer. But there are engineers
in the faculty, and one Of them would
lay out system of drainage for the Or
chard, with plan, without expense to the
owner of the orchard. In short, We
shall give the owner all the assistance
We can in making better orchard"
An apple packing school was held last
week at Engine House Hall, South Paris,
by Mr.. Yeaton, in connection with A.
K. Gardner, the state horticultural, and
his assistant, II. p. Sweetsir. Two ses-
siOns of two hours each were held each
day of the four. The instruction was
mainly of an informal nature, those who
were in attendance being shown how to
sort and grade the apples, and pack
them in either barrel or box. There was
also short talk by some one of the men
ia charge, on some phase of orchard
work, at each of the sessions.
A good appreciation OF the opportu-
nifty afforded was shown, and there was
an encouraging attendance of men and
boys, mostly apple growers of this Sec
ton.
There was an average attendance of
twenty three at the eight sessions, a to-
tai of about eighty being registered dur
ing the week. So successful was the
school that others will be held, more
than were originally planned. On Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday Of this
week one will be held at Grange Hall,
Buckfeld, and on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, Feb. 20, 81, and 2s, another
at Hebron.
Mr.. Yea,on, the director, whose home
is in Augusta, makes his headquarters at
Norway while In charge OF the work.