Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-09
Poultry Notes-1911- 1913.

There has recently been issued by the
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
q bulletin (No, 216) with the title Poul-
try Notes 1911-1913. This bulletin is
continuation of the series of bulletins
with a similar title which have been is
sued from time to time in the past. 1t
deals in the main with topics of practi
cal interest and untilty to the farmer
and peuitryman. The first section of the
bulletin discusses the value and pres
ervation of hen manure. Here are Civ
en- directions for mixing chemicals and
absorbents with the fresh poultry ma
nure in such way as best to conserve
the fertilizing value of the material, and
at the same time put it in the best
physical condition for spreading. This
is followed by description with work
ing drawings of a concrete manure
shed which has recently been built in
connection with the poultry plant at
the Maine Station. In the next section
Of the bulletin is described a small
erema tory which has been built IN
connection with the Station plant to
afford a sanitary method of disposing
of dead birds and other refuse which
Is to a greater or less degree, a men,
ace to the health of the birds on the
plant when disposed of IN any other
way than by burning. A copy of Bull
letin PIG will be sent to any resident of
Maine upon request to Director Chas.
D. Woods, Orono, Maine
If is has been suspected, FernaId
Eldridge is guilty of the murder of his
father and mother at West Gardiner, 1t
is another triumph for the liquor in
terests and the Maine faction support
ing them.
headline in morning paper says:
Lady Holder in Portland" Is it Dea-
con Bigelow or Oscar Wish?-Kennebec
Journal.
Well you know how busy morning
newspaper men are.-Portland Press
Sure, but are you busier'n you ought
TO be?
Lyman Nelson, chairman of the high
way commission of Maine, declares
that so far as the good roads move
ment in our State is concerned, we
have made. already, magnificent pro-
gress. We have authorized the issu-
ance of bonds to the extent of s., 0O0,-
600. some of which have already been
sold, and we have made substantial
increase in the amount of money raised
from direct taxation to be devoted to
other highway matters. He saws:
I venture to say that no common
wealth IN this country has worked out a
saner ana more secure financial plan in
connection with this matter than Maine.
When | first proposed the idea of can't
TALKING the automobile fees by using
them to pay the interest and the sinking
fund upon the State of Maine bond issue
OF 100000 for highways, the amount of
money from these receipts was slightly
IN excess or 100000 per annum and some
people to whom / talked concerning the
pohd issue believed that the high-Water
marx hao been reached, that the auto
mobile was largely a fad and that there
was no certainty whatever of the contin
uation OF It's use and therefore the con-
unuation OF the fees received from its
use:-but year after this plan was first
proposed and before a single dollars
worth OF bonds had been sold, the auto
mobile fees in this State had increasad
over IS per cent The result is thai there
IS absolutely no room for doubt that the
abount of money derived from this
source will positively and effectively take
care of the 100000 issue without n sin
gle penny OF increased taxation unon
anyone, and 1t will go much farther than
this ana leave substantial balance to
pc devoted to the maintenance of the
highways that his bond issue shall
build" SNAIL