Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-02
Maine Seed Improvement.


The following has been prepared for
the public by Sec. C. r. Leland of the
Maine Seed Improvement Association
and will be of interest and value to
thousands in our State:
To All Interested in Crop Improve
ment:
l wish again to call your attention
to the coming annual meeting of the
Maine Seed Improvement Association.
Place, Bangor City hall; dates, Dec. s,
9, 10, Il. Reduced rates on all rail-
roads. Hotel accommodations are am
pie at reduced prices per day.
The meetings will be held, as in the
past, with the annual meeting of the
Maine Dairymen's Association. The
program will include addresses upon
subjects of great interest and impor-
lance by many of the best known men
of the State and by specialists from
Washington and Massachusetts.
Our premium list is larger and bet
ter than ever before, including all the
| better known varieties of potatoes,
corn and grains, beans and legumes
grown in the StatesS
/ / especially wish to call you atten-
tion to few of the special premiums
which have been offered. We offer sac
| Tor exhibits of farm grown garden
seeds, to be awarded by the judges,
| first prize not to exceed $50.
We offer for meritorious exhibits not
listed in catalogue $50, to be awarded
upon recommendation of judges.
The offer $40 to be competed for by
| boys of Is years, or under, in judging
and scoring corn and potatoes.
The Bell Merrill silver cup will be
competed for, in Judging and scer-
ing corn and potatoes, by men over is
years of age. This cup was won last
year by C. NJ. White of Bowdoinham.
| We offer for the best exhibits made
| by Boys Potato Clubs $25. These ex-
| hibits are to be accompanied by signed
| statements of the cost of growing.
]. A. Roberts. commissioner of Agri-
culture, and c. r. Leland offer $25 for
| the three best essays on the subject
How l Shall Grow My Crop Next
Year" by members of the Boys Po-
| tato Clubs.
We offer a trophy to the secondary
| school sending student taking the
agricultural course who makes the
highest score in judging corn and po-
| expenses one day in Bangor
| The Union Trust Company of Ellis
worth offers s12 for the best exhibits
of white cap dent corn grown from
samples put out by the Union Trust
I Company last spring. This seed came
/ from Minnesota and seems to be very
| fine.
The Maine Central Railroad offers
| SEQ, to be awarded to the best trace OF
corn and the best bushel of potatoes
grown in any town served by the rail-
road.
| The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
offers $50 for the best bushel of seed
potatoes and the best bushel of table
| potatoes, under the same conditions
| The Maine Farmer Publishing Com
pany offers $3.50 for the best ear OF
| flint corn shown at the exhibit, and for
the best ear of dent corn, one year Is
subscription
Hon. Arthur Chaplin. president Maine
State Board of Trade, offers $40 for
! the best exhibit of home canned vege-
| tables.
Other special premiums will be an
nounced later.
| Exhibits should be selected in con-
forn1ity TO type of variety, even in
| size and free from blemish or disease.
They should be carefully packed to
avoid damage in transit, and charges
| prepaid to Bangor. Each package
should be carefully directed to the
Maine Seed Improvement Association.
City hall, Bangor. Each exhibit