Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-31
Farmers Meet at
Bangor April 4

Bangor, Me-, March 30.-A special
Maine is to be held in City hall in
this city, April 4, under the direction
of the Kenduskeag Valley Farmers
Union. The meeting will be held both
forenoon and afternoon converting at
10 A. M. and 2 p. M. The meeting is
held here On the invitation of the
Chamber of Commerce.
This meeting will be presided over
by George w. Worster of Bangor,
president of the KenduSkeag Valley
Farmers Union, and the speakers will
include DR.. Leon S. Merrill, dean of
the college of agriculture at the Uni
versity of Maine; Hon. John A. Rob-
erts, commissioner of agriculture for
the State of Maine; C. E. Embree,
chief of the State bureau of market
ing and supplies.
The meeting will be open to the pub
lie and there will be general discus
sion of questions of vital interest to
farmers of this section. All farmers
are invited.
An effort will be made at this meet
ing to formulate plans whereby the
farmers will be able to purchase their
supplies in more direct manner.
There will also be a discussion in re-
lation to financing the purchase of fer
tilizer for this section on some basis
other than the credit system of De
cember payments"
While nothing definite has been de-
cided this meeting may result in the
building of a fertilizer plant in the
vicinity of Bangor.
1t is expected that there will be
large attendance at this meeting and
all farmers and others interested are
invited to attend. There will be
special car over the Bangor g. North
ern leaving Charleston at Z in the
morning, following the regular car,
and arriving here at 9. Free trans
portations will be furnished the farm
ers on this car, which will leave for
the return trip Immediately following
the adjournment of the meeting.
C. +. Embree was in the city Sat
urday making arrangements for the
meeting. He was in Holden this week
at the meeting held at the Town hall
over which Rev. J. H. Greenleaf pre-
sided. This meeting was called for
the purpose of taking action towards
the formation of a farmers union in
that section.
Owing to the fact that there was not
the required number present at this
meeting an adjournment was taken
until April 20, at which time the union
will probably be organized.
On April / there is to be a meeting
at Fort Kent, at which farmers
union of Aroostook county farmers
will be formed. There is to be another
union formed, this one at Winterport,
within a short time.
This will make total of AZ unions
in the State, which shows that there
has been a remarkable growth in the
movement for organization among the
farmers since it started. At this time
last year there were but 10 unions.
The membership is increasing rapidly
For instance, at Brooks union was
formed last May with 10 members. AT
the present time it has 100 names on the
membership roll
The union at Kingman started with
seven members IS months ago and today
it has 40 members This organization
has also built a large potato house and
has nice little surplus on hand.
Considerable attention is being given
to the organization of the farmers along
the Vanceboro division of the Maine Cen
trail R. r. and \much has been accom-
plished along this line. Potato houses
have been built at Kingman and Wyto-
pitlock, and the Eastern Maine Farmers
Exchange of Danforth is planning on
building one there.
Meetings are to be held at Topsfield,
Winn, Lee and Lincoln from April to
the 18th for the purpose of discussing the
question of amslgamating all the ex-
changes on the Vanceboro division for
buying and selling purposes, it being
planned to put the amalgamation under
one manager to curtail expenses and Sc
cure better services.