Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
Conference on Milk Situation in
Maine-John c.. circuit of
Boston Confers With
Agricultural Men
LABOR CONDITIONS
Rain Precipitation - Fish and
Game Prosecution Report
ed-Hearing Today on
R. r. Petition
Next meeting Of the Governor and
Council, 10 A. M, Wednesday, Oct. 20.

An important meeting was held at
the State department of agriculture
Monday when John C. circuit of the
Boston Chamber of Commerce held
conference with a number of cepre-
sentatives of agricultural societies OF
the State to make preliminary ar
rangements for meetings to be held in
the State for the purpose of investi-
eating the milk situation of Maine It
was decided to hold meetings in Maine
as follows: Wednesday, Nov. II, at
Newport; Thursday. Nov. IL, at Au-
gust; Friday. Nov. Is. at Auburn
These meetings will be held by the
Chamber of Commerce in cooperation
with the Z. S. department of agricul.
ture, the State department of agri-
culture the State Grange, and the
State college of agriculture. f. &
Adams, State dairy instructor will
have charge of the meetings in his
State, and will be assisted by L. S.
Corbett of. the State College and C. S.
Stetson of the State grange.
In speaking of the purpose and re-
suit of these meetings Monday aft
ernoon, Mr.. circuit stated that the
milk situation in New England dur
ing the. past Is years has greatly
changed. Formerly there were II
creameries in the State that sent oft
their product in the form of butter,
and now all of these creameries but
two of three send out their product as
milk or cream. OF these II cream
cries Is are owned by D. Whiting and
Son. Is by the Turner Center Co,
10 by H. D. Hood and Sons, and 10
by the Maine Creamery Association
making a total of so out of the II
creameries that are controlled by four
corporations. Fifteen years ago no
milk was pasteurized and all the milk
consumed was procured within the i'm
mediate vicinity of large towns and
small cities. Today milk is pasturiz-
ed and sent out in bottles.
Mr.. circuit spoke of Boston as the
market for the milk of New England.
There are about 10 trains of milk
moving daily in the New England
states and of these from As to so go
to Boston. Boston is the highest con-
sumner of milk per capita of any city
in the world, over lilo pints being
consumed daily per capita. The ma
jority of the milk that is bought for
Boston is owned by four large con.
tractors.
According to Mr.. CIRCUITS state
ments the farmers during the past
few years have had trouble in arrang-
ing a satisfactory price for milk Last
March they askedstl1e Boston Chamber
of Commerce to look into the situation
to see if conditions could not be bet
tered. The Chamber in doing this
Y ork realizes that the methods chang
ed so that no one knows the actual
conditions. And the actual facts must
be known. On July 1 a meeting was
held at Boston at which repres enta-
tives were present from the six state
of New England. the six
agricultural colleges, the six state
oranges and the U. S. department of
agriculture. And it was decided to
hold three meetings in each of the
New England states to investigate |
dairy conditions and especially to |
look into the cost of production.
The importance of the three meet
ings which are to be held in this State /
can be known only when it is real |
lied that the dairy industry of Maine |
is the largest of any of the single |
branches of agriculture. Milk prod
ucts in this State sell for a total o. |