Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06
The Second Day
Of Big Conference
Fl Is We'll Attended
PROGRAM for Day Proves Very Interesting and Also Instructive
DR. Raymond Gives Report of Committee on Breeding
Associations of Cattle Breeders Hold Meetings Dur
ing the Day-Other Matters Of Interest

the following points: Any farmer who
will comply with certain conditions
may at any time have made for MIN
by the Experiment Station an official
daughter dam test
| The conditions are:
| 1, That he shall have In his herd
at the same time born the dam and
her daughter to be tested. Or failing
the actual possession of the animals at
the time he must be able to furnish
satisfactory records of the milk pro-
duction of the missing animal. either
daughter or dam, together with the
other necessary information for max
ing the test.
| Q. The breeder or farmer under
taking such cooperative test under
the directions furnished by the Exper-
|iment Station must agree to keep a
careful and accurate record of the
milk of the animals on test over Pc
riod of time mutually agreed upon q
day, II day, 80 day, 80 day or one
Year,.
3. Samples of the milk of the animals
on test shall be regularly taken. &C
/ cording to directions which will be
/ furnished, and sent to the Maine Ag-
ricultural Experiment Station. There
an analysis Of the milk will be made
and the necessary calculations for
| making proper age corrections for the
animals concerned will be carried out
An official report will then be render
ed to the breeder as to whether In the
particular case involved the sire pro-
duced O. daughter which was a better
or a poorer producer than her dam
when both are compared on an equal
age basis.
T. The only expense to the breeder
involved in having such a test carried
through is the expressage on the sam
pies Of milk to Orono. This co-opera-
tive daughter-dam testing project will
be open on precisely equal terms to
owners Of grade cattle as we'll as own
ers Of pure-breds. A station circular
giving full details in regard to this
cooperative testing project will prob
ably be issued shortly. We shall be
very glad for an expression Of opinion
from the members of the association in
regard to this proposed cooperative
project. If the farmers do not want to
undertake this sort Of work the sta
ton does not wish to force the matter
in any way.
The matters taken up in the report
were then discussed and a number of
suggestions were made by DR.. Owen
Smith of Portland, DR.. ]. A. Ness of
Auburn and A. w. Gilmore Of Auburn,
Cattle Breeders Meetings
At the close of the afternoon ses-
sion the annual meetings were held of
the Maine Ayrshire Breeders Associa-
ton. the Maine Guernsey Breeders
Association. the Maine Holstein Breed
ers' Association, the Maine Jersey
Breeders Association, the Maine
Shorthorn Breeders Association and
the Maine Sheep Breeders Associa-
ton.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year at the meeting
or the Maine Guernsey Breeders AS
ISOLATION: President, w. M. Dingley of
Gardiner: vice president. A. T. Drum
mond of Sidney; secretary and treas
urer. George S. Smith of Monmouth. A
very interesting illustrated lecture was
given by F. B. Hills, publicity man
ager Of the American Guernsey Cattle
Club, who spoke upon 1.-The Progress
| or the Guernsey Breed"
At the meeting of the Maine Short
horn Breeders Association the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensu-
Ing year: President, C. E. Cobb of
Denmark: vice presidents, C. I. Gil
bert of Greene and Mr.. Davis of Wat
erville; secretary and treasurer, C. r.
Leland of Mechanic Falls: executive
committee. Mr.. Chapman of East Cor
NTH. j. B. Adams of Madison and Gar
nett Henderson of Carmel.
! The Maine Jersey Breeders Associa-
ton elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: President, David E.
Moulton of Portland; vice president,
Owen Smith Of Portland; secretary
and treasurer. l.. c. Holston Of Cor
nish: executive committee, A. E.
Mooers Of Houlton. DR.. H. M. Moulton
OF Cumberland Center and Willard
Wilson of Cumberland Center.
The following officers were elected
at the meeting of the Maine Holstein
Breeders Association: President, L. T..
Mc1ntire Of East Waterford; vice pres
1dent. j. H. Blanchard of Auburn; Sec
rotary and treasurer. Harold Shaw of
Iopsham; executive committee, G, l..
Jones OF Corinna. c. L. Pike Of Lubec
and A. E. Hodges of Fairfield Center.
| A. Hartshorn Of Hamilton, N. Y.
former president Of the National Hol-
stein Association. gave a talk at the
meeting upon "The Value to the Breed
OF A. r. o. Records"
Evening Session
The principal speaker at the evening
session was L. G. Trafton, manager Of
the Ayrdale Stock Farm at Bangor
who spoke upon the subject, "The
Practical Application of Rreed;ns
Principles" In this interesting ana lie
sucuve aodress Mr.. Trafton told
how some Of the great Jersey NJ
ducers have been bred.
\ Exhibits