Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06

Tuesday, the second day OF the State
DAIRY Conference and the annual
meetings of the Maine Dairymen's AS
ISOLATION, the Maine Seed Improve
ment Association and the Maine Live
Stock Breeders Association at City
hall, was given over to the meeting OF
the latter organization, which was well
attended and proved to be very inter-
esting. In the absence Of the president.
C. s. Pope Of Manchester, the meeting
was presided over by F. S. Adams of
Bowdoinham. a former vice president.
The business meeting was opened at
about 10 A. M. The reports OF the sec
rotary, N. C. Sherwood Of Orono. and
the treasurer, A. H. Ellis Of Fairfield.
and OF the advertising committee were
read and accepted. The following
committees were appointed: Nominat-
ing committee, DR.. j. A. Ness of Au-
burn, Ex-Governor w. T. Haines OF
Waterville and DR.. Raymond Pearl OF
Orono: committee on resolutions. L. G.
Holston of Cornish, DR.. Charles D.
Woods of Orono and DR.. Owen Smith
Of Portland.
Ex-Governor Haines gave short
talk at the session In which he pro-
posed that one day of each of the State
fairs be set aside for holding auction
sales OF cattle. this not being confined
alone to pure blood stock. He suggest
ed that upon that day which should
be known as Auction Day." the owner
of any animal shown in competition
should be given a chance to offer the
animal for sale. And he said that he
would like to see these fairs become
"cattle shows" again.
The address of the forenoon session
was given by Charles H. Crawford Of
Dexter, who spoke upon the subject.
1.-TWO Years Records Of a Profitable
Sheep Flock" According to the record
that Mr.. Crawford had kept of the
flock in 1915 the total expense was
$159.A2 or an average of SAP per head.
the total income was $34S.S8, or an
average Of 1858 per head, making the
total profit $1S9.46 or $5.26 per head.
In the year 1916 the net profit amount
ed to $2S9.S5 or an average of $7.20
per head.
Afternoon Session
At the afternoon session Of the as
ISOLATION the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
H
secretary, to be chosen later: treas
,urer, A. H. Ellis of Fairfield: execu-
tive committee, E. E. Clifford of Bow
doinham, H. G. Boyer of Portland. ].
A, Ness Of Auburn and L. E. McIntire
Of Waterford.
DR.. Raymond Pearl. biologist Of the
Maine Experiment station at Orono.
who according to the program. was
ex(Sr
subject, Experiments in Breeding"
gave in place Of the address the re-
port Of the committee on breeding OF
the Maine Dairymen's Association. The
report incidentally mentioned some ex-
periments on breeding which DIR.
Pearl had been engaged upon during
the past year and also dealt with
considerable number Of other points,
including the physiology of reproduce
toon. the analysis Of milk records and
cooperative breeding records. The
members Of the committee on breed
ing were DR.. Pearl, chairman: w. G.
Hunton and Frank S. Adams.
Included In this report was the fol-
lowing regarding new cooperative
project:
Your committee wishes to bring to
the attention Of the association a plan
for new cooperative project which
the Maine Agricultural Experiment
Station desires to take up with the
breeders Of Maine provided they are
interested in the matter The most i'm
portant thing which breeder Of dairy
cattle desires to know Is whether his
animals are transmitting productive
qualities to their progeny. In partic-
ular this information Is desired in re-
gard to the herd bull, which consti-
tutes one-half Of the herd. II by
chance he Is exercising a deleterious
effect on the productive qualities Of
the herd he may in few years time
do a great deal OF harm. 1t would ap-
pear to he beyond doubt or question
for practical purposes. that If a bulls
daughters are on the average poorer
mixers. or poorer in the quality Of
their milk, than the dams from which
they came then the bull which produc-
ed them is exercising harmful effect
upon the herd.
On the other hand. II a bulls daugh-
tiers are on the average measurably
better than the dams from which they
came in productive Qualities then that
bull is exercising beneficial effect on
the herd. What the breeder wants to
know at the earliest possible moment
Is which of these two cateogries his
herd bull falls into. The Maine Agrir
cultural Experiment Station has work.
ed out plan whereby it is believed
that it will be possible to furnish this
sort of information to the breeders of
the State more quickly and in a much
more definite and precise form than
they have ever been able to acquire
1t hitherto.
The plan Of cooperation involves