The Republican journal., 1916-12-21
A Joint Conference
of Livestock Breeders, Dairymen and Seed
Improvement Association.


Improvement Association.
| The conference of the Maine Dairymen's
Association. Livestock Breeders Association
and Maine Seed Improvement Association be-
gan Dec. 9Th in City Hall. Augusta. In the
morning Charles H. Crawford of Dexter gave
an address on 1.-TWO Years Records of Profit
able Sheep Flock" On SO sheep and lambs
Mr.. Crawford said he made net profit in one
| year of S5.26 for each sheep.
Ex-Gov. William L. Haines of Watervile
pleaded for better and more cattle for the
farmers of Maine
At the afternoon session DR.. Raymond Pearl,
biologist of the Maine Experiment Station,
gave an address on "Some Fundamental
Principles on Which the Business of Livestock
Breeding Depends
| The Breeders Association elected H. M.
Mouton of Cumberland president; A, H. Ellis
of Fairfield treasurer and e. E. Clifford of
Bowdoinham Henry q. Brler of Portland, j.
| ii. Ness of Auburn and L. E. McIntire of Wa
| terford, executive committee.
| officers were elected by the auxiliary breed
ers' associat tons as follows:
| Maine Jersey Breeders Association: Presi
dent, David E Moulton, South Portland; vice
president. Owen Smith, Portland; secretary
and treasurer, S. c. Holston. Cornish; executive
committee, A. E. Mooers, Houlton: Henry M
Cumberland.
Maine holstein Breeders Association-Presi-
dent L. E. Mcintyre. WATERFORD vice presi-
dent, ]. Il. Blanchard, Auburn: secretary and
treasurer. Harold shaw, Topsham; executive
committee, c. l.. Jones, Cornna; e. S. Pike,
Lubec: A. E. Hodges, Fairfield Center.
Maine Shorthorn Breeders Association
President. c. E. Cobb Denmark; secretary and
| treasurer, c R Leland, Mechanic Falls; exc
cutive committee, N. E. Chapman, East Cor
NTH; Garrett Henderson, Carmel.
Wednesday, Dec. 9th. was given over to the
Maine Dairymen's association. Herbert M.
Tucker of Canton was elected president; L. c.
holston of Cornish, vice president; Leon S.
Merrill of Orono, secretary; Frank S Adams
of bowdoinham, treasurer, and j. A. NesI of
Auburn, trustee.
Commissioner of Agriculture William T,
Guptil had large cards hung upon the wall to
impress upon the audience the decline of the
animal industry. On one were these words,
"Once Maine had 10000 sheep. Today it has
less than CO,O00."
On another was this legend MAINE former
ly raised its own horses and had surplus to
ship. Maine now brings into the State 5000
horses each year"
On third were these words: "Cows have
fallen off in the last 10 years; in Maine, SO 600;
New Hampshire, $1,000; Massachusetts, 54,-
600; Vermont, 1000, making total of $4,000
for the four States.''
Leslie E. McIntire of East Waterford said a
farmer cannot produce milk nowadays and
make money, uni ess he has some side line. He
said the dairy business is on the point of being
put out of existence The speaker, when
asked to suggest how he would lower the cost
of feed, replied he would Kill off some of the
spectators.
Addresses were given at the evening session
by Richard Pattee of Laconia, N, H., president
of the Milk Producers league on 1.-The Boston
and by R. l. Cummings of West Paris on "Sh IL
the Producers Organize?" Other speakers
were DR.. Charles Wood of the Maine Expert
ment Station, Commissioner GuptiIi, George +
Merrill of Gray, Or. Raymond Pearl of Orono,
F. L. Bradford of Auburn, W. K. Hamin of
East Waterford, E. E Harris of Skowhegan.
G. E. Henry of Pittsfeld, J. J. Farrell of St.
Paul. George l.. Flanders of New York and C.
l.. Jones of Corrina.
DR.. George M. Twitchell of Monmouth,
speaking before the Maine Seed Improvement
Association, Dec 7th, thought there is a chance
in Maine for the army of artisans who are
turning from manufacturing centers to the
| land with no experiences and limited means.
"One can bring 10 acres of rolling land to yield
| $500 to $1,000 gross return yearly beyond what
goes for the family use" he said.
w. J, Morse of Ororo said powdery scab is a
much less dangerous disease than was sup
posed
| Addr esses were made by Prof Franklin
Menges of York, Penn, Prof. Arthur W. Gilbert
Of Cornell University and Samuel H, Eaton Of
| Oxford.
| At night there was banquet attended by
members of the Maine Dairymen's Association
and the Seed Improvement Association. H. M
Tucker of Canton was POSTMASTER, and the
speakers Commissioner of Agriculture w. T.
Guptlll. Henry G. Boyer of Portland, Charles
D. Woods of Orono. William J. Thompson OF
South China, Frank E. Southland and Rev. A.
Francis Walch of Augusta.
| r. L. Copeland of Brewer was reelected
president of the Maine Seed Improvement as
sociation at its concluding session. Dec. 9Th.
! The other officers are: Guy c. Porter Houl-
ton, vice president: E. A. Rogers. Brunswick,
secretary; c. M. White, Bowdoinham, treasur-
Orono; o. E. Hodges, Fairfield, executive COM
mittee; W. G. Hunton, Cherryfeld. member
Maine Experiment council; l.. c. Holston, Cor
nish; w. G. Hunton, Cherryield, delegates to
State Fede ration of Agriculture; N. H. Rich,
Charleston, visitor to Maine College of Agri-
culture.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved: In our opinion the office of the
commissioner of agriculture should be removed
from politics and that the term of Office should
| be heightened. The executive committee is
hereby directed to take up the matter with the
executive committees of similar organizations
| Resolved, That it is the opinion of this as
ISOLATION that the assistant dairy inspector
should be relieved of the work of state i'm
provement and that provision should be made
therefor, that the seed inspection and GER
fication should be carried on by an official APP
pointed tor this purpose in the office Of the
commissioner of agriculture.