Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-08
SKOWHECAN NEWS
Community Chautauqua Announces Dates OF
Entertainments = Farmers Enthusiastic over
Results of Cow Testing Association : Bid of
Boston Firm for $4,000 Loan Is Accepted
Local News of Interest and Personal Mention

The Community ChautauQua has an
nounced the dates for the six days en-
| tertainment to be given here this sum-
mer to be July Is to 10. inclusive, ana
entertainments will be given morning,
afternoon and evening in big tent
seating about 1900 people. probably at
Fairview park. This course will be
given in New York City and about Is
cities and towns in New England, in
GLIDING Augusta and Bangor. Me.
Miss Georgia Hill Of Silver street
slipped on her kitchen floor Friday
and fell, breaking her hip.
| Quite a number Of the progressive
farmers Of this vicinity are enthusiast
tic over the results obtained by mem
bership in a COW testing association
Among these are Lester Packard OF
Bigelow Hill, Charles B. White Of Hill
ton Hill, George n. Weston on the
River road, who has fine herd OF Jer-
seys, Perley Withee Of East Madison,
who are included among the % mem
bers Of the Waterville Dairy Improve
ment Association. Bloomfield farm
owned by DR.. E. H. Stevens is also In
the association. The association was
started seven years ago and has men,
bers in Oakland, Sidney. North Vas
salboro, East Vassalboro, Benton and
West Benton, North Fairfield, Skowhe-
gan and East Madison. The off1cia!
tester makes visits to each member
once month watching the milking OF
each COW once, and weighing the milk
and testing it for butter fat. This de-
termines the value Of each COW and
poor ones are soon weeded out, anc
changes in feeding may improve the
yield of the others. AS the cost is only
S125 a. month for testing herd OF 10
cows and 12A cents apiece for each
one over 10, the increased production
soon makes 1t up. Mr.. Withee, who is
one Of the leaders at the SkoWhegan
Jersey Creamery in the production Of
butter fat each month, with herd Of
lis cows, has averaged one pound of
butter fat for each month he has been
in the association. Bloomfield farm has
four Ayrshires in the Advanced Regis
try. The milk is tested every milking
for two days each month and pure
bred cows registered in the Holstein,
Ayrshire, Jersey or Guernsey Cattle
Clubs are eligible for tests which de-
termine the standing of cows In the
association when an acceptable record
is passed in.
Joe Nedeau was taken to Portland
Saturday by u. S. Deputy Cleary to
appear at the United States court,
where he has been indicted for liquor
selling without a license. He has been
serving four months in the county Jail
here for liquor selling.
Conductor Herbert 8. Hopkins LETT Fri
day for st. Louis, MO-, where he will at
tend a convention of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors.
Mrs. Ira A. Norton and little daughter
Bertha left on the noon train Saturday
for Lewiston and Boston.
Bids for the loan of $4,000 were opened
by the selectmen of the town Friday. the
bid Of 800 by F. S. Moseley Co. of
Boston being the lowest, which was &C
cepted for loan due Dec. for town ex-
penses in anticipation Of taxes. IS voted
at the annual meeting. Other Boston
companies submitting bids were: Loring.
Tolman & Topper. 3.1s; First National
Bank of Boston. S.25; Bond & Goodwin,
3.2s. The rate secured is considered very
low