Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-21

| The Skowhegan Jersey creamery has
always been very fortunate in carrying
| Off quite a share Of the premiums OF
tered at the annual State Dairy meet
ings which occur in December of each
year, also at the several State fairs
whenever they have exhibited. In view
of this and that dairying and the
| raising of dairy stock may be encour-
| aged, they offer the boys and girls OF
the farmers who are their patrons and
who will make and attend the exhibit
| at the Skowhegan fair this fall and to
any patron who may not have the boy
or girl first, second and third premiums
| for best Jersey, Guernsey, Holsteln and
| AYRSHIRE heifer calves of registered
pure breeds Of SO, 50 and 81 respectively
| for each breed. The same prizes are
| offered for bull. calves Of the Jersey,
| Guernsey, Holstein and Ayrshire breeds
Registered pure breds) Also prizes Of
the same amount to grade heifer calves
of the same breeds or grades whose
| sires must be pure bred. First second
and third prizes are also offered for the
! heifer calf showing the most points
from a dairy standpoint; heifer calf
whose dam produced the most butterfat,
determined by the weight Of milk and
/ test Of same for three months next pre-
ceding September, 1917. and for calf best
| broken to halter. The judges will re-
serve the right to withhold the above
premiums to animals which in their
| judgment are not worthy and the Som
erset Central agricultural Society will
charge no entrs nee fee. All calves en-
tered must be those born during the
present year and the creamery COM
pany should be notified by the first of
May and not later than June first. 1t
is hoped that many calves may be en-
tered and that this will form nucleus
Of interest to be watched by those who
it is hoped will form themselves into
| to be started.
Manager Harris states that during the
month of March the highest price, 4s
cents, ever paid to farmers and the
amount Of fat received at the creamery
was 27s32.6 pounds. Producers of $50
heifeTrs; a. W. Varney sos pounds, S
cows. 3 heifers; Good Will Farm, 2l9. 10
cows. 2 heifers; Geo. II. Weston, 2oe. 7
cows, heifers; w. F. CLANCY. III, cows,
4 heifers; DR.. l.. G. Bunker, $50, 5 cows,
l heifer; Albert Hodges. 302. II cows; DR..
F. H. Stevens, PSI; A; 9; Woodsum, rs
200, cows. 2 heifers: r. E. Mosher. 1913
pounds, y cows, / hefer; w. E. Marston.
2i9, 8 cows, heifers; r. A. Tuttle 2ls, IA
cows. l heifer: Sanford Witham, "a, Z
cows: Frank Parker, ISL. cows; B. F.
Baker. $780, cows; e. Williamson. 2o7;
L. F. Butler, 179, cows. ! heifer; Eugene
Watson. 90. cows. 3 heifers: J. Crpps.
Cca n 7 C,l1a O.
cows, 4 hefers; Henry Dunlap, I'll. II
cows; F. c. Allen, 172, 6 cows; Bert Fish,
1876, cows; w. Smart. cows Fred
Ward, 2cs COWS; Perley Withee. 352.
6 cows, A heifers: B. D: Dunlop. 2o5.. 5
cows. 2 heifers: F. l.. Hight. 237, cows.
heifers; II. E. Hall. 2l9, cows; Geo: e.
Foster. 293. 10 cows, 3 heifers; g. r Bad
heifers; II. L. Watson. rs. 7 cows;
Chas Holden, 1877, cows, heifers: Geo.
II. Foster & Son. 1877. cows, hefers;
Clifton Jewell. 1so cows, heifers: H:
o. Bean. 1893. ! cows F. N. Merrill; lS7.
Turner Boswell, $780, cows: Carl Stinson'
175, 8 cows, l heifer; Alpheus Gerald, 15o.
5 cows; Edgar Hunter 199. 8 cows. 4
heifers Ray Moody, go, 8 cows: D. L.
Barker, 154 cows.
Workmen were engaged Thursday in
clearing corner Of the Postoffice lot
in order that q cement shed could be
erected thereon.
The condition of Silas Leland, the
aged Skowhegan man who has been
seriously ill this week at his home on
Madison avenue is now somewhat i'm
proved.
Under the auspices of the Town I'M
provement Society a patriotic garden
contest is to be conducted this summer
in order to encourage the raising of
garden food stuffs. There are to be
four divicions for which the prizes will
be offered, two of which will be the
High school students or those Of High
school age on the north side of the
river and on the south side of the
river, and the other two. those stu
dents below the High school grades,
one prize to be awarded for the best
garden on the south side of the river
and the other on the north side OF the
river. The three first prizes in the
High school students contest are SO,
81 and ST., while there are to be five
4th prizes at 81 each. In the grade
classes the prizes will be "a, 50, 81 and
five 4th prizes of 81 each respectively.
The Town Improvement Society Will
also offer free-IOr-al prize oL SAo IoF
the best field planted to grain. beans
or potatoes, planted, cultivated and
harvested by young man Is years OF
age or under. In deciding this con-
test, the judges who will be members
of the Central Somerset Agricultural
Society will consider acreage, yield and
value of crop.
Isaiah Mclaughlin of Nashua, N. H.,
has accepted a position on the farm OF
! Edward ~ Merrill on the Eaton road.
The local lodge OF Knights OF Pythl-
as have been enjoying two gala events
this week in observance Of the 26th an
niversary Of the organization Of their
order. Thursday evening the real OBJ
servance Of the event was carried out
lin an impressive manner in the lodge
rooms, which had been handsomely
decorated in blue, yellow and white
which are the colors Of the order The
rank Of knight was conferred upon one
candidate, the degree work being per-
formed in a creditable manner by the
Norridgewock team. The following
charter members responded to the call
Of their names: B. F. Flagg, e. l..
Tord rroa n nt,n1ao William Don i.