The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-01-16
Recommends Demonstration sheep
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Massachusetts, except Sunolk. Of
demonstration sheep farms. where
farmers may obtain the right kind Of
sheep at cost, more stringent control
Of dogs. settlement u returned sol
diers upon land already available in
the State. before extensive reclams-
ton Ia attempted. and revision Of the
wealth are recommended BY tho ape
eial commission on Sheep and Agri-
culture. which has nled It's report
with the Legislature,
The plan contemplates two demon
stration sheep farms In Worcester
and Berkshire counties, and one in
each OF the Others. except Suffolk
Maintenance OF these demonstration
farms. the commission believes.
would not be necessary for more
than Ave years and the estimated sx-
pense 10 $4,000 = year.
The sheep population Of tho vari-
Gus counties Of the state 10 given By
the commission n follows: Barn
stable. III: Berkshire. s63i. Bristol
SCI: Dukes. sos; Essex. SIS: Frank
lin. 1921. Hampden. 1867: HAmp-
shire. 1910: Middlesex. 7s1; Nan-
tucket, ISL: Norfolk, ala: Plymouth.
SIS: Suffolk. none. Worcester. 1895!
Tho commission recommends also
the CREATION Of . State dog oficer II
the department Of the district police.
to supplement local dog Law enforce
msnt. with . uniform licensing anA
tagging system throughout the State
Tho organization Of boys and siriss
sheep clubs and . new system Of
awarding prisss to encourage the
raising Of good sheep are also pros
posed by the commission,
Wilfred Wheeler, Mass. state com
missioner Of agriculture. has intro
duced into the Legislature a bill
providing for the improvement %
waste. vacant or unimproved land
and to provide land for persons who
have served in the armed forces of
the United States. The bill pro-
vides for commission, TO include,
the commissioner OF agriculture. the
state forester, the chief engineer OF
the department Of health and sucn
other persons as may be appointed
by the Governor to obtain land for
he use Of returning soldiers, the
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,ation.
Prominent Presbyterian church,
men, representing churches through
nut the country, speaking al the clos
ng session OF the New Era confer
nee for the New England synod at
he First Presbyterian Church, Bos-
on, urged the church members to in
rease their welfare work so that tho
soldiers may be aided I'M
work The convention Is
he first OF 20 general meetings.
hitch will be held In the United
tates. By stimulating enthusiasm,
,aders of the Presbyterian church
xpect TO train nearly 100000 lay
len for church work, which includes
community service and care for. the
astitute. Five hundred thousand
Dllars will be expended throughout
he country by the church for the
snefit Of soldiers
1t is announced that for the first
me in the history of numbering on
e Kennebec no logs will be RATED
sawed on that river below Augusta
is year Formerly there were sew
or eight busy mills along the river
ON Gardiner to Farmlngdale Sew
al OF these have disappeared, while
hers have been closed While the
: crop of Maine now Is greater
an ever before, less than half OF
goes TO the saw mills and the pro-
rtion manufactured into lumber is
instantly decreasing Old timers
n remember when there were
zen or more saw mills, many OF
I'm operated by water power, be-
cen Bangor and Milford, and seven
lis, six OF them operated by steam
wer at and below Bangor on tide
ter Today there are only two or
ee mills between this city and
ford, and only two on ildewater.
the others have been burned,
EN- into decay, torn down or de-
ed 10 other uses
verdict Of guilty was returned
inst Frank G Williams, State bank +
missioner Of Vermont accused OF
feasance in Office. by Jury In
Washington County Court.
eclaring that she was forced to
ry man Of forty.fye when she
thirteen, after he had induced
mother 10 allow them 10 take a
10 the White Mountains, Ruth
ner testified In her suit for di-
70 against Harris w. Palmer In
Superior Court al Portland
he Park Trust Company, Worces-
elected the first Worcester woman
,e a bank director when Mas
lerine Olney OF Leicester was
jen one OF five directors 10 fill out
necessary board OF 30 members.
,tion by the Legislature In OPP
ton TO tho taking over Of sources
tate revenue by the Federal Gov