The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-16

tatoes about one and one-half grains.
Whole wheat preparations about four
grains. and milk fourteen grains. The
American people are losing their
teeth and bone diseases are increasing
as result of this insufficient amount
OF lime, Prof Sherman OF Colum-
bia University declares that half the
people ofthe United States are suffer
ing from lime starvation. 1t is a
we'll known fact that milk Is an ami
NAL food and can be used in the hu-
ran diet in place of meat with great
| economy even at the high prices.
Mr.. A. s. Chubbuck in his talk on
Profitable Dairy Crops to Raise
thought that clover was first, and that
corn came next with oats as third. Ali
three OF these crops are raised on the
Dr. Stevens Bloomfield Farm OF
which Mr.. Chubbuck Is manager, and
Is fed to a fine herd of purebred Ayr
shires, the product going to the
Creamery MIR. Chubbuck told how he
managed his farm work to get the re
suits he did, and surely his word Is
not needed in this as drive out past
these fertile fields will convince any
one. DR.. Stevens received letter
not long since from the Boston inspec-
tors of daires stating that his whole
Ioh
he had received the highest score of
anyone whose product was sold in
that city.
Lester II. Packard gave as a result
of the COW testing work In his herd
of high grade Jerseys, that the aver
age production of fat for eight cows
for one year was 2S1S pounds. Cow
No gave the least amount of milk
for the year, 1851 pounds; average
test .O676; she being the highest test
ing COW and producing 227.12 pounds
of butter fat. she made a profit of
$73.7S on fat alone. Cow No. gave
the largest amount OF milk, 7144.9
pounds; average test .0578, and 1895
pounds Of fat yielding a profit for the
year of $156.S0 Cow No. 7 Is the COW
making the least profit. $4s.Ss; she
gave 3954.3 pounds of milk; average
test 8466 and 18453 pounds OF fat
No. tested the lowest, average test
.O464; milk 5654.4 pounds; fat 1924
pounds profit $81.53.
At the meeting of the stockholders
of the Creamery in the afternoon the
same officers as last year were elect
ed, namely: President, J. w. Pack
ard; secretary and treasurer, Elmer
L. Harris; first director, Tilton D.
Salfey of Madison; second director,
r. F. Homsted; third director, L. l..
Smith; fourth director. George II.
Foster Canaan. The agents report
showed that the receipts for the year
were something over $4,000, the larg-
est OF any one year.
In speaking OF the growth OF the
Creamery ]. w. Packard said there
was a time when he had hoped that
the Creamery would be doing a $780,
900 business, this goal was reached
some six years ago. Now he had
given up dreaming of what might be
done and was going to let things take
their natural course. Certainly it
has made a wonderful growth since
1t started and we hope the end is not
yet.
r. F. Homsted was the first man
to bring cream to the Creamery this
was in October, 1884. Mr.. George A.
Humphrey OF Amherst, Mass. was
manager then and until failing health
compelled him to resign, in 1900. to
Elmer E. Harris, who has continued
as manager ever since. Mr. Homsted
remarked that II any one wanted to
know what had been done as to the
building up OF this industry they had
but to look about them. Mr.. Harris
is assisted in experimenting the
work OF the Creamery by Mr.. Eldon
H. Boyd, who has been with him for
the past twelve years, and together
they have been able to produce as fine
a piece of butter and cream as goes
into any market, having taken the
sweepstakes prizes at fairs and State
dairy conventions. The other mem
bers Of the staff of help connected
with the Creamery are Mr.. Charles
Currier of Main street; Ben Collins
and Herbert George, while Mr.. George
F. Paddock and his son Roy retail the
products OF the Creamery from team
driven about town
After rising vote OF thanks to Mr.
Harris and his associates, the meet
Ing was adjourned.
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