Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-11-30

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Association and Maine Pomological So
ciety were held ip the City Hall, Port
land. last week, % announced In the
Democrat Of the previous week.
| The session opened by an address OF
welcome by Mayor Charles B. Clarke,
which was responded to by President N.
81. Rich Of the pure seed department..
/ The following officers OF the Seed I'm
provement Association we're elected Tor
the ensuing year:
Presidential. N. Rich, Charleston.
Vice. .Prcsident-A. e. Hodges, Fairfield.
sscsssary-E 4 NsEs,cf WS,ss HaSss:m AugS.sss
ton; John Leland Foxcroft.
Member Rch
visiting Committee John Leland.
The seed show was larger than usual,
and included great variety OF pure
seeds.
e. L. Newdiok was In charge. There
were 1876 individual exhibits. These
include all kinds of corn, various SAM
Piles of beans, the largest showing Of po- |
tatoes ever made 10 the state and grains |
Of all kinds.
Prof. G. E. Simmons and DR.. Morse of
Orono and G. o. Purinton of Bowdoin- |
ham were judges of seed.
MAINE LIVESTOCK BREEDERS AssoCIA- |
TIoN.
| Harold j. Shaw OF Sanford was elected |
president of the Maine Livestock Breed |
ers' Association at the annual meeting |
OF that organization Wednesday, while |
R. r. Talbot OF Orono was reelected sec
retary and A. q. Ellis of Fairfield, treas
urer. The executive committee consists
Of the foregoing oficars: DR., j. A.
Ness OF Auburn, L. E. McIntire of East
Waterford, Myrou G. Peabody Of South |
Portland, the retiring president, and E.
D. Page Of Bangor. There was good
attendance. Reports of officers and com.
mittees and the choosing of the board
for the coming year constitute the pro-
ceedings at the opening session. In the
| afternoon DR.. j. B. Reidy, inspector In
charge. of the tuberculosis eradication
work of the United States Department of
| Agriculture, gave an interesting address
on the subject, ut Pays the Farmer and
Livestock Owner to raise Cattle Free
from tuberculosis" Meetings of the
state breed associations followed, these
being the Holstein. Friesian, Jersey, Ayr
shire and Guernsey.
A new exhibit made It's appearance at
the meeting, being that of the Maine
Sheep and Wool Growers Association.
Several grades of wool was shown and
there was q handsome suit of clothes
made from Maine wool, every bit of the
work connected with 1t being done in
Maine mills, In the town Of Guilford.
The suit was made for G. a. Crawford,
! secretary OF the association. Bolts OF
cloth woven from Maine wool were also
shown, and there was about every color
imaginable.
AGRICULTURAL FEDERATION.
The executive committee of the Maine
Federation of Agricultural Associations
held business meeting Wednesday. A
number of matters relating to the inter-
es.s OF the auxiliary organizations that
were meeting In Portland were dis
cussed.
Those present at the meeting we're:
President A. E. Gardiner of Pennington,
Vice President W. 81. Consnt of Buck
field, Secretary A. L. T. CummIngs of
Orono, Prof. b. P. Sweetser of Univer-
si,y Of Maine, C. o. Pnrinton of Bow
doinham and A. G. Macomber of Dryden.
MAINE DAIRYNEN's ASSOCIATION.
Thursday was dairymen's day. DR.. j.
| sociation, presided over the meetings,
during which time discussions were held,
officers elected and other business trans
acted.
The following officers were elected for
the coming year:
President-Dr. J. A. Ness of Auburn.
Vice. -President-H. Fl. Nash Of Camden.
Secretary-H. NJ Tucker Of Augusta.
Treasurer-Frauk 8. Adams Of Bowdoinham.
The executive committee is made upl
of the foregoing officers and L. &. McIn.
tire of East Waterford.
After heated debate the Maine Dairy
mems Association voted In favor Of On
increased appropriation by the state for
the Maine Experiment Station, and also
to endorse the candidacy Of Frank s.
Adams of Bowdoinham for state COM
missioner Of agriculture.
PoMoLoeIoAL SOCIETY.
The fruit show contained the finest
products that we're raised In the state
this season. The greater part Of the ex-
hibit was made by the members OF our
own Oxford Bear Association, who live
lin the towns OF Hebron and Buckfleld.
The Chase Orchards, Buckf1eld, had
bank of fruit arranged In the form of
pyramid, composed Of Mcintosh Reds
largely. Baskets, barrels, boxes and
plates made the display very attractive.
A. A. Consnt OF the Sunnyside Orchards
had great display of Bsldwins and No
Intosh Reds His display was composed
entirely of red fruit.
This association bad Q great showing
OF fruit of various kinds In one corner of
the hall. Many of the McIntosh Reds
Pearmsin, Black Oxford, Tolman Sweets,
Baldwins and Northern Spies, for which
the association is noted, were all extra
large and richly colored.
In front OF the stage was bank Of ap
pies packed In boxes. Those, showing
fruit in this section were @. NJ. Mosher
of Wilton; Frank Taylor, Winthrop; W.
G. Conant, Hebron; e. L. White, Bow
doinham; Chase Orchards, Buckfield; A.
A. Conant, Hebron; L. W. Staples, Bow
doinhsm; E. A. Mason, Mechanic Falls;
E. q. Jones, Dryden; q. G. Bowman,
Hebron.
Canned apples occupied . prominent
place In the show. It was estimated that
250, 900 barrels of Maine apples will be
timed this year. The two canning chops
in this part of Oxford County will put
up, It 10 estimated, some 1000 barrels.
Prof. George A. Yeaton of Norway and
Prof. E. r, Hitchings OF the State college
judged the fruit. i
The prize for the best individual dis.
play Of apples Was awarded to the Chase
orchards, while that for the best display
by 40 association went to the Oxford
Bears.
All the old officers were re-eleoted a.
follows:
| President-A. @. Macomber of Dryden.
vice.Presidents-N. d. Stanley Of Pittsfeld, |
and W. g. Couant of Hebron.
6ecretary-E. L. White Of Bowdoinham.
Treasurer-T. e. Chase Of Buckheld.
Prof. George A. Yeaton of Norway was
elected State Vice president of the Amer
can Pathological Society; also delegate |
Ito the national convention In Columbus,
lOhio.
A glance ct the following premiums |
will show that Oxford County carried Oh |
. goodly share Of them:
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