The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-11-24
GENERAL FARMING AC.
INVITES

At n meeting OF the East Somerset
Agricultural Society at Hartland re-
Gently the following officers were
elected for the coming year Pres,
A. X. Libby; first vice-president,
Charles Steward second vlce-presi-
dent Fred Palmer, secretary and
treasurer, II. Fl. Coston; first trustee.
A. X Libby; second trustee. f. II.
Farnum third trustee, w. F. Deer
ing.
While farm manure is a complete
fertilizer, 1t is not a we'll balanced
one, and the agronomy department of
the state college at Ithaca points out,
and suggests that 1t be balanced with
acid phosphate. The soils men say a
ton of average mixed manure Is equiv
aent in plant-food value to 100 pounds
of a 12-5-l0 mixture. This may be
balanced by adding 40 or so pounds of
acid phosphate to the ton, or by ap-
plying 400 to 500 pounds of acid phos-
phate to each acre receiving eight or
ten tons of manure.
l.. J. Ward & Son OF Newburg held
a second auction sale OF cows at Col
by & witness. in Norridgewock, last
Saturday afternoon, with DR.. h. r..
White, OF Skowhegan, auctioneer. 81
cows were sold to nearby farmers
! during the afternoon.
Several Fairfield Farmers have be-
come interested in the forming OF n
milk testing association and meet
| ing was held Mt the home of Clayton
Pillsbury in that town Monday eve
ming. County Agent Clayton Storer
was present and number of the
farmers will begin to keep record
! sheets. Mr. Pillsbury will be the test
, err. having already on hand testing
! outfit and the necessary acid. Mr..
! Pilsbury will do this work charging
what 1t costs for material and the
| actual time required Donald Ellis.
Harry Ballard and Ralph Clifford are
among the farmers who will take hold
of the project. BY test of individual
cows these gentlemen expect to de-
termine which of the cows and their
herd are boarders and which are
yielding good returns.
The crop report for Maine has 81
$4,000 bushels of potatoes for Nov.
list, 1921. and only 22,140,000 for 1920
and a five year average, 22,846,000. A
New England estimate for November
1st of AZ, 1885, 900 bushels against five
year average 34,477.600. reads like low
priced potatoes until we know that for
the United States the estimate for
Nov. 1st, is 356.025, 900 against five
year average of 3S5,430,4 400, which
makes shortage OF 29405,4O0 bush
els.
Bert Gilman. of Coles Corner Ath-
ems and five Thoroughbred calves ar
rive the past week.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Wo-
mems Farm Bureau. of Athens. was
held last Friday, p. M. with Mrs. Eva
Andrews. The next meeting will be
held at Grange Hail. There will be
two days devoted to millinery. We'd
nesday p. NJ. Nov. 80. and an all days
meeting upon Thursday, Dec. |. Miss
Hare, County Demonstration. will be
present. The ladies are to bring old
frames and trimmings.
The Womans Farm Bureau, Of
Cornville, has nearly reached its quo
Ia on membership, new members join
ing readily since the membership
drive began.
An. unusual sight was witnessed by
passers-by at the home of a we'll
known Madison farmer last week. The
farmer had about so bushels Of pota-
toes that had not been dug when the
first snow storms arrived three weeks
ago He secured the loan of road
drag and used 1t to scrape the snow
from the tops of the rows and put a
crew of men at work digging. The
ground not being frozen the potatoes
were as good as those dug some weeks
ago.