Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-11-16
THE FARM BUREAU.
What it is Doing for Farmers of
Maine and Hancock County.

work for 1922 which includes agri-
cultural clubs for boys and girls,
| improved potato seed plots (Which
means working towards certified
seed), survey of best varieties and
! growers of small fruits, orchard
/ pruning campaign, orchard-grafting
demonstrations, poultry accounts
and analysis of poultry business,
poultry selecting demon
STATIONS, poultry-culling demonstra-
+, tions, better-stock campaign, forage
crop campaign. This program is
constructive, right to the point, and
will be beneficial to every farmer in
Hancock county benefiting both
himself, his farm and his COM
munity.
, The Hancock County Farm Bu-
reau has planned program Of
work for the women of the county
! for 1922, which will cover clothing,
food, and household management
problems. The clothing will in
clude the making of dress forms,
garment making, and millinery.
The food project is to promote bet
ter methods Of food preservation
and to increase the amount of food
products preserved; also, through
study Of nutrition, to help the
women plan better balanced meals
through knowledge of food values
and the relation of food to health.
Under the household management,
women will be shown how to keep
! household accounts, and by the use
of simple home conveniences will
save time, labor, and strength.
Of Va rY1, Pr-
reau is to protect and promote the
agricultural industry of this county
2. The Hancock County Farm
women, made up of Hancock county
the purpose of helping Hancock
county farmers and farm women.
3. The Farm Bureau strives to
bring before you all modern and
successful methods in farming, and
to put your farm on a paying basis.
4. The Farm Bureau strives to
bring before the women all modern
and successful methods in house
keeping and to put the farm home
on a more efficient basis
5. The Farm Bureau develops
the young people through the boys
and girls agricultural clubs, MAX
ing them better and more useful
citizens and farmers.
6. A few of the many features
the Hancock County Farm Bureau
accomplished during the last year:
a. Thirty-one poultry-culling dem
onstrations have been given in
Hancock county, with a total
attendance of 1877; 1177 birds
gone over, 291 birds of these
culled out as worthless.
Records kept on the culls and
the producers, the result show
ing the great advantage of
culling.
b. Nineteen orchard-pruning dem
constructions have been given,
with a total attendance of 1856
people, as result of which
seventy-eight people who at
tended the demonstration
pruned their own orchards.
C. In the period from January 1
to August 81, ninety-five dress
forms were made in Hancock
county at an estimated saving
of $SOS.40.
d. Eight orchard-grafting demon
STATIONS were given, with
total attendance of eighty, as
result of which thirty-four
persons grated their own
orchards.
e.. Food meetings have been held,
where demonstrations have
been given on supper dishes,
- invalid cookery and cakes.
f. Sixty-five samples of soil from
twenty-five different farms in
thirteen different towns were
tested, nearly all of which
showed some acidity. In
nearly every case lime has
been used to correct the
acidity.
g. Fifteen fireless cookers have
been made, which saved many
hours of work over hot stove.
h. Ten feeds and feeding meetings
were held, with a total attend
ance of 1879 persons, seventy
four of whom have adopted ap-
proved balanced rations as
result of the meetings, and
seventy have reported favora-
BILE results from feeding that
ration.
j. At two millinery meetings alone
held by the Farm Bureau,
twenty-six hats were made or
trimmed, at an estimated saw
ing of $11l.2O.
j. Thirty-fOur registered head of
stock have been introduced in
to Hancock county through the
better stock campaign. OF
these, thirteen were Jerseys,
fifteen Holstein, and six Guern-
sey, making the total of thirty
four. These pure-bred cattle
will do much to better the
stock Of these breeds in the
county.
k Ten demonstrations in the kill
ing and picking of poultry
were given with an attendance
of 107, with a result that forty
four persons adopted this
method of killing ana picking
poultry.
!. The Farm Bureau helps the