The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-05-26
GENERAl,FARMIAG AC.
INVITES
Events Occurring Of Interest TO Farm-
ers In Somerset County

Z. II. Libby, secretary of the Maine
State Grange conferred with Cham
/ Der of Commerce officials In Portland
last week relative to the possibility
| of that organization holding Its an
nual meeting in Portland. Dec. Is. IA
and Is of next year. A definite decis-
/ ion as to the meeting place Will be
made at a meeting OF the executive
committee at Good VIII, June 30, and
Portland bulks large as a possibility
! Commenting on the news letter sent
! out from the department OF hort,cul-
ture of the University of Maine, in
advising Maine orchardists that choice
Maine fruit should be in great demand
next fall, because of the serious dam
age to orchards of the South and Mid
die West by the March freeze, c. P.
Close, pomologist of the United States
Department of Agriculture. has writ
ten Prof. II. p. Sweetser as follows:
you are fortunate in Maine to have
had no injury to your fruit buds The
conditions are pitiable in many states,
from the Rocky Mountains to the At
lantic. It is almost an entire clean
up on tree fruits for scores OF miles
in every direction from Washington"
Oma Beaulier of the Burns District
in Norridgewock has some very fine
thoroughbred Ayrshire calves born this
spring.
Eugene Collins of Madison has a
mare which recently gave birth to
twin colts both of which are living.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Davis of Pal
myra have sold their farm to parties in
the town of Perry, who win take pos
session at once.
Some of the ST. Adams farmers seem
inclined to plant sweet corn at the
price offered by the canning factory.
Donald w Ellis Of Fairfield has in
J formed us of something the Fairfield
Farm Bureau has done this spring in
the cooperative buying of fertilizer
chemicals. There is in the organiza-
ton a membership of nearly one hun
dred Thirty of the members pooled
their fertilizer orders and purchased
chemicals for home mixing. They
bought four cars and saved the MEM
bers about three thousand dollars
Last year a few of the men bought
| chemeicals and mixed their own fertili-
ger They were so well pleased with
the results that there is now very
general interest i1 home mixing among
the farmers in Fairfield.
Frank II. Dudley, State Horticultur-
alist. announces busting demonstrate
ions in Skowheean May 31st at 10 Il
m. at the orchard of NJ. w, GAYLORD on
| Hilton Hill A similar demonstration
will be conducted at 2 p. m. on June
End at the John Jones farm in West
Ripley. These demonstrations are &c
show to the effectiveness OF the dust
as a substitutagfor liquid spraying in
the orchard Five counties will be
covered by these demonstrations. II
will also be shown that the work by
! this method can be done from six to
eight times as rapidly. two thousand
trees being easily handled. In one
demonstration last year three hundred
trees were treated with three hundred
pounds of dust in siXty-four minutes
Col. Walter G. Morrill,. Pittsfeid
veteran race promoter is making good
progress on the arrangements for his
meeting which will be held At Union
Trotting Park, Saturday. July 2. There
will be three races at this event. the
| 229 class, trot and pace. purse s200;
| 223 class, trot and pace. purse $200;
and a 2.20 class. trot and pace, purse
5000. Good music will be in attend
ance.
The Central Maine Potato Company
of Scion intend to plant 80 acres OF
potatoes this year, about twenty less
than last year. They have planted
about forty acres
Farmers in the vicinity OF Smith
field are very busy with Their spring
work as many have decided to plant
sweet corn.
Byron Lambert of Norridgewoek Is
making about 10 pounds OF butter
weekly.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Chase OF Concord
have Matched out about $50 chickens
and have now six incubators running
They are the fifty egg machines. They
have sold some of the chicks when
day old. w. H. Kast has SO chickens
| from 40 eggs at his place in Con-
cord. He has now $50 hens eggs
and quite a number of turkeys eggs In
| an incubator.
1t Is understood that Raymond Holt
has sold his farm in Canaan and the
new owner is to take possession In
about two weeks.
C. II. Fuller of Fernside Dairy. Nor
/ ridgewock has two year old heifer
which he believes has more than the
ordinary cow sense. Last week he
took six OF his Young stock to pas
ture on Horne Hill several miles
away. The next day while he was milk
ing in his tie-up he was surprised al
the appearance of the heifer already
referred to who walked into the tie-up
The animal had escaped from the pas
ture, had covered the distance from
Horne Hill To The village, thence
through the streets of the town, thru
the covered bridge and down the right
road home Mr.. Fuller has decided tc
let the heifer stay on the home place
for the balance of the season.
Levi Bean, of Skowhegan, will have
garden this year which will make
local people sit up and take notice
The garden lot will occupy three
fourths OF an acre. In it will be plant
ed several kinds of vegetables as wei
as some flowers which Mrs. Bean will
plant. Among the articles already
planted are % rows of potatoes. row: