The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-09-29
Agricultural Activities


There is much activity going on at
the farm of Charles plummer and
son on the back road. The prospects
are that they will have a yield of
about 200 barrels of apples from their
fine orchard.
C. A. Weston Of Arson adm Is he has
the prize patch of pop corn in this
,section The stalks are from to IL
feet tall. Many of the ears are eight
feet above the ground and some have
II inches of good kernels. The corn
lis of the ordinary white rice variety
and was not given special cultivation.
, Henry Heagan OF Norridg' wock has
harvested his large field of melons and
,chron He has already sold over one
hundred dollars worth and has many
more.
. Mrs. Ralph Libby of Ripley has
three Barred Plymouth Rock pullets
that are laying.
Cyril Violet has a large crew dig
ging his potatoes In the Bigelow
Hill section, Skowhegan. Mr.. Violet
thas over 30 acres and they are turning
,out fine. Right around 100 barrels
fper acre.
Omer Beaulier of the Burns District
Norridgewock, has recently purchased
"a thoroughbred AYRSHIRE bull
An enthusiastic first meeting of the
ladies Home Demonstrating Bureau.
/. Larone was held at the home of Mrs.
Grace Campbell on Sept. 18th, when
! fourteen attended and organized with
Mrs. Elizabeth Winslow as chairman
and Mrs. Gladys Hetherington as
Sec. Miss Hare the County Demon
: strator was in attendance and was
! much pleased at the interest taken.
The next meeting will be on the
: fourth Wednesday in October and will
be devoted to the making OF dress
forms. VIII the gentlemen in this vi
, entity who ought to be members OF
. the farm bureau please note the
' above item.
a! Young stock belonging 70 Charles
+, Fuller of Norridgewock and pas
! tnred in the Nat. Horn pasture at
Larone have been sick from some
unknown cause and one has died but
. owing to the extreme dry weather
and lack Of feed it probably was some
foreign substance they had eaten. or
lack of water might have been factor
in the case.
Mrs. Alice Jones Of Ripley whose
husband, Edgar Jones, died 80 sud
= denly of heart disease, early in the
season, has with the aid of her son,
> Charlie Jones, carried the season S
work to a successful termination. They
j., nut In ten acres OF oats, eight or which
worn ont In the green state and cured
for hay. The other two acres were
allowed to ripen. threshed out one
hundred and twenty-five bushels OF
/, oats. They also planted one and three
fourths acres of ensilage corn for the
silo. specimens of which grew to a
height of ten and twelve feet. The
variety is the Mammoth Ninety-day
Flint. Their young orchard, consist
, ing of forty Wealthy trees, yielded 335
bushels, or an average o about eight
! anF oia4hird lHsllels 10 4 tree. Their
seven Holsten cows brought seven
heifer calves, five of which they are
raising to replensh their herd. Their
venture with poultry however has not
been 80 successful.
Mrs. Frank Laughton Of Ripley, 1t
Is believed holds the banner record for
raising chickens Out of lis Matched
she has only lost two. One early in
the season from hawks and recently
one through an accident. Would like
to know who can beat 1t.
Potato digging is the order Of the
day and fifty or sixty-five barrels per
acre appears to be about the size of
1t at Larone.