Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-01

The Farm Bureau exhibit is new
departure this year and was made to
demonstrate the work of the Farm Blu
reau among the farmers Of the various
counties of Maine. There ar three
cIasses-county. town and individual
This exhibit was shown on the upper
floor of Exhibition hall and was most
creditable. Two counties only were
represented, Kennebec and Somerset.
the former having entries from four
places inslow, which had a very
large showing; Waterville, Sidney and
Benton.
On one counter a table was given
showing the cost of homemade fer
tilizer as compared with commercial
FERTILIZER, much to the advantage of
the former This is one of the many
lessons taught by the Farm Bureau
for the benefit of the members.
There We're four kinds of cnsilage
corn grown on one farm shown for
comparison of methods of growing
and the results of the same.
Three exhibits were made on this
floor of things grown on the farm for
market, HON consumption or expert
mental purposes, which served to dem
onstrate how great a variety Of things
for convenience and pleasure may be
grown on a Maine farm. These were
| by Files Sons Of Benton, A. s. Cottle
of Oakland and Sunset Ridge farm of
Fairfield. Mrs. n. W. Tozier of Fair
field Center had an interesting fancy
fruit exhibit
In the same vein as this exhibit
was the address of ], B. Mcdowell of
! Washington. D. G.. head of the bu-
reau of animal industry Of the Uni
ted States. Mr.. Mcdowell, who is
considered the foremost man in this
work in the country today, was Sc
cured to speak at the fair through
| the personal influence of one of the
officers of the association He spoke
at 100 in the grandstand on The
Farmer of the Present and the Agri-
culture of the Future" Ills address
was most interesting and surely was
authoritative since it came from
such man as the speaker.
The speaker was escorted to the
stand by Frank Z. Haines. president
of the fair association. T. f. Binette
chairman of the board of aldermen.
and W. J. Lanigan. Drew's Water
Vile band and an escort of police
headed the procession. Mr. Haines.
in introducing Mr.. Mcdowell said
that for the fair association he
thanked all those who had come for
their patronage He introduced Mr..
Mcdowell. who prefaced his address
by telling of Mark Twains encoun-
ter with a long winded speaker. Mr..
Mcdowell assured the audience that
he was not one of that species. He
said that in the period from 1910 to
1920 the farm acreage of the United
States had increased only 81 per
cent, and that in the same period
the population of the United States
had increased 145 per cent. He
sounded note of warning and with
these figures for a basis and said
that we must produce more per acre.
or we must be content to live on less.
Mr.. Mcdowell emphasized the fact
that for better produce and for more
produce per acre. the farmer abso-'
lutely must improve his soil Better
care of the soil, according to the
speaker, is one of the most impera-
tive needs Of American agriculture
today. Mr.. Mcdowell lstatod definite
ly that one of the chief acts of the
farmer of the future will be to take
better care of the soil. and he urged
that such work be started at once.