The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-10-20
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS OF
INTEREST

A poultry culling demonstration
was held at the fine farm. OF Frank
l.. Hight in Cornyille Monday last by
County Agent Storer.
Bert Corson, of Brighton. got 165
! bushels of handsome potatoes off from
| a little less than 1-2 acre Of land. Not
a bad yield for this year.
The farmers on New Portland Hill
are harvesting their apples. There
are many fine orchards in this vicin-
! ity, among the biggest being Hill
| crest" owned by w. c. Robinson, OF
| North Arson. There is little more to
! be said about this orchard as all those
who attended the Pathological meet
ing had the opportunity of going thru
| 1t, and seeing the vast amount and
varieties Of apples which were there.
Mrs Carrie Davis has another large
orchard and will have about 100 bar
rels of apples A. X. P Edwards will
get between $50 and 500 barrels. Mr..
| Edwards also has over 1900 bushels
of potatoes Other fine orchards are
owned by Fl. =. Jones, c. b. Walker,
! r. II. Hutchins, c. A. Mckinney and
! Alvarez Churchill.
| G. G. Palmer of Embden Is doing
his blowing with a new Fordson trac-
| tor
Early vitality, of East Skowhegan,
! who recently sold his farm to parties
| from Maryland has bought a farm
near Fairfield Centre and will move
| there in the near future.
Under the auspices of the Women's
| Division Of the Farm Bureau of King
| field meeting was held at Earl
| Wings office Monday afternoon from
2 to 430 Miss Amy Whitford Of the
State Extension Service being pres
ent as a demonstrator. Mrs. Ralph
VI. Simmons was chosen Chairman,
Mrs. Orren Tufts. secretary, and
plans were made for meeting during
the coming year, and an outline for
work to be taken up arranged to in
clude: Krafts Gummed Beetles;
Foundation Patterns; Spring Refnod-
cling of Clothing; Dress Finishes ;
Spring Millinery; Kitchen Arrange
ment Necessary Household Linen;
Household Arrangements; Fireless
Cookers; Nutrition; Invalid Cookery
and Home Care of the Sick; House
| hold Accounts and other problems.
The next meeting will be an all day
| session held on Tuesday Nov. l, open
ing at 10 O'Clock, the place to be an
nounced later. The making OF the
dress forms will be taken up at this
meeting and two demonstrators will
| be present On account of the heavy
rain Monday afternoon only a few
were present, but work was done in
pretty finishes for dresses.
| f.. l.. Hight Of North Cornville
harvested ATS bushels of potatoes from
one and three quarters acres of
ground.
The tariff on Grated hogs and other
animals within the state has been re-
| duced from three times first class to
| actual weight, effective October /,
| 1921. Five or more hogs partitioned
| off to take the same rate as Grated
hogs. Under this ruling small lots of
| hogs can be shipped without paying
the charges that you have been Obliged
| to pay for some time.
| The following horse premiums were
| awarded at the Arson Fair:
| Horses. Trotting Bred Stallion, A
| E. Bunker. Arson, LIST; trotting bred
colts, V NJ. Potter, Starks, list; draft
bred horses. j, w. Cripps. Norridge-
wock, LIST Family horses, +. L. Hurd,
| Madison. list; Forrest Ellis, Madison,
| End. Driving horses, Mrs. Florence
| Hilton, Arson. 1st; /. l.. Foss, Mad
ison. 2nd. Ponies, Ned Spaulding, !
stallion. l yr.. LIST. Draft horses UNI
| der 900 V. M. Potter. Starks, LIST
and nd, George Walker, End.
Charles W., 2.15 Ia by Charles Hoyt
and owned by G. j. Worthen and Son
| OF St. Adams, has started in "a races
the last three years and has been be
hind the money but twice. He is
very consistent trotter.
County Agent C. A. Storer and
Home Demonstration, Miss M. G.. Hare
were at G.. Il. Walkers in East New
Portland last Friday evening where
an October planning meeting was
| held A committee was appointed tC
attend to the exhibits which are tC
be sent to the annual seed show al
Skowhegan. The annual meeting will
be held Oct. 26th and the membership
campaign will start the following day
A committee composed of c. b. Wal
ker, Belle Nye, Anna Hutchns, H
C. Walker and Susie Adams was ap-
pointed to make arrangements fol-
the social which is to be held at c. B
Walkers the evening Of Oct. goth.
Walter Webb of Pittsteld appar.
emily holds the record for extra heal
races in this part of the state. His
stable appears to go into five or 81,
heats for win in the majority o.
it's starts He has raced Mary O., FL;
IA and Bolian, 219 IA, very success
fully all the season. Bolian won, {
sensational six heat race from Gam
trial 213, at Skowhegan last fall ant
received his new mark of 2.19 Id IL
the sixth heat of winning race a
the same town this year.
ST. Goodrich OF Bingham raised {
carrot in his garden that weighed
three pounds and was seventeen ant
one-half inches in length.