Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-10
ACTIVITIES OF. !,
THE kENNEbEC
I; FARM BUREAU

a meeting of the Belgrade Farm Bu-
reau committee was held last Friday
evening at the home of Mrs. Wesley
Clark. The following accomplishments
were reported as having taken place
during the year: A boys and girls
club was formed in the spring with
farm accounts during the year; four
people kept poultry accounts during
the year; one man had the lime test
made on his farm Is men raised mann
moth flint corn for silage purposes;
IS men had their cows tested for tu-
berculosis: 80 people took part in the
pruning campaign; 25 people took part
in the poultry culling campaign.
At this meeting it was decided that
the following extension projects be
recommended at the January meeting
of the Farm Bureau: That lime tests
be made: that a carload of lime be
purchased: that the farmers have their
cattle retcsted for tuberculosis; that
silage corn campaign be conducted;
that the members keep farm and poul
try accounts: that an allday farm
-
that the members purchase apple trees
comparatively under the community
planting plan; try nitrate of soda s
an orchard fertilizer: hold demon
stration for selecting hens as breed
ers; take part in the egg record cam
paign. and hold three-day poultry ex-
tension school.
Tho fa1Jnu.ipor milf
pointed at this meeting: The commit
tee to secure exhibits for the County
Farm Bureau seed show: Seeds. c. Fl.
Chandler; apples. c. H. Mills: house
hold goods, Mrs. Nellie Pray. The
membership campaign was discussed
and a quota was set for so men and 80
women. The present membership is 33
mon and 40 women. The solicitors for
membership and collectors of member
ship dues were appointed as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. McDermott for Bel
grade and the Middle road. Guy Jud-
kins and Mrs. Nellie Pray for the Bel
grade Lakes road. Mrs Wesley Clark
for the Augusta road, w. T. Knowles
and Mrs. John Wadleigh for the South
road. G. H. Chandler and Mrs. Arthur
Cottle for the West road, and Mr.. and
Mrs. C. H. Mills for North Belgrade.
The members of the committee are:
Community chairman, c. H. Mills; sec
rotary, c. H. Chandler: secretary of ac-
counts. +. A. Scribner; club leader.
Mrs. Dorothy Mills; secretary for
crops, Arthur Cottle; orchard leader,
ID. c. Stevens: livestock leader. w. l..
Knowles; poultry leader, r. c. Castle.
During the year six meetings have
been held in Belgrade on different sub
jects.
Roland Mills Of North Belgrade.
member of the Young Yankees Club.
raised 3S-pound squash this sum-
mer which he will exhibit at the local
club exhibition to be held soon.
Manchester Meeting
Joint committee meeting of the
Manchester committee of the Farm
Bureau was held Saturday afternoon
at the Manchester Grange hall. The
members of the Manchester committee
are: Community chairman, A. ".
Hawkes.: secretary, E. NJ. Lenfest;
leader Of accounts and livestock. E. NJ.
Lenfest; leader of crops. c. H. Moore;
orchard leader. ]. L. Hunt; poultry
leader. W. J. Farr.
Four meetings OF the Manchester
Farm Bureau have been held during
the year. Three men have kept poul-
try accounts; four men have kept farm
accounts; four men have had the acid
test Of phosphate made; eight men
have raised mammoth flint corn for
silage use: % men had herds tested
for tuberculosis; 16 took part in the
pruning campaign. and seven took part
in the poultry culling campaign.
At present there are Is men and
Fl women members Of the Manches-
ter Farm Bureau, and a quota has
been set for 20 men and Fl women.
The solicitors for membership and
collectors of membership dues have
been appointed as follows: A. w.
Hawkes., E. NJ. Lenfest and w. L.
Brown. A. W. Hawkes. has been ap-
pointed to look after exhibits for the
County Seed show.
At the committee meeting it was