The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-01-26

At a meeting of the Skowhegan
Farm Bureau held here Saturday last
George L. Parker was elected chair
man and accounts and project leader
=. {. White was elected secretary and
orchard project leader Other pro-
ject leaders were elected as follows:
L. l.. Sanford. poultry, George Oul-
ton, crops: Perley Withee. dairy,
Sumner Ellis. clubs Extensive plans
for the coming years work under the
bureau auspices was considered and
among the projects 70 be carried will
be farm accounts, clubs. two orchard
busting demonstrations one of which
will he held at G. l.. Parker,s at which
time it is hoped to have Frank II. Dud-
ley of the State Department present.
Under dairy project. better sires and
better stock is the plan also a NAM
mouth Flint corn silage campaign,
Under crops, there will be Maine $40
oat campaign and an acid phosphate
demonstration. Under poultry culling
there will be culling campaign with
one culling demonstration in order to
instruct the poultry owners 50 that
they will be able to do their own Gull
ing. This will be held at the +, H..
Luce place near Lakewood. Under
potato projects there will be an effort
for an improved potato seed plot and
one Bordeau demonstration. Farm
ers who have volunteered to Gull poul-
try are f.. II. Luce, Pcrley Withee,
George l.. Parker, l.. l.. Sanford.
Charles Cleveland and p. {. White
have volunteered an acid phosphate
demonstration j. T. DOnne, Charles
Cleveland and L. l.. Sanford have
each agreed to raise $40 OATS two
acres each and p, f. Wthee has agreed
to raise three acres. POtatoe seed
plots will be conducted by G. l.. Par
ker. Charles Cleveland and p. C..
White. Silage Monmouth Flint corn
will be grown by p. G. White, +. l.,
Parker, l.. G. Stevens Perley Withee,
w. Seaman, w NJ Earl and at the
Cushing farm. A Bordeaux mixing
, and spraying demonstration is sched-
uled at w NJ, Earle's farm at Nal
bon's Mills.
Tuesday County Agent Storer and
Miss hare. ,IIpme Demonstration Agent
conducted community meeting at
| Palmyra. Yesterday a meeting was
conducted at Ripley and, tomorrow
there will be one,a Canaan, Il, .lr
, Community planning. meetings Of
al bp1 N
the following towns in western part
of the county the past week beginning
at East New Portland Tuesday We'd
nesday at North Akron, Thursday at
Scion and Friday at Cornville which
was a postponed meeting because Of
the death Of Miss Mildred Tracy at the
time when the meeting had been as
Signed and on Saturday at Skowhe-
gan. These were all of them all-day
meetings and C. A. Storer the County
Farm Bureau agent and Miss Marion
G. Hare the county home demonstratof
were present at mll of them which
were profitable meetings for all in at
tendance.
At East New Portland the follow
ing years work for the Women s
branch was planned, farm meeting
which ia an in-between meeting, the
subject will be Beetles, February
foundation patterns; March, millinery
meeting April an in-between meeting,
methods of saving time; June and Au-
gust food value meetings; September,
millinery: October, fireless cooker
meeting: November Christmas sug-
gestions meeting The following
committees were appointed at East
New Portland for the Women's branch
chairman, Mrs Mr. A. Nye; secretary,
Mrs Charles Walker; clothing de-
partment, Mrs II. M. Emery; food de-
partment, Mrs viii Rand; household
management, Mrs. H. p. Jones.
The assignment of the work at
North Arson for the Women's branch
is February meeting making of BEETLES
which will be an in-between meeting;
March, hope to hold food school OF
three days; April, millinery; May. fire
less cooker; June, first aid meeting
August, foundation pattern meeting
September, millinery: October open;
November, Christmas suggestions and
December, open. The following are
the committees appointed by the Wo-
mems branch at North Anson chair
man, Mrs. Wallace; secretary, Mrs.
Irma Ellis; clothing department Mrs.
Walter Waite; foods, Mrs. Benz. Ella
and household management Mrs.
George Clark The regular Farm
Bureau day at North Arson is the
third Friday in each month.
At the Scion meeting. which was
held on Thursday, the following meet
ings were arranged: February, betty
meeting; March, three days clothing
school; April, millinery; May, fireless
cooker: June and August two food
meetings, with a food demonstration
in the morning of the June meeting,
on deserts; July, open; October, in