Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-18
farm BUREAU NOTES

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At the all-day session of the China
Farm Bureau held last week Tuesday
both men AMI women met and elected
officers as Well as made plans for the
next years work. The China Farm
Bureau reported that they had exceed
ed their quota, which was placed at 80
men and Is women, by securing
membership Of 81 men and Fl women,
Il total of So members in all.
In the mems division Of the China
Farm Bureau the following officers
were elected for the year 1929: Com
nunity chairman, S. NJ. Farnsworth.
secretary, f. d. Rand; account project
leader. II. B. Mitchell; crops. w. G.
Washburn; live stock, II. r. Hysnn; or
chard, G. W. Jones; poultry. D. B. Co
rcy. The men voted to keep two farm
| accounts; six swes<rorn accounts; es-
!ablish one certified seed oat center;
start manure supplement demonstra-
ton; carry one seed selection demCn-
stration; will continue milk testing
circle; will take part in county-wiee
silage corn campaign; 10 men will
grow Mammoth flint corn; will take
part in county pruning campaign and
! will hold all-day orchard meeting on
Tuesday, March 8; will take part in
poultry culling campaign and will hold
all-day culling demonstration at the
home of Mrs. e. A. Pinkham.
The mems division of the Albion
FL. m Bureau met on Jan. II and car
ricd out their annual business. The
officers elected to serve for the coming
year were: Community chairman. ).
K. Howland; accounts project leader,
Z. - Triton: live stock, L. H. Whitta.
ker; orchard L. J. Shepherd; poultry,
MIS-. Al. A. Rowland. During the COM
ing Year the mems division have plan
md to do the following work: Two
men propose to keep. farm accounts;
five men will keep sweet corn &C
counts; three lime demonstrations will
be conduo ted; two potato seed selection
demonstrations; accredited herd work,
continue community milk testing cir
Gle: seven men will grow Mammoth
f;int corn: will take part in the county
wide Irlning campaign; will hold an
day orchard meeting on wednesday.
March s: will take part in culling cam
naign and will hold one poultry culling
demonstration and conduct one chisHen
iaing demonstration.
The meeting of TIE South China
Farm Bureau 10th divisions. that wa.
to have been held Thursday, JAM ~,
was postponed to Saturday, Jan. Is. on
account of the storm.
On Friday, the 18th, the mems dis
vision of the Windsor Farm Bureau
held a busy session and laid plans for
the coming months. The officers elect
cd were: Community chairman. c. d.
Jones; secretary. Mrs. Alice wilkins;
accounts project leader. D. A. VIII
kins; boys and girls club leader. c. F.
Donnell: crops, Edwin Bullock: live
stock C. w. Brown; orchard. H. ].
Merrill; poultry, p. w. Reed, The
work which they have mapped out in
cludes: Three farm accounts; boys
and girls club work; five lime demon
STATIONS; two manure supplement
demonstrations; one potato seed selec-
ton demonstration; accredited herd
work; community testing circle to be
continued: 10 men to grow Mammoth
flint silage corn; to take part in the
county wide pruning campaign; to hold
one all-day orchard meeting on Friday,
March 10; conduct one busting cam
paign; conduct one pruning demo4stra-
ton: take part in countrywide poultry
culling demonstration; to hold Gull
ing demonstration with f. N. Dutton:
to conduct one chicken raising demon
stration.
The mems division of the Chelsea
Farm Bureau have elected the follow
ing officers: Community chairman. H.
L. Hayes; secretary. +. C. Meader; &C
counts, W. Il. Thompson; crops. f. z.
Clancy; live stock G. E. Sparrow; or
chard. DR.. l.. e. Maddocks; poultry,
r. NJ. Colby; boys and girls club,
Mrs. w. K. Thompson. The work they
mean to do during the coming year in
cludes: Keep three farm accounts; two
sweet corn accounts. two lime demon-
STATIONS; boys and s:rls' work; two
manure supplement demonstrations;
accredited herd work; continue COM
munity milk testing circle: six men 10
grow Mammoth silage corn; take part
in countrywide pruning campaign ard
hold an all-day orchard Heeting IN
saturday, March II; hold spraying in
orchard Of G. E. Sparrow; to take part
in county poultry culling campaign;
hold q poultry feeding meeting In
April; conduct one chicken raising
demonstration; make two alfalfa tests.
- Community planning meetings for
next week include the following, both
the mems and the women's divisions:
Tuesday, Jan. "a. East Winthrop at the
BAPTIST church; Wednesday. dan. as.
West Gardiner at the Cobbossce
firange hall; Thursday. Jan. 2S. VIM
throp at the Grange hall: Friday. Jaa.
~, West Augusta at the North Az
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