The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-08-24

farms are lsomething overf 400 acres |
and9the principal cropst are four
acres of silage' corn, eIacre of sweet
corn, one acrefof potatoes and four
acres of oats. Mr.. Foster has TWO
pair of work horses and driving
horse, while a tractor is used extern
siyely, together with much other I'M
proved machinery in the general ac-
tiYities. There is an Orono type
poultry house built at Farm Bureau
on this farm. with
all these interesting things which
have been briefly considered 1t can
be readily understood why the Eos
ter place is included on the Itinerary
of the Farm Bureau tour.
County Agent Storer and his party
then retraced the road back TO
Cass' Corner where there is a little
settlement of neat homesteads p and
one general store and took the road
for Madison. The first stop made
was at the Dana Robbins farm near
the Twelve Corners. Mr.. ROBBINS
Was away at the time but the visit
ors were cordially received by Mrs.
Robbins on the comfortable screened
in porch OF the Robbins farm home.
MIR. Robbins soon arrived and gave
us some information about his Dig
stock OF cattle which includes twelve
Hereford steers, fourteen thorough
bred COWS. and a thoroughbred sire,
Abe ..Tippecanoc. No. 962O3O. All
told there are thirty head of cattle,
fourteen of, which are registered. Mr..
Robbins will exhibit twenty head of
this live stock at the Skowhegan Fair
next month and will also have it ex-
hibited attthe Athens Fair. On the
Gay of the Newspaper mans visit MT.
Robbins had increased his heh by the
purchase of seven more H6refords.
Maine $40 oats are grown on this
farm and Mr.. Robbins has fine look
ing silage corn, four acres of Mann
mouth Flint. 1t is already taller
than a mans head. Mrs. Robbins
WHO is assisted in the affairs of her
household by her cousin, Miss Mary
Dean. has canned % quarts of peas,
% quarts of beans and quantities OF
greens and strawberries. Plums,
cherries, crab apples and jellies will
be canned i'll the proper season. In
addition 10 the many other interest
ing things which will be seen at the
Robbins farm by the tourists on Sept
embcr =. will be exhibits of canning
by the cold pack method. The club
girls of South Scion will serve lemon
adp at Twelve Corners and without
doubt all will be glad to participate.
The hour was growing late, the
shades Of night were falling and the
Journey had to be resumed for there
were yet many places of interest to
visit. The travellers accordingly
wendell their way on to Scion and
went to the home of A. c. Heald, one
of the prominent men of Scion. Mr..
Heald maintains a fine home and a
finer family of six children in Scion
village. He has been one of the
board of selcctmen and a member of
the school board in his home town
and is thoroughly interested in agri-
cultural pursuits. He was born in
South Scion and still owns farm
there. Beside this he owns two 9th
er farms, one of which is known as
the Vittum farm and also carried on
the farm of the Central Maine Pota-
to Company this year. Last year
he had % acres of potatoes and this
year tho acreage was increased up to
10 He has Il fine looking crop or
tubers as swell as five acres of Mann
mouth Flint corn and 30 acres of
oats. Thirty head Of cattle, mostly
pure bred Herefords and register
ed Hereford bull comprise the cattle
department. On the Nittum place
there is an orchard of $50 trees and
another orchard on the South Scion
farm. Haying has been completed
with POO tons Of hay in the barn. The
potato fields will be viewed with spe-
cial interest by the tourists on the
Farm Bureau trip. Another inter
ostng thing at Solo. on the tour will
be demonstration of achievements
by the members of the Scion Girls
club in the Grange Hall.
The next stop was at the farm of
Walter Mckinney, two and One-half
miles above North Arson ON the New
Portland. Road. Mr.. Mckinney. is
greatly interested in dairying and has
al interesting herd of grade Jerseys.
lie has been doing considerable with
limo in carrying out his agricultural
work this season. Lime demons
tration will be an interesting fea-
ture of the visit to be paid to to
Mr.. Mckinney in the coming tour.
The last visit OF the day was at
the home of Ellery Fletcher, about a
mile from North Arson village. Mr..
Fletcher is "A young man having grad
uatcd from Arson Academy in the
class of 1922. He has been in agri-
cultural club work for five years. He
is especially interested in poultry
raising and has seventy early hatch
ed Rhode Island Reds. Last but
not least. on the trip, will be the visit
Ia Mr. tletchcr's poultry house.
At North Arson there will be a dis
play Of time-saying devices such, as
hread-mixer, spatula, egg-beaters.
etc. This is the last stop before the
completion of the tour at Skowhegan.
The proposed tour on September 2
has been arranged by County Agent
Storcr and the Executive Committee
f.F d..