Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-13
FARM BUREAU notes

/ A meeting of Kennebec Farm Blu
reau members was held last Satur-
day at Winthrop and at that time
an adult poultry club was formed
with Il members. They will meet
monthly and O. NJ Wilbur. extern
! sion poultry specialist, will meet
with them. At the present time
/ there is only one other such club in
! the State and that is at Lamoine in
| Hancock county 1t is expected there
will be others later.
In connection with the community
| apple planting plan, orders have al
ready been taken for over 1000 ap-
pie trees. In this county the most
tosh and Baldwin.
+ NJ. r. Willard, of Monmouth. has
/ a half acre plot of alfalfa, which
| he started in 1921 and this year he
made two cuttings and got about
three tons of alfalfa hay to the acre.
! w. Scott Bracket. of Sidney, also
! had a plot which he started in 1921
| and he made three cuttings and got
practically three tons. These plots
\ II
/ in corporations Of the Farm Blu
reau and the Extension Service. 1t
would seem from the results of
! these plots and several others con-
! Quoted in the county that Kennebec
! county farmers can grow alfalfa
with success on certain kinds of soil,
! if they adopt certain cultural meth
! DDS. Anyone starting a field of al
| falfa will find it necessary to use q
! hardy variety of seed like the
| Grim" and use q liberal applica-
ton of lime to innoculate the seed
and to plant it on we'll drained soil.
Alfalfa has the highest feeding value
of any of the crops grown for hay.
That reason merits the investigation
which is being made by the EXten-
sion Service and the Farm Bureau.
Miss Helen Clark, Home Demon
stration agent of the Kennebec Farm
Bureau. left Tuesday noon for Orono,
where she will attend a two weeks
session of home demonstration
agents all over the State. The OBJ
ject Of the conference is to work out
plans, methods and subject matter
for coming extension work in the
counties for the coming year. Miss
Clark will then leave for New York.
where she will pass the holidays.
Clarence A. Day. county agent Of
the Kennebcc Farm Bureau, will go
to Orono to attend. weeks confer
ence Of county agents. beginning the
10Th.
A distinctive honor comes to a
number of the kennebec county
girls in the fact that they were asked
by the Maine Department of Agri-
culture to can part of the products
used in the canning exhibit at the
Eastern States Exhibition. which
was held at Springfield. Mass. After
the exhibition the canned goods
were sold to those in attendance at
the Exhibition and the girls real
lied a'tidy sum from their sale. The
girls included Ruth and Clara Tue
ker of Fayette and Mary and Re-
becca Reed of Winslow.
The Chicapocopi Club Of Chelsea,
has already made plans for work for
the coming year. The club has
joined the Farm Bureau. which is
one of the requirements for the Ma
tlonal Seal of Achievement. They
will have at least nine active mem
bers. This has been one of the lead
ing clubs in the county and great
deal OF praise is due to the club lead
er, Mrs. W. *. Thompson, and her
assistant. Mrs. w. J. Ralston. for the
faithful and enthusiastic work.
Members of the Young Yankees
club at Belgrade have taken up all