The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-07-13
Somerset County Agricultural News
GENERAL FARMING AC.
INVITES

Cut worms are reported as Destroy
ing many of the crops in the Cam
. bridge section.
The fine farm at Fairfield Center
owned by Fred p. Head has been
sold to viii j. Wood of Waterville.
The stock, tools and crops were also
included in the transaction. The
house on this farm has all modern
conveniences and the barn built a
; few years ago, has milking machine
and up-to-date equipment. Mr..
Wood plans to DO general farming.
Mrs. Eliza Howard of Highland
sold her pair of Belgium draft colts
to H. o. Hewett of North New Port
land. Mr.. Hewitt has purchased
them for a fancy farm team.
A meeting of the Ladies Farm Blu
reau was held in the Municipal Court
Room at Skowhegan last Friday after
noon with a good attendance. Miss
M. G.. Hare. Home Demonstration
: Agent, was in charge directing thir-
teen ladies in dress finishing. The
meeting was very enthusiastic and
many of the ideas of dress finishing
appealed to the ladies.
! On Monday afternoon, July ~,
! Girls Club meeting was held in
Harmony at the home Of Mrs. Willett,
Tuesday forenoon a similar meeting
was held in Palmyra and in the after
noon of the same day a session was
in order at the Pond Schoolhouse.
These meetings were held mostly to
interest the young folks to make out
a program for twelve meetings, which
will come UP to the requirements of
receiving charter for the Club. The
following are the requirements: l. A
standard club shall have a member
ship of at least five workers on the
same project. 2. There should he
local leader in charge during the
club year.. 3. There should be
a local club organization with the
necessary officers and duties. q.
There should be definite club year
program of work. ; There should
be at least twelve regular club meet
ings during the club year. The sec
rotary should be required to keep
definite report of these meetings
and also of the progress of each mem
Der. The first four requirements
are sufficient to warrant a Club Char
ter.
Today Thursday a Girls Club
meeting will be held at Scion at the
school building and in the afternoon
of the same day at North Arson.
These meetings are for the purpose
of interesting the members to form
demonstration teams. On Friday
of this week there will be an all day
meeting of the Ladies Farm Bureau
at Canaan. The subjects to be dis
cussed are food value and salad de-
monstrations will be in order, After
this meeting there will be a session
of the Girls Club for the purpose of
making out club programs in order
to receive a Club Charter. Miss
Hare will be present.
} Haying commenced at Sunrise
Farms, Malbon's Mills. Monday morn
ing and assisting the superintendent,
, Mr. Spaulding. are Virgil Clement of
, Smithfeld. Joseph Plourde of Nal
, bon's Mills and Edward Tessier of
the Middle road, Skowhegan. There
. are about 100 tons of hay to cut. 1t
will probably take about three weeks
; to cut and store the hay.
0. NJ. Wilbur, poultry specialist
| of Orono. was in Skowhegan Saturday,
: and accompanied G.. A. Storer, the
Somerset county Farm Bureau agent
to North Arson, where that forenoon
they conducted caponizing demon
stration Saturday afternoon, both
Mr.. Storer and Miss Marion G.. Hare
the county home demonstration were
at East New Portland. where they
attended meeting of the Live Wire
Boys and Girls Agricultural clubs.
W. A. Hoxie of IIinckley, keen
observer of the habits of wild animals
and birds, has been somewhat puz2
zled this summer to determine the
name of a bird that built its nest in
a telephone pole near the bank of the
river at Hinekley. He has conclud-
ed, however. that the bird is star
ling (sturnus vulgaris). The Bird
Guide, by Chester A. Reed, describes
it as having plumage of metallic green
and purple. heavily spotted above and
below with buff or white. These
European birds were introduced into
/ New 10TH II uul1DcI VI year ago, anu
are now common there and spread
ing to other localities in Connecticut
| and about New York city.
Those raising Strawberries in the
Oak Hill section of Norridgewock will
realize only about half crop owing
| to the heavy rains and long continued
! clio ady weather which has damaged
| other crops also to a great extent.
Ernest Gilbert of Pittsfeld has a
! fine crop in: 5 acres OF oats; l acre
of sweet corn; l acre of beans; l
acres of peas; acres of potatoes
and large amount of blackberries
/ and raspberries.
Roy f. Wilson of the River Road
/ Skowhegan. sold from July 1st to the
! 18th, 1-2 bushels of peas. His te-
lephone peas are now ready for mar
| ket.
Many people at Hinckley have be-
! gun haying. Some of the farmers
are estimating at least one-thrd more
hay this year than last year.
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