Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-30


terville lodge. The funeral service !
will be held today, Monday. at noon
at his late home in East Madison.
and will be conducted by the Rev
Herbert L. Nichols, pastor Of the
Centenary Methodist church in
Skowhegan. The burial will be in
the family lot at the Southside ceme-
terry. The family have the sympathy
oe a large circle of friends in their
sudden sorrow.
Annual Meeting Somerset County
Farm Bureau
The annual meeting Of Somerset
County Farm Bureau will be held
Tuesday, Oct. 81, at Skowhegan
Grange hall. The meeting will start
at $50 A. NJ, when the delegates
from the different towns will meet to
consider the membership campaign.
Exhibits consist of: (Men's)-1 pix.
potatoes; / PIX. grain; IL PIX. beans;
IL pix. peas: corn, IL ears, single ear,
or trace. (Women's)-5 jars canned
products; 8 jars jelly; l loaf bread
or cake; plain sugar cookies, 6
rolled oats cookies.
The nominating committee consists
OF George Foster of Cornville; w. H.
Carson of st. Adams; A. II. Johon-
nett of Pittsfield, r. 2; Moses French
of Scion; c. A. McKenney of North
Arson, r. 2. Possible suggestions
should be made to these men.
President Julian Emery Of the
State Federation Of Farm Bureaus
will not be present. Members are
urged to attend and send an exhibit.
Exhibits should arrive not later than
10 A. NJ, Oct. 80.
The following is list Of some of
| the things accomplished by the SOM
erset County Farm Bureau which will
tomorrow, Tuesday, hold it's annual
| meeting and seed show at the Grange
hall. during the past'year:i
| Forty culling demonstrations have
been held in 1922. Thirty-two reports
to the Farm Bureau offices how that
1897 hens were handled; the week
before culling they laid 4345 eggs.
about 81 per cent. the week after
culling tho 1897 good hens laid 37S7
eggs and the GOO culls the week after
culling laid 100 eggs. Six hundred
culls will eat $3.50 worth of food in
80 days.
Eleven pruning demonstrations
were held in 1922, and 1896 young
trees delivered through the orchard
planting plan.
Twenty-Five farm accounts will be
summarized this year. More and more
farmers running their business by
business methods.
The total number of acres reported
as having been planted to Maine $40
oats Is Jap. The production on this
acreage has not been fully turned in,
but to date the production as indi-
Gated is 36.9 blu. per acre on 4075
acres.
Fifty-six seed plots have been
planned for 1923.
An estimated yield by the growers
of 12.4 tons per acre in 1921 in COM
parative demonstrations set the value
of Mammoth Flint at 81. per ton
more than the value per acre of other
silage corns with which they COM
pared it. Using these figures as a
basis on 312 acres with a production
of 12.4 tons, we have 3.S6S, 5 T. silage
corn, figured at the 81 per ton value
more than the corn with which it was
compared, it represents a saving on
silage corn alone to Somerset county
farmers Of $7,73760.
Three Sheep or Wool Growers Lo-
calls We're organized in Somerset
county last year through the coopera-
ton of the Farm Bureau
Ninety seven demonstrations in
serving milk were started and 70
have been reported as completed; also
that Sc home demonstrations in serv-
ing fruit and vegetables were started,
IS of which have been reported as
completed.
SiXty-three food calendars were
! given out and 33 completed. Thirty
one fireless cookers have been made
at a cost of $65.12 and a saving of
! S130.7S. Three clothing schools were
held in the county and 81 foundation
waist patterns made; 100 dress forms
have been made; cost, $1363S; saw
ing, $1,O63.62. Spring millinery meet
ings were held in 10 communities, 1873
people attended, &c new hats made
and So renovated, costing $5774 and
saving $26S26.
One hundred seventy-one club
members completed their projects in
1922 and won s265 in prize money,
besides the educational value re-
ceivcd.
The best farmers in the county are
Farm Bureau members, the best far
mers in each community are Farm
Bureau members, all farmers should
pc Farm Bureau members.
The Skowhegan schools, both CITY
and rural, will resume their sessions
today. Monday. after having been
closed since Wednesday that the
teachers might go to Bangor to at
tend the State Teachers Convention.
The dental offices which through
the summer and fall have closed at
noon on Saturdays, will on next
Saturday November fourth resume
the Saturday afternoon opening for
business.
George Haskell of Athens was in
| town Friday afternoon on business.
Miss Nettie Smith and niece, Clara
Groves of Madison We're in town Sat
urday morning to meet little Miss
Clara's mother, Mrs. Clarence Groves,
teacher in Madison who was re-
turning from the teachers convention
in Bangor.
p. F. Poland Of Stickney Hill. Ath-
ems was in town Saturday morning
on business.
Mrs. r. l.. Lishness and Mrs Omer
! IN ,&rrII C