The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-20
GENERAL FARMING AC.
INVITES


An all day Farm Bureau meeting
of the women in the locality of Lake
wood was delightfully."- held at the
home of Mrs. John Healey Tuesday.
Each member brought their lunch and
the hostess served hot coffee. There
were Is members present and each
had a petticoat drafted under the di-
rection of Home Demonstration Agent,
Miss Marion G. Hare. who was also
present. The next meeting will be
held May 18th at the home of Mrs
Orrison Clough. This will be a half
day session
pruning demonatration of apple
trees was held at Alton Merrow's in
st. Adams Wednesday, April u, with
eight members Of the Farm Bureau
present, also County Agent c. A. Stor-
err.
Mrs. Georgia York of West Brgh-
ton has 3 eve sheep which have given
birth to nice lambs, which are all
living.
That confederation during the plant
ing season this spring of the needs of
dairy cattle for succulent feeds dur
ing July and August will pay divid-
ends, is the opinion of the college
iced men. July, August and Septem-
Der are the hardest months for cows
on many New York farms because
many dairymen are careless about pro
Vldlng a succession of green crops for
their cows during the summer period
of dry pastures.
Mrs. Effie Pease of South Canaan
has seven hundred Rhode Island
chicks she has Matched some will now
weigh one-half pound each Mrs.
Pease Is one of our very successful
poultry women.
Drop in poultry farm at West Mos
COW Is having good luck with chick
ems, so far they have Matched better
than $50, some now weighing three
quarters of a pound with two incu-
bators'full due to hatch the end of
the month.
VI late years the value of alfalfa
FOR protein has been lost sight of
somewhat because high protein feeds
were often much cheaper to feed than
low protein materials, and it was a
question of using all the protein in
the ration one dared. Now the prob
lem is to get protein cheaper, say the
feed men, and the possession of good
harmful of alfalfa hay with corn sill
age makes the feeder of any kind of
stock mighty independent
A fine HOlstein heller calf has been
dropped at Sunrise Farms in Malbons
Mills which has increased the herd to
large number. In the swine de-
partment at the farms there has been
an increase of seven Hampshire pigs.
Mrs. Charles II. Perry of the rural
district in Norrdgewock has forty
hens sitting at the present time. This
method, chen power) of incubation
give better results in the end, says
Mrs. Perry. AS soon as the chicks
are Matched they are put into a fire
less brooder and later wire coops I'M
til the roosters are large enough for
proilers, when they are shipped away
to market
Seth DeVoll of Jewett street, Show
hogan, has beautiful litter of nine
White Chester pigs, born Saturday
last, At the present time Mr.. De-
Vol is making a specially of swine
raising
Vivian Campbell of Mainstream
Matched from her incubator last week
$50 nice strong chicks.
Wentworth Goodrich has finished
shearing sheep for Charles Gilman of
South Bingham for the 9th year in
succession. Mr.. Gilman has bred these
sheep So years on one farm and has
sold about 10000 pounds of wool
and 1000 sheep and lambs from this
flock.