The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-08-10
GENERAL FARMING AC.
INVITES

f. i. Davis. well known Madison
bee keeper. informed the agricultural
editor the other day that at his home
farm in Madison he had fsol to
40 colonies lie has 81, o r
yards in various Localities j. lo TX
Pittsfield. SkoWhegan. Pennington
and Augusta, where he maintains
from ten 10 thirty colonies. Dur
ing the sWarmmg season he intends
to visit each of the various yards
about every week or ten days. He
reports that this has been bad sea-
son for sWarming but that he has not
suffered seriously from the same.
Mr.. Davis is shdrtly to speak at
Gardiner and South Portland upon
Swarm Control for Maine Bee
Keepers
Stanley Berry and Bernard Berry,
aged respectively nine and seven
years, sons of Michael Berry and Lie
wllyn Berry, aged five years and son
of Everett Berry Of Embden, titled
the soil with hoes and planted gard
EN- of potatoes. bush beans, tomatoes,
cucumbers. corn, pole beans and spin
ach. The boys have cared for this
garden themselves and July they had
new potatoes for the table.
j. T.. Sidel, who lives on the farm
known as the Will HE place in SO.
Scion, has completed this seasons
haying, cutting about eighteen tons.
The crops being raised this year in
clude three acrds OF potatoes and
two acres of Japanese miltett. The
farm consists of 100 acres and was
purchased by Mr.. Sidell two years ago
OF Peter Sired. Mr.. Sidell carries
on general farming career. He
has six grade cows three hoses, two
White Chester pigs and thirty White
Wyandotte hens. Mr.. Sidell came
about % years ago. He has always
been farmer.
Mrs. Clifford Huff of Harmony, a
breeder of the Flemish Giant Rabbit
was a recent visitor at the Valley
View Farm of Samuel Quint in An
son. An exchange of breeding stock
was made. Mrs. Huff securing two
males of Mr. Quint in return for three
brood does from her farm. She
now has two hundred of these am
imals at her Rabbitry. Another re
cent transaction in this line of stock
was the sale of Valley View Barbara
fifteen pound rabbit to John Stobic
of Madison.
The haying season at Sunrise Farm
at Malbon's Mills is completed. One
hundred and eight tons of hay were
cut in twentyfour days. About
seventy-fye acres were cut. The
hay was unloaded with an electrical
device. Edward Tessier of the Mid
die road and Joseph Plonrde, who
have been assisting in the haying
operations, have completed their du-
ties and returned home Work will
soon be begun on the erection of the
new tile 'siso which was recently
purchased by the owner. b. w. Page.
1t is believed to be only tile slo of
that make in Somerset County. The
work will be supervised by the SUI
perintendent, b. A. Spaulding and
Harvey B. Goodwin & Son will have
charge of the construction.
Win Malbon, who resides on the
Lakewood road, was very unfortunate
to lose rs chickens from his flock
of SO one night last week. A skunk
was the thief but the next night he
was caught in a trap which Mr.. Maj
bon had set for him. The chickens
were about one month old and there
were different breeds in the flock.
Another poultry raiser has been adj
ded to Somerset County's large list.
1t is b. A. Daggett of North avenue,
Skowhegan. He has flock of over
200 chickens. The breeds are White
Legion from the Lord Farms in Mas
sachusetts and thoroughly purebreds,
Rhode Island Red and Barred Ply
mouth Rock He also has flock of
about rs hens, which are mostly the
Rhode Island Red breed. Mr. Dag
gett purposes to keep the pullets
while the young cockerets will be
sold for market.