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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26

food Ingredients have included meet
fngs on bread making. desserts, sand
wichcs, supper dishes, left overs,
etc. An even 20 of these meetings
have been held this year with an
attendance of 21S.
The second division of the foods
project was evidently not a popular
one for at the community planning
meetings in January not a single
community planned an invalid cook
erySmceting.
Club Project-Mrs. Dorothy Mills,
Belgrade.
Crops Project-H. A. Plumtner of
Benton.
Poultry-B. L. Taylor of Farming
dale.
Orchard-D. s. Clement, Winthrop.
Livestock-W. r. Ayers, Augusta.
Aceounts-E. w. Blackwell, Wa
terville.
Clothing-Mrs. A. E. Richardson,
Benton.
Foods-Mrs. May ]. Smith, Mon
mouth.
Household Management-Mrs. J. o.
Peck, Winslow.
Membership Drive
Reports from the various sections
as to the result of the membership
drive for 1924. gave promise that
the Kennebec Farm Bureau will be
a considerably larger organization
next year. Already 1851 men and
women have signed up and paid their
dues for 1924, as compared with C.
total membership of 1864 in May o.
this year. Memberships for the
coming year are still coming in and
with the effort which will be made
it is expected that the 203 members
needed to reach this years mark
will be quickly secured and many
more in addition. Fifteen towns
have reported "over the top"
The Riverside branch made the
greatest showing in securing new
members, climbing from 10 this year
to 25 next year, an increase of $50
gain of 166 per cent; Benton, a gain
of 159 per cent; and Oakland, a gain
of 152 per cent.
Other Features
In speaking of the projects for the
coming year, c. A. Day, county
agent, stated that the extension SER
vice has secured forestry man, who
will assist the farmers in estimating
the amount OF timber on their farms.
This is a new project.
The reports of the secretary a.
treasurer of the organization wer'
presented by Mr.. Day, were accepted
and placed on file.
The nominating committee was an
pointed by the chair as follows: f.
B. Stackpole of Augusta. Mrs. J. A.
Huntington of Litchfeld. f. w.
Snow of Manchester, +. w. Taught
of Sidney and w. J. Goodrich o.
Farmingdale.
Harry A. Plummer of Benton. who
was chosen president for 1924, was
member of the Maine Legislature
1919. He has been prominent in the
work of the County Farm Bureau
which he was one of the organizers,
having been member of the execu-
tive committee and county crops
leader. He is treasurer of the Ben
ton Grange and a member of the New
England Milk Producers Associa-
ton.
The annual meeting was declared
adjourned about o'clock in the af-
ternoon, after two most profitable
sessions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26

arc now 179 railroads and .;th Tho
ioes of helping out some of them
Ailch are in pIc-.y hard shedding n
wa proposed 10 put these into -
A committee was selected from,
each state and the New England
members held hearing at Boston
Inc Maine committee consists Of
hve men and Is headed by ex-Gov-
ernor Carl Z. Milliken of Augusta
Two plans We're presented. at the
session: First, the so-calIed Storrow
plan. which is to unite all of the
railroads in New England into one
aroup;' second, the Mcdonald plan.
suggested by President Mcdonald of
the Maine Central Railroad, which is
to tie up the Maine Central Railroad
and the Bangor & Aroostook and
link them with the New York Cen
trail by the purchase of the Worces-
ter, Nashua and Portland line of the
Boston d Maine railroad.
The merits and disadvantages of
the two plans, as brought out at the
hearings, Mr.. Cummings dwelt upon
and his discourse was heartily APP
plauded by an interested audience.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26

1t has been impossible to get conn.,
plcte reports on the number of times
the dress patterns have been used but
it seems safe to set an average of at
least once for each pattern after the
first dress for the home demonstration
agent has heard of many who have
used the patterns from three to six
times.
Clothing Construction
Purpose-To teach the women the
Importance of correct carriage and
healthful corSeting as a foundation
for clothing work, the selection and
care of clothing, and the construction
and remodelng of garments with the
least expenditure of time. Not a
great deal has been done with this
section of the project. One clothing
school was held at Sidney with a to-
tai attendance of 127. At this school
all of the above named subjects were
taken up.
In addition three communities held
meetings where dress finishes and
shortcuts in sewing were taken up.
Millinery
The purpose of the millinery project
is to teach the women to select make
and trim hats and renovate materials.
The spring meetings have always been
more popular than the fall although
this year quite a lot of work has been
done in the fall. Six meetings have
been held with an attendance of 65, ID
new hats at cost of $2313 have been
made. The value of these hats has
been $94.50, making saving of S71.37.
In addition nine hats have been re-
modelled at a cost of S5.97 and which
were valued at $4525, making saw
ing of $39.oS.
In the spring eight meetings were
hold with H. women in attendance;
81 new hats were made ard seven hats
rcmodeled at these meetings. These
new hats cost $3.50 and were valued
at $3.50. so that the saving here
was S107.40. The saving on the re-
modelled spring hats was $25.4S.
These meetings We're in addition to
spring millinery training class which
was held in Readfeld. At this class
six women were trained in the making
of a spring hat. These people taught
six others to make hats with a total
saving of SS5.75. In addition to this
six ladies were taught to make trim
mings, flowers. etc. Also in addition,
"unofficiaT reports have come in of at
least four hats which have not been
valued, being made by people who were
taught by these demonstrators, so that
a total saving of s353.39 was effected
by the millinery project alone this
past year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26

Poultry Accounts Completed


Fifty-five poultry accounts were
completed for the year ending Nov
ember ], 1923. These accounts were
included in a state wide summary.
the substance of which was printed
in the Farm Bureau News" for July.
A study of these accounts showed
that the persons in Maine had the
largest labor income last year, who
had the following things:
Pullet f1ocks; early Matched chicks;
layers housed early; curtain front
house; dry, tight floors; proper grain
rations.
Orchard Project
Kennebec county has two distinct
apple centcrs and the report of the
orchard project as given by d. S.
Clement of Winthrop, the orchard
project leader. was Illuminating:
Community Planting Plan
Tifty-two people in u communities
ordered 342S apple trees under the
community planting plan. Varieties
ordered were: Macintosh, 1881; Spy,
Wolf River, 1873; Baldwin, 1856; GRAY
enstein, Al; Rhode Island Greening, 6.
Pruning Demonstrations
Four pruning demonstrations were
given with an attendance of 4S.
Orchard Fertilization Demonstrations
Thirteen demonstrations were start
ed to show the value of nitrate of So
da as an orchard fertilizer. In every
case the foliage was much larger.
richer, darker and ranker than where
the nitrate was not used and has held
green better this fall. In orchards
which were bearing this year the fruit
on the nitrate plots was much larger
than on the check plots, although no
figures on yields are yet available.
Perhaps the two most striking dem
onstrations are those of e. M. Lapham
in Litchfield and N. B. Perkins in Mt.
Vernon.
Poultry Project
The report of B. /. Taylor of Farm
ingdalc, county poultry project leader,
shows the following facts:
Egg Record
The egg record project is being con-
Quoted to assist poultry men to make
more money by keeping exact records
on production, to compare their own
flocks with the best focks of the eoun-
ty and to assist in determining what
poultry practices pay best.
Two hundred and six co-operaters
enrolled in this project for 1928 and
already about 12J have enrolled for
1924.
The number of co-operators report
ing each month and the average num-
Dor of eggs laid per bird each month
thus far are
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26

ious kinds of food, the functions of
the different foods, etc. The sub
jects of reducing weight increasing
weight and correcting constipation
were also taken up at this meeting.
These meetings were held in COM
munities with an attendance of So
women. IL women took food calen-
dars to help them plan their meals,
10 enrolled in reducing I weight
demonstrations. 9 in increasing
weight and 7 in corrective constipa-
ton. more communities plan to
hold meetings on this subject before
Jan. and some have included 1T in
their plans for 1924.
The new, methods of preparing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26
Project Report

Considerable time at the afternoon
session was devoted to the presen-
tatlon of project reports for the
present year, all showing that this
has been very busy year for men,
bers OF the bureau and a great deal
has been accomplished on the farms
of Kennebec.
Clothing Project
The clothing project leader is Mrs.
A. e. Richardson of Benton and the
following is the interesting account of
this important division of the womcn's
work:
The clothing project has been divid
cd into several sections: Foundation
patterns, clothing construction and
millinery. All Of these have been
quite popular this last year.
Foundation Patterns
Purposc-To have each woman draft
and know how to use foundation pat
terms fitted to herself SO that she may
be able to make dresses and waists
without fittings and alterations.
This has been particularly popu-
lar project for the past year even
though foundation waist patterns
have been made to large extent
in other years. A great many
women wanted one-piece dress pat
terms and as a result cut foundation
waist patterns in order to get the
dresses for it was necessary to.haVe
waist pattern from which to make the
dress pattern. A total of the meetings
show
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26

entire acreage of silage corn in the
county.
Twenty-Five comparative demonstra-
tions were conducted between mann
moth flint and other excellent varie-
ties with the hope of finding a better
one II possible. The principal variety
used, white cap dent, proved somewhat
later than mammoth flint. although
the yield was practically the same.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26
cooper.ser Bee ssn Tfs r A5 1sy '%s ~ sss
bird 1873
sproduce pei 1865.
Breeder Selection Demonstration

Breeder Selection Demonstration
serious attempt has been started
to improve the quality of the poultry
kept in Kennebec county by encourag-
ing poultry keepers to pay more at
tention TO the selection of the birds
that go into the breeding pen and to
bring them the latest practical infor-
nation on methods of selecting breed
ers. Twenty-one demonstrations were
given at which 200 people were
present.
At the planning meetings and the
farm management meetings lis CO.
operators were enrolled who agreed to
select breeders and at the demonstra-
tons this fall about 100 more were
enrolled. These eo-operaters were all
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26
Crops Project

The County Crops Project, one Of
the most important of the Kennebec
Farm Bureau, is divided into various
phases. Harry A. Plummer of Ben
ton, is the leader aad his report in
cludes the following:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26

education, this to BE- extsnded %
rapidly as possible so as to include O
high school education for ali. That
is the goal toward which we must
work. l want to see q square DEAF
given to the children in the rural dis.
trict. They are my chief concern.
"Clean living and clear thinking
for our young people 10 the end to.
ward which we constantly are striv.
ing. There 10 a line I never shall for
get, for, its appeal 10 enduring, ed
ucation 10 the debt Eternal OF nnatur-
ity to youth" As Governor Of NainS
/ hope to be able to make some def
mite contribution toward advancing
the interests of the rising generation
of our State"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26

Refrigeration 10 a science that finds
many uses. In mining it overcomes
two great difficulties: The influx of
water in porous formations and the
neat OF deep shafts. BY freezing the
surrounding earth, miners can carry
thear shafts through water BEARING.
strata, and by supplying themselves
WIN cool air they can penetrate the.
earth to great depths. -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26
Club Project

The county club project leader is
Mrs. Dorothy Mills of Belgrade. The
following interesting report was made
of that project:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26
Accounts Project

Accounts PROJECT
The county Accounts leader Is e.
w. Blackwell Of Waterville and the
following report was given:
Farm Management Meetings were
held in twenty-five communities. In
all 321 people attended these meet
ings. Lantern slides were used for
the first time to illustrate subjects
under discussion.
Farm Accounts Completed
Thirty-seven farm accounts were
completed for the year ending April
1s1923. These accounts were audit
cd and summarized by the Extension
Service and a statement sent to each
man keeping an account. A county
summary is now under preparation.
Dairy Survey
A survey was made of dairy farms
in the county upon which dairying
was the principal industry to deter
mine what dairy practices have prov
en- most profitable. The results of
this survey will be available later to
the men concerned.
Accounts Started for 1928
Following are the number of diff
ferapt occorpts started in 1909
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26
Accredited Herd Work

Totals l"9 5h4l %
Other communities where testing
has been done are China, South China
and Vassalboro.
Communities yet to test are Bel
grade. Mt. Vernon, Oakland, Augusta
and Albion.
N.ilk Records
Twenty-four men are keeping milk
records and reporting each month to
the county agent who summarizes the
reports and sends a copy of the sum-
mary to each co-operator The object
of the project is to assist farmers TO
keep milk records and to compare the
production of their herds with other
herds in the county. At the end OF
the wear a summary of the produc-
ton of each herd will be made.
The average production per COW for
the herds reporting in the month OF
August was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26

Silage Corn
Two hundred eighty-two men Sc
cured PSF bushels mammoth flint corn
seed or approximately enough seed for
574 acres or. about 40 per cent Of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26
Top Dressing Grassland Dem onstra.
tons


Ten demonstrations were conduct
! ed to show the value Of nitrate Of
soda and acid rock phosphate as a
top dressing for. grassland. These
| chemicals were applied at the rate of
| 100 lbs. nitrate of soda and 200 lbs. Of
| acid rock phosphate per acre. The
following average yields per acre
| were secured
| Fertilized plots ......... 1877 tons
Unfertilized check. ........ las tons
f far cent gain ;'.......... g. g toms toms
Average cost including appli-
Average gain at sis per ton. -. 2s9
Lime Demonstrations
Fourteen lime demonstrations were
| conducted which were started in 1921
to prove the value of the use OF lime.
! These demonstrations gave the fol-
lowing average yields per acre
LINED plots :.............. l.!3 ton
Cnlimed check .......... Isl ton
! The same plots gave a gain of Sc
of a ton per acre last year making
total increase in the two crops due to
the use of lime of .SS of ton per
acre.
Four lime demonstrations on which
hay was cut this year for the first
time gave the following averages per
| acre
! Lined plots .............. 2.34 tons
| Cnlimed check .......... .;oS toms
| increase ................ .ol toi's
Ten plots were also started in 1928.
Alfalfa
Six alfalfa tests are also being con-
Quoted all Of which have given good
results for the present year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26
Livestock Project

Herd work. milk records and silase
corn is included in the work accom-
plished the past year by the livestock
project. w. r. Ayers. the county
livestock project leader, gave the fol-
lowing interesting facts:
Accredited Herd Work
Below is a summary of the herds
tested in communities upon which
figures are now available:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26

NJ voati,ss az Att Shil'r Patterns Cut Skirts Cut
1925 40
PATTERNs .,,o .eo,
217 1910 o69S
,o> . DRESS P aTTEaRGNHS1 N.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26
School Resources of Maine

1.-THE State of Maine is generous in
it's support of its public schools and
considering our limited resources I
believe we are doing well. Not long
ago | prepared a diagram of our tax
dollar which showed just how every
dollar of the tax payers money is
spent by the State Government. The
largest single item on this plan is for
education, and shows that 31c of ev-
cry State dollar is spent upon our
schools. For charity. health and well
fare work there is spent Csc, and for
roads and bridges 23c on each dollar.
Some states spend even larger per-
centage of the tax dollar on education
than we do. 1t is my earnest wish
that we Immediately had available
S5,000,000 or 100000 of State mon
ey with which we could eliminate the
little red school houses" that dot
our highways and byways, mostly the
latter Maine people however, are
determined that their schools shall
not fall behind, and I predict that
each year there will be steady i'm
provement.
MY ideal for the schools of Maine
is for every child within the State to
receive at least a grammar school
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-09-20

penny which can be sent to the Ruhr
is being sent this week. The truth
is that the reserves of the reichsbank
are much less than is generally sup
posed.
Responsible politicians are grad
ually awakening to a realization OF
the full extent of Cuno's plumbers,
which are coming to be regarded as
nothing short of criminal The anger
which is growing in political circles
threatens to spread like a wave over
the entire population. Already the
demand is being raised that the for
mer chancellor and certain members
of his cabinet be called to answer for
their stewardship before a court OF
justice. Herr Cuno's hurried trip to
America after his recent resignation
Is declared in some quarters to have
been in fact flight to escape the
consequences of his sins OF commits
sion and omission.
The principal accusations against
him are:
i. That he financed Ruhr resistance
almost wholly by the printing press.
1t having been established that for
several months less than 2 per cent
of the Ruhr expenditures was COW
cred by taxation.
2. Reckless expenditure of Ruhr
funds, SO that many grew rich at the
peoples expense.
3. Encourag ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS or, per-
haps, active-of sabotage and other
forms Of active resistance, thus CIV
ing the French a pretext for the
taking of harsh measures, which
eventually broke the resistance.
It has been asserted by one respon-
sib1e public man that the Cuno cab
met last April actually decided upon
a general active attack on the French
troops and were prevented only by the
Prussian government, which was I'M
der socialist influence.
4. That Chancellor Cuno, politi-
cally, was a child, and that he omitted
many timely political measures which
might have made passive resistance
partially successful.
The German people still are gem
orally ignorant of recent events But
they must learn the truth within a
week. Their anger then will be so
violent that it may assume most seri-
Gus form unless 1T can be shunted onto
the absent Cuno.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-09-20

continued from First Page.)
sion at noon to consider the question
of admissibiIity.
Seated in his wheelchair before the
court Private Pendleton underwent
a lengthy DISCRIMINATION by Maj.
Raymond E. Scott, Medical Corps, for
the prosecution.
Details of the treatment received
by the boy at Fort Eustis were re-
viewed by the defense in an avowed
attempt to test the "veracity' of the
witness.
Maj. Cook, the witness testified, had
been in his ward at the Fort Eustis
Hospital practically every day,
sometimes more than once a day."
but the witness said he could not
remember of Maj. Cook eyer chang
ing the dressings on his legs
Under REORGANIZATION the boy
reiterated previous testimony that he
felt in better condition shortly after
arriving at the Fort EuStis than he
felt at any time afterward during his
illness. He complained of the con-
dition of his legs during the time
posterfor casts were on them, and
said the break in his leg bones had
been set in such manner that the
end of the bones moved about. Sores
came on his legs, the boy said.
On his transfer to Walter Reed
Hospital in this city, Private Pendle-
ton said he had been moved part of
the way in an Army truck" When
he arrived at Walter Reed, the wit
ness said the ward surgeon estimated
his weight at sixty pounds, whereas
to the time of his accident he had
weighed 140 pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-09-20

characters in the worlds history
more harshly treated by would-Se
scutptors than the Saviour and Abra-
ham Lincoln-it is pitiful." And once
Included in the outstanding work
of Mr.. Noble are the statues of w.
Ellery Charming, the Unitarian d.
vine at Newport, r. l.; Adjt. Gen.
Porter, Van Cortlandt Park, N. Y;
Phillips Brookes, Church of the In
carnation. 35th and Madison avenue.
New York. the largest interior mem
orfal in the United States; Gov. An
drew Gregg Curtin of Pennsylvania,
Bellfonte, that state, and a marble
and bronze work OF former Prime
Minister Lloyd George. Just finished.
There Is no member OF President
Coolidge's cabinet held in higher es-
TEEN by the credited accountants of
the country-those watchdogs of the
peoples business and tax problems
than Secretary Mellon, according to
w. +. Weiss, former president of the
New York State Society of Certified
Accountants, who is stopping at the
Hotel Washington during the con-
vention of the American Institute Of
Credited Accountants, now in session
at that house.
Treasury head to induce Congress to
materially lower the surtax percent
age rates, Mr.. Weiss said:
Secretary Mellon villas able to
lower the individual surtax rates
some, and even with that reduction
his judgment was better than that Of
Congress in that it produced a bigger
revenue in money.
THE reason for this Is simple. The
high rate drove capital into invest
ment Of tax-free securities, while the
lower rate recommended brings can't
tai back into business. 1t was un-
fortunate that Congress did not adopt