Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-15

of cooperation he declared is of the
! right sort. tt-A-.'
President Wilson II. Conant Of the
| Oxford Farm Bureau commended the
! extension work in his county. He
| introduced Mrs. Knightlcy of Norway,
who came all the way from her home
| to tell what she thinks of extension
work among the women there. She
also spoke in detail of the work Of
| the agricultural clubs especially in
| Rumford. where so many national
! tiles are blended in the club acti-
vities.
Mrs. J. O. Peck of Winslow spoke
| of the women's work i'm Kenn 2hcc
and heartily commended it. She
said it is meeting the needs of the
| farm women in a larger way then
anything else has ever done.
President Lord of the York Farm
| Bureau and Vice President .Jewctt of
| the Franklin Farm Bureau spoke
| briefly. commencing extension uUl k
! in their counties.
! DR.. c. o. Little, president of the
University of Maine said that these
| testimonials seemed to bear out " nat
| he had heard from Washington de-
partment officials, that in agricultural
GAttilSlOH NOIN anu IccOIllDIISIl1fltut
! Maine is very close to the top, il not
! the actual leader. He added that
! DR.. Merrill has fine group of
| splendid young men and women in
| his extension department. In this
| line the State has something good
| and should hold on to it.
, Commissioner +. T. Washburn of
| the Maine Department of Agric,ltulo
was the final speaker. He indo. sed
| the favorable comments that mad
| been made regarding agricultural OK
| tension work in Maine and he said
he takes pride in the fact that there
Is the closest and finest kind OF CO.
| operation between the Collcg" of
| Agriculture, the extension service.
| the Grange, the Farm Bureau ana
| other agricultural organizations ana
| the State Department of Agriculture.
THE agricultural problems in Maine
| today he said, in conclusion. are
| to stop the exodus from the farms,
to improve the quality of our prod =
ucts and TO improve the metho.> OF
| marketing. Toward this end wn arc
all working. ANY ,urtaiImcnt OF the
work at this time would be Il great
calamity"
No one spoke in opposition to The
| resolve.
Experiment Station Farms
Three resolves. in favor or aplro-
priations for Highmoor farm in y IN
| throp and the Aroostool; experiment
| farm. and for continuation Of The
| animal industry experiments. all up-
| der the charge OF the Maine AgIi
| cultural Experiment Station, We're
| considered in single hearing. ut tile
| suggestion of Or. W. :. Morse. lir-
Cctor of the station. Who was the
| first to speak in favor of the resolves
| He explained the plans nader
| which the experimental work is ear
| ried on. He said the station council
| includes representatives from the
various state wide agricultural or
I CARNATIONS. The dean of the College
of Agriculture and the commissi Dn"i
of the Maine Department IF .t2fi-
culture are also members. The com
ell cndeavorS TO run INC various lie.
partments OF the institution as cCo-
nomically as possible, !ut labof', tol y
experimental work is expensive III
cited the production of the Maine 34f
oat as q Maine station production vs.
pccally adaptable to soil conditions
in this STATE. Demonstrations on 81
farms showed an average yic!d oI
| Maine $40 that exceeded by l. BASH
els per acre the highest yields of 9TH
or varieties. At this ratio of pro
duction. had Maine 80 oats no,r
exclusively raised in the oat fields
Of the State last Year, the total pro
| duction would have been l,i0J,0O(
= bushels.
DR.. Little of the University ci
Maine commended the work OF The
experiment station. He said this lc-
search wOrH- is the cornerstone, ethf
pioneer in agricultural dcvclOpr;rsht
1T is hard to see Immediately le-
suits. but they are there, rs sur,
as fate
President Emery OF the Maine Fed
Grafton OF Farm Bureaus said thai
farmers used to do their own CXrel j.
mcnting and stand the losses IRON
their mistakes. Now they wait nm
til the experiment staff n las W0r,ic,
ont the problems ana chen profit 10y
il.
representative IiougLton of Arols-
took. DR.. Little. Dr. Morse and T. /;
Denny of Damariscotta spoke Of tic
Importance Of continuing tie oNpCli-
mehts in cattle breeding at llighnooi
farm.
ts'iltdtiNc l-'t'fll'i VI tN1Ttl'l
willie. a member or the a"licultura
committee, asked il Che experiments
thus far conducted tad given vrlu-
able information already available
to the farmers.
They certainly have" was dice.
tor Morse's hcply."
State Department Inspection O.
Products
| The final hearing of the Afternoon
was on the resolve favoring an 1p-
preparation of $4,000 for the Mant
Department of Agriculture for ship
ping point inspection of fruits. vogr-
tables and other pcrislahlc fam
products. The hearing was con,.uct
ed in behalf of the proponents. rs
Willard l.. Hamilton of Carbon I'll,
speakers i'll favor wore Charles Nj
| White Of the department. Nj. Briggs
of Caribou. Representative Thomas
T.. Houghton of Fort Fairfield. Dr. "
S. Morse of Orono. Representative 4
NJ. Smith of Ludlow. GEORGE IIunph-
rey of Washhurn. Mr.. White statce
that the line of work proposed !:
carried on in is other Agricultural
states and that Maine cannot be OK
pectcd to get ahead very rapidly II
the line of progressive marlioiin.
without some help from the State II
the line mentioned.
Voted Yes On All
In executive session the commit