The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-04-26
FARM BUREAU EXECUTIVES MET
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PROJECT LEADERS REPORTS

| Below are the reports given by the
different project leaders at the ex-
ecutive committee meeting. held April
| 20:
| CLUBS-The following clubs have
started their enrolment for 1923:
| North Arson girls. 80: North Arson
boys, IL: Canaan girls, 4 Hartland
| and st. Adams, mixed club. 33; An
son girls. 6. total, 80. Two new
leaders have been procured and cards
| distributed in towns unorganized
previously for club work. During
May two club conferences will be
held and tt is hoped that this will be
one OF the best club seasons ever re-
| corded
! CROPS--Tn the crops project for
1928, 35 lime demonstrations have
been arranged for. in IL communities
| Thirty-one men. In nine communities,
| have agreed to carry on potato seed
plot. Fiftyseven cooperators have
promised to plant Maine $40 oats, In
| I3 communities. Four kale eradica-
ton demonstrations have been re-
| quested. Thirteen men plan to use
nitrate of soda as q top dressing for
grass this spring. The rate of APP
phcation recommended is one hun
bred pounds per acre.
DAIRY-Seventeen communities
have adopted the better sires-better
stock project. Five towns have
demonstrated desire to form COW
test association and 25 men in these
towns want to join. These towns
I are too scattered to form one associa-
! ton, however, and more men must be
interested to warrant starting the as
ISOLATION. One man Is now making
definite nlana 10 build a suo rhroe
or four others may build. Four
men plan to use lime and acid phos-
phate to improve their pastures.
Since the annual meeting, 440 COWS
in % herds have been tested for the
tuberculosis. Two reacting COWS
were found in this number One OF
the herds tested has been accredited.
At least so herds in four communi-
ties are on the waiting list for the
test.
FARM MANAGEMENT--up to
April Is, Al farm account books have
been given out, and according to re-
ports received at the Office. 16 of these
have been started. 1t is probable
that more have been started, but not
reported as yet. OF the books given
out during 1922, 20 have been receiv-
ed at the Office to be summarized.
AS, a general thing, these books have
been well kept and given much valu-
able light on the business of farm
ing. At the annual county meeting,
the Farm Survey was added to the
Farm Management project. AT the
annual community planning meeting,
l17 towns adopted this project, and to
| date 10 OF the communities have fur
nished complete list of the farmers In
1.-THE towns.
| ORCHARD--The number of trees
ordered this year thru the community
orchard planting plan was ISL. With
the exception of the Wolf River and
| Gravenstein, all trees cost 43c each.
These two varieties were soc. Trees
are a quality project and are inspect
ed before coming into the state.
! Twenty-three pruning and grating
demonstrations have been scheduled
| for this spring, scattered among eley-
| en- COMMUNITIES. CeFSl VI tHcsc hafV
! been held to date. Thirty men In ten
communities, have agreed to carry on
I an orchard fertilization demonstra7
| ton. with nitrate of soda.
POULTRY-Three chick raising
demonstrations have been planned.
This demonstration has for its object
the gathering of comparative fgures
on early Matched before May 1st)
and late Matched latter May 1st)
chicks, for the purpose OF showing
which practice Is more profitable,
both from the standpoint of per cent
of chick mortality and the egg pro-
duction. Two poultry-house build
! ing demonstrations have been re-
quested. Last year one house was
built at an expense OF practically 81
per hen capacity. Five poultry GULL
| ing demonstrations have been plan
ned. Seven poultry killing demon
STATIONS have been planned. Last
year three caponizing demonstrations
were held One of the men kept a
careful record and at Thanksgiving
time his capons paid him 76c each
| over the cost of feed, and this was