Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-28
Farm Week Program
Begins Successfully
Interesting Papers

Orono. Me, March 27-Farmers
week under the direction of the Col
lese of Agriculture began auspicious-
~ with a GOOD attendance.
The names of 50 speakers appear
culture and home economies. They
include most OF the members OF the
College OF Agriculture faculty, a
number of members of the extern
sion service faculty, prominent far
mers of Maine, specialists from sew
cral othe. states, two representa-
tives of The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, parties repre-
ScntlnS manufacturers of agricul-
tural equipment, officers CT a num-
Der of large cooperative marketing
associations and members of various
statewide agricultural organiZa-
tons. Wednesday will be devoted
largely to questions Of cooperative
marketing. in which Maine farmers
! are especially interested at the pres
ent time.
Special business meetings and
public programs will be conducted
| by these agricultural organizations:
Tuesday. Maine Federation Of Farm
| Bureaus. lainc Seed Improvement
Association. Wednesday, Maine Fed :
7 GRAFTON of Agricultural Associations.
Maine Beekecpers' Associations;
Thursday. Maine State Pomological
Society, Maine Livestock Breeders
Association, Maine Ayrshire Breed
crs' Association; Friday. Maine Hol-
stein Breeders association. Maine
| jersey Breeders Association.
Today's program included the fol-
! lowing:
s.SO-Best Breeds Of Poultry for
Maine. l.. p Gardner: Need of Min
! eral Supplements in Livestock Feed
4. ing, Prof, J.. s. Corbett; Drainage
Problems and How to Meet Them,
,, II. \. Athcrton.
! 9.25- The Three C's, in Poultry
Housing, Q. M.'Wilbur; Results from
Good Seed Campaign, r. B. Dodge.
! c. c. Larrabee; PracticabNity of
the Home Made Silo. Il. =. Talbot;
| Use. w. ". Wiggin.
! 1o.oo-Prultrv Diseases and Sani-
! tation, Prof. Z: r. Hitchner: Why
! Milk Tess Vary, Prof. J.. NJ. Dor
sey: A. X. GARDENERS New Facts on
Potato Diseases. DR. Donald Folsom.
n15-Conmon Ailments and Dis
eases of the Udder, DR.. F. L. Rus
sell; A Dangerous Enemy to Maine
i White Pine. w. O., Frost: Results of
Poultry Accounts in 1922. M. y.
/ Jones: The Corn Rorer in Maine,
| Prot. c. II. Batchelder
130-Selccting Poultry Breeding
Stock. O. NJ. Wilbur: The Growing
of Ensilage Corn. Leslie f. McIntire;
| Milk, Prof. Dorsey; meeting of Maine
Seed Improvement Association: Our
Work from STANDPOINT Of a Massa :
chusetts County Agent, j. H. Bod
well.
| 2.25. Culhng and Selecting Breed
ers. L. p. Gardner 0. NJ. Wilbur; Why
so Many Types in Every Potato Bin,
+. W. Morton; Silage. Other Than
Corn. Prof. B. c. Helmick.
$40: How Potato Seed Is Handled
In Some States. f. L. Newdick.
Ais: Changes in Rules for Field
Work. DR.. Folsom.
Home Economic Section
9.25. Demonstration Variety in
Preparation of Foods. Prof. Frances
| M. Freeman, Miss Florence ]. Nor
Prof. Esther McGinnis; 100. Effects
of Home Training on Child Develop
ment, Prof. l.. J. Pollard: 2.25, How
to Choose a Hat, Prof. Louise Ban
croft; $40, Demonstration, Covering
a Hat Frame. Miss Edna NJ. Cobb;
7.30, open house at North hall, prac-
tice house of home economies, Sen
| iors; lecture by Prof. Ava Fl. Chad
bourne on Interpretation of Some In
; dian Place names in Maine.
Poultry Diseases and Sanitation
! This subject was discussed by
Prof. E. r. Hitchner of U. of NJ.
During the last decade rapid strides
have been made in eradication and
prevention of many of the common
| diseases Of poultry. and many control
| measures have been advised after