Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-24
| VASSALBORO men
| FARM BUREAU WORK
TYPICAL OF COUNTY

The work which the mems division
of the Vassalboro Farm Bureau has
accomplished in the past year, is
typical Of what men are doing all
over the county. Clarence A. Day,
county agent of the Extension Ser
vice and the Kennebec Farm Bureau,
in an interesting interview, Friday,
pointed out some Illuminating facts
relative to the work.
The mems division at Vassalboro
started their years work by holding
a membership campaign in the fall of
1929 AS result of the campaign,
81 members were secured, So men and
80 women. The next step was to
hold community planning meeting
which was done in January. It was
held at the Baptist church at Vassal-
boro Center.
At the meeting the following COM
mittee were chosen: Chairman, F.
M. Robinson; secretary, Mrs. Abbie
Davis; farm management, /. M.
Gates; dairy, F. B. Perley; orchard,
Z. o Stoddard; crops, E. w. Brann.
They voted to have the cows in the
community tested to tuberculosis
under the accredited herd plan; to
take part in the silage corn cam
paign hold one demonstration in pas
ture fertilization; to purchase car
load of lime and conduct a lime de-
monstration; to keep farm accounts,
poultry accounts and hold a farm
management meeting; to purchase
apple trees, comparatively; to enroll
the poultry men to take part in the
country wide movement by selecting
the best breeds for the breeding
pens; to keep egg records; to organ
ize boys and girls clubs.
|. In the dairy work, Is herds of cat
tie, consisting of $50 cattle, were CIV
en- the tnberculine test. They are now
on the accredited herd list.
Seven men planted New York flint
corn and F. B. Perley conducted a
comparative demonstration with
mammoth flint corn and the white
cap dent variety, to find which vari-
ETY. Of corn would give the largest
yield. Results would indicate that
the mammoth flint corn is still the
| most desirable corn for silage in
Vassalboro yet tried.
A pasture fertilization demonsta-
ton is to be started this fall. The
| work done with lime proved to be
very interesting. Six demonstrations
We're started in 1921, when the fields
were seeded to clover. On one part
| of the field lime was used and the
other part of the field was not lime
treated. The lime used was at the
/ rate OF a ton to the acre. This year
is the second year that the field
has been in hay. Plots were chosen
| from both the lined and the unlimed
plots from five plots, this year. These
| five demonstrations gave an everAge
yield of 2.05 tons per acre with lime
used. The unlimed plots gave a
yield of 1.56 tons per acre, giving an
average gain of 40 in the lined lots
or about 81 per acre gain.
A 30-ton carload Of lime was pur-
| chased comparatively. Some 400 ap-
pie trees were purchased also CO.
| operatively under the community
planting plan. Eight people enrolled
to select their best hens as BREEDERS
| Five farm accounts books and six
| poultry accounts books were dis
| tributed.
An all day meeting on the general
subject of farm management was
held in March, Two boys and girls
| agricultural Gibbs were organized
with the local leaders, Mrs. e. w.
Brann and Mrs. Able Davis. Twenty
three members were enrolled in
these two clubs. Mary Bartlett of
the Merry Maidens Club, received
tne prize OF 30 onered, by T. w.
Longiey Of Sidney to the club mem
Der In the junior group who ranked
third among all the members. The
award was made at the county club
contest The Merry Maidens Club
was organized last year, getting its
charter then. This year the club re-
ceived the Nstional Seal of Achiev-
ment, the highest honor won by a
club in the United States.