Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-07

the manufacture of Lay or Bust
feeds. Mr.. Park is chairman Of the
Livestock Commission Of the State
or Maine Chamber of Commerce.
This position is fully justified as he
is the pioneer beef raiser of Maine,
having four years ago purchased six
abandoned farms. aggregating nearly
two thousand acres, in the town OF
Jefferson, near Augusta. Here are
pure-bred Polled Aberdeen Angus
baby beef" cattle dotting the green
hills and rich pastures of the farms,
their silky. black coats glistening in
tae sun, sight to inspire sone to take
up the beef raising game for the
.,heer love Of it. !,
Mr.. Park calls New England's
green pastures and well-watered vail
leys the gold mines Of the East" IIe
says that better beef and cheaper
beef can be raised in Maine than on
the Western ranches, and is prov
ing 1t. From nucleus of forty four
pure bred Angus, purchased In Kan
sas, he has built up one Of the finest
herds OF baby beef in the country to-
day, and has put his farms on d pro-
ftable business basis In a wonderful
~ short period of time. Sunfiower
and corn ensilage and home raised
alfalfa and grains spell economy in
feeding. The problem of labor prac.
tically solves itself, since one man
with proper feeding and housing fac
ilities, can care for one hundred head
Of Angus.
AS head of the livestock commits
sion Of the Maine State Chamber of
Commerce. he inaugurated the Boys
and Girls Baby Beef Clubs Of Cum
berland and Sagadahoc Counties,
which have just completed a most
successful season. When bankers of
one Maine city refused to lend it's
boys and girls money to purchase
their steers for the contests, Mr.. Park
accepted fifty notes personally. Every
boy and girl came across with the
money to redeem his pledge immed-
lately the contest closed, last Deem
Der. -
The Aberdeen Angus beef breed
thrives in our New England climate,
as zero weathers has no terrors for
them, even though housed in open
sheds, as they are at the jefferson
Farms. In Maine especially wide
awake livestock owners are getting
back of this beef raising industry and
establishing small breeding herds in
ali parts Of the State to insure the
ultimate success of this great ven
ture. Aroostook County the potato
mart Of the world. is almost bank
rupt at the present time through a
three-year glut and poor crops. AL
ready Aroostook farmers are looking
toward Maine raised" beef as
means Of diversifying their agricul-
ture, to have IAN anchor to wind
ward" on loft years." A conference
has already been held between the
heads of the State College of Agri-
culture and group of representa-
tive livestock breeders of Maine and
the plans made for utilizing part of
Aroostook's great acreage, as well as
abandoned farm land in other coun-
ties of the State, for the raising of
livestock.
The tillable land in Maine alone Is
equal in acreage to nearly one-half
the total area Of the rest Of the New
England States combined. Names
population, as reported b the Com
mission Of Agriculture. is 1ifty-two
per cent agricultural" still ninety
one per cent OF all the food stuffs
consumed in Maine is sent in from
other States. A sad commentary.
Isn't livestock the remedy for this
Maine alone?
The Maine agricultural societies
are watching Mr.. Parks work with
interest. and are in sympathetic ac-
cord with his efforts.
New England needs thousands of
Mr.. Parks to come into her borders
and breathe new life and courage in
10 the farming game; to show her
people how to raise beef and other
livestock for the market, and how to
market it successfully. She needs
men of Drawn and brains and money
and business experience to make Il
market in the Eastern States for
Eastern meats, and a system of
handling the livestock of the farmer
that will not be all profit for some-
body else.
Versatility is rare gift. But
Philip r. Park discusses intelligently
a variety of subjects with over four
million readers in states east of the
Mississippi. Fer seventeen years
Mr.. Park has edited the Park &;
Pollard Year Book and Almanac and
enjoyed the confidence of these farm
ers, poultrymen, and cattlemen
through the columns of his unique
publication. ~
ILlIIlllls, tto sui, TOtdtiOl VI CIOIS,
corn planted on clover sod, nitrogen,
vitamins and minerals. poultry keep
ing dairying and profitable beef
raising in the East are among the
many subjects ably presented in the
1928 number of this Lay or Bust"
Year Book and Almanac.
A beautiful product of the book
makers is special de luxe edi-
ton of this Park e. Pollard Com
panys Year Book, which has been
mailed to governors, senators, con-
gressmen. and men prominent in all
commercial lines, including three
hundred members of the Boston Ro-
tary Club.
To help solve the problem Of the
East feeding itself is the main pur-
pose of publishing this special edi-
ton. The West has usurped Eastern
markets and has done this through
advertising, efficient marketing, and
Eastern money.
Mr.. Park makes a special appeal to
business and professional men as
well as farmers and livestock men. to
take a few minutes time to think
constructively on this great problem
and to write him a letter stating just
what each thinks he can do to help
advance the cause of more livestock
in his particular locality.
A personal letter inserted in the
book opposite an excellent likeness
Of Philip Ryder Park, and signed by