Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-22

| or You men ever been under the
bureau of bunting for a collar but
ton! That is esearch proposition"
He said that most of those present
mad paid more than a dime to reach
there and yet the agricultural exper.-
ment work of the State costs oriy
slX cents per year for every person
IN the State. If a dime for each per-
son was turned over to this work.
, II would be almost 100 per cent bet
ter Off 1t is not a terribly expensive
proposition. People see the lump
sum asked II, Ky the Legislature. /
ike to have you see 1t spread out.
II you take it ell out of one pocket
IT is a big .crlp, but if you take it
from the Whole State it would act
be so.
DR.. Little expressed his regret
,, that Governor Baxter was not pres
ent. Governor Baxter vetoed an
appropriation essential to carrying
on this sort of ork and that called
| for the vast expenditure of a two
cent stamp for each person in the
State" he said That is something
that some call penny wise and pound
foolish"
The value OF this station 10 not
the plants yoi sec in the fields. It
Is the results Of value to you people
which we get.
United States Senator FernaId
United States Senator Bert M.
Fernald said that he remembered one
| day in January 1909 when he was
governor of Maine, George A. Yeaton
| with some friends appeared asking
for money. Mr.. Yeaton stated they
wanted TO buy farm for the expert
! ment station. Senator Fernald said
that he sent man to look over the
! property and he favored the purchase
| of the farm. So I feel like a sort of
a grandfather to the whole Highmoor
farm proposition. he declared. We
| bought and paid for the farm July 8.
| 1909. 1t cost $4,000. If. we had paid
| $4,000 it would have been a splendid
proposition for the farmers of Maine.
! knowledge always rays. Wisdom is
the gift of God.
He declared that If he took all of
the time until sunset he couldn't tell
all of the things that they are doing
| at Highmoor.
Speaking of the prospect for agri-
culture in Maine, he said that Maine
can raise more corn to the acre than
other states and it can raise the finest
i corn that brings the highest price.
Maine has not only the best beef; it
| has the best men and women. He
said he wanted the farmers to go
! back to their homes feeling that they
/ are a part of the best State in the
best country God has ever made.
State Grange Master Thompson
William j. Thompson of South
China, master of the State Grange.
was then called upon. He asserted
that agriculture is under a great
cloud in the whole country. but the
Maine farmer is bettcr off than other
sections as far as lifting land bust
ness is concerned. He referred to the
fine potato crop in Aroostook county.
You farmers are living better than
you ever did before" he said. "a man
makes no money by going out of bust
ness. 1t is a time that needs meet
| ingS like these. 1t is q time when
farmers need to look over their or
| chards If every one else is going to
leave off work, it is time we began
to work and get results"
! Other Speakers
The other speakers of the afternoon
were Leslie Smith. deputy commits
sioner of agriculture of Massachu-
sets and Dudley Alleman, editor OF
| the Maine Farmer, who made plea
for farmers to lend their support to
the New York Apple Exposition and
/ y l..
to attend the field meeting of the
Maine Pathological society to be held
Thursday, Aug %. at his farm. the
"Montsweag Farm" at Wiscasset.
Members of the society will also
gather at a field meeting to be held
| Wednesday, Aug. %, at the Catherine
Macarthur farm at Limington. Speak
| ers at both of these meetings will be:
w. H. Conant, H. P. Sweetser, q. a:
Yeaton and A. X. Gardner, who will
discuss different phases of orchardlns
and small fruit growing.
Highmoor Farm Research Work
At every point of interest on High
moor Farm were guides ready to SHOW
the farmers the various phases or eS-
detrimental work that is being carried
on, and the visitors passed the forenoon
in going over the far improperly. view
ing the orchards. gardens and livestock,
| and studying the experiments. Repre-
| scntatives of the Maine Department OF
Agriculture, the Main College OF Agrl-
| culture the extension service ana the
Maine Experiment Station, volunteered
their services as guides on the occd-
/ sion.
The following work is no" IN pro-
| gross ct the experiment farm:
Orchard Observation-Disclosures and
scion orchard. Trees which were SINAI
when set in 1914 are small yet While
large nursery trees produced big trees.
There are II varieties in this orchard.
| Crossing experiments with apples 10
determine what varieties are inter,
fertile and can pollinate each other. All
Maine varieties have been found to be
| sclf-sterile Productive and unproouc-
tive tyes of Ben Davis trees. some OF
these trees have been reciprocally top
worked to test value CT working over
low yielders. Fertilizer experiments
Different amounts Of nitrate OF SOFA
annlied to trees about two weeks be-
fore blossoming. Spray experiments;
Various plots Of trees SPRAYED sa ana
busted with different mixtures. oeeo.
i've orchard planted with seeds OF
! commercial varieties in 1911. Seed
lings from crosses of the best apple
varieties for a study Of hercdity ana
for developing new varieties aoap.eu ~
| ,Jo;ne era fled nursery trees. Scions
and roots from productive and unpro-