The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-02

private veterinarians. One silo was
built; 20 farm accounts kept and sum-
married. in IA communities; 16 potato
cost accounts closed and IA poultry
account books Three men kept milk
cost accounts; 127 men enrolled In
the seed oat campaign planting Maine
$40 oats; 5 kale control demonstra-
lions had an average control of 1920;
10 men used lime; IL potato seed plots
were conducted; men treated seed
for scab and rhizoctonia; men fer
tilted their orchard with nitrate of
soda; 20 grating demonstrations and
14pruning demonstrations were held;
7 caponizing demonstrations were
held. The greatest work was as is
the case nearly every year, with boys
and girls in club work. This being
one of the most successful years since
1919.
WHAT IT HAS DONE
1924
1924 membership Of 662 adults and
81 boys and girls enrolled in club
work Numerous community field
days afforded social enjoyment, one
countrywide field day.
CLUBS
.Twenty-one Boys and Girls clubs.
Wide awake up to the minute local
leaders, 81 enrolled in canning, sew
ing, cooking and housekeeping, pig,
poultry, potato and corn projects.
1921 In prizes awarded, beside big
dollar saving in all lines Of work. A
Somerset girl selected for the second
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leader training school at Springfield,
Mass.
DAIRY
5000 cows tested for r. b. through
Farm Bureau Extension Service and
State department Only five reactors.
An important step in rural sanitation.
so men are learning to know their
cows by having quarterly butter-fat
tests Three silos built at saw
ing of $3.50.
FARM MANAGEMENT
Better analysis of farm business
has been obtained, by the keeping of
nineteen potato" cost AGtouhfs,. TWEEN
ty-three farm accounts and IL eight
poultry accounts.
ORCHARD
Orchard work has been made more
interesting by the holding of eleven
grating and twenty-three pruning
demonstrations, Twelve men planted
$50 commercial apple trees.
CROPS
Thirty-fye men carried potato seed
plots while twenty-four treated seed
for rhzoctonia. Meetings have been
held in regards to pruning, poultry
marketing, dairy, forestry and. farm
management to the total of thirty as
we'll as club planning and annual
community meetings. Eight caponiz-
ing and eight kale control demonstra-
lions held Eighteen men used lime
for. the first time
= MARION HARE FULLER
GRADUATE OF NASSON INSTITUTE
The first of July a full time home
demonstration agent was put in the
county to cooperate with the county
agent and work through the Farm
Bureau, thus establishing ladies
branch of the Farm Bureau in as
many communities as possible. The
work was started by first giving dem
onstrations in the community, explain
ing what we were trying to do and
general discussion of work, which in
almost every case led up to their
forming a local> organization. This
was done In several communities. but
it was impossible to reach all before
the August committee meetings were
held, in which cases the wives of the
mems committee were asked to be
present. The work was explained
and If they were interested and thot
their community would be, work was
planned for the coming year and in
most cases date set to have a dem
onstration as soon, as possible. The
committees were usually appointed
at these meetings.
Miss Hare from the state was eX-
tremely successful i'm her work among
the women, The boys and girls
clubs also were more or less under
her supervision, all of which have