Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-05

treasurer of Park & Pollard Co. and
i Founder of Jefferson Farms, Inc.
1 Pointing out that Names future
Jay In the development Of its agri-
cultural resources TO a considerable
extent, Philip K. Park, treasurer Of
the Park d Pollard Co, advised the
! hotarians to join the back to the
| lana movement. or to at least make
| husDandry in one of it's many phases
| tnelr hobby. in talk before the club
az us regular meeting held at the
augusta House. Friday evening.
Ihe speaker of the evening was
honored by one of the largest at.
! tcndances of the year, and there
| were IA guests introduced previous
| 10 the talk by Mr.. Park. That the
Rotarians were particularly interest
ca IN his remarks, was Indicated by
| the number Of questions fired at him
at the conclusion of his talk The
meeting developed into a regular open
forum, with members seeking infor-
| nation on different departments of
! scientific farming and cattle raising.
Mr.. Park, who besides his connec-
ton with the Park & Pollard Co. is
the founder of jefferson Farms.
where with blooded Aberdeen Angus
cattle. he is demonstrating that beef
can be raised and marketed in the
east as well as in the west. His
subject was "Maine's Prospects," and
| he introduced his subject by saying
that as boy in school he was taught
that shipbuilding. numbering. lime
ana granite quarryinE. and ice cut
| ing were the principal industries of
this state. and then he called atten-
tlon To the decline in these indus
tries, and suggested that Maine must
| ma something to succeed them. In
Mr.. Park opinion in agriculture lay
the future of the State.
! In analysing the present conditions
, OK farming i'll this state. Mr.. Park
asked If the farmer WAS getting a
square deal or an even break on the
taxes he is paying. Decrying the
abandonment of SO many farms, the
! speaker said that when Il community
/ loses farmer. they lost fire. a pro-
! Queer. then customer. taxpayer
ana citizen. lie mentioned improper
/ grading of products and marketing
methods as reasons for the low prices
which the farmer receives for his
! products. and mentioned the efforts
of the agricultural committee of the
state Chamber CT Commerce. Of
which he is chairman. to find Il mar
Eet in Boston, with a systematic plan
/ o. shipping to that market as a soiu-
! ton OF this condition.
| Arrangements are being made with
Il chain store system in the Hub,
which also operates n number of
restaurants. to handle the egg pro-
dUction from certain sections of this
state. This chain system operates
| lG6 stores aud turns over seven to
ten carloads of eggs per week. They
| need two or three carloads more
than their source Of supply can pro-
ducc, and it is hoped that Maine eggs
will supply this demand. This con
| Germ pays Il pvicc considerably over
! the top market 10" their eggs.
Amongst other things which Mr..
| Park mentioned to further the de
velopmcnt OF our AGRICULTURAL pe-
, tcntialitieS, WAS that instead of con-
Ccntration on subjects. in our public
| schools. which are supposed to fit
the studcntsfor college, Whcn gS per-
cent of them will not attend college.
we should teach the rudimcnts Of
agriculture. At the present time in
| Maine the production on the average
farm is only 10 percent of the maxi
mum possible. Speaking ct cattle.
Mr.. Park said that government tests
proved that blooded stock will pro-
duce almost 80 percent more than
scrub stock. and that not two percent
os the cattle ia Maine today arc pure
bred.
Mi. Park told something Of the
success of his experiment at Ieffer-
sou Farms in the raising of beef for
| market. At the present time prac-
tically the entire production of these
farms is being marketed through one
dealer in Portland. who handles
$4,000 worth OF western beef in a
single week The Jefferson farms
cannot adequately supply the de
I t,NI fNr
Mainc raised baby beef. lie said
that about n carload of western
products is sold in Augusta in one
week, which represents several
| thousand collars. and said how much
finer this would be If the money was
! going to the farmers in the imme-
diatc vicinity OF this city.
In an effort to answer his own
question as to what could be done
to develop Maine agriculture, ana
further farming interests. the speak
err suggested that more men shouid
make agriculture in some form thelI
hobby. They can at least interest
! themselves in the farmer problems,
and endcavor to find solutions, An
tother thing. is a different attitude
| foward farm loans. and In It's mat
ter the farmer himself needs edutat-
ing as much as the iinancier MI
Park called upon the members OF me
! club to individually try 10 help the
County Farm Bureau Agent.
! In closing, Mr.. Park said that the
bcef farmers will make money. but
the production must be placed on a
| sci, ntitic basis with the feed raised
right here in Maine. No state IN
! The union has finer pasturage, nor
better soil for raising feed.
In answer to questions from ms
hearers the sneaker told in more de-
/ tail OF his success in raising hahy
beef for market at Jefferson Farms
! The talk by MIR. Park proved to De
one of the most interesting when
! tho Rotarians have listened TO- anu
| President Paul Sargent eNtenuen .ne
! ~ ,,,s NJ the club To Mr.. Park for
/ his splendid discourse -.
| II was announced last evening. tRa'
| ~ 80 rhmr rssAr6e