Daily Kennebec journal., 1924-12-20

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fsrn psanagAsaent, C. s. Gott;
The work which they plan 10 do IN
the Year 10 come includes: Interest
at least 10 petato. growers In the use
OF improved seed potato; start four al
falta demonstrations; tess cattle for
tuberculosis: keep farm accounts; con-
duct poultry account campaign: DEM
onstrating in planting pine tree; pool
orders for apple trees under the com.
munIty planting plan.
| The following are the new officers cS
the mems division Of the vassalborc
Farm Bureau: Chairman. 3 Q. stcd.
aard; secretary. Mrs. Grace Brown:
clubs, Mrs. z. w. Rranri: poultry, M.s.
e. w. Byann; dairy. +. b. PerIey.
Their plans include: Boys and
girls club work; use Of improved pe-
tato seed; four lime demonstrations;
four alfalfa deHsonstFatiens: testing
cows for tuberculosis; pooling orders
for mammoth hipt silags corn: pvt on
poultry account campaign In the fall;
keep farm Gecounts; demonstration
planting pine trees with r. 3. Perley;
pool orders for apple trees with the
orchard leader. E. o. Stoddafd.
| The Vassaibero reports shsw that
Of the ~ members enrolled Ia the boys
: and girls club, under the Leadership ct
Mrs. Abbia Davis, sight teck part IN
the county contest ana wcHO$si IN
prizes. Kathleen Gull!fer won the
county junior pss-raisins champion
ship,
| The vassalboro men in their dairy
work have had 357 cows tested. rep.
ressntins 80 herds, and OF that number
but one reactor was reported, Seven
men planted mammoth flint corn, r.
| ID, Perley made Q comparative test be.
tween mammoth flint and Wsstbranch
corn. Four lime demonstrations were
carried by r. D. Perley, two and w. x.
Gates and @. c. Harris one each. The
average increase from this demonstra-
tion was practically one.half ton per
acre. E. w. Brann and Ralph Tabsr
;put/chemieal on their grass lands: in
each case using 100 pounds nitrate
and 100 pounds acid phosphate per
acre. making an average increase Of
SIS tons Of hay per acre. one poultry
| management meeting was held and
two demonstrations for breeders took
place. NJ. ID. Jones, poultry specialist
from Orono, has met with them for
four meetings and will meet with them
again at an early date.
| The mems division Of the Ptttston
Farm Bureau elected the following
officers: Chairman, r. i. raedcn;
secretary. Mrs, Ruth Trott: crops. c, L.
Call: dairy, r. B. Castor; farm man
agemer'. 4tsrMsn Cross. The work
which they plan includes: Interest
people In improved potato seed; hold
one alfalfa demonstration; take part
in the Countrywide poultry campaign;
test cattle for tuberculosis: use mann
| moth flint corn for silage; hold ons
| timber estimating demonstration.
, The mems DIVISION of the Mount
! Vernon Farm Bureau elected tha {cl-
lowing officers for the coming years
Chairman. J. II. blanchard; secretary.
Mrs. Sylvia Allen; clubs, Mrs. Y. T.
| Ward; poultry. Mrs. ". q. Chase;
| crops. w. z. Chase: dairy, II, W. Car
son: orchard, ]. II. blanchard.
! The work which the Mount Vernon
| men plan to do includes: One boys
aud girls club work: improved potato
/ seed plot: four alfalfa demonstrations;
testing cows for tuberculesisi use Of
mammoth Mint corn: poultry account
pine trees; pooling orders for apple
! tMas on the community planting plan.
: The womcn's divihoh of the
| Wayne Farm Bureau elected the
following officers: Chairman, Mrs. c.
8. Gott: secretary. Mrs, Annie
Besse; clothing. Mrs. Edith Walton:
foods, Mrs. NJ. B. Fuller: millinery.
| Mrs. c. q. Bisbee; household man
! agement, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Soule: press
| correspondent. Mrs. u. II. Foss. The
women have planned meeting foi
| each month OF the year with tho ex-
| ccption of July and Augusta, They
| will emphasize the clothing project,
| Representatives have been chosen as
| follows to attend the two days mil.
! hnery training class, to be held in
Winthrop: Mrs. NJ. N. soule and
Mrs. NJ. b. Fuller.
! The new officers of the Pittston
| women's division are: Chairman,
Mrs. George NJ. Cobb; secretary,
! Mrs. Ruth Trott: clothing, Mrs.
| Bodge: household management, Mrs.
II. G. Goodwin. They have planned
| meeting for each month IN the
! year and they will place special
emphasis upon the clothing project.
| They voted to send representative
to the millinery training class IL II
can be arranged.
The officers Of the wemen's divis-
ion of the Fassalboro Farm. Bureau
are: Chairman. Mrs. Mel WILSON;
| secretary. Mrs. Grace Brown;
clothing. Mrs. Florence Buzzeli;
foods, Mrs. Fred Perley; house
hold management. Mrs. Joseph
| True: millinery, Mrs. Everett
! Brown and Mrs. Grace Rro"n.
They have planned meeting for
every month in the year. They
| will have five meetings upon the
clothing project and two food meet
ings. They will send representatives.
to the basketry training class, to be
! held in July.
/ Mount Vernon women elected Of
ficers: Chairman, Mrs. NJ. b. Per-
! kins; secretary, Mrs. Sylvia Allen:
clothing, Mrs. Roy Carson; foods,
Mrs. Fred Hammond; household
management. Mrs. F.Aw. Foss. They
planned IL meetings for 1928, In
ciuding clothing meetings and food
meetings. They will also send rep.
resentatives to the millinery train
ing class to be held in Vienna with
Fayette in April
A number of testing circles OF
household cenvenienees are being