Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-11

farm superintendent, escorted the
visitors to the spots whore the var
ious projects could be seen.
That the State farm is carrying on
an ambitious program can be seen
in the following outline:
Orchard experiments-Stock and
Scion Orchard. Large nursery trees
make large productive trees In the
orchard. Trees with limbs tied hori-
zontal are more productive. Fertile
ger experiments with apple trees.
One year whips-budded with Bald
win. Seedlings from cross of Nc
Intosh Golden Delicious to produce
a scab-resistant variety of high
quality. Crossing experiment
Golden Delicious Mcintosh. Col
den Delicious Orchards year old
trees shaped in the nursery at High
moor. Seedlings from commercial
varieties to test their value for a
source of root stocks. Budding ex-
pertinent. Seedlings from crosses of
Mcintosh K Spy and Mcintosh x
Delicious to develop new varieties.
Bud selection. Buds from productive
and unproductive trees give about
the same results. Apple spraying and
busting experiments.
Field crops and seed improvement
Potato tubers cut before sprouting
give a more uniform stand. Expert
| ments on the size and shape of po-
tato seed pieces. Oat variety test.
Bean cage-crosses to study the in
| heritance of size and yield. Ensilage
corn variety test. Sweet corn ferti-
lizer test. Sweet corn breeding ex-
periments. Sweet corn fertilizer
tests. Highmoor strain of Old FASH
toned Yellow Eye beans. White
| Bantam sweet corn developed by the
Maine station. Bean crosses to study
ber-unit seed plot
Experiments with cattle - Cattle
barn. Experiments to determine the
laws Of inheritance of milk yield and
butter-fat percentage. Improvement
in milk yield, prepotency of high
milk yield. Breeding for butter fat
percentage, prepotency of low butter
fat per cent. Inheritance of beef
type versus dairy type. Prepotency
of beef type in shoulders and fore
quarters. General prepotency of
dairy type in hind quarters. Color
and horn inheritance in cattle. Chem
ical analysis of herds milk. Control
measures for abortion. Mode Of
spread of contagious abortion. Free
martin, its cause. A purebred Hol-
stein Friesian barred from registry.
Conformation and milk yield. I'M
portant items in selecting herd sire.
| Working for National Grange Con.
| vention
| Mr.. Abbott, master Of the state
grange, reported that the prospects
are good for Maine to secure the ma
tional Grange convention in Novem-
Der Of 1925 and the officials of the
Maine state Grange are working hard
to that end.
Merle J. Hartman, master OF ekn-
nebec Pomona Grange. spoke OF the
! success Of the annual field day meet
ings Of tn Kennebec and East Ken
nebec Pomona Oranges and the Ken
nebec farm bureau, and said that 1t
was the wish Of Supt. Sinclair OF
Highmoor farm that the event be
held annually at Highmoor.
Following an exhibition OF tractor
blowing given in the forenoon at the
! farm, the visitors gathered in one of
| the spacious farm buildings where
picnic lunches were eaten. Inc
speaking program was then in order.
| Messrs, Dewey, Abbott and Harri-
man will speak at series OF grange
and farm bureau field day meetings
to be held this week and will give
their messages regarding the farm
situation Of today to grangers In var
Iious partS of the state.