Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-01
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Week was opened here, this Tuesday
with the most encouraging outlook
and delegates from all over the State
are here to listen and to take part
In the program. The first days pro-
gram included dozen or more
speakers, who had as many topics.
How to Raise 900 of the Chick
ems That Hatch" was the subject
which l.. p. Gardner, associate pro-
fesor, Animal Industry, U. of NJ,
took. He said in part: "rhe brood
ing of chickens is probably the most
important and also most difficult
part of the whole poultry business.
There is good foundation for the
statement that half the chicks that
,are Matched die. To brood chicks
successfully it must first be assum-
ed that the eggs come from stock
which is healthy and vigorous and
that the eggs have been properly
Matched"
THE Place of Oil Sprays in Maine
Orchard Practice" was the subject
by II. z. Sweetser. Professor of Hor-
ticulture, U. of NJ; There are two
great advantages realized by the
ordinary orchardist which prompt
him to consider oil spray as a sub
stitute for his usual program. First
the oil sprays can be made much
cheaper than lime sulphur and sec
ond the disagreeable experience fire.
quently known by the operator can
to some extent be eliminated"
Housing Poultry in Maine" by O..
NJ. Wilbur. Poultry Specialist, Elk
tension Service: THE requisites of
a satisfactory hen house are simple
and inexpensive. The conditions
necessary are that the house be kept
dry, we'll ventilated and free from
drafts. These conditions are met in
most practical way in what is
known as the open front poultry
house. The cost of building is one
of the largest items in the develop
ment of any poultry plant and the
thing which is desired is to produce
the best results with the least over
head cost. The type of building
here suggested is economical in cost
and has given wonderful success in
Maine"
THE History and Culture of the
Dahlia" by Mrs. Geo. A. Hopkins,
Dahlia Grower, Monroe: THE Dahlia
is a native Of Mexico, where it was
Aodiio CIV" ms hiiNt anu III 40 sAieoiV
form. Earliest history dates back
to 1857, when it was called Acoctili
by the Aztecs; later the name was
changed to Georgiana in honor of
Professor Georgi of st. Petersburg
and in 1890 was again changed to
Dahlia in honor of Professor Dahl,
a Swedish botanist of note. Guilt
walton is one of the principal re-
quirements. of the dahlia. The soil
should be kept well cultivated and
free from weeds, and never be al
lowed to form a crust"
Testing Strength of Corrosive
Sublimate for Treating Potatoes" by
Verne G. Beverly, County Agent,
Aroostook County: Last year in
Aroostook County approximately co.
600 acres of potatoes were treated,
mostly with corrosive sublimate. The
greatest value of corrosive sublimate
for treating lies in the fact that it
is generally acknowledged that a
better control of rhiZoctonia is OBJ
tanned. 1t has two disadvantages
one that it is deadly poisonous, the
other that it is costly. The first dis
advantage is controlled by reason
able care, no case of persons being
poisoned is on record to our knowl-
edge"
THE Farm Nursery as a Source
of Future Nursery Stock by Ralph
c. Wentworth, County Agent, Knox
Lincoln Counties: 1.-THE possibility of
raising our own nursery stock for
the orchards of the state is some
thing which should be given consid-
Grafton by many orchardists at the
present time. Most of the good or
chardists of the state have set out
about all the trees they are able to
care for properly. The problem
comes up now, of getting good trees
for filling in, rather than starting
new orchards. This. of course. means
small orders each year. which would
not give us the prices that we have
been getting in the past
THE Fertilizer of the Future" by
DIR. Sidney Is. Haskell, Director
Massachusetts Experiment Station,
Amherst, Mass: The increasing use
of animal tankages, dry ground fish
and other sources of organic nitro
gen as feeds for animals has de-
creased the supply available for use
in fertilizers; and along with this
decrease has come of necessity an
increase in price. Opposed to, this
force is the work of the chemical
engineer, who is attempting to pro-
duce and in fact is producing more
concentrated fertilizer materials than
have ever been used in practice"
THE Importance and Management
of the Farm Woodlot' by w. &.
Deering of Hollis Center, delivered
at Forestry Discussions: "There are
few farms that do not include some
portion that is better suited to for
est growth than to ANYTHING else A
large proportion of the wealth of the
State of Maine lies in her fifteen mill
lion acres of forests which cover
more than three -fourthS of her
total land area. 1t is we'll therefore
that we care for that wealth and do
not defraud coming generations of
that of which we have had SO great
use"
Correct Footwear, by Miss Edna
M. Cobb, Clothing Specialist, Extern
sion Service, Orono: Foot Exam
nations of women in homes, in bus
mess and in industry are showing
that an amazingly small number
have perfect or normal feet. Feet,
sometimes. need rest. The shoe
alone should not be blamed if the
normal foot is abused by an over
load, too long walks over rough
ground or unyielding pavements.
Frequent bathing in luke warm wa
ter is essential for resting the feet"
Vegetables We Should Grow" by
w. w. Wiggin, Instructor in Horti-
culture: In producing vegetables
for the home table as large a variety
as possible should be grown without
making the garden too extensive.
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