Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-01
AGR|ClJL TlJRE ALLIES AND FARM
ENTERPRISES AT FARMERS WEEK

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"Selection Of House Furnishings
nv Miss Rena Campbell, Instructor
in Home Economics, U. Of M: "One
who sets out to furnish a given
house for the occupancy OF given
family faces a three fold problem.
One must select and arrange in the
house such things as suit the age,
sex and temperament of the lndlVld-
ual members, meet their needs, eX-
press their tastes and aspirations
and fit their purse
EARLY Blight as Cause OF Tuber
Rot in Potatoes" by Reiner Bonde,
Maine Experiment Station: early
blight has long been known as a fire.
uuent leaf disease of the potato. IL
is common in all sections where the
potato is raised and is the cause OF
much leaf dropping or sporting ana
early ripening of the vines. By thus
injuring the foliage of the plants,
great reduction in yield often &C.
ours
1.-THE Influence of Type on the
Production of Dairy Cattle" by Dr..
John w. Gowen, Maine Agricultural
Experiment Station: Careful study
of the dairy COW has led dairymen
to the belief that the appearance OF
certain parts of the COW indicates
the probable milk production which
this COW will be able to give. The
parts of the COW which are supposed
to indicate milk yield have grown In
number until they include practical
~ the whole of the cow"
Developments in Potato Diseases
in. 1924" by DR.. Donald Folsom.
Maine Experiment Stations: Careful
tests in 1924, on Aroostook Farm of
the Maine Agricultural Experiment
Station, showed that mild mosaic
and spindle tuber did not hurt the
yield rate much when in fifty per
cent or less of the hills, but when
in one hundred per cent they cut the
yield rate eight to twenty per cent,
or ten to thirty barrels an acre, de-
pending on the disease and variety.
Rugoso mosaic cut the yield fifty
per cent. Samples taken from
thirty-six commercial fields in 1928
showed when grown on Aroostook
Farm in 1924, that mild mosaic and
spindle tuber had spread in some
cases so that the first five rows of
a healthy field next to a diseased
field had a third of the plants in
fected. Also, that these diseases
sometimes spread for fifty rows
across a healthy field from a dis
eased one. This is the way such
degeneration diseases get into
healthy stock"
1.-THE Work Of the Federal Land
Bank" by Erwin II. Forbush, Secre-
tary Federal Land Bank, Springfield,
Mass: The Farm Loan Act which
was passed in 1916 resulted in the
establishment of twelve Federal
Land Banks early in 1917. The Fed
eral Land Bank of Springfield oper-
ates in the six New England States.
New York and New Jersey. through
40 local branches known as Nation
al Farm Loan Associations, and has,
since established. loaned to approx
mately $4,000 farmers in these eight
states, $4,000, 100000. The twelve
Banks as a whole, have loaned over
one billion dollars on first mortgages
on farms throughout the country"
"Standardizing Apple Varieties by
Grating" by II. E. Bickford, County
Agent, Hancock County: In taking
up the matter of Standardization of
the varieties of apples over the
State, l can only speak from my eX-
perience in Hancock County. This
county is, with the exception of three
or four commercial orchards. cover
ed with those small orchards vary
ing from II to 200 trees per farm.
Through the center of the county
is an especially fine section of Or
.chard land with many trees of ma
tive stock. If these trees were ferti-
lized, pruned, and sprayed it would
be impossible to market the fruit for
any way near enough money to Off
set the expense of management"
FOOD and Health" by Bella 1.
Conner, Home Demonstration Agent.
Cumberland County: Emphasis
should be laid on more frequent use
of few common food Stutfs which
are often neglected and which are of
vital importance to health. These
are milk, vegetables other than po-
tatoes, fruit, whole grains, greens,
oranges. tomatoes and water. Milk
is q perfect food. Milk is cheap,
easy to digest and contains all the
necessary material for health
Requirements Involved In Sue
cessful Roadside Markets" by Don
aid w. Reed, County Agent, York
County: THE roadside market is
the outgrowth of the automobile, diff
ficulties experienced by the consum-
ers in securing fresh vegetables, and
the fad which is now so popular. of
buying direct from the producer.
The stand itself must be neat. moth
ing but farm products should be
sold, and parking space should be
provided. Without doubt the stand
located on level stretch of road
will attract more customers and
should be located on the side of the
road so that general traffic can stop
without crossing the highway. Prob
ably the most important of all the
requirements involved in successful
roadside markets is that of giving
quick, courteous and efficient service
Every customer must be met half
way. Fair play will go a long way
toward making the venture 4 sue
cess"
"A Discussion of Regulations for
1925 Inspection Work" by +. l.. New
dick, Chief Division of Plant Indus
try, Maine Dept. of Agriculture:
Recent figures show that seventy
per cent of the total production of
certified seed potatoes in the United
States is credited to the State of
Maine. In the judgment of the State
department, this ratio should be
maintained and this only can be done
by accepting the constructive criti-
cisms which are offered by those
who are Interested
"A Journey to Spain" by Miss
Frances Arnold, Instructor in Span
ish, L. of NJ: ITO one who thinks
of Spain as old and romantic, his
first impressions of Madrid are apt
to be disappointing. Instead of the
bull fighters in their brilliant cos
tunes, the Spanish ladies with their
bright colorcd shawls, high combs
and with flowers in their hair and
lovers at grated windows, one sees
a population similar to that of any
other large city. To find the old and