Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-21

nrer; II. Nj. Tucker Of Augusta
ecretary; David Moulton of Portland
a imembei of the executive commit
tee. Noi''iiii'
Il. Il. Mclntire of East Waterford
was CHOSEN the visitor to the Col.
1ese OF Agriculture and J. w. LIE.
!anu OF Dovef-Foxcroft, member Of
the experiment Station Council. J..
a. Ness OF Auburn and George u.
Lora OF Wells were selected rep
iesehtatlves TO the Federation OF
agricultural Associations.
over by c. +. Nutter. last wears
vice president, in the absence of Fl,
=. Shaw of Sanford, last years
president. -
Inc feature of the meeting came
~nep the Association went on record
as tavoring the new Grade A Milk
Law. Ihis action came after a
ienStny discussion of the subject.
IN talk at the dairy meeting DIR.
whitman III. Jordan of Oreno. former
director of the Maine and the Geneva
experiment stations, explained the
great food value of milk and discus
sed Its sanitation.
At the afternoon session Richard
fattee. manager of the New England
MIX Producers Association of Bos-
ton, talked on the Problems, Pos
siollifies and Probabilities in Dairy
Marketing and DIR. John w. Gowen
OF orono, Maine Experiment Station
reported on the progress in de-
terimhlng the heredity of dairy
production. Somerset, N. d. Stanley
or rlttsfield; Washington, Iva Jordan
The NTaina Ioo.x. -, 49,,
neIds It's annual meeting Wednesday.
w. G. Conant of Hebron was elect
ed preident' to follow Neal STANLEY
Of Pittsfield. e, w. DolIeff Of
standish was named first vice presi-
dent; A. X. Gardner of Orono, sec
ond vice president: A. Z. Chase,
treasurer; c. L. White of Bowdoin-
nam, secretary; C. M. Conant of
WInterport executive committee:
w. ri. Conant of Buckfield. Expert
ment Station council: Frank P.
NashDurn of Augusta, vice president
OF the New England Fruit Show.
Following the business meeting in
the morning, which was presided over
by MT. Stanley, j. II. GourIey, head of
horticulture at Ohio Experiment sta
tion. In the afternoon DIR. Donald
folsom of Orono spoke on Expert
ments in Spraying i and busting for
scan." w. A. Munson of the Niassachu-
setts department of Agriculture talked
on Marketing Apples" while Profess
sor J. II. Waring Of the College Of
agriculture led a round table discus
sion on orchard problems.
AT meeting of the Maine Mill, In
spectors an association was formed
and the following officers were elected:
PRESIDENT, DR.. Thomas Tetreau. vice
president. DIR. Harry D. Mcneil of
Bangor; secretary and treasurer, C. p.
osgood of Augusta. The officers along
with the following compose the execu-
tive committee: DIR. Howard Jackson
OF Ola Town. L. S. Cleaves Of Bar
1iarpor, Dr. l.. j. Dumont Of Lewiston.
bar Harbor won the community
milk contest. beating out Skowhegan.
Fortland. Gardiner, Rockland and Bid
oe1ord which finished in the order
named. The first three all had a score
of more than 90 per cent. The four
samples that won for Bar Harbor
came from Clarence Alley. Howe G
smith. Sanford Mcfarland and Paul
L. Russell
FIRST awards for mill, and cream ex-
hlbits: Market milk raw, Augustus
Norman, Harpswell Center; market
mtk paStuerized, Oakhurst Dairy.
I1ortlandt market cream raw. Angus
tiS 'Merriman; market cream pasteur-
lied, foalShurst Dairy.
First awards for the different
classes of butter: Dairy prints five
peunds). Fred c. Marston, New GIou-
cester; creamery tub Go pounds),
turner Center system. Auburn: cream
cry prints Give pounds), Turner Cen
ter system; dairy prints Give pounds),
Augustus Merriman.
Mrs. Ada Rose Gagne, Poland, car
rlcd off all the honors in the cheese,
winning first in the plain dairy cheese,
the best display exhibit of dairy
cheese and the best display exhibit of
fancy cheese.
More than 500 Jars of canned
goods-fruits, vegetables. meats and
hsh-make up the Boys and Girls
Club exhibit at this years seed,
fruit and dairy show. The entire
stage Of the auditorium was filed
with one of the most attractive dis
plays ever shown in Maine.
OF the so odd club members exhib-
iting, Angelina Candage of Greene
won first prize; Ruth Leavitt of Tur-
ner Center second.
Those receiving first prizes for
beans, Sweetcorn and potatoes are as
potatoes, Lewis Preble, Carmel: sweet
corn, Frank Merrill, Livermore Center.
First prizes awarded for exhibits of
canned goods by women are: Best COL
lection of canned fruit, home grown;
Mrs. George NJ. Seavey, Auburn; best
specimen of canned blackberries, Mrs,
e. b. Lambert, Danville: cherries, Mrs.
George NJ. Seavey: gooseberries; Mrs.
Herbert Lord, East Surry; peas, Mrs.
George M. Seavey; plums. o. c. Buck
Hebron; raspberries, o. C. Buck;
strawberries, Mrs. William Westcott
North Bluehill; tomatoes, Mrs. George
NJ. Seavey. Best collection of pre-
serves, fancy display of canned goods,
apple jelly collection, apple jelly, one
tumbler, crab apple jelly. grape jelly,
Seavey; cranberry jelly, Mrs. Albert
Graves. Bowdoinham: current jelly,
Mrs. Herbert Lord, East Surry.
Best peck of eranberries: John M.
Flint, West Baldwin; honey and wax,
A, S. Cottle, Waterville: grapes and
crab apples, Mrs. Fred c. Marston.
At the annual meeting Thursday of
the Maine Seed Improvement Assn. the
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, C.. o. Purington. Bowdoinham:
vice president. w. w. Chadbourne,
Bridgton; secretary. E l.. Newdick.
Augusta: executive committee, e. H.
Jones, Dryden and r. L. Copeland,
Brewer; station council, William g.
Hunton, Portland and John w. Leland,
Sangervilie: delegates to the Fedora
ton of Agricultural Assn, M. Fl. Rich,
Charleston and c. o. Purinton.
The addresses were made by Dr..
Donald Folsom Of the University of
Maine, on Control of Degenerative
Diseases in the potato" and by w. g.
Hunter, member of the State Expert
ment Station.
The first prizes were awarded as
follows: Potatoes: Cobblers. II. L..
Copeland, Brewer. Early Rose, Fred
C.. Marston. IntervaIe. Green Noun