Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-10

turns for products each year.
Possibly the most generally IA
miliar outstanding example and one
| which interests the majority of us
directly, or indirectly, is the live
stock business and particularly the
dairy end of that business.
IF there is one thing / think q
hard working farmer dislikes it Is
! to be told by an outsider not &C.
quainted with his farm \or particu.
larly acquainted with his branch Of
the farm industry. how he should
/ or could change his farming opera.
! tons to a much more profitable ba'
f, sis. l want to avoid that classified.
! ton If possible"
Those most guilty of doing such
thing l believe are the contribut-
| ing editors to some of the national
| farm magazines. 1t is almost a
| waste of time as far as the educa-
| tional value is concerned for a far
| NOR in Maine to read an article tell
| ing how a farmer in Ohio or some
| other far western or southern state
has put his farm on a profitable
| basis by a certain plan which on the
very face of it is not adaptable to a
Maine farm.
F. T.. jackson Speaks
f. T.. Jackson, master of Willow
Grange, spoke briefly and the morn
ing program was completed with the
showing of some of the prize Angus
cattle. accompanied by a talk on the
good points by Professor L. S. Cor
bett of the University of Maine.
A demonstration in the care of
clothing was given by Evelyn Plum
mer and Alice Jewett, members of
the Alma Girls Club of Alma, Mrs.
G.. NJ. Carleton, local leader.
Picnic lunches was served on the
, grounds and DR.. and Mrs. Seulke en-
tertained many at lunch.
Scrub Bull Trial
The feature of the program was
the scrub bull trial. Court con-
vened about 1.30 p. NJ, with David
L. Moulton. judge. Frank E. South
ard was attorney for the State: Ben
jamin +. Cleaves, executive secre-
tary of the Associated Industries,
, acted as attorney for the defense.
Carl J. Longren was clerk of courts,
and A. B. Clement, sheriff. The wit
nesses for the plaintiff were Ross
Elliot of East Corinth, c. j.. Black
man of Davidson, II. H. Nash of
, Camden, and Il. c. Wentworth of
Warren. The defense had w. G.
Hunton of Portland, A. b. Clements
of Portland, and John Leland of
East Sangerville. f. A. Hodgkins was
| baliff. The jury consisted of Elmer
Giles, H. f. Cunningham, S. Hodg-
kins, F. Flagg. Amos Fish, Mrs. f. +.
Jackson, Fred Castle, Herbert Clark
Parker Mari, George Weeks, Stevens
Little, John Terry.
Attorney Southland questioned sew
eral members of the jury regarding
any relationship that might exist
between them and the defendant.
Judge Moulton cleared them by eX-
planning that their appearance was
due to present conditions rather than
an inherited factor.
Mr.. Bull was charged with lar
ceny, robbery, idle and disorderly
conduct, and vagrancy..
The defendant stood mute and his
attorney entered plea of not
guilty.
The State brought out in the evil
dence that the scrub bull was
worthless in every respect, that he
kept buyers away, and money out
Of the pockets of owners and that
pure bred sires could be purchased
for very small amount of money.
For the defense, Mr.. Hunton OBJ
jected to taking the oath since be-
ing a Democrat for II years it
wasn't necessary.
Judge Moulton replied that being
q Republican he wouldn't believe
Hunton anyway and so in his case
they could dispense with the oath.
Hunton stated that he was an ag-
ricultural consulting engineer and
that he was evolving a breed of
which the defendant was a fair sam
pie. He said we need such breed
for their esthetic beauty. especially
near roadside lunch rooms.
Clement brought out that scrubs
were good for tankage used in fer
tilizer and for soups.
John Leland gave his occupation
as a travelling salesman selling light
houses. Said his territory was in
Oklahoma and Arizona.
After impassioned pleas by Attor-
neys Cleaves and Southland, and
these were highly amusing as we'll
as instructive, Judge Moulton in
structed the jury in a brief but able
address. He pointed out that agri-
cultural success IS IOunOeQ IN AMI
NAL husbandry: that the defendant
is preying upon the most important
industry of Maine. He stated that
our dairy products in a single year
exceed all the gold and silver mined
in this country in 20 years. Enough
milk was produced last year If
placed in 40-quart cans would ex-
tend five times around the world. He
summed up his address by saying
that no scrub bull should destroy
this basic industry and that If ne was
found guilty he should be shot i'm
mediately.
The jury after being out short
time returned verdict of guilty of
the crimes charged against him.
Attorney Cleaves endeavored to
procure new trial on the grounds
that the bull was insane. Judee
Moulton replied that he would not
consider that plea but might have
considered one on grounds that the
owner or such an animal was insane
ne trial was very successful and