Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-08

ketcnum, Leader. tne 4-H ClOVef,
Ripley. Mrs. H, P. Phinney. Leader;
Kennebec Girls Club, Mrs. Maude
Carr. Leader; Cornville. Elizabeth
Hustlers, Mrs. Fred weeks. Leader;
woodland of Ripley, Mrs. Gertrude
Farrar, Leader; Pond School Club,
Hartland and st. Adams. A. Irene
Libby, temporary leader; East
Madison, Bertha Paul and Florence
Burrill, Leaders; North Arson,
James T. Blair, Boys Leader; Miss
Ruth Tuck, Girls Leader. Other
clubs in the process of forming are:
Jump Ahead, Hartland. Polly Han
SON. Leader; Mohawk. st. Adams;
Athens, Miss Arlie Chase, Leader;
Fairfield Ctr, Mrs. Floyd Salisbury,
Girls Leader; Concord, Edith An
drews; Starks Mrs. Edwina Gray.
Clubs will also probably be formed
in Mercer, Larone, No. Fairfield. Oak
Hill (Norridgewock). Palmyra, No.
Portland. Fairfield Ctr, (Boys' Club)
and Skowhegan.
The club year ending 1925 found
71To of the $40 enrolled completing
their years work and it is hoped
that even a higher percentage will
finish next year.
Clyde Getchell
The dairy program consists of ac-
credited herds, better bull campaign,
and the cow test association. Ac-
credited Herd/Work will probably
be carried on by the state during
1926 at which time the county will
be put under quarantine. The Bet
ter Bull Campaign thus far has
shown the following:
Bull Survey has been conducted
practically in every community in
the county. Considerable publicity
has been given in the Farm Bureau
News every month and to the daily
and weekly papers as well. 81 scrub
bulls were reported, 81 which were
questionable, 172 pure-bred register
ed bulls, "a pure bred bulls not
registered and 40 of the owners of
pure bred registered bulls have
sent in their pledge cards agreeing
not to sell pure-bred bulls only those
which they consider to be salts
factory to the purchaser and to fur
nish registration papers with them.
To further the Better Bull Cam
paign, 3 barn meetings were held
with r. F. Talbot. Dairy Specialist,
present. One at r. l.. Billings,
Madison, with 10 attending; the Sec
ond at Hilton Stock Farm. Arson.
with IL men present; and the third
at the home Of w. j. Rand, No. An
son, with "a present, for total of
46.
AS Poultry
Y Mrs. F. L. Morse
Poultry Management Meetings
were held in Athens, Fairfield. and
Larone with a total attendance of
So or an average of 1873 Lantern
slides were used at these meetings
and the discussion conferred around
flock management and feeding.
Selecting Breeders Demonstrations
are planned for the coming Summer
and Fall and their purpose is: To
improve the general quality of pouI-
try through the selection of the hens
and males used or breeding; to
select males that are standard and
of a high breeding strain.
Farm Management
r. L. billings
The following Farm Management
Meetings have been held in Madison,
North Arson, Mercer and Cornville
average of AS. Conservation OF
Manure meetings were neld in Corn
vile. Ripley, Fairfield. Madison,
North Arson, Larone, Skowhegan,
Hartland, ST. Adams and Palmyra
with total attendance of 101 and an
average attendance of 10.1.
Farm Accounts
OF the 1925 Account Books due to
close, 20 have been secured and for
warded to- Orono for standardization.
So books have been given out to be
kept during 1926. One Farm Ac-
count Meeting was held in Skowhe-
gan in January with 10 present and
10 Farm Account Books were staff
ed as result of this meeting. 81
have enrolled in the Poultry Account
Campaign for 1926 and IS have re-
ported as starting and keeping their
books to date. OF the so odd books
started in 1925, only rs were return
ed in suitable shape to. be used in
making the county summary.
Orchard Report
Frank B. Grigg
The only Orchard Work planned
is Farm Orchard Nurseries which
has for its purpose to demonstrate
the practicability of producing ap-
pie trees in Maine to increase the
interest in orchard planting and to
encourage the adoption of recon-
mended standard varieties
One of these nurseries has been
started by Tom Dean, Skowhegan,
r. 8. Apple seeds were secured
from the cider mill and planted on
a piece of land especially prepared
for them last Fall. After these
trees have attained a suitable size
they will be budded and grated
after which they will be set out in
his own orchard or if there is a sur
plus they will be sold.
Crops Report
o. D. Dean
The crops projects for 1926 as ap-
proved at the annual meeting are as
follows: Alfalfa Demonstrations,
Improved Potato Seed PLOTS and
Lime Demonstrations. Alfalfa work
is just coming into prominence and
thus far only meetings have been
held at which especially the matter
of growing alfalfa was taken up.
These meetings have been held in
Pittsfield, Hartland and Palmyra
with a total attendance of 81 or an
average attendance of Z.
There are at the present time nine
pieces seeded during 1923, 1924 ana
1925. Fl men have signified their
intentions of seeding with alfalfa
within the next two or three years,
depending upon the condition of the
soil and other factors necessary to
consider before seeding down with
this crop.
The improved potato seed plots
are all to be planted tuber unit and
at the present time about ten men
are planning on these. In connec-
ton with crops work. two fertilizer
meetings were held; one in Hart
land and one in st. Adams with a
total attendance of % and an aver
age attendance of 111z.
Forestry .
Forestry Meetings were held this
Winter in Mercer, Norridgewock,
Athens and Larone. The total at
tendance being SO or an average of