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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-09
HinckIey Grange

Hinckley Grange met in regular
session Tuesday evening, January 3,
the new master Mrs. katherine
Bickford, in the chair. During the
business session, the resignation OF
Mrs. Gladys Richardson. as Lecturer.
was accepted. Mrs. Richardson is
matron at Fogg Cottage. Good Will
Farm. and thinking it might conflict
with her home duties to be present at
all of the meetings, she decided to re-
sign. Alton r. Covell was elected to
the Office and was at once installed
by Past Master, Ivanella Palmer.
The program of the evening was
opened by report, by Worthy
Master Bickford of the State Grange
melting at Bangor which she attend
ed as Lecturer in December. 1t was
interesting and enjoyable. One verse
of the Star Spangled Banner was
sung as salute to the flag. The re-
mainder of the program was given
by the gentlemen. and consisted of a
vocal duet by Warren Bessey and
Amos Flewelling with Florice Hall as
accompanist; recitation by Alton r.
Covell; song. Amos Flewelling; reci-
tation, Warren Bessey: reading,
Harold Conner; reading, Raymond
Tozier; clarinet solo. A. r. Covell:
reading, Past Master. NJ. Fl. Clifford
At the close. some of the ladies, in
appreciation of the gentlemen's eff
forts. brought forth refreshments of
sandwiches and cake which were
much enjoyed. The program at the
next meeting will be in charge of the
ladies.
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Speed Up Tomatoes
Keep Egg Business

Durham. n. H, Jan. S-(AP)-New
England Farmers can speed up their
tomato crops by using acid phosphate
and they can fight off the bugaboo OF
Western competition in the poultry
business by grading and marketing
their eggs properly, say the farm eX-
perts here. These experts \at tle
University of New Hampshire ana
the New Hampshire Agricultural EX-
pertinent Station are not at all pash-
full about telling the farmer Things
which they believe will add to his
success.
In order to discover these things
themselves they do not hesitate 10
spend years on single experiment
The tip on tomatoes is case In
point. For five years the experiment
station has been conducting tests to
determine a. method of making the
ripe tomato "beat the frost" Inc
results, just published, show that on
plots where acid phosphate was USED
the bulk Of the crop was matured
from one to two weeks earlier than
on plots where manure alone or other
chemicals were applied.
The experimenters used 20 tons OF
manure per acre and added 1900,
1000 and 500 pounds of acid phos-
phate respectively to different plots
Doubling the quantity of manure did
not prove as effective as adding
phosphate. 1t was found that the
phosphate did not increase the num-
Der Of blossoms OF the size OF the
fruit but caused rapid early growth
of the plant, so that a much larger
number of blossom clusters. blossoms
and fruit were produced early.
From the time of blossom lorna
ton to ripening of the fruit there was
no perceptible difference in the plots,
There was no apparent benef1t car
ried over from one year to the next.
indicating that the phosphorus must
be readily available. Muriate OF pot
ash in combination with manure was
found to depress the total yield and
to delay maturity slightly.
With regard to eggs Professor A.
W. Richardson of the University
says there will always be premium
for fresh nearby eggs and that dis
lance from the Eastern market and
high priced land are other factors
likely to limit Western competition.
Unless the New England poultryman
keeps the quality of his eggs up to
high standard. however. and grades
and markets them in the right way
Professor Richardson thinks he may
be in danger of losing much of his
business.
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CAN ANY OTHER GRANGE
BEAT VICTOR GRANGE IN
AGE OF Member BELONGING?

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Fairfield Center. Me-. Jan. SIN
noticing the item from Smithheld,
under date Of December IS, in regard
to Mrs. Naomi Groves of that town
being the oldest Granger in Somerset
County her age being rs years. May
20, 1926. the reader was reminded
that Victor Grange of Fairfield
Center can beat it little, Mrs. An.
ME M. Hoxie, born March II. 1880,
making her age IS years. 1.-TWO
months older than the patron or
Fairview Grange. Smithf1eld) has
been a member of Victor Grange Tor
over As years. She was a faith1ul
member and active about her nome
until within about two years, when
she fell and broke her hip; since
which time she has been confined to
a wheel chair
All honor is due both of these wo-
men whose ages are so near to the
century mark, and may the younger
members follow their example OIL
leyalty to the organization Of Patrons
OF Husbandry.
Hinckley.
Has some other Grange in the
state q member whose AGE exceeds
that Of Mrs. Hoxie? Let's hear
about it'd.
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Makes Record in
Organizing Oranges

John E. Abbott. Master OF the State
Grange. was i'm Portland Thursday
for the purpose, of comforting with
Leslie E. Smith of Hadley. Mass, to
decide between the claims of Port
land, Lewiston and Bangor for hold
ing the National Grange Convention
next November, but learned on his
arrival that Mr.. Smith had been oper-
ated upon in Worcester for appendl-
citis. 1t will be necessary to defer
the decision until after Mr.. Smiths
recovery. which is expected to take
several weeks.
Mr.. Abbott has made what he be-
lieves is a county wide record. when
in the "a hours concluded THURSDAY
night, he had established eight new
oranges.
1.-THE very manifest enthusiasm In
the state, Mr.. Abbott said, which
has resulted in this record breaking
event. is directly caused. / believe.
by the coming of the National
Grange Convention to Maine.
OF the eight new Oranges, Mr.. Ab-
bolt established five in and about
Mexico. These are. the New Century
Pomona Grange of Mexico, the Mount
Sugar Leaf Grange of DiXfieid, the
Swift River Grange of Mexico, the
West Peru Grange of West Peru. and
the Rockameka Grange of West Peru.
Two more were established by Mr..
Abbott in Dexter. These are the
East Somerset Pomona. the Dexter
Grange and a third Corinna Grange,
in COrinna.
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DETROIT

L. L. Brown passed Thursday in
Ool1land, visiting Mr.. and Mrs. James
Shirley at their home there.
Miss Adele Porter, who has been
stopping for several weeks, in the
home of her sister, Mrs. Lamont
Basford. in the south part of the
town, returned to her home in the
village last Sunday.
Fred Kinney, who has Teen living
in the home of Paul Fields, for some
time has moved his household goods
to Dixmont. g. where he intends to
make his home in the future. =
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. l.. Clement, of Pal
myra, visited at the home of Mrs.
Lois Bean, Wednesday.
Wallace Norris, is driving team
for L. j. Raynes, hauling pulpwood
from the south part of the town.
c. A. Springer was called to New
port. Saturday. by the illness of his
brother, T. B. Springer.
Sherman Bickmore, who lives in the
south part of the town, had a radio
installed last week.
Quite lot of pulpwood is being
hauled from the south part of the
town. to the station. Several teams
are engaged in hauling. at present.
MrS. f1dTOlu 1llD0S, WHO has DeeH
visiting relatives in town, returned
to her home in Unity. last Tuesday.
Mrs. w. r. Webendorfer, OF Pitts
field, visited her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. G. T. Hoxie, Tuesday.
Mrs. ]. r. Bean will pass the VIM
ter months in the home of Mrs. Lois
Bean and Miss Ina Bean.
Miss Achsa Bean, returned to her
teaching duties, at University of
Maine after a vacation. passed with
her mother, Mrs. Florence Bean. She
was accompanied by her friend, Miss
Helen Lengyell, who has :een visit
ing her.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H Seavey motored
to Bangor. last Saturday. they were
accompanied by Mrs. George Seavey,
who has been their guest. fer the
past two weeks $780,
Mrs. Norman Gray. of Pittsfield.
and two children. are visiting Mrs.
Sadie Norris. this week. Norman
Gray has entered Massachusetts
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SNAKES DESERVE PROTECTION

Contrary to popular belief. most
common snakes are neither obnoX-
ious nor poisonous. says the Bio
logical Survey of the United States
Department of Agriculture. The
prevalent dread of snakes is due
largely to the fear Of such venom
GUS species as the cotton-mouth moe
casin. the copperhead. the rattle
snake, the massasauga, and the coral
snake. Although these poisonous
snakes have no place in settled
country. and efforts should be made
to eradicate them, yet most common
snakes are beneficial in their food
habits and should be protected.
Wherever snakes are present in
ahnormally,large numbers there must
be an abundance of living animal
food in the vicinity to attract them.
This food consists largely of injurious
rodents and insects, pests of garden
crops and stored foodstuffs. Snakes
eat such small living creatures as
earthworms, spiders, grasshoppers,
salamanders, small frogs, mice, rats,
chipmunks, and young rabbits. King
snakes are able to kill rattlesnakes,
and have been known to eat them.
The little red-bellied snake subsists
TO a large, extent on slugs. which are
very destructive to gardens. Bull
snakes and gopher snakes destroy
large numbers of injurious rodents
in the course of a year.
The food habits of very few snakes
conflict with mans interests. Water
snakes feed largely on small fish, but
not as a rule on species used as food
by man. The moon or queen snake
eats crawfish and toads. The black
snake and coach-whip snake destroy
a certain number of ground-nesting
birds. particularly quail and eggs in
the nest. and have been known to.
eat young chickens and even Young
pheasants. Local campaigns for the
destruction of these and of poisonous
snakes may be desirable IN many,
districts. and clubbing and shooting
are. so far as known, the only sue
cessful methods of eradication. No
successful apparatus for sharing
snakes has ever been devised. and
most species seem immune to poison
gases
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How Fir Replaces Spruce in Our New
England Forests

It has been a common observation
among foresters and lumbermen in
the Northeast that the new growth
Of conifers replacing cut-over spruce
forests often contains much larger
proportion of fir than did the original
forest. In 1924 equally heavy seed
crops of fir and spruce enabled the
Northeastern Forest Experiment Sta
ton to start some observations along
this line on several tracts of recently
cut-over spruce land in the White
Mountains.
Tallies of seedlings were made dur
ing 1925 on plots from which all
debris had been removed, exposing
the mineral soil, and also from plots
undisturbed after logging. On I'M
disturbed plots seedlings had come in
at the rate Of $500 an acre, but on
the exposed plots 27,250 to the acre
were counted. This proportion of
about to for all seedlings fell mid
way between the ratios for fir and
spruce individually. these being 3 to
1 for spruce and to 1 for fir. On
the respective plots, also, f1r far ex-
ceeded spruce, the relation being to
1 on the undisturbed plots, and 4 to
I on the exposed plots.
Termination Of both species began
earlier and mortality among the
young seedlings was greater on the
exposed plots than on the undisturb-
ed.
Fir apparently takes greater adj
vantages of cleared areas. such as
skid trails, sled roads, and landings.
than does spruce, and comes in more
strongly where advantages are even,
the experiment station concludes.
This, 1t il said, may be partly ex-
planned by the preference that red
squirrels show for spruce seed. Seed
crops being equal in any one sea-
son, fewer spruce seed may by next
season be available for germination.
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Agricultural Day

Widespread attention has been at
tracted to the project launched by the
National Grange at it's Sacramento
session, for establishing an Agricul-
tural day, to be held in October of
each year, and designed to call to pub
lie attention the Importance of the
agricultural industry and the necessity
for better understanding by the
public of the problems of agricultHfe,
Affecting both producers and conSum-
ers. Agricultural leaders in all sec
lions. of the country have expressed
their hearty approval of the idea and
1T has also met a favorable response
from the press as we'll as from those
engaged in department work for agri-
culture. state and national.
The Grange idea of an Agricultural
day has no thought of adding another
holiday to the list, which farmers con-
slider altogether too long already; but
rather the adoption of the Arbor day
plan, when the occasion shall be dig
nified by proclamation of the President
and of governors, and provide chiefly
for local observances under various or
ganized auspices, to emphasize the
great thought that 1.-The farmer feeds
them ALL"
1t is believed possible through pro-
grams in the schools, by public exer-
cises with appropriate programs, and
by general campaign of educa tional
publicity. to carry to many people. es-
pecially in villages, towns and cities.
who are now without it, information
concerning the food supply of the
country, the valGe of fresh, whole
some farm products. the actual cost
Of production and some of the knotty
problems with which farmers have to
wrestle. On the other hand in rural
communities the thought of agricul-
tural cooperation and of quality i'm
provement will be stressed while the
outcome of the whole project is aimed
at disseminating information looking
towards better balance between con-
sumers and producers. affecting both
production and distribution along agri-
cultural lines.
The National Grange is soon to call
a conference of the executive commit
tees of all the bona fide, dues-paying
farm organizations of the United
States, to discuss many phases of the
agricultural situation and to make
definite plans for the establishment of
the Agricultural day of October 1875.
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UNITY

DR.. +. NJ. Soule was in Wa5
Thursday, to attend the funEt
his uncle, J. K. Soule. n
Mrs. Walter and daughter,
were in Bangor, Tuesday.
Mrs. c. E. Murch, who Ws
to Florepceville, n. B., by tn |
of her father, returned hone J
day. II
Miss Virginia Pillsbury, vi
been the guest of friends In v
Vile for the past week, M
home. Friday. ls-
Mrs. A. NJ. Bagley was al
Bucksport, Tuesday, by the V
illness of her mother.
A. L. Ward has had a telephl
stalled. Il
The H. p. Hood and Sons cIHl
are having their supply oficsH
Charles Dean has bought tn
rell place on Park street, andh
to move as soon as arrangemsl
be made.
n. S. Donahue of Belfast 4
town, Wednesday.
j. C. Van Deets has had ~
stalled.
The Rev. Mr.. Marsh Of DOVE
trict Superintendent, will ocas
pulpit at the Union Church Y
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. George LadiI
entertained the Pollyanna "
Whist, Tuesday evening.
Mrs. A. l.. Estes was the sI
her daughter, Mrs. Vance NG'l
Belfast, Thursday.
Mrs. Maude Clark, who was
here by the death of her y
Mrs. Warren Jones, returned
home in Worcester, Mass ~ y,
The Odd Fellows and hs]
held a joint installation. WEI
evening, after which light y
ments were served.
The Arts and Craft Club WI
pleasantly entertained this w
Mrs. L. w. knight.
Mrs. F. II. Whitehouse' vi
been the guest of her slsle, !,
Walter Seeley in Presque lsle
last two weeks, returned hcns
neSdaV-
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Sebasticook Grange

The Grange is planning to observe
its 51st anniversary on January 16.
and this year they will depart a
little from their usual custom of
holding an all day meeting and cell
citrate the anniversary on the even
ing of that day with a special pro-
gram, and Charles Marble of
Winthrop will be present. to give
readings. =
Sebasticook Grange No. 90 was
organized January 16, 1875, with
% charter members, and with Char
les Morgan as Master. The meetings
of the earlier days were held in the
school houses and with many diff
faculties. Today they own splendid
little hall, located near TwitchelTs
Corner. and have some more than
100 members in good standing. OF
the charter members of half CEN
fury ago. only three survive. Fred
A. Bachelor. Sidney A. Dodge and
Riley Written.
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Orono, JAN 8-Harold Nash of
Camden. one of the leading ,dairymen
in the State has recently been ap-
pointed member of the better bull
committee to succeed Charles Black
man, formerly manager of the SUM-
NIT Farms at Davidson and now in
extension work in the middle west.
This committee is composed Of Ed
gar b. Lord of Lebanon, chairman
and DIR. X. j. Seulke, manager of
Jefferson Farms at Jefferson, as well
as Mr.. Nash. 1t represents the State
Federation of Farm Bureaus and it's
function is to promote the better bull
campaign which is being conduced
by the extension service of the Col
lege of Agriculture.
Mr.. Nash is a former county agent
having served for two and one-half
years in York county where he was
especially successful and very well
liked. :, After retiring to Camden he
served for two years as president OF
the KnQX-Lincoln Farm Bureau and
has always taken a great interest in
farm bureau activities.
The Grange has been one of Mr.
Nash's leading interests. For three
years he was Pomona Master and for
two years a subordinate master as
we'll as serving as county deputy for
six years. Another organization in
which Mr.. Nash has played a great
part. is the dairymen's association OF
which he was president for two years.
He was also president of the Hol-
stein Friesian Breeders Association
for one year. In addition to his agri-
cultural interests he has always had
time to take part in local community
activities having served as president
of the Camden Parent Teachers AS
ISOLATION for one year and president
of the High School Alumni Associa-
ton for two years. He has also been
a select man in the town of Camden
where for the last ten years he has
been a leading dairyman with pres
ent herd of about % head of pure
bred Holstein- Friesian cattle. Mr..
Nash caters to summer visitors large
ly in his dairy business.
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IN The GRANGE
Pomona Grange Dates

Please notify US if dates are not
correct.
Jan. 9-Green Mountain, Nicoln
Grange. Ellsworth.
Jan. 12-Lincoln, Jefferson Grange, So.
Jefferson.
Jan. 12-13-Somerset, Skowhegan.
Jan. 13-New Century Pomona, Can
ton.
Jan. 13-North Waldo, Morning Light
Grange, Monroe.
Jan. 13-14-Kennebec, Oakland.
Jan. 14-Excelsior. Wilson Grange,
East Wilton.
Jan. 14-York, West Kennebunk.
Jan. 16-Aroostook. Washburn.
Jan. 21--North Franklin.
Jan. 26-East Kennebec.
Jan. 27-Sag adahoc, Topsham
Jan. 2S-Excelsior, New Sharon.
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Portland and Prof. Wilbur of Orono
at Lewiston and Freeport.
These birds were Matched April
Is and have averaged laying 60 per
cent since October 20. Mr.. Patten
used Grandin's feed only for his
poultry and gets good results from
it.
Mr.. Patten says: II am very care
full about my breeding cockerels.
selecting only the best for that pur-
pose. also the same with the pullets.
One thing / do practice and make IL
thorough, and that is rigid culling of
my flock in the fall and again before
l start breeding in the spring. My
birds are the Martin Docas strain.
I have had several good offers to sell
these birds but will not part with
them as they are what 1 need to sell
Matching eggs from.
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Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Monmouth, Maine, Jan. S-One Of
Monmouth's successful poultry rails
ers, is L. r. Patten. who has some
fine White Wyandottes. He sent a
pen consisting of four pullets and a
cockerel. to three poultry shows and
pulled down number of prizes. The
birds won in the White Wyandotte
utility class, first prize at Portland
and Lewiston, second prize at Free
port and second Grandin's gold
special at Portland and Freeport. all
grades competing. The last named
prizes consisting of two $40 gold
pieces. These birds also won several
special prizes at each show. Prof.
Kirkpatrick of Storr's College, Conn.
was the judge of the utility class at
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!. News from the :
||Granges|
E ~ :
Wesserunsett Grange

Wesserunsett Grange will install
its officers Saturday evening, Frank
L. Pugh acting as installing officer.
The following program is to be given.
Song by choir. Down Where the
Lilies Grow" play. The Telephone; "
music, piano solo. Velma Cover; i'm
personaton, Winifred Gardner; read
ing. Evelyn Flewelling; song by
choir, in the Evening by the Moon
light" illustrated in pantomime; i'm
personation, Carrie French.
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VASSALBORO

NORTH-The Ladies' Aio
Methodist church met i5
this week, in the vestry. ~
was served at noon. W
Mrs. Horace Fisher mas a,
from Old Town, where sne v
ed several weeks.
Friends of Mrs. W. MATT
be sorry to hear she is connny
house by illness. IN
The American Legion - N
Vassafboro will hold an oia 4. Il.
ed Dance Friday evening" ~ M
Turn out and have a gooo y
Schools of Vassalboro Op
Monday. =, 90
Friends of Mrs. Della vi
sorry to hear she is conhhes
house by illness.
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Maine to Florida
The Pilgrimage
That Should HEN

Portland. Me, Jan. an
Maine to Florida and 9th.
states pilgrimage viii.
February LIST, will be one y .
beneficial and INSTRUCTIVE : y
the most enjoyable ever 49,
similar body Of Maine men
men prominent in the afsss'
State, is already assured -
precedented response from ~ =:
Executives, State Chamhsr.
merce and civic organizatss.
places to be visited.
Already the southern pan..
given columns to the Tn ~
committee in charge are dsh,s.s
invitations of every sort d Z. 1
that the State of Manners Il y,
turn home without knowinr q
south has to offer and al 4.
time learning what Maine h, u !. = !,
In return to attract the !.
tourist and big interests ia M.
II the Maine pilgrims do !,
themselves it will be their Il, \
One of the latest invitations.
by Mr.. A. J.. T. Cummings NJ
of the State Chamber Of Co.
who has charge Of the dstsE
bookings of the trip, CONS, !
Governor VIM. w. Brandou !,
bama, made famous for his !, l
four votes for Oscar Undervs..
the last Democratic Convent.
The original itinerary did N
clude Alabama but her N. \.
minute" Governor got busy - |
result the itinerary was 80 =
to afford Gov. Brandon the y
tunity of welcoming The Il
pilgrims.
In his letter to Gov. Brew,
writes:
'In order that you nav \
something of our State, We ~
ranged through the Chamber Il 1
merce and the State Board NJ
ministration to have you an =
it" for a day, beginning the ~
with a breakfast in the ~
penal institution in the sous
penitentiary. This will be 4
just as we serve our conrick \
out formality and the menu WI
sist entirely of Alabama ri
raised on the state farm
The pilgrimage will take n
days and is sponsored by TN I
Chamber of Commerce, the 81
Maine Publicity Bureau and I
organizations comprising the y
Associates. A special de luz,
will remain with the party thd
out. A Maine exhibit car will
tached so. that the SOUTHERN
see just what Maine has to
along agricultural, industrkl
recreational lines.
There will also be taken a
quantity of the State bookAtI
literature which will be disrI
in all places visited.
The party was originally llrAI
154 but due to the increased ID
of bookings being received d1
Mr.. Cummings at the State Ga
of Commerce offices, City Hal
land, the quota may be incrss
that all who wish to take adm,
Of the trip can be accommOdst4
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hanna Lad, owned by d. w. Field Of
Monticello, Mass. She has an official
record of 625.S lbs. of butter from 15,-
$751; lbs. of milk in one year.
The calf. having received the title
of College Johanna Lad Shepard, has
been sold to F. d. Longley Of Little
ton. n. H.