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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07
Rations for Early
LAYERS

Now is the period of expensive
eggs. 1t is the time OF low produc-
ton in the poultry flock and every
dozen eggs costs more to produce
than they do at most any other sea-
son of the year. It takes money to
make eggs in August and September.
but it is money that should be we'll
spent.
if one expects to set high priced
eggs during the season OF low pro-
duction he must provide egg build
ing materials in abundance. This
means that a sufficient supply of
animal protein in the form of meat
scrap must be made available foT
the early layers. On the grow, )
range me birds which have matured
on a ration of only medium to low
protein, from now on should be fed
increased quantities Of laying mash
and increased protein content.
Early layers start producing be
fore they have finished putting on
their body weight. And as we must
not expect to get a maximum egg
production at a sacrifice of body de-
velopment, the feeding of the early
layers becomes problem. The
birds are usually either confined to
their laying houses continually or
they are given only restricted range.
In either case the following feeding
practice will be effective:
Try a scratch grain ration of two
parts of cracked corn, one part of
wheat and one part of clipped whole
oats. Feed this three times day.
morning, noon and night at the rate
of II pounds of grain a day to each
100 birds. AS the season advances
and the weather gets cooler, this
quantity must be increased up to Is
pounds, and if the birds come into
extremely heavy production this
should be further increased.
An efficient dry mash ration, de-
signed for home mixing, is: 100
pounds wheat bran, 100 pounds flour
middlings, 100 pounds ground heavy
oats, 100 pounds newly ground yellow
corn meal, 100 pounds high grade
meat scrap, so pounds alfalfa leaf
meal.
To this should be added 3 per cent
of flowers of sulphur; this to help
keep the flock resistant to chicken
poX and its allied infections. Keep
this mash mixture before the laying
birds continually in large self feed
ing hoppers. See that the birds are
getting plenty of grit shell and some
charcoal.-IIarry r. Lewis.
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Skowhegan Grange Holds
Interesting Meeting

4 most interesting meeting of
Skowhegan Grange was held We'd
nesday evening in the Grange hall.
when the meeting was called to
order by the Worthy Master, Elmer
E. Harris. A brief business session
was held during which reports were
rendered and two invitations were
received one from the Master, Mr..
Harris, to meet for the annual field
day at North Pond. Smithf1eld. max
ing the Harris cottage, Pine Lodge.
the headquarters. and one IRON
Henry G. Wentworth of North Fair
field to meet at his home of the
Back Road TO Waterville, on We'd
nesday, Aug. %, with the Pomo-
logical Society. Both invitations
were cordially accepted. Mrs. Sara
Bellieu, who was chairman Of the
first Grange Food Sale. which was
conducted on Saturday, July 81, re-
ported that $4,000 was received.
The committee in charge of the
program was made up of DR.. Julia
Nay Kincaid, chairman, Miss Georgia
Hill and Mrs. Charles c. Cleveland,
the latter two ladies are trained
nurses. The program was one or
much interest and included the fol-
lowing numbers: vocal solo, Fred Z.
Nye, accompanied by his daughter,
Miss Effie NJ. Nye, Mr.. Nye respond
ed with an encore; reading, Mrs.
Ellen NJ. Smith: cornet solo and en-
core, Chesley Moore, accompanied by
GLADYS Mantor; paper. How to Keep
Well" Miss Georgia Hill; vocal solo,
and encore, Miss Fern Packard;
reading and encore, Mrs. Nellie Hill;
reading and stories. Valuable re.
marks we're made by Mrs. TWaddell
of Norridgewock and Mr.. and Mrs:
NJ. G.. Baker, who are members OF
the East Madison Grange and who
have recently moved into Skowhegan
village and members of Skowhegan
grange. The next gathering of the
grange will be the Field Day at
North Pond, Smithfield, when the
following committee will be IN
charge: Mr.. and Mrs. w. Lessard,
Mr.. and Mrs Alton Horne and Elmer
e. Harris. The next regular meet
ing to be held at the hall Will occur
on Wednesday evening, Sept. !,
when the topic for discussion Is
Local Affairs" and the meeting Will
be held under the direction of FREQ
c, Dunlop, Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben
French and Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene L.
Hurd. supper will be served by
section c in charge Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Scott Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs. A
Linwood Nutting. and Mr.. and MIS-
Guy Bailey.
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DANGER DAYS FOR PIGS

One of the most dangerous periods
in the life of a growing pig comes
when you make the change from dry
feeds and pasture to the new corn
crop with its tendency to upset the
digestive organs of hungry young
porkers.
The old idea that a diet OF new
corn brings an outbreak of cholera
has long. ago been cast into the dis
card, but an overallowance of new
corn and a sudden change from the
summer diet of mill feeds, old corn
and somewhat woody pasture, to
this altogether different feed puts
the systems into such state that
almost any disease may find hold
in the young herd.
Break the pigs into the change
gradually. Feed a little each day
for a few days along with the old
diet, increasing the percentage of the
green corn until the newness OF the
latter has worn off and they attack
this very toothsome Wand with less
"hoggishness, and much of the dam
ger will be avoided.
With hog pastures usually along
side the growing corn, and with 9TH
er feeds getting short and coming
higher as the summer progresses, it
is little wonder that the hog feeder
is tempted to do the easy thing and
throw them over a large portion for
their consumption right from the
start. Experiments at many stations
have ali proved the profit Of hogging
down corn with the pig crop, anG
there isn't any question of the value
of the plan. But when the corn is
quite green the whole summers work
and chance for profit may be over
thrown and the herd set back by lack
of care in introducing them to the
new diet
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DuCKLINGS EASILY EXCITED

Ducklings should be reared in
flocks of not more than fifty. Twen-
ty-five or thirty would be better.
They should be as near Of a size and
age as possible. the smaller and
weaker ones kept by themselves.
Duck raisers Gull the youngsters
every week or two, so as to have the
largest and strongest in a separate
Enclosure.
Up until about two months of age
ducklings are gentle and unafraid,
but after that they begin to develop
very nervous temperament. and
must be gently and carefully han
died. 1t does not take much to ex-
cite them. The least thing, a quick
movement, the f1utter of a handker
chlef or dress skirt, will send them
into panic, and they will stampede
from one end of their enclosure to
another so frantically that it will be
distressing to watch them. In this
excitement the weaker ones are tram
pied underfoot, and the stronger ones
race back and forth over their bodies
until they are fattened as smooth
as II a big roller had passed over
them.
Ducks thrive best from start to
finish, under gentle usage, and the
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BOWDOIN

Mrs. Berton Wheelock has gone to
Canada to visit her mother.
Berton Wheelock and son are cut
ting John Tarr's hay.
The farmers at East Bowdoin reprt
very light crop of hay, about so
percent of a usual crop.
Charles Williams is suffering from
a very severe attack of rheumatism.
a very interesting meeting was
held at the East .Bowdoin Chapel,
Tuesday evening, led by Mr.. Colby.
assisted by the Flying Squadron of
South Gardiner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emery Purinton
went to Augusta, by auto, Thursday.
Lillian and Irene Wheelock, who
have been visiting their cousin. Mar
garet Wheelock. have returned to
their home in Boston.
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CALVES IN SUMMER

OF course. we all know that type,
size of udder, milk veins and dairy
temperament all have an immense
place in the makeup of a good dairy
COW. but after all, if the COW is NOT
big enough to do her job she VIII
not make a big record II is the
yearly record that cou~+s. Irrespec-
tive of the way she is fed or ham
died, gon the average it is the big
COW that makes the large profit over
feed.
The place TO begin for size in the
COW is with the calf. \ calf must be
built up from birth. She needs whole
milk at least for the first month and
skinned milk after that until she, is
six months old. Dried skim milk or
calf meals made into Cruel will help
if no skim milk is available.
The timely thing to emphasize now
in August is the grain for the calves
that are being raised this summe-
Calves will not grow on grass alone
in August and September and male
the big cows we must have to make
dairying profitable. A good grain
mixture is: 800 pounds ground oats;
500 pounds OF corn meal or hominy;
500 pounds of wheat bran; 100
pounds OF oil meal
Feed all the calves will eat of this
grain mixture from the time they
are three weeks old until they are
six months old. Feed them hay and
see that they get all the clean water
they want
After six months. four to SIX
pounds Of grain day will put them
in fine shape. Fifty pounds OF steala
bone meal or fifty pounds of equat
parts of steam bone meal. finely
ground limestone and salt make 4
good addition to, this dry grain mix
ture if the calves do not have milk.
Help the calves fight the flies ant
heat OF August by letting them run
IN cool basement the hottest part
OF the day.-E. S. Savage.
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Most N. H. Vegetables
Are Grown in State

Durham, ". H., July 29.-lPl-New
Hampshire farmers supply about 81
per cent Of the vegetables and field
crops consumed in the state annually,
the New Hampshire Agricultural
Experiment Station announced today.
The report, which does not include
canned goods, meat milk or grain,
was based on a statewide survey
which has just been completed.
The investigation covered every
county in the state, and estimates
were obtained from 1929 stores and
large per cent of the hotels and sum-
mer camps. which are among the larg.
est purchasers of food products.
"Agriculturally. New Hampshire is
not self-supporting, says the report.
Apples, whole milk, eggs and chick
ems are shipped out in large quanti-
ties, but in the case of all other COM
modities the imports are greater than
the shipments from within the state.
AS to whether local farmers should
produce these is a special question
for each commodity, and in many
cases is worthy Of further study" 81.
The report pointed out that in
some cases the products now import
ed largely could not be raised profit.
ably by local growers. The commo-
dities with which the report dealt
were potatoes, cabbages. beets, car
rots, turnips, parsnips, sweet corn
dry beans, dry onions, squash. toma.
toes, string beans, peas. cauliflower
cucumbers. spinach shell beans. eel
cry. asparagus, butter, eggs, chick.
ems, turkeys, berries and apples.
The largest imports and their val.
ues were butter s2,S00,000, potatoes
$670,000, chickens $4,000, dry
beans $4,000, asparagus $40. 6Bi.
Strawberries 100000 and dry onions
100000. r.
The survey, conducted by H. C.
Woodwork and L. B. Lincoln of the
experiment station in Cooperation
with H. l. Richards of the United
states department of agriculture, was
under the general supervision Of !. q
Howard, director of the state extern
sion service. 81
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Two Poultry Club
Meetings Aug. IL

There will be two meetings of adult
poultry clubs in Kennebec County,
Tuesday, August 10. The first Of
these meetings will be held at the
home of n. B. Perkins in Mount Ver-
non and will start promptly at 1.3O
P. NJ. The second meeting will be
held the same evening at the home
of r. E. Hurd in Fayette.
o. n. Wilbur, extension poultry
poultry specialist. will be present at
both meetings and will give a talti
on quality eggs. There will also be
a demonstration on grading and can
ding eggs. Blood Spots" Cracks"
and Watery and sour eggs, which
tend to decrease the market value,
will be discussed and a preventative
treatment explained.
c. A. Day, agent of the Kennebec
County Farm Bureau will accompa-
ny Mr.. Wilbur to these meetings.
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WINDSOR

NORTH-Mrs. Ellen walsh o.
Revere, Mass, is passing few days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jonh
McCurda.
Harry Merrill and family,the Boyn-
tons, Mrs. Alice Pierce and parry
made a trip to the BURBERRY neio'
IN Woolwich. Monday. -
Mrs. Nina Merrill was a visitor y
Mrs. Nancy Burrill at Weeks Mihsi
Tuesday afternoon.
James McKenna and Frank Choap
have employment on the state rO@',
at South Windsor.
Mrs. Joseph Trask and family W.
callers Tuesday of Mrs. Elmer Iho.nf
Robert Stone. the McNess man
was in town Tuesday. ~,
A. A. Adams is working ~.
Clarence Ellis during the haylns 8"
son.
Mrs. Mary Merrill was a busiiis'-
visitor in Augusta. "Wednesday. "a
James Hallowell is in New Bealoi"
Mass, this week
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A DOUBLE WORLD CHAMPION
COW !
Massaehusstts Wonder, Tested rs,..
Times. Breaks Two World Reeo.a"

In her latest official production a..
the Jersey COW, Killingly Torono 80
owned by Killingly Farm. Rsr..
Mass. has broken another pro6uc.,s.s /.
record Tor all breeds of dairy csttfs..
Lass was started on this test wbsh .
she was four years and four month,
or age and In the ensuing eos davysss
she yielded sS2.4s lbs. Of butterfat anS
1856 lbs. Of milk. No other COW Of IN =
same age approaches this new record :.
Just year ago Lass Completed 49,,
first world record, all breeds. when I.
her Junior three-year-old test sba 49,
duced s17 lbs. Of butterfat ana 11sso
lbs. of milk, with calf, in 500 davs /.
year previous to that she nro4,,csx 4
464 lbs. of fat and 5075 lbs. Of nit :.
with calf, in 305 days. :
Two Silver Medals and a Meha, 49,.
Merit have already been awarded I. 49, -.
by the American Jersey Cattle cInhs
New York and if she calves in fir.s-
to meet the regulations covering bs.ss.
latest test she will qualify for anofbs.
Silver Medal and her second Medal =,
Merit. The latter Medal is the bigbss,
award for heavy production.
kllllnsly Torono Louise, Lass full
sister holds the junior two-year-ols
worlds record for Jersey milk mn.
'duction. Louise produced 587l0 lbs
of butterfat and 1900 lbs. of mill
with calf, in 305 days In her first test
and s54.24 lbs. of fat and 1864 lbs. =,
milk in 365 days on her second test
Behind these great producers are
three generations of noted Jersey
sires. The character for heavy pro.
duction has shown up strikingly in
the fourth generation so it is appar. /.
emily fixed" in the blood.
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Former AroOstoOk Man
Visits Home County,
Notes Potato Outlook

Augusta. (Riverside Drive) Maine.
Aug. 6.-The early planted potatoes
in Aroostook are in full bloom and
promise a good yield if weather con-
ditions are favorable. There has
been very little rain for two weeks
and more moisture is needed for the
potato crop; spraying is going on
continuously to prevent blight from
developing during the hot sunny
days. While it has been an ideal
haying season the farmers are now
hoping for a good soaking rain.
August is the critical month for
now setting on and cool nights with
continued growth Of the potato is the
opinion expressed by George Smith
Of Riverside Drive. but formerly Of
Ashland, who has just returned from
a tour of the county. He was ac-
companied on the trip by Chester
Rowe Of Augusta, and William
Beaumont of Central Falls, r. 1.
These gentlemen were surprised at
the large fields of hay and grain also
the size Of the potato acreage.
Visiting the farm of w. r. Christie
at Presque Isle they We're in one
field of potatoes which contained
one hundred and fifty eight acres
without break. excepting for a road
which ran through it. Mr.. Christie
had fourteen hundred acres in pota-
toes last season and has seven hum
bred this year. He has just COM
pleted a barn on this farm that is
one hundred and thirty feet long
with a high basement and is one of
the best in the county. Mr.. Christie
thinks the yield of potatoes will be
lighter than last season owing to the
lateness of the crop and the dry
wea Their but expects good prices
again and is very optimistic as to
the outlook for the Garden Of Maine.
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Better Bull Essay
Contest Won By
Margaret Adams

Orono, Maine, August 5.-Margaret
Adams of Hiram Is the winner OF the
Better Bull Essay Contest with her
story the subject Of which was Bet
ter Bulls Mean More Money off the
Farm" The second prize Of $1,000
was won by Harry L. Richardson OF
Lee with his essay why Better
Bull" George Haines OF Fort FAR
field was winner Of the third prize OF
$500 with his essay entitled use
Purebred Bull for Good Producers
Oliver Hall, Editor of the Bangor
Commercial Arthur G. Staples. Eol-
tor of the Lewiston Journal and
James G. Watson, Livestock Repre-
sentative of the New England Home
stead, of Springfield, Massachusetts,
were the judges of this contest.
In addition to these three prizes,
fifteen other $500 prizes were award
ed to the following boys and girls:
Norman Hamlin, Turner; Leslie
Moody, Skowhegan, r. F. D. 2; Ruth
Chesley, Skowhegan; Paul Findlen,
Fort Fairfield; Percy Burlse, Fort
Fairfield.
Vanel Giggey, Fort Fairfield; YER
non Bolster, Fort Fairfield; Stanley
Donaldson, Etna; J. w. Smith, Lee;
rage, VI 4AOAAN
Lowell. Lee; Volden A. Taylor, RoX-
bury; Thelma E. Adams, Cornish;
Alexander Robertson, Rumford, r. f.
D. /; Kitan Giambattista, Rumford,
Box Sc.
These prizes were offered by the
Maine State Federation of Farm Bu-
reaus, an organization which is deep
ly interested in promoting the agrl-
culture of the state.
The competition was state wide,
being open to all members Of boys
and girls clubs organized by the En-
tension Service, University of Maine,
and also to boys and girls who were
taking the agricultural course in the
high schools of the state. The con-
test was conducted under the direc-
ton of r. F. Talbot, Extension Dairy
Specialist in cooperation with the
county agents and home demonstra-
ton agents. 1t is part of the plan
being followed by the Extension Ser
vice Of the College Of Agriculture to
arouse interest in the use Of better
sires.
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Annual Field Day Waldo
County Pomona Grange

The annual field day Of Waldo
County Pomona Grange will be held
on Thursday, August ~, in ST.
Georges Agricultural park, South
Montville. to which every granger
and his family is most cordially in
vited. A special program has been
arranged. with music and speech
making. and the pomona will serve a
picnic luncheon at noon for all who
take part in the program. Other
grangers will provide their own
luncheon and this they plan to do by
means of the family picnic basket.
The park Is a delightful place for
such an outing and as this is the
biggest affair in Grange circles dur
ing the Summer, hundreds are plan
ming to attend.
The Boys Symphony Orchestra of
Belfast will furnish a program, in
PRODUCING the Mystic Comedy Four
and other features, and there will be
readers. entertainers and soloists.
Community singing will also be a
factor Of the days enjoyment The
speakers announced include W. J..
Thompson Of South China. Past
Master Of the Maine State Grange:
g. p. Hodgkins. Brewer, steward of
the State Grange; and DR.. K. J.
Seulke, superintendent OF the JET
ferson Farms.
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Demonstration Teams
To Compete At OrOnO

Orono, August 6.-Scores Of boys
and girls who are members of the
boys and girls club demonstration
teams throughout Maine have been
working for many weeks looking
forward to an opportunity to COM
pete in the trials to be held at Orono,
and Auburn, August 10 and II, re-
spectively, when four club demon
stration teams will be chosen to
represent Maine boys and girls clubs
at Camp Vail. Eastern states EX-
position in September.
One boys team and one girls team
each consisting of two members, will
be chosen from each county to COM
pete at the try-outs. The teams
from Aroostooll, Hancock, Penobscot,
Piscataqus, Somerset, Waldo and
Washington counties will meet at
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NEW SHARON

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gordon Of
Sangus. Mass. passed the weekend
at the home Of his sister, Mrs. B. A.
Knapp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bean are en-.
Toying two weeks vacation from
their duties at the Swan farm. They
lett Monday morning for Bethel to
visit relatives.
Mrs. Clyde Head and son. Arden
OF Arson, visited Mrs. B. A. Knapp,
a lew days last week.
MISS Florence Towne of Newton.
Mass, is visiting Mrs. Fred NJ.
swan at the Swan cottage.
The little Misses Carolyn and
Francis Swan. who have been en-.
Joylng a months outing at Orr's
Island, came to New Sharon, Thurs.
day, to pass the remainder of the
summer with their parents.
Fred NJ. Swan of Boston passed
the weekend with his family here.
DR.. Sampson of New Hampshire
occupied the pulpit of the NJ. E.
church, last Sunday.
The class of 1921, n. II. H. S. held
their annual reunion at the home Of
Miss Crystal Sanders, last THURSDAY
Miss Pearl Harris is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Peter Doyon, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gray and
daughter, Catherine, Mrs. c. f. Grey
and Miss Edna Mason motored to
Lakewood on pleasure trip, Thurs,
day.
Mrs. Merton Glidden and daughter
Eleanor. of Lowell, Mass. are visit,
ing their father and grandfather, W.
a. Chapman, for a few weeks I.
Fhe Ladies Guild of the Congres
gational church served a salad sup.
per in the yestry, Wednesday. j.
The Old Home Day Association Of
Weeks Mills will meet next Wed;
nesday at the church at Weeks
Mills. a picnic dinner will be
served at noon. Business meeting IN
the afternoon and entertainment IN
evening.
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Saskatchewans Are
Mostly Farmers

Regina, Sask., Aug. t.-(P)-Sas
katchewan is the biggest farm in
the world, in the belief of Hon. +
G. Gardiner, farmer premier
Seventy-five per cent of the prov
ince's population lives in rural areas
while the other twenty five per cent
composed of city jewellers. is de.
pendent on farming for it's pros
perity.
There are 11S,426 farms in
Saskatchewan with an aggregate
acreage of S7,S96,320 acres" said
Mr.. Gardiner. Average size of
farms is 800 acres, and average area
under crop is 200 acres per farm.
Gross agricultural wealth of the
province is $1,6S2,473, 900. While
Saskatchewan produces about sew
enty-flve per cent of Canada's wheat
crop, the farmers also go in ex-
tensively for diversified agriculture. u
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vines are damaged by being bent
down.
The pea louise has done extensive
damage in this town Many farm
ers have lost their entire crop of
peas A few are getting enough peas
to pay for the seed and fertilizer.
Nothing for their own work-or to
pay the hired help.
Some of the peas are being cut for
hay-while in other instances the
cows are turned in to eat the vines
while green
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: Space will be given the readers Of
this page in which to discuss mat
tsrs Of farm Interest.
Space will also be given items and
stories regarding farm endeavors
and happening; also articles Of in.
terest to farm life.-Ed.
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(speciaI 70 Kennebec JournaD

Especial to kennebec JournaD
West Unity, Maine, Aug. g.
This photo, which was taken on the
farm of Edward Walton, on the
main road, Unity. shows the brush
ing machine used by the Portland
Packing Co., for brushing the lice
from the pea vines. Some of the
farmers claim the machine did good
work. brushing large quantities of
lice from the vines. Others say the
lice return to the vines, while the