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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1916
Page
3
Melvin Ryder presents a persuasive farm note urging farmers to fertilize with nitrogen phosphoric acid and potash to improve stalk growth and plump kernels. He argues higher prices and better yields justify using plant food, predicting bigger profits and improved records next year.
The National Holstein-Fiesien Sale company of Michigan held a historic two day Holstein-Friesian sale in Detroit on June 8 and 9 after the affiliation meeting. 140 animals sold for 155 090 dollars, averaging 1107 78 per head, with a top price of 20000 dollars for King Champion Ray Apple 179305.
The University of Maine organizes Boys and Girls Agricultural Clubs led by Ralph P. Mitchell Miss Mary I Haskell and Dean Leon S Merrill The program started in 1907 in the South and has grown nationwide reaching Maine with 470 youths in 54 clubs during 1915 including potato and garden clubs and notable profits from crop projects.
Despite late spring and heavy rainfall New England faces a profitable 1916 hay season. Wilfrid Wheeler of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture predicts hay output nearly 25 percent above the 1909 record. Excellent pastures and firmer marketing practices bolster dairying and farm prices as bureaus promote soil and feeding methods to offset adverse weather and raise yields.
The June crop estimate shows a weaker 1916 outlook with wheat projected at about 300 million bushels less than last year and a 77 percent crop condition. Rye yields are forecast at 16 bushels per acre, down from 17.2, while peaches and apples also show declines signaling soil fertility concerns.
George C. Gill, president of the Holyoke National Bank, employs an agriculturist to visit farmers in the Connecticut Valley. The aim is to assess farm property values and arrange loans for tools, machinery, and fertilizers. The program supports cooperative farming and sets a model for banks nationwide.
A rural editorial urges farmers to raise sheep again citing declines from 25 to one sheep, arguing wool at 35 cents and lambs at 2.50 to 3.00 dollars. It stresses durable woven wire fences, dry shelters, and pure bred rams, noting well cared-for flocks yield strong returns and high lamb values.
The New England Alfalfa Growers Association held a field meeting at the Walker Gordon farm near Boston with attendees from Norfolk Plymouth Middlesex Suffolk and Worcester. Speakers included G H Walker Wilfrid Wheeler W P Munson B Tupper and George Clark. The group voted to rename as the Massachusetts Alfalfa Growers Association. officers elected were President L E Mayo Secretary Wilfrid Wheeler Treasurer J C Thorne and executive committee F A Andrews M P Hepburn C W Prescott.
Farm and Fireside quotes Clyde A. Waugh on the need for strong cattle fattening and balanced rations from birth to market. He argues record wheat crops require ample plant food, disease resistance, fall growth, early spring vigor, and a straight, high quality stand for bumper yields.
Charles Stone of New Hampshire State College says sheep farming is profitable with solid yields and figures to back it. Farmers weigh adding general purpose sheep to offset dairy pasture losses as Ag Commissioner Folker backs the revival. The New Hampshire Sheep Breeders Association offers cash prizes for top sheep at state fairs.
Co P Bates announces the sale of a large lot of David Stott’s Peerless Flour to the public for the next three weeks at six dollars and fifty cents per barrel.
A calendar of Maine agricultural fairs lists events from August through November in numerous towns and counties including Bangor Waterville Lewiston and Portland. The notice details dates such as August 15 to November 16 for fairs like Eastern Maine Central Maine Northern Maine and Cumberland County among others.
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