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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1910
Page
5
The Independent reports eggs at 34 to 40 cents a dozen with higher winter expectations, butter at 28 cents a pound, potatoes around 90 cents a bushel, apples 75 to 90 cents, and cabbage rising. Cucumber supply edges up, corn improves, blueberries 8 to 10 cents a box, raspberries near end, blackberries plentiful, and beans and hay pricing noted across Sagadahock region.
Sagadahoc county Pomona Orange members and friends prepare for the annual field day at Merrymeeting Park with all day meetings and speakers. Barn and grange activities, basket lunches, and rural entertainment are planned.
B Walker McKeen critiques a Connecticut bulletin claiming high costs to raise good heifers. He argues liberal feeding with roughages lowers cost, estimates total cost around 54 to 58 dollars per heifer, and sees profitable potential for dairies away from large centers. He envisions widespread dairy establishments reviving regional herds.
Shipments of baled hay have already commenced as prices for livestock rise. Lamb brings 16 cents a pound, veal 12 cents, beef from 9 cents up, chickens 24 cents.
The administrator is ordered to publish notice for interested parties to appear at the Probate Court in Bath County to show cause why an allowance should not be made. The notice runs three weeks in Bath Independent and sets the hearing for the third Tuesday of September at nine in the forenoon. A true copy is provided by Register Cyrus W. Longley.
Train times for Maine Central R R show departures from Bath eastbound and westbound connections to Bangor Port and Portland. Highlights include Sunday and weekday trains with numerous branches to Lewiston Farmington Brunswick and Bar Harbor plus Washington County. General Agent Morris McDonough signs as VP and GM.
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