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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1910
Page
18
Friendly cooperation from readers urged to improve the department’s value. Send farm and grange news or other items of interest to country readers to the Independent Office in Bath.
Freeman C. Curtis recounts a Maine Farmer piece by W. R. Kimball urging July 4 planting of Golden Bantam corn. He notes Kimball’s garden devotion, Sunday planting quip, and a harvest praised for flavor. The letter reviews new pea varieties Suttons Excelsior and Chaxtonian, and comments on the Winter Luxury pumpkin and other corn varieties.
The Bath market shows few farmers and quiet trade with eggs at 35 to 40 cents a dozen. Country butter at 32 cents. potatoes plentiful at 55 cents a bushel. cabbage beets turnips squash one cent a pound. cranberries scarce at 2.25 a bushel. Beef selling stronger than pork. beef 6 to ? cents per side. veal 11 cents per pound. hay $20 to $21 per ton.
Farm news reports the sale of W. E. Seekins farm in East Pittston to J. H. MacSorley of Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania as a top Maine location. Richmond fire department battles a smoldering potato car fire near Q F Knights potato house causing $300 loss on nearly 600 bushels. Progressive Grange of Richman accepts nine new members and plans a winter fair while Secretary Wilson probes higher food prices with county reports. Mrs. E C Patten to install Pine Tree Grange Lisbon officers Friday evening.
Maine Attorney General Philbrook rules portable saw mills and their products are taxed in the owner’s town on April 1, citing the Norway vs Willis decision. The opinion impacts Sagadahoc assessors by clarifying when portable mills fall under trade or mechanic arts provisions and whether ownership residence or mill location governs tax liability.
State Entomologist E F Hitchings of Waterville mails notices to fair Secretaries urging higher premiums to promote improved fruit culture in Maine. He notes strong fair support and cites a $1000 premium gift from J H Gregory of Marblehead to boost tree orcharding and entries set for spring 1910.
Two weeks ago Woolwich Grange Hall hosted a Farmers Institute with E. P. Mayo of Waterville as a speaker. Attendees included Q O H Curtis of Westport who cultivates four acres, runs a large poultry plant, keeps a wood herd of cows, and plans expansion.
Last Saturday Woolwich Grange drew 71 members for a lively program including tableaux sketches and songs. Worthy Deputy E C Patten installed officers with Mrs Patten. an oyster stew followed. Five candidates received first and second degrees and more work was planned for Tuesday night.
Stephen Small, after several weeks at St Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, is at home. Sunday school at the North church is suspended for the winter. Miss Statie Allen visits sister Mrs Everett Ricker in Litchfield. Miss Clara Williams of Dedham Mass visits parents Mr and Mrs Melvin Williams. Grange installation season begins.
The document discusses how portable logs, sawn lumber, and saw mill outputs would be taxable. It specifies taxation in town A for the owner as of April 1 and in town B where the property was found, outlining the tax status on that date.
The Woolwich Mutual Fire Insurance directors voted a 10 percent assessment on premium notes to raise 1200 dollars for John Preble's house. It is the first assessment in six years and the treasury held over 700 dollars.
William Wyman Winnegance has returned to his Roxbury home after a visit with his great-grandfather Obadiah Trask. William Hamacher of Bathcon-
A short medical note advises that a cold may affect different parts of the body and warns against panic about appendicitis. It recommends Perry Davis’ Painkiller mixed in warm sweetened water at the first sign of a cramp for immediate relief.
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