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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1910
Page
8
Brookfield Missouri resident Mrs Sarah Lovusic credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with relief during the Change of Life. The ad touts the product as a 30 year cure for female ailments and invites readers to write for confidential advice to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Independent readers are invited to send farm and grange news to the Bath office. The Bath Market notes strong supply of crops with light frost doing little damage. Corn, potatoes, beans, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes and berries show good availability and fair prices. eggs remain scarce at 34 cents a dozen while butter and cabbage move steadily.
E A Stanford of the U S Department of Agriculture and Farm Management expert from West Kennebunk led pasture improvement efforts in York County Maine. He spoke at the Me chanic Falls Dairy Testing Association meeting, stressing Maine farms need pasture upgrades as many have exhausted soil and forage value. Stanford described Canton experiments on two and a half acres and endorsed pasture division and rest to allow regrowth.
Mrs Merlin Plummer and four children along with Mr Milan Libby of Auburn visited Mrs Emily Coombs last week. Mr Libby came from South Freeport by motor boat. Mercy Holbrook enjoyed a Lake Auburn ride on Saturday evening in the parlor car. Harry Storer held a dance at Garnet bridge Wednesday night. Sidney Holbrook travels to Kennebunk to lead the American Express Office for weeks. Mrs Mary Jordan visits Brunswick for several weeks.
The record notes beef at three cents above nine cents, lamb at sixteen, and chicken at twenty four. Hay arrives slowly at eighteen dollars per ton with many baled hay shipments reported.
The Maine dairy outlook notes formation of two new testing associations and ongoing success of existing groups. It highlights profits from improved cow herds, cooperative feed purchases, and the drive to hire testers, herdsmen, and farm superintendents. It urges dairy careers and dairy courses at the University of Maine, and outlines planned milk institutes and inspections to improve milk quality from production to home use.
The article notes improved dairy and agricultural statistics, with full coverage planned for all counties. It highlights better educational features at fairs, attractively presented crops, more farm implements on display, and a healthy stock showing numerous thoroughbred animals across the state.
A Wisconsin Farmer provides step by step dill pickle instructions. Select medium cucumbers wash them and soak in cold water three hours. Use a scalded gallon jar with grape leaves dill and spices alternating layers. Salt water vinegar brine, weight under liquid, store warm dry until ready in 10 days to 3 weeks.
Professor L H Bailey of Roosevelt's Country Life Commission argues the middleman deprives farmers of fair returns. He says farming profits depend on applying knowledge to raise yields, while merchants take commissions and shift spoilage costs back to growers.
Maine plans a large booth at the Fourth Annual National Corn Exposition in Columbus from January 30 to February 11. The state will highlight potato growing and show breeding work from the University of Maine Experiment Station, with aims to depict rural scenery and include charts from poultry and sweet corn research.
A speaker argued middlemen profit with little risk while producers bear the costs of farming from seed to table. He acknowledged some societal value but urged public action to curb abuses, reform express rates, and regulate distributors and stock market activity. The issue, he said, affects both consumers and producers and cannot be solved by farmers alone.
The passage urges lasting benefits from a healthful lifestyle aided by Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It notes gentle prompt cleansing of the system, physician approval, and widespread trust among families. It stresses purchasing only the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product.
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