AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



FARMERS INSTITUTES. 



We have held many Institutes in different parts of the State, 

 ^nd have tried to get men to conduct these institutes that will 

 get to the practical part of our farming operations ; and the 

 farmers have taken very kindly to it, as it is more instructive 

 to present the practical part, with the scientific part as far as it 

 can be practically used. We have started a movement to have 

 the farmers co-operate in selling their farm crops and purchas- 

 ing their supplies, and we hope to eliminate some of the middle- 

 men between the producer and the consumer, especially the 

 dishonest ones. 



Institutes have been held in 1911 at the following places: 

 Kennebunkport. Perry, Alexander, Calais, Cumberland Center, 

 Brunswick, Richmond Corner. Durham. Limestone, East Au- 

 burn, Greene, Fort Fairfield, Belgrade, Oakland, Westfield, 

 Brownville, Chelsea, Abbot. Cooper's Mills, Bangor, Wiscasset', 

 Corinna, East Warren, Camden, St. Albans, Cambridge, Hope, 

 Farmington, Strong, South Montville, Morrill. Weld, Burnham. 

 Rumford Center, East Orland, Sumner, Bluehill, South Paris, 

 Cornish and Ellsworth. 



The speakers from out of the State were W. F. McSparran, 

 Furniss, Pa. ; C. E. Embree, Sales Manager of the Long Island 

 Potato Exchange, Riverhead, N Y. : Prof. J- W ■ Sanborn, Gil- 

 manton, N. H. ; Prof. C. S. Phelps, Salisbury, Conn., and Prof. 

 T. R. Arkell, Durham, N. H. 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



The fairs held throughout the State were very successful this 

 jear. The weather was very favorable and there was a large 

 exhibit of cattle, horses, sheep and swine, and many exhibits of 

 milk, cream, butter and cheese; and the hall exhibit'^ of fruit and 

 vegetables were unusually good. Some of the finest exhibits 

 were made by the granges in diflferent parts of the State. I am 

 very much indebted to the officers of the different fairs for the 

 way the fairs were conrlucted in relation to gambling, immoral 

 shows, and the sale of intoxicating liquors, and the general 

 management. Everything was carried on very harmoniously. 



The following figures show the business of these societies in 

 191 1 : 



