RKPORT OF DAIRY DIVISION. 2^ 



saving of the grain ration with no appreciable decrease in the pro- 

 duction. One member estimates that he will receive a net income of 

 $2,000, from liis herd during the year. We have enthusiastic meet- 

 ings which bring out many new and helpful ideas. We still have 

 over six hundred cows and employ two testers. We have lists hi 

 the hands of the testers soliciting members for another year. We 

 hope to be able to take up the work of co-operative buying of grain, 

 grass seed and fertilizers the coming season. 



ERNEST K. HOLBROOK, Secretary. 



Harmony, Maine, Nov. 8, igio. 

 R. W. Redman, State Dairy Instructor, x\ugusta, Maine. 



My dear Sir: — Below you will find a brief report of the Somerset 

 County Dairy Testing Association: 



At present we have thirty-four members, owning 234 co'vs, the- 

 maximum price per cow per year being $1.50. We have had six 

 meetings, with an average attendance of twenty-five. At each of 

 these meetings, except one, there has been a representative sent by 

 the Department or some one from the University of Maine. 



We have tried to purchase our feeding stuflfs co-operatively and 

 have beeii able to secure some discount but expect to save more in 

 the near future. T think the Department is trying to help the 

 farmers all it can. 



The ofiicers of the Association are: G. D. Magoon, Harmony, 

 president; J. B. LaBree, Cambridge, vice-president; C. S. Bean, Well- 

 ington, vice-president; Alton L. Chadbourne, Harmony, secretary 

 and treasurer; H. D. Witherill, Harmony, official tester. 



Yours very trulj', 



A. L. CHADBOURNE. 



Waterville, Maine, Nov. 5, 1910. 

 R. W. Redman, State Dairy Instructor, Augusta, Maine. 



Dear Sir: — The Waterville Dairy Improvement Association is get- 

 ting well under way. We started in very slowly. We got 155 cows 

 pledged and it seemed to stop right there for several weeks. At 

 last we decided to secure a tester; we did so in the the person of 

 Paul R. Baird, who is proving himself to be a good worker. We 

 now have 230 or more cows pledged and we are steadily growing. 



We are buying our grains as an Association, at reduced rates. 

 We have some very interesting discussions at the meetings. The 

 members are getting interested and I think it is a move in the 

 right direction and is coming to be appreciated by those who are in- 

 terested in dairying. 



Very truly, 

 SAMUEL DAGGETT, Secretary. 

 Waterville Dairy Improvement Association. 



