20 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE- 



On May 2, 19 10. the Somerset County Dairy Testing Asso- 

 ciation was organized at Harmony, with the following officers: 

 President, G. D. Magoon, Harmony. 

 Vice President, J. B. LaBree, Cambridge. 

 Vice President, C. S. Bean, Wellington. 

 Secretary and Treasurer, Alton L. Chadbourne, Harmony. 

 Directors: W. S. Bemis, Harmony; C. Sumner Ham, 



Cambridge; Uriah Whitehouse, Wellington. 

 Official Tester, H. D. Witherill of Cornish, N. H. 

 The members of this association live principally in the towns 

 of Harmony, Cambridge and Wellington. Although they start- 

 ed with less than 300 cows, the work seems to be progressing 

 very well. 



Regular monthly meetings are held on Friday before the first 

 Saturday. 



On May 28th, the Waterville Dairy Improvement Association 

 was organized at \\'aterville, with the following officers : 

 President, W. C. Stetson, Waterville, R. F. D. 47. 

 Vice President, R. O. Jones, Winslow. 

 Secretary, Samuel Daggett, Waterville, R. F. D. 36.^ 

 Directors: J. H.Reed, Waterville, R. F. D. 40; W. H. 

 Nichols, North \"assalboro, R. F. D. 49; G. F. Terry, 

 Waterville. * 

 Official Tester. Paul R. Baird' of Waitsfield, Vt. 

 Regular monthly meetings are held the fourth Saturday. 

 This association also started with less than the desired number 

 of cows, but Secretary Daggett writes, on November 5th, "We 

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

 The Kennebec Valley Dairy Testing Association has been 

 temporarily suspended during the summer months on account 

 of the lack of a suitable man for tester; however, the officers of 

 the association expect to begin work again in December. 

 Officers of the other associations are as follows : 

 Waterford and Norway Dairy Testing Association : 

 President, L. E. Mclntire, Waterford. 

 Secretary, W. K. Hamlin, South Waterford. 

 Official Tester, Harold S. Noble, South Waterford. 

 Oxford County Dairy Testing Association : 



President, F. E. Adkins, Livermore Falls, R. F. D. 2. 

 Secretary, A. H. Adams, Canton Point. 



