Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-23

c,,t,vators In that particular field.
bon,ne that these examples would
,ooa others TO adopt better methods
-, care for their apples and other
fruits
Another possibility at the doors NJ
ovcrv Vermont farmer is the produc.
,on Of various kinds Of vegetables
and small fruits for canning purposes.
prof. l.. X. Jones, who is about TO re-
turn TO Wisconsin, his native state,
after remarkably successful career
at the University OF Vermont and
state Agricultural college, has repeat
eddy told us OF the wealthy which has
Wisconsin through the cultivation Of
vegetable gardens alone. IN some
sections farmers on twenty-five acre.
each have grown wealthy through the
production Of cucumbcrs for picking
factories. while In other sections var
ious kinds of fruit canncries have
made patrons well-to-do
The production of sweet corn as
we'll as the lines hero noted are pos
sible in Vermont on even small farms
of twenty-five acres or less. as in
Wisconsin; and our commonwealth
could be enjoying thousands of dol
lars of income from these sources
whore it Is now receiving cents.
The natural thought for each farm
or in this connection is that there Is
no factory near him. and 1t Is useless
to attempt to do anything without d
plant OF some kind.
This is the situation exactly, ant
| that was the situation regarding
crcameries at one time. Our farmers
did not walt for some big capitals
to come along, however, to establish
factories. but they got together II
different communities and built co
operative creamerics for themselves.
There is not community in Yer
mont in which the farmers can no
get together right away. appoint
committee to secure information re
garding cost of a canning factory an
methods to be adopted and get read
for the production of fruit and vege
tables for canning purposes the com
ing season.
Every town in Vermont. and espec
tally every large town. should hav
It's canning industry. and if any farm
er Is anxious to take advantage o
the wonderful opportunities facin
our state in this direction, he ca
secure the necessary information b
dropping a letter or even a posta
card to Prof. j. l.. Hills, who is 4
charge of the agricultural experiment
station in Burlington This nstitu
ton is for the benefit of our agricul
tural interests, and 1t is cause for re
greet that it Is not used more for pur
poses of consultation by our farmers.
AS the Waterbury Record we'll say!
in connection with the statement tina
canning factories will soon be in OPP
Grafton again in Vermont: "Whe
Vermont products become as wei
known as those of Maine there wi
be great development of that indus
try in the state. Vermont and Main
produce better sweet corn than an
other state"
The people of Vermont would
surprised II they could know hoy
large a proportion of canned cor
and of other canned goods they us
on their tables comes from othe
States. whereas we should produc
, al our own supplies of this characte
and receive a large income from sale
IN other States of Vermont came
goods
, We hope every farmer or bushes
: man In every town who reads thi
2 will seriously ask himself the ques
+ ton whether It will not be wort
l while for him and his neighbors {
= take prompt steps to establish car
ming industry and raise the neccssar
| crops the coming season.