Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-02
FAHMERS' WEEK
COMES TO AN END
Former Successes Completely
Eclipsed by That of
This Year.
WHOLE STATE REPRESENTED
More Than 400 People Got In
struction and Inspiration
from Cd Addresses and
16 Demonstrations.
WHOLE STATE REPRESENTED

Farmers week at the University Of Yer
mont, came to an end FRIDAY. IN
1909 there were 81 addresses five demon
strations and an attendance OF 100, in 1910
there were 81 addresses, 10 demonstra-
lions and an attendance of about 800; in
1911 there were g. addresses, 16 demonstra-
lions and an attendance of over i25 with
three auxiliary meetings.
Farmers week from the outset has
been cooperative effort on the part Of
the agricultural department of the Uni
versity of Vermont and the state COM
missioner of agriculture. 1t is obviously
increasingly successful Institution.
State Commissioner Martin and Deans
Terril and Hills were tired nut happy
as the final session closed. They felt
.hat the third annual farmers week was
distinct advance over its predecessors,
Dnd that their efforts, together witr those
Of their many cuadjutors, had been worth
while. A great deal of complaint was
Expressed by the visitors. They said that
the diet was too rich too msaty; that
they wanted to hear all the addresses and
could only hear a part of them; that
they were in much the same sta" of mind
as when they attended three ring circus.
1t is evident not only that farmers
week has come to stay but that IT IS
-apidly assuming pftmacy among the
agricultural educational gatherings Of
Vermont. Furthermore the benefits it
convoys are not limited to those who at
.cnd, for Commissioner Martin annually
Issues briefs Of all the addresses in the
form OF a bulletin, and these bulletins
are distributed to more than 900 names
On the experiment station mailing list in
Vermont. Furthermore. he prints tho fun
addresses in his annual report issued in
un edition Of 400. This system OF extend.
Ing the benefits Of farmers week TO
al parts OF the State Is unique, for
no other state does this; hence the in
iluence of the work Just completed at
burlington is not measured by the small
numbers, 425. which attend, but Is ex-
tended all over the state to over 800
people. Furthermore, the brevty and
Fnappiness or these abstracts lead one
to read them in preference to long drawn
out papers. While this system of publica-
ton tends doubtless to lessen attendance,
one way of looking at tit ought to en-
courage NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. way OF
Looking at 1t. Every county in Vermont,
save the two in the northeastern part
~ the State, was represented in this
years registration. The following are
roue of the briefs of the addresses Of
,ne closing day:
HOUSEHOLD BACTERJOLOGY.
G}y r. f. Lutman, Professor OF Plant
Pathology
While the name bacteria is popularity
associated with the germs which produce
disease. there are host of other species
which are Intimately associated with US
and against which we have, to protect our
selves and our food. These are tho
bacteria that sour milk. or spoil meal
or eggs, sour cooked food, They arc
everywhere present around us and ar,
all the time dropping into food. CROWNS
there and reducing chemical changes.
We protect our food from them by
drying it, sailing it, adding sugar. or by
canning IT. In canning all the hacterl,
are killed, and all further ones are KEEP
out.
Diseases may be borne either in III,
air. water, or food Smallpox is an AT
horne disease typhoid Is water born
milk. These sources of danger mr.
largely safoguarded by our State an,
city boards Of health but every person
should try to understand what they ar
doing and why.
The common fly is a great carrier o
germs ana undoubtedly Is the cause o
the spread of diseases sucn as typhoid
When "a fly walks across food the qucs
10. 10, ..
just bcforc"?
Among the common disinfcctants use
nre sulphur. oarboic acid, and tornado
HYDE. They are used 10 XIII the bacteria
Burnt sulphur has been mitch overcast
mated as disinfectant and tornado
hyde gas is much more efficient TO
rooms
It is not possible to avoid eating, drink
Ing and inhaling bacteria Most Of ther
nre entirely harmless, so our geners
health is not affected, 1t is the diseas
germs with which care must be taker
Reasonable precautions are all that ca
be expected, the rest must be left wit
the natural resistance Of the body.
ORCHARD DISEASES.
by b. f. Lutman, Professor Of Plan
PathologyD
%. Pear blight bacterial dis
ease of tho pear and apple causin
the death Of the young twig, II may b
prevented BY removing the affccte
portions. The pruning tools should b
disinfected hctween every operation
ca. Pear scab, black, rough Goa
produced on the fruit May be pre-
vented by spraying two or three time
with lime sulphur mixture.
go. Apple scab, disease simila
t. the pear scab, which may be pre-
vented in a similar way
(4. Apple black rot, the fruit be
comes brown, speckled with sma
black points. The disease also show
on the leaves as spots, and on IL