Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-03
DAIRY DAY AT CONVENTION HERE
Selection of Cattle Drouh Problem and Corn Production Among the Topics Discussed by Experts-Presdent Duffy of State Darymens Association Presided.

The two days agricultural cenven- ton under the auspices of the Nor wfch Board of Trade opened at 10l6 o'clock Wednesday morning in the town hall. The gathering was small when F. E. Duffy of Hartford, pfesi- associaten called the meeting to order but the attendance steadily increased and there was 8 good sized gathering at the afternoon session. Wednesday was dairy day and the time was de- voted principally to the discussion of the dairy problems.
 Welcomed to ths City.
 Mayor T. C., Murphy extended the hospitality Of the city to the conven- ton and said that he believed that the meetings would result in considerable benefit to all concerned
 James Macpherson, president Of the Board of Trade, also welcomed the visitors in an easy and pleasing ad- dress
 President Duffy responded extending the thanks of the state association to the city, He was glad to see he sad that Norwich appreciated the fact that the interests of he farmers and busi- ness men were linked together. He told of the meeting in Haruord at which he was present on Monday when S160,000 annually was asked for the Connecticut Agricultural college. , It is a small amount, he said, compar- ed with appropria ationS for like puF- poses made by other states At the Hartford hearing there was but one farmer
 There are two classes of farmers. : One is the class that is farming the farmers and the other is the class that is farming the soil. Farmers must wake up and take an interest in these meetings. Through lack of finances the college has been forced to drop the short course of dairying and this was t71 ,l-nr vh1 nf the great value of such course. He recommended that the convent tion pass q resolution recommending that the course be resumed
 F. E. Duffy on Drouth Problem.
 The Drouth Problem was next con sidered by MT Duffy. The weather of Connecticut. he said, is all right and there is no drouth problem if we are ready for it We have plenty of water and sunshine, but we must look aft CT the conservation of the water to such times as it is needed.
 Mir. Duffy said that corn was king of all dairying crops and discussed the ploughing and preparation of the land for planting.
 Use from 25 to 30 loads of manure on the land Manure holds water in the ground. A theoretical man will say you can afford to sell your manure because there is plenty of nitrogen in the ground but I will ask. can any
 
 the soil is available? I put manure on my soil, regardless of what theorists say Conserve all the nitrogen in your soil you can This is a valuable as set.
 Deep PIoushine.
 He recommended ploughing deep, from to Il inches. Limestone is good for the Connecticut land It is now down to s ton and we hope to have it down to s2.50 One time it a Jc~I1 md D,,< two tons on to an acre and you will have it about right for corn land. He then said to harrow a couple of times, roll il down if necessary and plant your corn three feet apart Put on 500 pounds of 2-12-6 fertilizer to the acre and then use st tnoothing har- row two or three days after and a weeder short time after the corn is up On account of the fact that weeds drink up so much water get rid of them Filling the ground will conserve the water. Use cultivation twice week until the corn is waist high.
 Avoiding Shrinkaee.
 After your corn is up this height go after your clover seed. The speaker uses nine pounds of alcide nine of common red and two of white and one peck of timothy. The timothy serves to hold the crop up. Use lots of cloy- CT seed The cost will figure about s6 acre but the result will be satisfac-
 
 the seed Dairying is successful and easy if planting is done properly. Corn should be in the siio 365 days in the year and clover raised for feeding by June 10- About this time cows com mence to shrink and if they remain so several months they will never return to the maximum. So it will be seen that it is best to feed them from the sile and other products to avoid this Shrfnkage.
 Peas Oats CaS,hana
 The speaker then turned to peas and eats. Put the peas in deep. Harrow them. Evergreen sweet corn is as good as can be found, After you have taken & your peas and oats, com n1ence immediately putting in ye1If barley Barley can be fed into SeB- tenn bas
 There is hst 8, better or more saw ing grain p<odaet than cabbage. Cab- bage will keep the cows in good con diLesn--Tfle sneaker touched upon the matter of feeding toe much grain and pointed out that this. was dangerous The cew will net maintain it's capacity