Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-02-27
VALUABLE ADVICE RECEIVED
Professors Hills, Cummings and
Borland of Burlington and
Officials from Washing
ton the Speakers.


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tura1 society tho s,.+. ,.,ri,nIt,ral col.
lege and Nfiddl.btr,. c,,i.,, ,yns hopur
in tho opora hoiis.. t,,, o,.i,,ls this AFT
,rnoon Tbcr. ,..,s u. good ,tt,ndanc, of
farmers from tb. s,,ro,,,iinc tovyrs nc
we'll as = run,r.r ,,i,, c,,,. b,, railroad
fran farther .v.a, t,dI,., g..ro also I'm
tho audience
President Jobr NJ ,r,,o-,,o. Of Atidaro-
hurry Couaoo g., ia, abs,r,, of otbor.
,,orobors 30 tb, ca.,,,,t,,o.. .,II.d tho
meeting to order ool di5 ,,rat littlo pre-
siding u,os no,ess,r,. I,r ,rbo,,,,. ma, IL. /
a neat 1itt1a snoo,t ord s,f.t mo bo,od to
/ CO.. +bo,o ,,.,,t,..,. a.,,,i,,., ,,1 ,,ro,,.
larrer ana mara io+orost,,,.. from, ,o,r n
v.,r 10 was ,loos.d ,,i,b tho bo,rt,.
r,rticin.tion Of tba S+.4o Agricultural
Collerc IN tbo ,yo,l, Vi introduced ne
tho frat snosl,or ,rors,,l, pavtor cum
uinrs nrnfo.gor ~ bor,i.,,,t,ro f., t,,
state Arricult,,r,i C,o,Io,, ,t prrli,rt,r
/ Tho qeneroI tonic for tho .ctcrroor y,,s
"C,orco,rir,. r,,r,, >f,,..,'.,,,.,,+ - AND
/ Professor rrr,,,i,..s,s suh-titio ,,,s
with Poc.ro,co ~ or,b,rd proc,io,. -
rbo sno,l,or oo,,s,,Io.a1 hi.. .,,i,toc, from,
,,rio,s s+.nd,oi,,ts a. roiio,.s.
TAXING CARE OF ORCHARDS.
Pruning-The pruning should be done
with further intention than to simply cut
done in such way as to let in the sum
! light and afford ventilation, and the
I necessity Of good sharp tools was dwclt
upon. Pruning should he done as early
i'm the spring as possible. usually in
April ana in such winters as the present
it could be done much earlier.
Sp1aying-The professor detailed the
chief enemies OF tho apple tree for the
destruction of which spraying is neces-
sary The spray Of one gallon of sulphur
and one gallon Of water in winter would
make an excellent mixture for the de-
structiou OF the pests The chief part of
the spraying can and should be done
before the regular spring farm work be
ms Inc prIn''pIy apple peS,s ana tneIr
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,r,hord ON tho tuod Ground # Is nd.
visol,lc TO sow hucluboat rod clover off,,
and they will ultimately. sorry. ne fortu.
izors
Tertilizors-prorasso CUMMINGS doubt.
ed very much tbat # would nav, to Ms,
commercial for-uizars I'm orchards an,
advised that 81 forti,i1ers ,.er. ueod o.,
all II should Inc an AMY a small SCALA o.,
first ana tho rcsuIts sbor1d III, carof,,l,,
\ watched and ,o,,,,o,oI
/ Professor CUMMINGS in,-i,od cuostior,
l cror, th., o,,.1,.,,,.. o., ..,,.+ -, IT,, =.
rep,vine to ,,rious Queries
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Professor Cummings was followed h,
Dean Joseph Lawrence HIS of the Stat'
Agricultural college, whose sub-topi
Dear Un,s ''''9 - ''' I',,,'t','''
dress and covered his subject in mos
thorough and interesting manner. He SAT-
the SOL was one part and the man min
parts Of the farm. In his judgment Their
Is no county i'm Vermont which need
u limo on the farm SO much "a Addison
le county Alfalfa and clover should b
1T raised whenever convenient as they ar
IL the pest producers of plant foods.
"a He has no knocks for comnercio
fertilizers, but he does say that there
- an immense amount of unwise and IN
=" profitable purchasing ~ such fertilizer,
~ The crops themselves speak aloud to tn
man who is -horoughlv posted and tc
~ him what ingredients the soil needs, $
" that he should not have to feed the so
$3.50 nitrogen, phosphorus, lime, otc, when
-. already contained "a sufficient quantity {
such ingredient The best way for III
-, farmers Of Addison county to buy plar
t., food, he Thought was for them to e
" together and buy I'm cooperation; an
-. not only plant food but many other thing
.,a needed on the farm At the conclusion
4 Dean Hllls's address he was asked an
II answered a number Of questions in r,
~, gard to the use Of fertilizers.
n,,py .>.,, ,,,-t,r,r>.r,
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~ Prof. Andrew Allen Borland OF n
nj. state Agricultural College gave the cIo1
". ing address, his sub-toplc being 'Nit
on Reference to the Dairy and Feeding. II