The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-13
VISITED rs FARMS.
Agricultural Advisor of Windsor County
Makes His Report.

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During the period from January p
to March |, less than five weeks, ia!
Coryel, the agricultural advisor, hai
been making a reconnaissance or survey
of Windsor county, visiting rs farmers
which makes total of IS visits to diff
ferent farms, travelling 1873 miles by raj
and 3G6 by team, or total of ,099 miles
since Dee. 10, when he began work.
Since Jan. 81, 100 conferences have
been held with business men and farm
ers, relating TO farm matters, in Is diff
ferent communities, getting over the en-.
tire county. These conferences have
been held as follows
| Two-Renoyation of orchards, prun-
ing. etc.
Thirty-Cow-testin association work.
Two-Potato demonstration work.
Decentralization and the buying of
fertilizers
Three-Corn demonstration work.
! Tw0-Farm management.
Five Miscellaneous.
Two--Plans for agricultural courses in
Hartford public schools.
A number OF farmers have agreed to
undertake corn demonstration work.
Those who are in a position to under
take this work and are interested are
urged to correspond with Mr.. Coryell.
At least 40 plots will be taken on.
The secretary and advisor have ar
ranged for five meetings of farmers and
business men in the interest of the work,
at Springfield, Woodstock, Hartford W.
Woodstock, Ludlow and Gassetts. In ad
dition to these, the adviser addressed
meetings at Hartford, Norwich and
Pomfret, with total attendance of 547
At all of these gatherings, Mr.. Coryell
explained the plans of our work.
A cooperative test in the eradication
of quack grass is being undertaken on
one farm and pasture experiment is
being studied.
AT meeting of the Hartford farmers
held on January 81, the men were inter
ested TO buy a carload of seed together.
On February 20, an orchard pruning
demonstration was given at Norwich |
An apple tree was pruned and the rea-
sons for and methods of pruning ex-
planned Specimens of brown tail moths |
were found, and the methods of control |
described.
In the near future, another pruning /
and spraying demonstration will be held |
near Ludlow, and others are being ar
ranged for,
Considerable attention has been given
to the organization of COW. testing
association among the dairies of Wind
sor, Brownsville, w. Windsor and Hart
land
Farmers have continued to express
their interest in the work and desire
to cooperate or demonstrate with Ger.
tain crops.
Considerable correspondence is being
received covering various farm matters
A number of farmers and business men
nave joined the association during Feb ,
-uary, the Farmers association now
laying o membership Of over 200. All
Who contribute to the support of the ,
work carried on by the Farmers asso-
'iation and subscribe to the constitu-
ion and bylaws, may participate in the
business of the association, and frequent
eports will be mailed to all who are /.
Interested. Many interesting and sue !
essful practices have been noticed !
mong the farmers of the country. espe-
tally the cash crop of beans, which II. |
J. Wyman of West Windsor has been :
rowing for several years. OF late years /;
dr. Wyman has grown about 10 acres !,
Il red kidneys, which matured and t
ielded well. Occasionally such success
ttention of the general public.
al practices will be brought to the !,
The February meeting of the Farmers !