Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-22
Reaching the Consumer.

As a means to further the Buy a Barrer scheme for apples that the agent IS pushing, 800 circular letters are being sent to consumers in Nor Wich and New London giving informa- ton in regard to the plan. While the rctices in the papers have brought quite a little response yet is is not what we want it if we are to handle the large crop of apples that the far mers have
 These letters are an appeal for the consumer to buy in barrel lots and thereby save the jobbers and the mid oie mans profit. Meanwhile the far mers should give the agent notice of the amount of their crop, the grade ana the price they expect to get First l quality fruit is bringing around s15O l and S2- The farmers are asked to grade their fuit carefully. We can af- 1 lord to give the buyers a good bar 1 gain this year for it means bigger business next and a greater demand. Put up barrel that you are willing to stand back of.
 If the apple proposition is a success 1 1t will be carried to other products. along.
 Lining in the Fall.
 | Instead of waiting till spring to | lime our fields and garden many of them providing they are not leachy and inclined to wash could very profit | ably be lined now. Lining is tedious work and takes much time, and if the operation can be attended to in the I faH 1t will lessen the spring work ma- ] terially. The time to lime is after the field has been plowed. Sod land blow ed soon is especially benefited by ar application of lime this fall. Also art the meadows that have been in gras. CT pasture long. When lime is used il spring there is some danger of it's in terfering with the growth Of the young II plantlets but when applied in the fal this action is entirely overcome. What ever caustic action the lime may pos sess will be overcome by this time
 Even land that is going to be planted to potatoes can be lined this fall witt very little danger of increasing tn, scab next year. Lime is the bes
 sweetener known of land at the pres
 ent time.
 T TiIIase Usually the Best. Many orchardists are asking 'bou blowing their orchard now. As a gen eral rule it is little better to plov
 in the spring as blowing is apt t.
 killing the wood.
 Even experiment stations and col leges are at odds as to which is bes
 tillage or sod mulch for our orcha ids A recent bulletin from New Yorl station comes out strongly for tillag
 
 of the northeastern states. The so called mulch system is very danger ous. Growers are likely to let tn grass get the upper hand and tn
 farmers are quite likely to let some o
 the grass grow and cut it for ha.
 which is a sure to ruin the orchard
 This practise is generally the cause fo
 poor orchards on the general farm an,
 those orchards grown on the sod meth
 ods.
 } It must be admitted that sod-mu1ch
 ed orchards are comparatively new il | comparison to the titled orchards w
 have any number successful lille,
 orchards to point to right in Nev
 London County, but very few of tn,
 other. The orchards that have thu reputation and have no difficulty fl
 finding a market and getting goo(
 prices for their product are all titled ! ones. Also sprayed. The Genevs
 Station finds that titled orchards re | turn S1.S9 for every dollar profit tha the sod orchards return. This is near ly double the profit. The quality a ] wen as the quantity in tillage orchard
 is important There must be goot
 deal of young wood in the trees tt
 produce large apples of fine appear
 ance. Trees grown in sod are likel,
 to produce slow growth, and to pro
 duce good many small, misshapen
 knotty although well-colored apples This may not be true on some soils