Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-24
Fruit Growing and General Farming
Field Day Allyn Farm in Ledyard Arranged by County Agent Lincoln Promises Much-Some Good Advice to Farmers.

the past two days with the agent here Tn the county amongst the dairy men. MT. MuSser is pushing the keeping records on the dairy cows and also has started to work in organizing a COW testing association in the neigh borhood of Jewett City. Toward the middle of October he intends to come to the county and spend several weeks in this neighborhood working on these ideas.
 Another unique scheme inaugurated by him is that of rations for the dairy cows of the county. Each month he proposed to take the current prices Of grain in the different parts of the state and figure the most economical leeds to feed These rations will be published in the various papers that circulate throughout the state. Every da1ryman should watch for these ra- tions and put them into practice.
 Apples and Prices.
 All indications seem to point this year to great over-surplus of apples or all sorts- This means that there will be glut on most markets and prices will be rather low, which in turn means that the farmer should put forth little extra effort this year to market his product Above ali things the second grade apples should be kept from the market as much as possible as IL IS the inferior product that keep the price of the good apples down.
 AL present the standard varieties of apples are bringing only $1.5O to S25O on the New York market and since the season has just begun it seems cer- tain that they will go much lower.
 By utilizing our seconds for vine- gar, cider, to can or preserve best grades up. Due to the war on the other side a large market has prac- tically been cut off which tends to vastly increase the apples that will be hooded to our home markets. More than ever the farmer should use care and up-to-date methods to. get rid of his firsts and let others go for some other purpose.
 Contrary to the general trend of prices, the price of the red fancy ap- pies on the New York market are go- ing very low while the green apples are holding their own fairly we'll People with apples to sell should watch the various markets closely SC that the best returns will be realiz- ed.
 The agent his helped several of the members of the league to dispose ot their apple crop this year and others are invited to confer with him in re- gard to the disposal of theirs.
 Result of Colchester Boys Potato Cut
 Very satisfactory results have beer obtained by the boys of Colchester under the supervision of MT. Moore formerly the principal of Bacon Acad. emy and now principal of the Wheeler school in North Stonington. They raised an acre of potatoes which yielded 230 bushels, 12S bushels were sold locally and the others sent to 2 commission man in WilIimantic Their total expenditures were SPA. .5s and the total receipts $189.O6 makins net profit of 64I4S. This divided ul on the basis of the amount of Worl done by each of the boys gave then 15 cents per hour for their labor ana profit at the rate of F cents be- hour. They invested their labor ant reiceved 113 per cent on the invest ment. Pretty good paying proposi. tion for young boys
 Meeting of the Connecticut Forestry
 Association.
 An important meeting of the Con. necticut Forestry Association is to bt held at the Yale Forestry School. 27C Prospect St, New Haven, Conn. or Sept 26. at 10 a. m. The meeting vii be of especial interest to large forest owners and those with tracts of lan6 that are now waste as far as profitable agriculture is concerned Addresses will be made by prominent foresters and all interested will do vel to at. tend.