Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-03

OuSuly HIN 6Sl4SdlIHS WicjL CdIl bC NOllO
 for New London county by a county
 agent such as it is proposed would be created by the farm bureau or m-
 provement league and from their re-
 searches give the following illuStra-
 tions as to what 1t is entirely possible
 to bring about through the services of
 such an officer:
 In Doniphan county. Kas., the farm
 CTS raise large quantities of berries
 and fruit and disposed of their pro
 duce through the local markets. They
 packed their fruit in fancy packages
 and raised a. great variety. Commia-
 sion houses were established and began
 to do an extensive business all the
 tlme buying the fruit at the lowest
 possible rates. Prices began to decline
 until a crate of blackberries would
 bring only 50 or 60 cents. Profits
 dwlndled until raising fruit came to be
 came dissatisfied. The commission
 houses set the price. The farmers
 would pick every other day.
 One day the commission men would
 be overstocked, the next day they
 could not fill their orders. The mer-
 chants and commission men called a
 meeting of the growers; about 150 re-
 spon( ed, and for one year business
 I.'ol:ci better, but the conditions were
 nC: si ,isfactory.
 At last twelve growers and mer-
 chants formed ar organization, were
 duly incorporated, elected a president, manager ana seven directors.
 This was nine years ago. Their manager or county mar, w. R. Martin, reports that the extent of the business today can be realized when it is shown fr"nl the books how it took 65 car loads oc crates. boxes, baskets and barrels to harvest the crop-two train loads. The farmer is delighted with a difference in net profits between prices
 like 50 to 99 cents a crate and $1.50 to $2.25 Q crate.
 Tw. 1.y years ago the hill lands O. this -ou 1y were being sold for taxes s25 per acre; the same land now ;ead1ly sells for s150 to s40O per acre. in 6z5 Counties in the South. Other parts of the United States are getting into line.
 Throughout the south we find the county agents in over 625 counties and in the northern states we find about in Hampden, Mass. and all the coun- | ties but one in the state of New York. Showed the Farmers How. A county agent in New York went l into a small town and found that the 1 farmerly were formerly cattlemen but l owing to the general causes found through all the New England states 1 they had allowed their cattle to be- come run out. The agent got them to- ] getner and proved to them from a sci | entific standpoint why the western | beef was better than eastern beef, | aroused their enthusiasm, helped them i to secure a BabcoCk tester, taught | them pasteurization. then took the i'm | proved product into the market in | Lakeview dairy marked bottles and Se- | cured the highest prices. Today as you | ride through this town on your way 1 across the state the conductor of the | train will inform you that the large | herds of cattle that you see on eve / | hand, the bright looking farm bu'ld- | ings and general prosperous conGIt Dn l of the country was brought about by | the United States government provld | ing money which, being accepted by l the county, and a like amount put l with it. had placed a man in the field 1 who knew what the farmers wanted | and got it.
 l In Hampden county, Mass, the three lmen now employed by the Hampden l County Improvement league at first 1 were introduced by the directors of the l towns and regular revival meetings l were held. After being in the field
 about nine months, the men are now 1 kept busy through requests coming
 from all over the county, going from 1 farm to farm, from a meeting of the | fruit growers association to a spray | ing demonstration. from a. lecture on 1 alfalfa plot to a meeting for the for nation of a poultry corporation. from a I milk testing exhibition to lecture on renoVat1ng pasture lands, ana rom organizing a vegetable show to the most far-reaching and valuable work of the league in assisting to form local | organizations in buying and selling | and establishing community councils.
 New England NegIects Opportunities l Think of shipping into New England s,393,oS tons of produce yearly 1,958,22 tons of grain or cereals, S56, s05 tons of vegetables, 57S,379 tons of hay; 1,140,000 tons of this grain could have been grown each year on the i S79,499 acres which had been allowed l to return to an untillable state (during the period between the taking of the censsu) and would have meant S26, l S00,000 to the farmer.
 | Using the Untitled Acres.
 1 From the 268 pounds of vegetables 1 shipped in for every man, woman and 1 child in New England plus the value ! of fruit, s25, ,913.00O, we have a yield of l STA per acre. which would mean an in-