Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-22
COUNTY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE DATA
 By DIRECTOR MURRAY D. LINCOLN <

but is generally the case on our thin ,lay- -an- gravel -hilly lands. It seems taking everything Into account thatsthe 1rchardist who practises cultivation is on the safe side.
 A Suggestion for Dairymen Having
 , Apples.
 Many of the dairyrnen who bavs routes ln the city might do muc;, fo- ward getting rid of their apples this verttsing. Nearly all your custonnere use more or fess Of apples each wear. They generally buy from time ,to tirne in small quantities paying large prices render them ''e~e ou
 This year with so many, apples on your hands and also your neiehhors' why wouldn't it be a good schsnnS +6 leave notice under each bottle of milk you deliver some morning statins that fact that you have an over s1,r. plus of apples and will offer them at Wholesale prices to encourage buying grade and stand by your product .Ne~t year when the fruit is not so plentiful
 I you lise them squarely this vea- they will come for more HeIn voTlr nefghbor also in this respect Probably lots Of milk men already do if b,it carry It still further. Advertising al-
 Fall Work.
 A great deal of next springs u,,rl. ought to be forestalled during this pleasant fall weather. It nav he too dry Tor blowing on some land fl1it m the other much land land thai cannot
 De plowed next spring can well he tax en care or now. Harvesting to be sure taking up considerable time but some oays when other work Is slack keep the men and teams busv with these odd jobs
 Plan your work ahead. Draw a rough map of your farm, figure out
 what you are going to do with each
 pieGe ana In that way have a definite
 ou'iine to go ahead on for next year. Spread Your Manure Fresh.
 practise that to some of. the old
 time farmers IS rank craziness but Wnlch Is proved to be sound is that
 or applying the stable manure on. inc
 land as fast as it is made. Do this on all pieces of land that is moi foo | steep. Figures show that a smaller percent of the valuable constitutents
 are lost Tn this way than in storing ! 1t under the cellar. This Eliminates the bad odor around the barn ward, ana also takes some of next year s 1 work away. - Cow Testing Associations. A recent issue of the New England Homestead gives an article by W. H. Holden of Connecticut which hits a very vital point for our. dairyrnea,. to consider. He quotes that the Addison county Cow Testing association gives | IS cents as the cost for productine a | can of milk which is sold for 30 cents to the milk dealer. lie also goes zon
 to state that at recent meetings held in Massachusetts and Connecticut are put on record as saying that 1t costs 41-2 to , cents. per quart to produce the same article. He finishes by say
 ing that what Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut wants is | few COW testing associations such as they have in so great a numbersin Vermont
 The purpose of a COW testing asso citation is to obtain the yearly pro- duction of milk and butter fat from each individual COW in the herd and with this, data as a basis for selection, develop a strain of high producfng kn- dividuals by eliminating the robf5er COWS and at the same time make more
 money on the herd than we were be- fore doing G The plan of the work is for lat
 least 6s-men.in--aeseomnun ssaaxfng about 400 cows between them to band together in an organization, hire. a I trained man to- come to their, farm
 once mont h ..sweigh each cows milk
 test it, weigh her feed and then figure
 what that-sc COW was worth for pro- ducing milk. This man travels from one farm to another (there being 26 working days in nnonth) does all the bookkeeping himself, weighs both the grain and milk and also helps the farmer on feeding and care questions, etc.
 have shown very interesting facts. Nearly all herds so tested have bene- f1ted by eliminating the poorer COWS. Many heards increased their average production through the use of differ ent methods, very materially, showing that even the good herds can be i'm proved upon. One herd in Vermont is especially interesting for in the sec ond year the herd with only Is cows in it produced within 1050 pounds of milk as it did the year before withsl24 cows. By raising the calves from the best cows a higher producing strain was brought about.
 It is the common plea with the far mers that when they milk the cows they come pretty near knowing what they produce. While it is a fact that they know more about them than "oth- CTS yet records show and figures never lie, that they are generally mistaken cases. the cows do better than. they think as well as doing poorer.
 The average cost per COW for doing this work Is generally for s1 to s1.50 but also records show that the aver age gain for the herd the first year is more than B per COW so it proves a good investment in a very short time.
 The first part of November the county agents expects to have U. S. Department of Agriculture man here in the county with him and hopes to get at least two of these associations started before another year.