St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-05-13
CALEDONIA FARMERS
County Association Met Saturday
And EIected-PIanning Orchard
Work This Year.

The first annual meeting of the
Caledonia County Farmers Associa-
ton was held at the Y. NJ. c. A.
building Saturday afternoon and
there was a good attendance. Pres
E. III. Hallett in calling the meeting
to order spoke of the beginning of
the club and said he felt there we're
not enough actual farmers in the
organization. The association had
hired a county agent to advise the
farmers but not to order what they
should do. This advice had been
given to all who had asked for it
but those who had never asked for
any help are the ones dissatisfied
with the agent. If any one had re-
ceived any help whatever, he has re-
ceived much more than a dollars
worth of benefit.
The treasurer, f. J. Babcock re-
ported that the association had re-
ceived $2,453.63 and the expenses
had been 50, ,359.81, leaving a balance
of money received only one fifth had
been paid by actual farmers. The
pruning and spraying of orchards
has cost $10S.75 to date.
Secretary J. w. Titcomb said there
had been an increase of 65 members
since the bulletin was issued on Jan.
Is making about 500 members now.
He hoped that more real farmers
would come into the organization and
suggested that membership in the
organization should be insisted on
before they were allowed to buy
chemicals or join COW testing associa-
tions organized by the association.
County Agent Stimson
S. N. Stimson the county agent
was next called on. He spoke of
the pleasure it had been for him to
work with those interested in the
objects of the association enough to
cooperate with him. He had told
them at the beginning of his work
that he would not be able to answer
all the questions the farmers would
ask him but that he would find out
for them. This he had done. Nor
had he failed to answer any call that
had been received by him. He has
travelled 4,187 miles by rail, 3,432 |
by team and 4,420 by motor. He |
had held IS meetings with farmers |
which had been attended by 6,817 |
people. He had had 387 calls at his
office and answered over 900 letters. |
No other Office in New England has |
had so many farmers calls at the |
office, in fact the calls here were |
more than at all the other offices. |
He had visited III farmers and there |
are over 1,7OO in the county.
Two hundred and sixty men have |
promised to carry on some form of |
demonstration work this season. |
Eiffnnn orch ordc "a irfnor I 000 |
trees have been pruned under his |
direction and there will be more |
sprayed under the supervision of !
the association. The plan is to keep |
an accurate record of what the prun- |
ing and spraying cost, also of the |
in production that they |
might show just how profitable it is. |
Trees should be sprayed but pruning !
is even more necessary.
He is ready to call on any farmer
who asks his help but he could not |
go to farmers and urge them to let |
him help them. 1t is because the !
armers in certain sections have asked |
for his help that the work has been |
limited to certain sections the past |
year. More farmers should join and |
request the aid of the agent if the.
is to be the success it !
should be. The association will need |
S1,700 for this years work and the |
farmers ought to pay all of it.
Every farmer who has ordered |
chemicals has paid for them. This
shows the farmers can cooperate and
that is what is most needed, the CO.
operation of the farmers in benefit
ing themselves.
Mr.. Babcock, Mr.. Titcomb and w. |
A. Simpson spoke briefly and then
President Hallett named a committee |
to bring in nominations. The mem
Oers were: H. B. Ward of Danville, |
g. T. Eastman of Walden, A. F. Stod-
1ard of Sutton, w. B. Martin of |
Peacham, J. r. Moore of Barnet, d.
D. Gray of st. Johnsbury, L. A. Buck |
Of Wheelock, w. A. Simpson of Lyn-