Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-07

many barns no provision whatever is
 made for preserving this part of the waste or unavailable portions of food consumed. In a. lot of COWS, it was found that the weight of the urine Voided in a single day amounted on an average to little more than lo
 pounds per day. In the horse the 6I ol 6 JuoIJ ssSuPI p9p!oA 6lnuBnb And this liquid fertilizer is richer than the solid matter excreted. It
 has some phosphoric acid in if, but it is especially rich in potash and nitro gen; and so it is well worth saving. And yet, in how many cases. does it
 go to waste through loose floors and then out some drain. If 1t could be absorbed by the use of straw bedding or coarse straWy horse manure plac- ed along in cement gutter it would add greatly to the fertility of the farm. Somehow the farm must be fed Is there any better way, any more econ ornical way, than to make it feed it. l self? Seems to me not"
 Statistics Show the county's Needs. Figures go to show that immense amounts of produce are annually be- ing shipped into the county that could just as well be raised by the farmers of the surrounding territory. Into Norwich alone there were shipped at l a conservative estimate:
 l --150 Carload of potatoes.
 Carload of cabbage
 28 Carload of onions.
 These figures do not take New London, Jewett City and other of 1 into consideration. Doubtless large quantities of other produce are used and why do not the farmers of this county make a bid for the raising of | it.
 We have many examples of farm 1 CTS here in the county raising pota- toes @from 9 to 32 cents per busheI l and having trouble to get rid of them at an advantage. Early potatoes sold at SIPS this season and bushels were 1 shipped ip from other states. There are many acres of rather low moist soil that would make ideal 1 cabbage land, yet here we are buying from New York state at the rate of easily 15 carloads per season. Last summer the agent visited one 1 of the farmers in the southern part
 of, the state who had an half acre of l onions that were just as good in quality and up to the yield of any
 acre that was produced in the Con- | necticut valley
 Now what is the trouble. One thing ] is that we are not standardized Com I munities should get together to raise i the crops. Another is the farmer
 wants retail prices for his crops. It i is better to take 9. little off the cost | of production and raise in larger quan- 1 titles and thereby accept a smaller | margin of profit which assures a, bet l ter market and in the end brings the l farmer just as much money.
 Farm Timber Sold Too CheaPIy. 1 The Weekly letter of the United States Department of Agriculture calls attention to the fact that many farm ! CTS are selling their timber lots at d 1 ridiculously low price. They quote an i nf hat fn I1a | attention of one of the department ex- perti5 where one. farmer sold his for 1 $1.1T6 less than it was worth at a l conservative estimate. Many farmers | today that have chestnut timber is being told by smooth buyers that if | they don't sell now the timber will be | worthless Tn a very few years. This l prompts them to sell at any price and l consequently they loose vast sums
 that might have been theirs for a lit | tie forethOUght.
 The Forestry service of both state i and national government have experts 1 that can be secured to give estimates l on timber lots and other information
 and it will be worth any farmers time l when he has some wood or timber to ! sell to consult either of these agencies | and get some unbiased opinions of it's | worth.
 Hog Raising and Feeding. 1 The agent has some very concise and valuable bulletins on the above 1 subject to distribute that covers this l industry in a simple and easily under
 stood manner. These. are written by | a professor at the Massachusetts Ag- | iicultural college who has had much | experience with this industry and so l is well qualified to speak on the sub ] ject. This is an industry that should 1 show a large increase here in New 1 England during the next few years. l The period of low prices for meat | have gone, never to return and it is 1 a line of farming that is less exacting than dairying and also returns to cash very quickly.
 All who wish a copy. of the bulIe- ] tins should send to the county agent. 1 Fertilizer Bulletins.
 ] We also have a large supply of | Connecticut Experiment and T.. $. l Dept. of Agr. bulletins on Fertilizers. | This covers the subject in a, way that
 can easily be understood by all farm | CTS and gives much valuable informa- | ton in regards to the different form
 ula, for different crops and also about | homo mixing.