Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-21
E. J. Parker, a Charter Member,
Has Attended Al of the As An
nual Meetings of the State
Association.
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
Customary Banquet. with Talks
by Governor Gates, Congress-
man-Eiect Dale, Superinten-
dent Stone and Others, Brings
Meeting to Close.

The morning session of the dairy meIl S
annual meeting vas opened Thursday
with n paper by L. e. Duffy of Hartford.
Conn, and president of the Connecticut
Dairy1n.ns association. An abstract of
his paper or The Drouth Problem"
follows:
The main problem OF svery dairyman
is-how shall J secure q modern Ameri-
can home that will compare favorably
With the homes secured by men of equal
Intelligence in other walks of life. The
dalryman must be wise manager If
the ideal farm home is to be secured
He must produce economically, ship
goods at reasonable rates, and be a good
salesman. One of the many problems
which presents itself in economic produce
ton is the drouth problem. which is one
Of the most important for If the dairy
cow be allowed to shrink in her milk
low and lose flesh during our annual
drouth. as she surely will unless an
abundance of succulent feed is provided
to supplement the pasture. then her an
nual production will be greatly reduced
and she cannot be brought back to any
where near her normal flow until she
freshens again.
At no time of her life should a COW
be 90 we'll nourished when dry or
when bearing the calf and when pro-
ducing milk. Pastures at their best can
not be depended upon for more than two
and one-half months and the wise dairy
man will be provided with an abundance
OF succulent supplementary feeds from
June 20 to the time of fs' stabling. If
milk Is to be produced economically the
COW must be we'll fed 365 days in the
year Corn silage is not a we'll balanced
ration and the amount Of grain required
to balance this feed Is too expensive and
can be provided more cheaply by green
crops fed in the stable at drouth time.
In Connecticut, clover. peas and oats and
corn are the crops relied upon. being
easily raised and relished by the cow
Corn silage and green clover make an
almost ideal feed for the dairy COW. 1t is
wise dairyman who has good fields Of
clover growing on his farm each year
and who does not hesitate to feed 1t in
dry time as soon as the cows will begin
to eat it. Corn will be ready for feeding
from August to September 10 and clover
rowen should be ready to carry the
dairymen to October 10. when clover
rowen hay must be relied upon. Buy
only guaranteed seed. Green clover
should be fed after milking to avoid any
possibility of a disagreeable flavor being
impaired to the milk.
Such a farm management as outlined
would nearly double the number of cows
which could be kept on the same area
Of land as could be kept were we to
depend entirely on pasturing. and large
amount Of manure will be returned to
the t1llable land Gradually. the pillow can
be sent deeper and abundance OF
humus will be stored In the ground.
The remainder of the morning session
was turned over to the agricultural ex-
.ension service Of the State university
j. L. Hills. dean OF the College Of Agri-
culture, taking the craftsmanship. He
said that for the past @ years he had
heen doing the talking for his depart
,ncnt and yesterday he introduced the
heads Of the different departments OF
ira service each one taking five minutes
t1 give a brief outline of the work of
their department Until lately the work
Ct the service had to be conducted from
the university campus but now much
trenter amount of work is being done
by the service which goes to the farmers.
Maps specially made, helped In these
lectures.
Extension Schools" ras the topic
taken By f. b. jerks professor of agri-
cultural education. There is a total of
p Of these schools in Vermont. and with
tpa heip of a map ne showed tht rapid
growth of this Line OF work
H. #, Johnson, an assistant. told OF
TIE fair exhibits as made ny the as.
ISOLATION, In 1913 there wore ten exhibits
made at fairs. while in 1914 there Were
-. These are not advertising exhibits
except to show the farmer that the ex
tension service stands behind him in ar
rndeavor to make his production com'
~ TO the maximum.
!. r. Carrigan, an assistant, spoke OF
Field Demonstrations" Field demon
etratton work is different from the OLE
way OF getting to the farmers Will
lrlletins and addresses. in that practica
demonstrations are given which tend t.
show the farmers the soundness o
scientific doctrines. Tho farmer. to b.
Helped, must get into the spirit Of tn
work and he ready to be- shown.
Professor r. L. ingalls,, State leade
n, the Boys and Girls club work. spok
Of the organization In Vermont. whicl
IA In its infancy. while the southern
states have had years of experience. A
the, opening of the present year nearl
every State of the northern group Is or
ranixed with more than so in tho he
work. There are numbers Of ways 4
which this is OF help 10 the younge
generation. and in this State the wor
was carried on In 60 different towns dur
Eng, the past year.
Bertha NJ. Terrill professor of HON
economies at the university spoke inter
cstngly of the effect of home economic
on the average home of the farmer, wit
.ts tendency to keep the girls at HON
and make them willing to assist In tn
farm work, While great care Is take
With the raising OF the crop and his stoc
must receive just such rations to max
them healthy, the farmer In many in
stances Is not particular as to whether O
not soggy bread is served upon his table
Captain !, l.. Reeves, oommandant q
cadets at the university, told Of the farr
boys camp at the State fair, the youn
mon representing Pomona Grange. u
j. told OF the thorough organization of IN