The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19
POTATO CROP
NEAR FAILURE
Otherwise Haryests i'm Wind
ham County Have Ma
tured Well
AVERAGE YIELD OF
. CORN WAS SECURED

Heavy Rains, and Is Not In First
Glass Condition-Fruit Varied in
Different Localities.
With the exception of the potato
crop, which is practically a failure in
Windham county, crops in southern
Vermont have materialized very well
considering the large amount of cold,
rainy weather in June, July, August
and September. The warm weather in
October has been somewhat of a re-
deeming feature, says the Brattleboro
correspondent of the Springfield Repub-
lican.
The hay crop was nearly month
late in being harvested ON account of
the large amount of rainfall through
July and August, but in some sections
of the county, where the farmers did
not cut their crop until August, a very
good sized crop was realized and in
some instances the farmers have their
barns full of hay. In some sections of
the country, where the farmers are ac-
customed to harvesting their crop dur
ing the last of June and the early part
of July, they only secured about one
| half OF their crop, but have secured a
| large second crop, on account of the
| favorable. conditions for the second
crop during the latter part of July and
August. The crop this year was not
secured in very good condition on ac-
count of the weather conditions, which
| made it exceedingly hard for the cur
| ing of the crop and the result is that
many of the farmers may be obliged
to feed musty hay next winter for this
| reason.
About an average crop of corn was
realized this year and the fodder was
not damaged by the early frosts. Prac-
| tically all of the farmers who put corn
into the silos were able to ill theil
silos before the first hard frost which
came in the latter part of September
in some of the more frosty sections OF
the county, while there are some see
tions of the county that have beer
practically FIRE from frosts and ever
now in the middle of October have
only had one frost to do any particular
damage. Practically all of the farmer;
who husked their corn were able tC
get it ripe before the frost came, ST
that the growers of corn in Windham
county have had a very satisfactory
year from all points of view
The most serious handicap in thu
whole county comes with regard to The
potato crop, which has proved an en-
tire failure in many instances. Many
of the farmers have not dug their croI
at all this fall on account of its hav
ing rOtted in the ground before thu
time came for digging. Some of thu
!. farmers in an attempt to save thei
small crop this year have dug thei
potatoes and tried to save them il
barns and sheds by spreading over then
a preparation of air Stacked lime, blu
in many instances this has not prOvet
equal to the situation and these farm
ers are obliged now to bury their en-
tire crop which they dug and tried t
save in this manner. Not only has tn
crop rotted very badly in the ground
out in many instances it has been ey
tremely light, so that potatoes hav
been very scarce in this section an
} have brought very good prices. Their
are q few farmers in the county VIII
. did a large amount of spraying durin
the summer months who claim tina
their crop is not rotting and that the
are going TO raise half a crop this year
. Many of the farmers in Windhar
Q county who planted a good sized Gro
una Inat Jney must DuY all the pOtd
/ toes which they have for the comm
: year on account of the manner i
!. which theirs have rotted and when tn
!. proposition of buying is considere
: then they come face to face with tn
:: scarcity of the crop which has serve
+ to drive the price up to 70 and s
cents per bushel.
t. Tobacco, which is raised only in We
!, non, Putney and Westminster in tn
J. county, was at least an average yiel
and seemed to be of good quality. On
!. ions, which are raised in quite larg
quantities in Westminster, did not Z
a well this year and as a consequent
/. only about one-half a crop will be rea
j. lied and these are very small and n,
d of the best quality. Most of the oth'
,e garden truck has turned out very GOO
ID considering the season and the celel
:, has been especially good on account
"a the large amount of rain which hi
Us been conducive to a good crop.
I Fruit has varied according to Il
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