Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-02

, Sp4 dy1llS u6InOuSLTdI1OnS WGI0 6If~ en at which 149 attended. The or chards are located at Director J. D. Avery's, North Burlington, D. J.
 Ayers. Franklin; Director E. F. Barnes Preston; William Brownell, Preston;
 James Graham, Lisbon; Miss Florence Griswold,, Old Lyme; A. -C. Hefflon, Ni- antic; Rev. D. N. Kenneston. Pres
 ton; Directors P,9 A. Rutherford. Old Lyme and Assi$ant Director R. F. Wheeler, StoHinBton. Statistics are not yet complete but all the orchards are in fine condition and some bore M. Kenneston 6oing particularly well having a heavy crop of large: fine apples. whicl sold for good prices. As soon as statistics are complete this will be published and more of this
 work will be undertaken next year as many farmers are beginning to realize
 the profit b be obtained from an or
 chard if properly taken care of
 Corn Improvement.
 The objects of this project are:
 First, to increase the yield of corn per native grown seed corn. Methods of procedure. The county agent will CO.,. operate with all interested in this corn improvement work. First, by conducting variety tests to determine the best strain adapted to the county
  duotng superior strains. Second. by encouraging breeding for seed through selection Third. by interesting the boys of the county in the State Corn club wtrk. Fourth. by holding an annual Corn Fair at which the re- suits os the seasons work will be cxhibited, interesting everyone in the work, holding up ideals to work for and also advertising New London County as 8 source of high grade seed Fifth, by encouraging growers of prize t'winning corn to compete for State Corn Prizes.
 Ni4eteen tests were carried under this project and considerable interest has been shown. All of thesa tests have been visited and final results ob- tained- Nine prove to be in good con- dition and will warrant testing for dry matter and publicity yields The tep not worth further attention were affected by the poor season, corn blast, lack of proper attention, etc. Weights and measurements have been taken by Assistant County Agent Tillison on the tests at Director B. T.. Avery's, Ledvard; Director E. L. Gal lnp, VoIuntown, and Director William Lee, Hanover; Director E. P. Barnes, Preston; G. F. Goodenough, Ledyard, Gustave Kleeman, Preston Plains; A A Young of Jewett City and Di- rector c. B. Davis of Franklin A. D. Zabriskie of Norwich has a good test which has not been measured as yet Some of these results will be on exhibit at the New London County 1 Corn show. Too definite conclusions | should not be drawn from the first | years work but further work will l show more definitely which varieties | of corn will give the largest yields.
 Such an interest developed from the | County Corn Fair held last October | hot oh foi hold the fair this year under the di- l rection of the Farm Bureau. Ac- cording1y the county agent has secur- l ed the necessary funds for prizes. i Rules and regulations and premium l lists have been adopted, published | and circulated over the country and today we see the completion of the work. The winners of this exhibit i are eligible to compete for the State l Corn Prizes for 10 ear exhibits l which are as follows: Other Field Tests and Demonstrations l
 Oats: This test as well as the corn l test has been carried'on in cooperation | with the state experiment station in | an effort to establish local source l tc= pure bred seed. Four variety tests l consisting of one buRhel with each ! W. LIlibridge. Norwich Town; E. P. ] Barnes. Preston; 4. B. Ladd. Jr., ! Sprague; E. A. Geer. Grtswold. These l tests have all been cut. some threshed, l and measurements taken. but no l weights secured.
 Boy Beans: Four pecks of soy beans i together with innoculation were fur l nished by the State Experiment Sta- | tion for tests on maturity. seeding | value, and soil improvement. Direc- | tor c. B. Lewis Of Franklin, sewed | soys with his ensilage corn and se- fpo Gfo WoiOhfS taken which showed IS tons of corn l and soys per acre and samples are being tested by the experiment station | for food value. Assistant Director N. I E. Whiting of Lef1ngwel secured a very heavy stand of soyS and cut them Into his silo. Assistant Director I. l G. Clifford of Salem. 'matured a very fine crop of 1tosan Soy bean seen as did sa1so J. M. Klein of Colchester.
 The tests conducted by Directors can well be grown in New London county for stlage, and the other two tests show that not only can the Ito- san be matured with good yields of seed but also. does well on very poor land, and places a very large amount Of nitrogen in the soil through the bacteria in the modules on the roots. We therefore recommend that more farmers next year try out the valuable legumnious crop. .f
 AlIa11a: RecOrdS are being kept on 25 alfalfa plots scattered pretty gen erally over the county. Some of these plots have been seeded as, long as four years, others ranging as low as four months. These statistics cover type of soil and sutsotL drainage and. fit ting of plot, manuring, kind of seed. innoculation used. time of seeding. stand secured. wintering and yields. At the present time these plots are in varying conditions from excellent stands and yields to complete failure of crop. A detailed report of this work will be issued as soon as statis- tics can be assembled.
 Lime and Clover: These demonstra- dons have been carried on in an eff fort to induce the farmers of New London county to grow clover hay ex- tensively as a milk producing feed. Farmers having this clover hay at the present time are reaping the benefits, as such feed with good corn silage needs very little grain to balance the ration. Nine lime and clover seeding demonstrations and top dressing grass land demonstrations have been carried on this season and although in each case the demonstration was a com- plete success. the results are not as outstanding as. they would have been in seasons when clover was not as abundant as it has been. this paSt sea :.