Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-29
SHOWS VEGETABLE GROWERS
 POSSIBILITY OF AN ACRE
Prof. Stevens of sterrs Opened Con-
 ference Held Here on Friday.

Prof. stevens of Storre Opened Con-
 ference Held Here on Friday.
 An institute. with morning and aft ernoon sessions, was held at Buck ingham Memorial on Friday at the invitation of Norwich grange. No. 172, Patrons of Husbandry. Both sessions were well attended and the address jects dealing with the farmers and vegetable growers, were listened to with much interest.
 The afternoon session opened at 2.30 o'clock and was called to order by Frank B. Peckham. w. H. Burr, pres 1dent of the Connecticut Vegetable Growers association, was delayed by rough roads and was about half hour late. The address of welcome was delivered by Woodbury o. Rogers Charles A. Hagberg and the response was made by President Burr.
 The first speaker introduced was Prof. A. T. Stevens of the Connecticut The Home Fruit and Vegetable Gar den. Prof. Stevens said that when he first came to the college. which was eight years ago, he was deeply inn pressed with the great number of per- sons, farmers in particular, who visit ed the college for their vegetables. He commenced to inquire the. reason for their not raising their own veg etables and was told that they lacked the time.
 Prof. Stevens said that he has ar ranged d chart which shows the pos abilities of one acre of some of the garden crops when sold at retail store prices and he demonstrated the chart at the meeting. Prof. Stevens showed that by planting lettuce one head in a per square foot of ground less loss, 10000 heads in the acre, at , cents a head would net 2,000, planting 2,000 bushels of asparagus would net $500, radishes in rows one foot apart, 165 rows, 264 feet, 10000 punches of 12 each would net S2.000, bunch perennial onions, in rows 8 1-2 feet, 46 rows, 12, IA punches at cents, would net $607. A. On a plot of ground 90x120 feet there could be raised a sufficient amount of vegetables for family of four what would cost at retail prices SS4.62.
 Insects Injurious to Vegetables and Fruit was the subject of the address delivered by pr. w. B. Britton of the Connecticut Experimental station. Dr. BrittOn's talk was illustrated by a number of very interesting slides. The general discussion on cabbage and Cauliflower was led by President Burr.
 Evening Session.
 During the evening session there were addresses by A. B. Burdick, County Agent F. C. Warner and Dr. G. P. Clinton of the Connecticut Ex- perimental station. The session which was called to order at 8 o'clock was preceded by an excellent concert pro- gramme provided by Lambert's or chestra
 H. F. Huber, secretary of the State Vegetable Growers association, pre- sided at the meeting and introduced A. B. Burdick as the first speaker. MT. Burdick gave a highly interesting talk In nf zrr oxxTH Q spoke of the methods he followed and of the success he has had with his crops. MT. Burdick told of the various kinds of berries he has experimented with and said that he found the Hav- Hand strawberry the most profitable one for market purposes. The audi ence went provided with questions and MT. Burdfck was kept b&sy answer ing all sorts of inquiries relative to the planting, harvesting and market ing of strawberries.
 County Agent Warner on Fertilizers.
 After another selection by Lambert's orchestra Chairman Huber introduced as the next speaker, County Agent F. c. Warner, whose topic was, Fertil- izers for 1916- In his opening re- marks County Agent Warner said that most of his formulas were based on records of experimental stations. We all realize that we have a very pe-
 
 fertilizers, said MT. Warner. Potash cannot be secured except at a high cost. Nitrogen for use this year is very costly. As for phosphate it is high, due to the use of sulphurie acid in the manufacture of munitions. The situation is indeed very difficult one.
 This year we must make use of the potash in the soil. There are several ways of doing this. Tillage is one of the main points. One of the big fac fnr in hTir1 1cin hA e, tilizers is by the use of indirect fer tilizers.
 MT. Warner advocated the use of lime and said that prices for cooper ative buying are cheaper at the pres ent time than they were a year ago.
 In considering other sources, said MT. Warner, we have the barnyard manure, which can't be beaten. Barn yard manure furnishes clements for plant life that commercial fertilizers do not. The liquid part of the manure has practically three-fourths of the potash in the manure. If you have a dirt bottom in your manure pit, dig that up and spread it. It has a cer- tain percentage of potash that has fil- tered through. In preserving barn yard manure you want to keep it fair ly moist. MT. Warner spoke of the use of cover crops and he also spoke of the various points to be consid- cred in picking out formulas for fer tilizerS.
 The final speaker was Dr. c. B. Clin- ton of the Connecticut Experiment station. He spoke op Diseases of Veg etable and Fruit Crops and illustrated his talk with a number of stereopticon views which showed the various forms of plant life and the diseases peculiar to each.
 There was an attendance of about 30 at the evening session.
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