The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-11
Meetings OfVarious Branch
es of Home and Indus
trial League
TASKER TELLS HOW
TO RAISE POULTRY
Camera Talk by H. M Wood = Mr..
Sweeton Explains Methods of Tomato
Growing Cooking Demonstrations
Meetings Next Week

The Camera club met with its lead
er, Miss Eddy, in the high school lab
oratory Tuesday, March T. H. NJ Wood
gave an interesting talk on How to
Take Good Snapshots
The Vegetable club met Monday.
March 6. Mr. Sweeton, county agent,
gave talk on the tomato plant and
demonstrated methods of planting seeds
and transplanting the young plants
One member Of the club reported toma-
to plants two inches high.
The Potato club met Tuesday, March
Z, with E. B. Smith.
At the last meeting of the Cultivated
Flower club, Mrs. Frank w Pier spoke
to the members on selecting their pios
Of ground, preparing and fertilizing IT.
etc. She told them of the necessity Of
selecting reliable firms from which to
buy seeds. She told them how to plant
and transplant their flowers.
The Canning club will meet in the
high school laboratory Tuesday, March
IA, at 3.45 p. m. The mothers of the
members of this club arc urged to at
tend this meeting.
The Sewing club will have q meet
ing March q, at 3.45 D. NJ Mrs. F. /.
Swift will speak
Each school will have a meeting 81
the Cooking club in its building Fri
day, March II. The classes will have
their demonstrations Saturday, March
IS. Mrs. II. c. Rice, Mrs c. Hamilton
and Mrs. Frank W. Pier are three OF
the mothers who gave demonstrations
to groups of girls from the Cooking
club and were very much interested Ia
it.
Mr.. Smith will call meeting of the
Potato club some time next week. NJ.
Sweeton viii speak.
Cook county. Illinois, offered a silver
cup to the girls and boys of that coun-
~ for producing the largest profit from
gardening. Alma Kutz won This prize.
her profit being $3.50.
The last meeting of the, Poultry club
was held Monday evening, Feb. 2S.
with Is members present. Reports given
| by the bcys to-shosps the egg production
of their foeks showed thai Murral4
Gould ami CIytYs Haskell had the b6St
records Their Averages were above 60
! per cent. Mr. TaAzer gave a practical.
helpful talk to the boys Among other
suggestions were the following: Poul-
try culture Is the most important
, branch of agriculture in point of the
annual profits. TOO much glass in the
henhouse makes extreme temperature.
In the DAYTIME the glass attracts heat.
making the henhouse too warm. At
night the glass gives off heat. and the
house becomes very cold. Mediterranean
i breeds, such as the Leghorn, are for
laying, not for market. Asiatic breeds.
such as Brahma, are especially for
market. American breeds, such as
Rhode Island Red, combine the two.
Do not feed spoiled garbage to the
hens, since it causes a very bad dis
case. Feed hens green stuff. Give the
i fowls a chance to dust themselves. This
will keep down the lice Keep the house
serupulously clean. In general begin
ners are advised to buy hens and set
j their own eggs.
! This club is soon to have a chicken
raising and egg-laying contest, the
rules of which have been drawn up.
/ The points of the embarrassing con
test are as follows:
l. Largest per cent of eggs Matched,
lis.
,. Largest per cent of healthy chicks
Matched, living 100 days after being
Matched, 40.
3. Largest average weight of chicks
living 100 dags after Matching, 10.
4. Best expense record, 20.
.. Best written account, not over