The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-24

some cases, as this tends to develop the
seed growth.
Mr.. Loveland advises the farmers to
undertake to raise alfalfa during the
coming season, and believes that thor
ough tillage, incubation and lime are
absolutely essential to success. Lime,
when used with any of the clovers, acts
as fertilizer as well as to correct acid
ity, and is best applied when seeding
down.
After very interesting discussion of
these points by the farmers present, the
next speaker, G. F. f. Story, professor
of husbandry, University of Vermont
and State Agricultural college, was in
| troduced. Mr.. Story spoke upon the
relative merits of the various concen-
trated feeding stuffs found upon the
market nowadays. Mr.. Story distribut-
ed among his hearers small samples OF
these feeds with their analysis given and
by comparison of these samples, to-
gether with the instructive talk by Mr..
Story, much information was gained
from this meeting.
At the close of this talk the meeting
was adjourned until 2 p. IN. The first
speaker of the afternoon was Professor
Nj. B. Cummings of the state agricultural
college, who spoke on practical orchard
ing for Vermont. Mr.. Cummings urged
those farmers who were interested in
fruit growing more as a sideline than a
speciality, to pay more attention TO the
care of their orchards, especially in re-
gard to cultivation and spraying. A me-
dunn amount of pruning should be done
each year, and may be done at any time
from November until April with safety.
If the farmer found it practical to spray
but once during the season. Mr.. Cum
mings advises that he use the spray for
the coddling moth, which is lime sulphur
at the rate of one gallon, to 40 gallons of
water and two arsenic lead. This spray
should be applied directly after the bios
SONS fall The use of cover crop is
strongly advocated for Vermont orchards,
which should be plowed in the spring,
narrowed once in two weeks until Au |
gust, when the cover crop, preferably |
clover, should be sown. This is allowed |
to stay on the ground until the follow |
ing spring, when it is plowed under, thus
warmth to the soil during the |
winter and humus to the soil for the |
next growing season. This talk was to
have been followed with an address by
Hon. L. S. Brigham on marketing Yer
mont Products" Mr.. Brigham was not
able to be present, however, and the
meeting adjourned.
The last session opened at o'clock
Friday evening, the subject of the first
Ins, srIp l.,lt
Work." by +. L. ingalls,, state agent in
charge of boys and girls club work.
This was an illustrated talk, slides were
used in showing the methods in which
this work was being carried on and what
It was accomplishing both in Vermont
and other states. The club work is be-
ng done in connection with the Vermont
service and anyone wishing in
formation concerning this work may get
t from their county agent. The last
speaker of the evening was Jay Coryell,
state leader of county agents.
Mr.. COryell told of the county agents
work and how the movement was devel-
)ping throughout the state. He urged
,he farmers TO cooperate to a greater
,xtent with the county agent and to
strive to carry out his suggestions in /.
eason and accurately. Slides were
hown covering the demonstration work
arried out in the state during the past i,
'ear. These included lining tests, al
alta tests and spraying both in orchard |
work and for the eradication of weeds. !
everal slides being shown of fields .
prayed with sulphate of iron, for the
purpose of killing kale. Slides were +
lso shown of soy beans grown both as :
single crop and with the corn. This h
equine is a valuable addition to the en-
ilage and is especially valuable to the 4
oil as it possesses the ability TO take ?
itrogen from the air and transmit il to i,
he soil in a form available for plant +
rowth. a
With the close of Mr.. Coryell's talk
he fifth and most successful farmers =
leeting came to close. The meeting =
his year was shorter than usual but the IN
Tendance was better, there being in I,
II total attendance, for the four ses- a,
ions, of 400 farmers. farmers wives and
.udents. The annual farmers meetings .,
t V. s. A. have become permanent an n
ual affair and il is hoped that all who n